CELEX: 31983R1684
Language: en
Date: 1983-06-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1684/83 of 20 June 1983 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Ecuador as food aid

24 . 6 . 83                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 165/ 13
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1684/83
                                                      of 20 June 1983
                on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Ecuador 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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     and rice (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization              3323/81 Q ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of         purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25                characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
thereof,
                                                                 supply conditions 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 Management
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), as             Committee for Cereals,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (3), and in
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
                                                                                          Article 1
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of
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)
                                                                 No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     Annex hereto .
Committee,
Whereas on 3 December 1982 the Council of the                                             Article 2
European Communities expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 5 000 tonnes of                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
cereals to the Republic of Ecuador under its food-aid            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
programme for 1982 ;                                              European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 20 June 1983 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
O   OJ   No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
0   OJ   No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p . 1 .
(4) OJ   No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                      (6) OJ No L 192, 26. 7 . 1980 , p. 11 .
(5) OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                          C) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27 .
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                                                             ANNEX
               1 . Programme : 1982 (reserve)
              2. Recipient : Republic of Ecuador
              3 . Place or country of destination : Republic of Ecuador
              4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice
              5. Total quantity : 1 724 tonnes (5 000 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 26 032)
              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 : 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 on the bags (in letters at least 5 cm high) :
                      'ARROZ / DONACION DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONOMICA EUROPEA A ECUADOR /
                      PARA DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA'
            1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13 . Port of landing : Guayaquil
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 11 July 1983
           16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 August 1983
           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 'R'.