CELEX: 31983R0983
Language: en
Date: 1983-04-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 983/83 of 25 April 1983 on the supply of milled rice to the international Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

No L 110/8                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             27. 4. 83
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 983/83
                                                   of 25 April 1983
             on the supply of milled 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 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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  and rice (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization            3323/81 Q ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of      purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25             characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
thereof,                                                      supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
                                                              this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), as          are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (3), and in           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
                                                                                      Article 1
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of
the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by        The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), and in particular            implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Article 3 thereof,                                            in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
                                                              No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                  Annex hereto .
Committee,
Whereas on 26 April 1982 the Council of the Euro­                                     Article 2
pean Communities expressed its intention to grant,
under a Community measure, 91 tonnes of cereals for           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
the International Committee of the Red Cross under            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
its food-aid programme for 1982 ;                              European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 25 April 1983 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                           Poul DALSAGER
                                                                    Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
h) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(3) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
(<) OJ No 106, 30. 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                      (6) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
n OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                           f) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                          ANNEX
            1 . Programme : 1982
            2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
            3. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
            4. Product to be mobilized : milled round grain rice
            5. Total quantity : 31 tonnes (91 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 bags (') :
                   — quality of the bags : new jute sacks, minimum weight 600 g
                   — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                — marking on the bags :
                   a red cross 15 X 1 5 cm followed by (in letters at least 5 cm high) :
                   'ETH 57 / RICE / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF
                   THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE DISTRIBU­
                   TION'
          1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
          1 2. Delivery stage : cif
          13. Port of landing : AsSab
          14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
          15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 9 May 1983
          16. Shipment period : 15 May to 15 June 1983
          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'.