CELEX: 31986R3138
Language: en
Date: 1986-10-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3138/86 of 14 October 1986 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Sierra Leone as food aid

No L 292/22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              16. 10 . 86
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3138/86
                                                        of 14 October 1986
                 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Sierra Leone as food
                                                                aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
                                                                     followed to determine the resultant costs ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 of 3                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
December 1982 on food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                Committee for Cereals,
ment and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2750/75 ('),
and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1 )
thereof,                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                                            Article 1
market in rice (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1007/86 (3), and in particular Article 25 thereof,                The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
                                                                     shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures
Whereas by its Decision of 18 July 1986 on the supply of             in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
food aid to Sierra Leone the Commission allocated to the             1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the Annex
latter country 6 000 tonnes of cereals to be supplied cif ;          hereto.
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of
this measure, in accordance with the rules laid down by
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 July                                            Article 2
1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect
of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
3826/85 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time            European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 14 October 1986.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ   No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 3.
(4) OJ   No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
0   OJ   No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
               1 . Programme : 1986
               2. Recipient : National Authorizing Officer (M.L. Turay), Office of the President, Tower Hill, PO
                    Box 1402, Freetown (Tel. 2 45 30, Telex 3230 PRISEC SL)
               3. Place or country of destination : Republic of Sierra Leone
               4. Product to be mobilized : milled round grain rice (non-parboiled)
               5. Total quantity : 2 070 tonnes (6 000 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 26032)                                 *
               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 :
                   —   quality of the bags : new jute sacks — minimum weight 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
                       SIERRA LEONE'
            1 1 . 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 : 12 noon on 27 October 1986
            16. Shipment period : 15 November to 15 December 1986
            17. Security : 15 ECU per tonne
            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 send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                  EEC Delegate to Sierra Leone, 4, George Street, PO Box 1399, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Telex 3203
                  DELFED, Tel. 2 3 9 75 )