CELEX: 31980R2136
Language: en
Date: 1980-08-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2136/80 of 8 August 1980 on the supply of wholly milled long grain rice to the International Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

9. 8 . 80                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 207/ 17
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2136/80
                                                        of 8 August 1980
              on the supply of wholly milled long grain rice to the International Committee
                                                  of the Red Cross 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 rules for the
  Economic Community,
                                                                   implementation of certain food-aid operations
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     involving cereal and rice products (6) ; whereas it is
  1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                  necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Commu­
 tion of the market in rice (1), as last amended by                nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the
 Regulation (EEC) No 1871 /80 (2), and in particular               products to be supplied and the supply conditions
 Article 25 thereof,                                               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 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 8 May 1979 the Council of the European                                         Article 2
 Communities has expressed its intention to grant,
 under a Community measure, 1 5 000 tonnes of cereals              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 to the International Committee of the Red Cross                   following its publication in the Official Journal of
 under its food-aid programme for 1978/79 ;                        the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 8 August 1980.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 184, 17. 7 . 1980, p. 4.
(3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(4) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(5) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                           (6) OJ No L 192, 26. 7 . 1980, p. 11 .
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                                                           ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1978/79
             2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross
             3. Place or country of destination : Nicaragua
             4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice
             5. Total quantity : 100 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 :
                 At the request of the ICRC a certificate of fumigation, a certificate of origin and a phytosanitary
                 certificate must be supplied to :
                 Delegacion C.I.C.R.,
                 c/o Cruz Roja Nicaraguënse,
                 Apartado 3279,
                 Managua,
                 Nicaragua.
                 — 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 lined with cotton sacks,
                 — net weight of the bags : 50 kg,
                 — marking of the bags :
                     On the sacks shall be printed a red cross, 10 x 10 cm, as well as the following :
                     ' NI-75 / Arroz / Donación de la Comunidad económica europea / Acción del comité interna­
                     cional de la Cruz Roja / Destinado a la distribución gratuita / Corinto.'
           1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing : Corinto
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 1 September 1980 at 12 noon
           1 6. Shipment period : 1 to 1 5 October 1980
           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 .