CELEX: 31981R2289
Language: en
Date: 1981-08-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2289/81 of 7 August 1981 on the supply of milled long grain rice to Somalia as food aid

8 . 8 . 81                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 223 / 21
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2289/81
                                                           of 7 August 1981
                          on the supply of milled long grain rice to Somalia 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 implementing
Economic Community,                                                    rules in respect of certain food-aid operations
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           involving cereals and rice (6) ; whereas it is necessary
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                       to specify, for the purposes of the Community
tion of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the                 measure envisaged, the characteristics of the products
Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular                      to be supplied and the supply conditions which are
Article 25 thereof,                                                    set out in the Annex to the 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
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, 8 000 tonnes of                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
cereals to Somalia under its food-aid programme for                    following its publication in the Official Journal of
1981 ;                                                                 the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 7 August 1981 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(»)  OJ  No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p . 1 .
(2)  OJ  No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p. 17 .
(3)  OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 89 .
(<)  OJ  No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553 /62.
(5 ) OJ  No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .                            (6) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
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                                                              ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1981
              2 . Recipient : Somalia
              3 . Place or country of destination : Somalia
              4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice
              5 . Total quantity : 2 759 tonnes
              6 . Number of lots : two
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   Ente Nazionale Risi , Piazza Pio XI , 1 , 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 : 15 % ,
                   — 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 :
                       letters at least 5 cm high :
                      'Rice / Gift of the European Economic Community to Somalia
             11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
             12. Delivery stage : cif
             13 . Port of landing : Mogadishu (1 380 tonnes) — Berbera (1 379 tonnes)
             14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
             15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 14 September 1981 at 12 noon
             16 . Shipment period : 1 to 31 October 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 .