CELEX: 31981R3013
Language: en
Date: 1981-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3013/81 of 19 October 1981 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Gambia as food aid

No L 301 /22                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            22. 10 . 81
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3013/81
                                                      of 19 October 1981
                 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Gambia 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 ( 1), 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               implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                  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, 3 000 tonnes of                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 cereals to the Republic of Gambia under its food-aid             following its publication in the Official Journal of
 programme for 1981 ;                                              the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 19 October 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 .                           (<■) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
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                                                            ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1981
             2. Recipient : Republic of Gambia
             3. Place or country of destination : Republic of Gambia
             4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice
             5. Total quantity : 1 035 tonnes
             6 . Number of lots : one
             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 : 1 5 /o
                  — 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 THE REPUBLIC
                     OF GAMBIA'
            1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13 . Port of landing : Banjul
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 9 November 1981 at 12 noon
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            16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 December 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 .