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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1723/ 76 of 16 July 1976 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of round grain milled rice as food aid for the International Committee of the Red Cross
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the Italian intervention agency should be COMMUNITIES, made responsible for the tendering procedure ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the Commission must be informed quickly Economic Community, of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation and of those accepted by the intervention agency ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the Monetary Committee will be consulted ; 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza whereas, in view of the urgency, the measures envis tion of the market in rice (J ), aged should be adopted in accordance with the condi tions laid down in Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No No 129 (3) on the value of the unit of account and the 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (2), and common agricultural policy, as last amended by Regu in particular Article 6 thereof, lation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof ; Whereas on 25 March 1976 the Council of the Euro pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation of Community action, to grant the equivalent of 967-5 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage metric tons of husked rice (in other words, 750 metric ment Committee for Cereals, tons of round grain milled rice) to the International Committee of the Red Cross under its 1 975/76 food aid programme ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Council Regula tion (EEC) No 2750/75 the goods may be purchased anywhere on the Community market ; Article 1
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be 1 . Tenders are hereby invited for supply to the for supply of the products delivered Ashdod, Valpa International Committee of the Red Cross, by way of raiso or Manila, that is at the moment when the goods Community action, of 750 metric tons of round grain are actually placed on the dock or in the lighter where milled rice applicable ; . This quantity shall be distributed as follows : Whereas in view of the different monetary circum stances in the Member States, the observation of these — 300 metric tons destined for Cis-Jordan and Gaza Sinai (lot 1 ), conditions is not guaranteed by the application of exchange rates applicable in the framework of the — 300 metric tons destined for Chile (lot 2), common agricultural policy since monetary compensa — 150 metric tons destined for the Philippines (lot tory amounts do not apply in the rice sector ; whereas 3 it is advisable to take account of the monetary situa tion as regards different offers ; 2. The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy in three lots. The product shall be mobilized on the Whereas the award under the invitation to tender Community market. The product shall be loaded for must be made to the tenderer offering the best terms ; departure from any Commuhity port.
Whereas provision should be made for security to be 3. The invitation to tender provided for in para given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga graph 1 is for supply of products delivered Ashdod, tions arising by virtue of participation in the invita Valparaiso or Manila, that is at the moment when the' tion to tender for supplies to the International goods are actually placed on the dock or in the lighter Committee of the Red Cross will be fulfilled ; where applicable.
(') OJ No L 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p. 1 . (3) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. (2) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 . (4) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .
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4. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product Article 5 specified in paragraph 1 in new jute sacks, having a 1 . The successful tenderer shall give security of a net capacity of 50 kg. value of 10 units of account per metric ton ; the secu On the sacks shall be printed a Red Cross, 15 cm by rity is intended to guarantee that the operations speci 1 5 cm as well as the following : fied in Article 1 are duly completed. The security shall be forfeit if those operations are not carried out 'Milled rice / Gift of the European Economic Commu within the prescribed jfime limit, save as regards quan nity / Action of the International Committee of the tities not delivered owing to force majeure. Red Cross / for free distribution .' 2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be or given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee 'Arroz molido / Donacion de las Comunidades Euro issued by a credit institution conforming to the peas / Acción del Comité Internacional de la Cruz criteria laid down by the Member State. Roja / por distribución gratuita.' Article 6 Article 2 1 . The round grain milled rice referred to in Article 1 . The decision on tenders received in response to 1 to be supplied to the International Committee of the Red Cross must meet the following requirements : the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken on 2 August 1976. — moisture : 15% , — broken rice : 5 % maximum, 2. The closing date for the submission of tenders — chalky grains : 3 % maximum, shall be 2 August 1976, at 12 noon . — grain striated with red : 3 % maximum, 3 . The notice of invitation to tender shall be — spotted grains : 1 % maximum, — stained grains : 0-50 % maximum, published in the Official Journal of the European Communities not less than six days before the closing — yellow grains : 0 050 % maximum, date for the submission of tenders . — amber grains : 01 25 % maximum .
Rice not meeting these requirements shall be refused. Article 3 2. Tenders for supply to the International 1 . The prices offered must be expressed in the Committee of the Red Cross of the round grain currency of the Member State in which the invitation milled rice referred to in Article 1 must relate to a to tender was issued . product with the following characteristics : — moisture : 15% , 2. For the purpose of rendering the tenders compar — broken rice : 5 % maximum, able, the prices shall, where appropriate, be corrected by the accession compensatory amount applicable on — chalky grains : 3 % maximum, the closing date for submission of tenders to exports — grains striated with red : 3 % maximum, from the Member State mentioned in the tender. — spotted grains : 1 % maximum, — stained grains : 0-50 % maximum, 3. The rates used for converting into units of — yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum, account those offers made in national currencies shall — amber grains : 01 25 % maximum . be : — the central rate in cases where the relevant Article 7 currency is held at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , 1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon sible for the operations relating to the invitation to — in other cases the average spot exchange rate tender provided for by this Regulation. during the period from Wednesday of one week to Tuesday of the following week and which immedi 2. It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis ately precedes the time limit for the submission of sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi tenders . tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender, together with the name and business name of the Article 4 successful tenderer.
The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering 3 . Where the customs export formalities for the the best terms . mobilized product are completed in a Member State other than that in which the invitation to tender is However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to issued, the intervention agency of the latter Member correspond to normal market prices and costs, the State shall be responsible for the operations following intervention agency may cancel the invitation to tendering, including payment to the successful tender. tenderer.
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In such case, the intervention agency choosing the (c) all possible contingencies which might occur successful tenderer shall immediately inform the inter during transportation of the products. vention agency of the Member State concerned and shall supply it with all the information which it may The intervention agency shall transmit the informa require. tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is Furthermore, the amount of the successful tender received . shall be paid after it has been converted using the average of the spot rates referred to in the second 5. When the intervention agency responsible for subparagraph of Article 3 (2) to the tenderer in the the operations relating to tendering is not the interven currency of the Member State in which the operations tion agency which appoints the successful tenderer, it relating to the tendering are completed. shall send as soon as possible to the latter the informa tion necessary for releasing the securjity. 4. The intervention agency shall ask that the tenderer specifies the following information : (a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of Article 8 the quantities loaded, the quality of the products and their packaging ; (b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its expected date of arrival of the products at their publication in the Official Journal of the European destination ; Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 16 July 1976. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission
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ANNEXE — ANHANG — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE — BILAG — ANNEX
Numéro du lot Port de débarquement Tonnage à mettre en caf Période d'embarquement Inscription sur les sacs N. della partita Porto di sbarco Tonnellaggio da consegnare cif Periodo d' imbarco Iscrizione sui sacchi Nr. des Loses Bestimmungshafen Nach cif zu bringende Menge Verschiffungszeitraum Aufschrift auf den Säcken Partiets nummer Lossehavn Mængde til levering cif Indskibningsperiode Påskrift pi sækkene No of lot Port of unloading Tonnage cif Loading period Inscription on the sacks Nr. van de partij Haven van lossing Cif aan te leveren hoeveelheid Periode van laden Melding op de zakken
1 Ashdod 300 1 . — 15 . 9 . 1976 Milled Rice / Gift of the Euro pean Economic Community / Action of the International Committee of the Red Cross / For free distribution 2 Valparaiso 300 1 . — 15 . 9 . 1976 Arroz molido / Donación de las Comunidades Europeas / Acción del Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja / Por distribution gratuita 3 Manila 150 1 . — 15 . 9 . 1976 Milled rice / Gift of the European Economic Community / Action of the International Committee of the Red Cross / For free distribu tion