CELEX: 31982R1891
Language: en
Date: 1982-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1891/82 of 12 July 1982 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Ghana as food aidi

No L 207/20                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             15. 7. 82
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1891/82
                                                       of 12 July 1982
                  on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Ghana 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                    3323/81 (6) ; 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
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25                characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
                                                                 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 26 April 1982, the Council of the Euro­                                      Article 2
pean Communities expressed its intention to grant,
under a Community measure, 10 000 tonnes of cereals              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
to the Republic of Ghana 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, 12 July 1982.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(3) OJ  No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                       (*) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
O   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 : 1982
              2. Recipient : Republic of Ghana
              3 . Place or country of destination : Republic of Ghana
              4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice
              5. Total quantity : 3 450 tonnes ( 10 000 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 : 2-5 % maximum
                   —  stained grains : 1 -5 % 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) :
                      ' RICE / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO THE REPUBLIC OF
                      GHANA'
             11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
             12 . Delivery stage : fob
             13 . Port of landing : —
             14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
             15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 26 July 1982
             16 . Shipment period : 1 to 30 September 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 'R'.