CELEX: 31981R0453
Language: en
Date: 1981-02-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 453/81 of 23 February 1981 on the supply of fully-milled long grain rice to the Comoros as food aid

No L 49 / 6                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            24. 2. 81
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 453/81
                                                        of 23 February 1981
                  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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the
Economic Community,                                                  implementation of certain food-aid operations
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                        involving cereal and rice products (6) ; whereas it is
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                     necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Commu­
tion of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the               nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the
Act of Accession of Greece (2 ), and in particular                   products to be supplied and the supply conditions
Article 25 thereof,                                                  which are set out in the Annex to 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 Manage­
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3 ), and in            ment 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
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                                             Article 1
the common agricultural policy (4 ), as last amended by
                                                                     The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
Regulation ( EEC) No 2543 /73 (5 ) and in particular                 implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                     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 28 May 1980 , the Council of the Euro­                                               Article 2
pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure , 4 000 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
 for 1980 ;                                                           the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 23 February 1981 .
                                                                                I-or the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Aiember of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976 , p . 1 .
 ( : ) OJ No L 291 , 19 . II . 1979 , p . 17 .
 (■') O'l No L 281 , I. I 1 . 1975, p . 89 .
 (■>) O ) No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962 , p . 2553 / 62 .
 ( 5 ) OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . I.                           (") O | No 1 . 1 42 . 26 .  1980 , p . II .
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            1 . Programme : 1980
            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 : 1 380 tonnes
            6 . Number of lots : two
                 Lot 1 : Moroni : 690 tonnes
                 Lot 2 : Mutsamudu : 690 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 :
                 — 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 ( 1 ),
                  —  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 : 9 March 1981 at 12 noon
            16 . Shipment period : from 1 to 30 April 1981
             17 . Security : 12 HCU per tonne
             (') Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty ba^s of the
                  same qualitv as those containing the goods , with the marking followed by a capital  .