CELEX: 31985R1589
Language: en
Date: 1985-06-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1589/85 of 12 June 1985 on the supply of wholly milled rice to the international Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

No L 154/22                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             13 . 6. 85
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1589/85
                                                       of 12 June 1985
               on the supply of wholly milled rice to the International Committee of the Red
                                                      Cross as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    nity measures, various quantities of cereals to certain
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      non-member countries and beneficiary organizations ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
 Economic Community,                                              of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
                                                                  by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
  1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization              respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
 of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation         and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 (EEC) No 1025/84 0,                                              3323/81 (9) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the               characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
 mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as             supply conditions ;
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 particular Article 6 thereof,                                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 457/85              Committee for Cereals,
 of 19 February 1985 laying down the implementing
 rules for 1985 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­
 ment (5),                                                                                Article 1
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and             The intervention agency specified in the Annexes
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of             hereto shall implement the mobilization and supply
 the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by           procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
 Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular '               lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
                                                                  down in the Annexes hereto .
 Article 3 thereof,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                             Article 2
 Committee,
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 Whereas on 6 May 1985 the Commission of the Euro­                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 pean Communities decided to grant, under Commu­                  European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 12 June 1985.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(>) OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L  107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 13 .
(3) OJ  No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(4) OJ  No L  352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L  54, 23 . 2. 1985, p. 1 .
I6) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                         (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
o OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                             O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                            ANNEX I
              1 . Programme : 1985
              2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
              3 . Place or country of destination : El Salvador
             4. Product to be mobilized : wholly milled round grain rice (non-parboiled)
              5. Total quantity : 500 tonnes (1 450 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 334 032)
              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 : 1,5 % maximum
                  —   stained grains : 1 % maximum
                  —   yellow grains : 0,050 % maximum
                  —   amber grains : 0,20 % maximum
           10 . Packaging :
                  — in new bags
                  — quality of the bags : woven synthetic
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking on the bags : a red cross 15x15 cm followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      'ELS-38 / ARROZ / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA /
                      ACCIÓN DEL COMITE INTERNACIONAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA / DESTINADO A LA
                      DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA / ACAJUTLA'
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing : Acajutla
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 24 June 1985
           16. Shipment period : 25 June to 25 July 1985
           17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
           18 . At the request of the ICRC, the successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary on delivery,
                  the following documents :
                  — certificate of origin
                  — phytosanitary certificate
                  — fumigation certificate (bromure methyl)
                  — Pr0 forma invoice with the indication :
                       los productos mencionados llegan a El Salvador como donativo al pueblo de este pais ; según
                      el acuerdo de sede firmando el 12 septiembre de 1980, (art. n° 11 ) el Gobierno autoriza su
                      introducción libre de todo tipo de impuestos'
           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 contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
                 are required.
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                                                        ANNEX II
            1 . Programme : 1985
            2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
            3. Place or country of destination : the Philippines
            4. Product to be mobilized : fully milled long grain rice (non-parboiled)
            5. Total quantity : 300 tonnes (870 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 334 032)
            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 : 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 : woven synthetic
                    — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                — marking on the bags :
                    a red cross 15 x 15 cm followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                    'PHL-37 / RICE / MANILA / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY /
                    ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE
                    DISTRIBUTION MANILA'
          11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
          12. Delivery stage : cif
          13. Port of landing : Manila
          14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
          15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 24 June 1985
          16. Shipment period : 25 June to 25 July 1985
          17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
          18. At the request of the ICRC, the successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary on
                delivery, the following documents :
                — certificate of origin
                — phytosanitary certificate
                — pro forma invoices
          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 contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
               are required.