CELEX: 31984R0721
Language: en
Date: 1984-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 721/84 of 20 March 1984 on the supply of milled rice to the International Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

21 . 3 . 84                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 77/7
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 721 /84
                                                      of 20 March 1984
               on the supply of milled rice to the International Committee of the Red Cross as
                                                           food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Community measures, various quantities of cereals to
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     certain non-member countries and beneficiary
                                                                  organizations ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization               by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation          July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
(EEC) No 1 74/84 (2),                                             respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
                                                                  and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      3323/81 (9) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as              characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in               supply conditions ;
particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 1992/83 of 11 July 1983 laying down the implement­               Committee for Cereals,
ing rules for 1983 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ment (*),
                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and              The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of              shall implement the mobilization and supply proce­
the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by            dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 0, and in particular                  (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down
Article 3 thereof,                                                in the Annex hereto.
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                              Article 2
Committee,
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas, on 29 July 1983, the Commission of the                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities decided to grant, under                      European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 20 March 1984.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ    No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 21 , 26. 1 . 1984, p. 2.
0   OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(4) OJ   No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 196, 20. 7. 1983, p. 1 .
(°) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                          (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
n OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9. 1973, p. 1 .                              O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p . 27.
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                                                          ANNEX
            1 . Programme : 1983
            2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
            3. Place or country of destination : the Philippines
            4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice
            5. Total quantity : 143 tonnes (415 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 334 032)
            8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the 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 :
                   — jute sacks lined with cotton sacks, of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                   — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g
                — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                — marking on the bags : a red cross 15x15 cm followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                    'PHL-22 / MILLED RICE / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY /
                   ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE
                    DISTRIBUTION'
          1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
          1 2. Delivery stage : cif
          13. Port of landing : Manila
          14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
          15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 2 April 1984
          16 . Shipment period : 20 April to 20 May 1984
          17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
          18 . At the request of the ICRC, the successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary on delivery,
                the following documents :
                — certificate of origin
                — phytosanitary certificate
                — fumigation certificate
                — pro forma invoices
          Notes :
          1 . 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 'R'.
          2. The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
               are required.