CELEX: 31982R0241
Language: en
Date: 1982-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 241/82 of 1 February 1982 on the supply of fully milled long grain rice to the Comoros as food aid

No L 25/8                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              2. 2. 82
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 241/82
                                                  of 1 February 1982
                on the supply of fully-milled long grain rice to the Comoros 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 of 22
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
Economic Community,                                           respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
                                                              and rice (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  3323/81 (*); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization           purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of      characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25             supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
thereof,
                                                              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 Management
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), and in      Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular            The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
Article 3 thereof,                                            implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
                                                              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 Comoros under its food-aid programme            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
for 1981 ;                                                     European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 1 February 1982.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                           Poul DALSAGER
                                                                    Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(A OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(3) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                       O OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
(*) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9. 1973, p. 1 .                          O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                       ANNEX
          1 . Programme : 1981
          2. Recipient : Comoros
          3. Place or country of destination : Moroni and Mutsamudu
          4. Product to be mobilized : fully-milled long grain rice
          5. Total quantity : 1 035 tonnes ( «■ 3 000 tonnes of cereals)
          6 . Number of lots : two
               Lot 1 : Moroni : 625 tonnes
               Lot 2 : Mutsamudu : 410 tonnes
          7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
               Ente Nazionale Risi, Piazza Pio XI, 1 , Milano (telex 334 032)
          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 %
              — 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, lined with cotton sacks
               —   net weight of the bags : 50 kg
               —   marking of the bags :
                   letters at least 5 cm high :
                  'Riz Blanchi / Don de la Communauté économique européenne aux Comores
         11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
         12. Delivery stage : cif
         13 . Port of landing : Moroni and Mutsamudu
         14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
         15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 15 February 1982
         16. Shipment period : April 1982
         1 7. Security : 1 2 ECU per 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*.