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REGULATION (EEC No 1292/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 15 May 1973 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of milled rice as food aid for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNWRA)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tions arising by virtue of participation in the invita­ COMMUNITIES, tion to tender for supplies to UNWRA will be fulfilled ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas the Italian intervention agency should, in any event, be made responsible for the tendering procedure ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organ­ Whereas the Commission must be informed quickly ization of the market in rice, as last amended by the of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) concerning the Acces­ and of those accepted by the intervention agency ; sion of new Memeber States to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ 1 973 ; ment Committee for Cereals ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 693 /72 (4) of 3 August 1972 laying down the con T HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ditions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid, and in particular Article 6 thereof ;

Article 1 Whereas on 23 May 1972 and 19 December 1972 the Council of the European Communities declared that 1 . Tenders are hereby invited tor the supply to it proposed, by way of Community action , to grant the UNWRA, by way of Community action , of 3 240 equivalent of 3 870 metric tons and 309 metric tons metric tons of round-grained milled rice. of husked rice (in other words, 3 240 metric tons of round-grained milled rice), to UNWRA under its 2. The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy 1971 /72 food aid programme ; in two lots . The products shall be mobilized on the Community market. The products shall be loaded for Whereas analysis of the state of the Community rice departure from the Community ports listed in Annex market indicates that the criteria of Article 3 (3) of I. Council Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 should be applied and that the products should be purchased on 3 . The invitation to tender provided for in para­ the Community market ; graph 1 is for supply of products delivered cif, that is to say, actually placed on the quay in one of the ports Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be of unloading listed in Annex II . for supply of the products cif, that is to say actually placed on the quay at the port of unloading ; 4. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product specified in paragraph 1 cif to one of the ports listed in Annex II in new jute sacks of a net capacity of 50 Whereas the award under the invitation to tender kilogrammes . must be made to the tenderer offering the best terms ;

The following shall be printed on the sacks : Whereas, should force majeure make it impossible to complete the operation in question within the time 'Milled rice — gift of the European Community'. limits specified , it mus be made clear who is to bear the liability for any resulting costs ; Article 2

Whereas provision should be made for security to be 1 . The decision on tenders received in rsponse to given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga­ the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken on 28 May 1973 . (') OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14. (3 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . .5 . 2 . The closing date for the submission of tenders 4 OJ No L 178 , 5. 8 . 1972, p . 3 . shall be 28 May 1973 at 12 noon .

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3 . The notice of invitation to tender shall be — Spotted grains : 1 % maximum published in the Official Journal of the European — Stained grains : 0-50 % maximum Communities not less than 10 days before the closing date for the submission of tenders . — Yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum — Amber grains : 0-125 % maximum Article 3 Rice not meeting these requirements shall be refused. The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering 2. Tenders for supply to UNWRA of the round­ the best terms . grained milled rice referred to in Article 1 must relate However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to to a product with the following characteristics : correspond to normal market prices and costs, the — Moisture : 1 5 % intervention agency may cancel the invitation to tender. — Broken rice : 5 % maximum

— Chalky grains : 3 % maximum Article 4 — Grains striated with red : 3 % maximum 1 . The successful tenderer shall give security of a — Spotted grains : 1 % maximum value of 10 units of account per metric ton ; the secur­ — Stained grains : 0-5 % maximum ity is intended to guarantee that the operations speci­ fied in Article 1 are duly completed. The security — Yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum shall be forfeit if those operations are not carried out — Amber grains : 0-125 % maximum . within the prescribed time limit, save as regards quan­ tities not delivered owing to force majeure. Article 6 2. The secrurity provided for in paragraph 1 may be given in the form of a cash deposit or of a 1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon­ guarantee issued by a credit institution conforming to sible for the operations relating to the invitations to the criteria laid down by the Member State. tender provided for by this Regulation

2 . It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­ Article 5 sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­ tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender, 1 . The round-grained milled rice referred to in together with the name and business name of the Article 1 to be supplied to UNWRA must meet the successful tenderer. following requirements :

— Moisture : 1 5 % Article 7 — Broken rice : 5 % maximum This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its — Chalky grains : 3 % maximum publication in the Official Journal of the European — Grains striated with red : 3 % maximum Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 15 May 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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ANNEX 1

Number Minimum rate of loading of lot Port from which consigned per day Tonnage fob

1 2 340 Customs of the port 2 j Community ports 900

ANNEX II

Number of lot Port of unloading Minimum rate of unloading Tonnage cif

1 Beirut 2 340 2 Ashdod j Customs of the port 900