CELEX: 31982R0706
Language: en
Date: 1982-03-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 706/82 of 24 March 1982 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Sierra Leone as food aid

No L 81 / 12                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              27. 3 . 82
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 706/82
                                                   of 24 March 1982
              on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Sierra Leone as food
                                                           aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out
COMMUNITIES,                                                   of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
                                                               by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
 Economic Community,                                           respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
                                                               and rice (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   3323/8 1 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization            purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of       characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25              supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
thereof,                                                       this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the             are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), and in       Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                                    Article 1
the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular             The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
Article 3 thereof,                                             implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
                                                               in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                  No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
Committee,                                                     Annex hereto.
Whereas, on 19 May 1981 , the Council of the Euro­                                      Article 2
pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 1 970 tonnes of              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day fol­
cereals to the Republic of Sierra Leone under its food­        lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the
aid programme for 1981 ;                                       European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 24 March 1982.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                            Poul DALSAGER
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
 2  OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
0   OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                       (*) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
(«) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                           («) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                         ANNEX
            1 . Programme : 1981
            2. Recipient : Republic of Sierra Leone
            3 . Place or country of destination : Republic of Sierra Leone
            4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice
            5. Total quantity : 680 tonnes (1 970 tonnes of cereals)
            6 . Number of lots : one
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 Ente Nazionale Risi, piazza Pio XI, 1 , I-Milano (telex 26032)
            8. Method of mobilizing the product : Community market
            9. Characteristics of the goods :
                 — rice of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests
                 — moisture : 1 5 %
                 — broken rice : 5 % maximum
                 —  chalky grains : 5 % maximum
                 —  grains striated with red : 3 % maximum
                 —  spotted grains : 1-5% maximum
                 —  stained grains : 1 % maximum
                 —  yellow grains : 0*050 % maximum
                 —  amber grains : 0-20 % maximum
           10. Packaging :
                 —   in bags (')
                 —   quality of the bags : new jute sacks, 600 g
                 —   net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                 —   marking of the bags (in letters at least 5 cm high) :
                     'RICE / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO THE REPUBLIC OF
                     SIERRA LEONE'
           1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13. Port of landing : Freetown
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 19 April 1982 at 12 noon
           16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 May 1982
           17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
            (') Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty bags of the
                 same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital K .