CELEX: 31980R3021
Language: en
Date: 1980-11-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3021/80 of 24 November 1980 on the supply of fully-milled long grain rice to Sierra Leone as food aid

No L 317 / 4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            25 . 1 . 80
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3021 /80
                                                        of 24 November 1980
                           on the supply of fully-milled long grain rice to Sierra Leone as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas it is necessary to provide for the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                         carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the
                                                                      rules laid down by Commission Regulation ( EEC)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                          No 1974 / 80 of 22 July 1980 laying down general
European Economic Community,                                          rules for the implementation of certain food-aid
                                                                      operations involving cereal and rice products (6);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          whereas it is necessary to specify, for the purposes of
1418 / 76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organi­                       the Community measure envisaged , the characteristics
zation of the market in rice ('), as last amended by                  of the products to be supplied and the supply
                                                                      conditions which are set out in the Annex to this
Regulation (EEC) No 1871 / 80 (2), and in particular
Article 25 thereof,                                                   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
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and                 Management Committee for Cereals ,
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 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes                                            Article 1
of the common agricultural policy (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543 /73 (s) and in                    The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
particular Article 3 thereof,                                         implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
                                                                      in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 1974 / 80 and with the conditions laid
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                          down in the Annex hereto .
Committee ,
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas, on 28 May 1980, the Council of the
European Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 2 900 tonnes of                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
cereals to Sierra Leone under its food-aid programme                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
for 1980 ;                                                             European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 24 November 1980 .
                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                 Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 166 , 25 . 6 . 1976 , p. 1 .
 O   OJ No L 184 , 17 . 7 . 1980 , p. 4 .
 O   OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 89 .
 (<) OJ No 106 , 30 . 10 . 1962 , p. 2553 /62 .
 C) Of No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .                              C) OJ No L 192 , 26 . 7 . 1980 , p . 11 .
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                                                              ANNEX
               1 . Programme : 1980
               2 . Recipient : Sierra Leone
               3 . Place or country of destination : Freetown
               4. Product to be mobilized : fully-milled long grain rice
               5 . Total quantity : 1 000 tonnes
               6 . Number of lots : one
               7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   Ente Nazionale Risi , Piazza Pio XI , I-Milano ; telex 334 032
               8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market
               9. Characteristics of the goods :
                   — moisture : 15 % ,
                   — broken rice : 5 % maximum ,
                   — chalky grains : 5 % maximum,                                                         i
                   — 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 :
                       'White 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 : 9 December 1980 at 12 noon
             16. Shipment period : from 1 to 31 January 1981
              17 . Security : 12 ECU /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\