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REGULATION (EEC) No 2312/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 6 September 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of husked long grain rice as food aid for the Republic of Gambia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES , are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Cereals , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act Article 1 of Accession (2) ; 1 . Tenders are hereby invited for the supply to the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 693/72 (3) of 3 August 1972 laying down the condi­ Republic of Gambia, by way of Community action, of tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid, and 1 500 metric tons of husked long grain rice. in particular Article 6 thereof ; 2. The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy Whereas on 6 April 1971 the Council of the Euro­ in one lot. The product shall be mobilized on the pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way Community market. The products shall be loaded for of Community action, to grant 1 500 metric tons of departure from a Community port. husked long grain rice to the Republic of Gambia under its 1970/71 food-aid programme ; 3 . The invitation to tender provided for in para­ graph 1 is for supply of products delivered cif, that is Whereas analysis of the state of the Community rice at the moment when the goods are actually removed market indicates that the criteria of Article 3 (3) of from the ship's hold at the port of unloading. Council Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 should be applied and that the products should be purchased on 4. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product the Community market ; specified in paragraph 1 cif to the port of Banjul in new jute sacks of a net capacity of 50 kilogrammes. Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be for supply of the products delivered cif, that is at the The following shall be printed on the sacks : moment when the goods are actually removed from ' Don de la Communaute economique europeenne — the ship's hold at the port of unloading ; Distribution gratuite'. Whereas the award under the invitation to tender must be made to the tenderer offering the best terms ; Article 2 Whereas, should force majeure make it impossible to 1 . The decision on tenders received in response to complete the operation in question within the time the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken limits specified, it 'must be made clear who is to bear on 17 September 1974. the liability for any resulting costs ; Whereas provision should be made for security to be 2 . The closing date for the submission of tenders shall be 17 September 1974 at 12 noon . given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga­ tions arising by virtue of participation in the invita­ 3 . The notice of invitation to tender shall be tion to tender for supplies to the Republic of Gambia published in the Official Journal of the European will be fulfilled ; Communities not less than seven days before the Whereas the Italian intervention agency should be closing date for the submission of tenders. made responsible for the tendering procedure ; Article 3 Whereas the Commission must be informed quickly of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering and of those accepted by the intervention agency ; the best terms . (•) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to (3) OJ No L 178 , 5. 8 . 1972, p. 3 . correspond to normal market prices and costs, the

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intervention agency may cancel the invitation to Article 6 tender. 1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon­ Article 4 sible for the operations relating to the invitation to tender provided for by this Regulation . 1 . The successful tenderer shall give security of a value of 10 units of account per metric ton ; the secu­ 2 . It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­ rity is intended to guarantee that the operations speci­ sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­ fied in Article 1 are duly completed. The security tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender, shall be forfeit if those operations are not carried out together with the name and business name of the within the prescribed time limit, save as regards quan­ successful tenderer . tities not delivered owing to force majeure. 2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be 3 . The intervention agency shall ask that the given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee tenderer specifies the following information : issued by a credit institution conforming to the criteria laid down by the Member State . (a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of the quantities loaded, the quality of the products A rticle 5 and their packaging ;

1 . The husked long grain rice referred to in Article (b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the 1 to be supplied to the Republic of Gambia must expected date of arrival of the products at their destination ; meet the following requirements : — moisture content : maximum 15% , (c) all possible contingencies which might occur — broken grains : 5 % maximum, during transportation of the products. — green grains or grains having natural deformities : 3 % maximum . The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­ tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is Rice not meeting these requirements shall be refused. received . 2. Tenders for supply to Gambia of the husked long grain milled rice referred to in Article 1 must relate to a product with the following characteristics : Article 7 — moisture content : maximum 15% , — broken grains : 5 % maximum, This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its — green grains or grains having natural deformities : publication in the Official Journal of the European 3 % maximum . Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 September 1974. For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI