CELEX: 31984R1287
Language: en
Date: 1984-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1287/84 of 10 May 1984 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Ghana as food aid

11 . 5. 84                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 124/23
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1287/84
                                                        of 10 May 1984
                  on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Ghana as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    certain non-member         countries       and   beneficiary
COMMUNITIES,                                                      organizations ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
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                      by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization               July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation          respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
(EEC) No 1 74/84 (2),                                             and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  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
particular Article 6 thereof,                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Committee for Cereals,
1278/84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing
rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ment (*),
                                                                                          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 Annex hereto
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of              shall implement the mobilization and supply pro­
the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by            cedures in accordance with the provisions of Regula­
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 f), and in particular                 tion (EEC) No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid
Article 3 thereof,                                                down in the Annex hereto.
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee ,                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, on 25 April 1984, the Commission of the                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
European Communities decided to grant, under                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Community measures, various quantities of cereals to              European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 10 May 1984.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 21 , 26 . 1 . 1984, p. 2.
O   OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(4) OJ  No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
Is) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                        O OJ No L 192, 26 . 7 . 1980, p . 11 .
0 OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                            (') OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p . 27 .
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                                                             ANNEX
              1 . Programmes : 1984
              2. Recipient : Ghana
              3 . Place or country of destination : Ghana
              4. Product to be mobilized : wholly milled long grain rice
              5 . Total quantity : 2 760 tonnes (8 000 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 :
                  — 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 :
                  —   jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                  —   composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g
                  —   net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  —   marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      'WHITE RICE / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO GHANA'
            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13 . Port of landing : Tema
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 21 May 1984
            16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 June 1984
            17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
            Notes :
            1 . The successful tenderer shall forward, through the intermediary of the intervention agency, to the
                 recipient on the latter's request and in accordance with his instructions the documents necessary
                 for importation of the goods into the country of destination .
            2. 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'.