CELEX: 31984R0444
Language: en
Date: 1984-02-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 444/84 of 20 February 1984 on the supply of broken rice to Senegal as food aid

23 . 2. 84                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 52/21
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 444/84
                                                    of 20 February 1984
                               on the supply of broken rice to Senegal as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas, on 16 December 1983, the Commission of
COMMUNITIES,,                                                    the European Communities expressed its intention to
                                                                 grant, under a Community measure, 5 000 tonnes of
                                                                 cereals for Senegal under its food-aid programme for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             1983 ;
Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
                                                                 of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by          July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), and in particular              respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
Article 28 thereof,                                              and rice (10), as last amended by Regulation ,(EEC) No
                                                                 3323/81 (u) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
                                                                 purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
                                                                 characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization               supply conditions which are set out in the Annexe to
                                                                 this Regulation ;
of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1 74/84 (4), and in particular Article 25
thereof,
                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                  Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (*), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (6), and in
particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1992/83 of 11 July 1983 laying down the implement­
ing rules for 1983 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                                           Article 1
ment n,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and             The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of             implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
the common agricultural policy (8), as last amended by           in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (9), and in particular                No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down in the
Article 3 thereof,                                               Annex hereto.
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,
                                                                                          Article 2
(') OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
O   OJ  No L 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No L 21 , 26. 1 . 1984, p. 1 .                            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
O   OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.                          European Communities.
(6) OJ  No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
O OJ    No L 196, 20. 7. 1983, p. 1 .
(8) OJ  No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                        H OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
(') OJ  No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                          (") OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 20 February 1984.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                           ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1983
              2. Recipient : Senegal
              3. Place or country of destination : Senegal
              4. Product to be mobilized : broken rice
              5. Total quantity : 2 500 tonnes (5 000 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 :
                  (a) broken rice for human consumption, of sound merchantable quality, free of odour and pests,
                      of at least the standard quality for which the threshold price is fixed
                  (b) — moisture : 1 5 %
                      — pieces of rice : 1,5 % maximum
                      — chalky grains : 6 % maximum
                      — grains striated with red : 10 % maximum
                      — spotted and/or stained grains : 4 % maximum
                      — yellow and/or amber grains : 1,175 % maximum
                  (c) tolerance of extraneous matter consisting of :
                      — mineral and vegetable inedible substances ; provided that they are not toxic : 0,01 %
                      — extraneous broken grains or parts thereof, edible : 0,10 %
            ! 0. 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 (in letters at least 5 cm high) :
                      'BRISURES DE RIZ / DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE À
                      LA RÉPUBLIQUE DU SÉNÉGAL'
           1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing : Dakar
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 5 March 1984
           16. Shipment period : 20 March to 20 April 1984
           17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
           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 send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                 Commission Delegation in Senegal, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200, rue de la Loi,
                 B-1049 Brussels .