CELEX: 31981R0455
Language: en
Date: 1981-02-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 455/81 of 23 February 1981 on the supply of fully-milled long grain rice to Sierra Leone as food aid

No L 49/ 10                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            24. 2. 81
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 455 /81
                                                         of 23 February 1981
                 on the supply of fully-milled long grain rice to 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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the
Economic Community,                                                   implementation of certain food-aid operations
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          involving cereal and rice products (6) ; whereas it is
1418 / 76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                     necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Commu­
tion of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the                nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the
Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular                     products to be supplied and the supply conditions
Article 25 thereof,                                                   which are set out in the Annex to 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 Manage­
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in              ment Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
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 (4), as last amended by                The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular                    implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                      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 28 May 1980 , the Council of the Euro­                                               Article 2
pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 5 500 tonnes of                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
cereals to Sierra Leone under its food-aid programme                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
for 1980­                                                             the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 23 February 1981
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                              /Member of the Commission
(') O | No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976 , p . 1 .
(-) O'l No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17.
(■') U | No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1 y /.\ p .
(4 ) O'l No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553 / 62 .
(5 ) O'l No L 263. 19 . 9 . 1 973, p . 1 .                            ( h ) OJ No L 192, 26 . 7 . 1980 , p . 11 .
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            1 . Programme : 1980
           2 . Recipient : Sierra Leone
           3 . Place or country of destination : Freetown
           4. Product to be mobilized : fully-milled long grain rice
            5 . Total quantity : 897 tonnes
            6 . Number of lots : one
            7 . Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 Ente Nazionale Rìsi , Piazza Pio XI , 1 , Milano ; telex 334 032
            8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market
            9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                — 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 ot the bags : 50 kg,
                 —   marking ot the bags :
                     letters at least 5 cm high :
                     'White rice / Gift of the European Economic Community to the Republic of Sierra Leone
           11 . 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 : 9 March "! 9X1 at 12 noon
            16 . Shipment period : from 1 to 31 May 1981
            17 . Security : 12 ECU per tonne
            (') Since the goods may be rebagged , the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty ba^s of the
                 same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital *R .