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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 334/78 of 17 February 1978 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of round grain milled rice as food aid for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tions arising by virtue of participation in the invita­ COMMUNITIES , tion to tender for supplies to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees will be fulfilled ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the Italian intervention agency should be made responsible for the tendering procedure ; Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­ Whereas the Commission mu^l be informed quickly tion of the market in rice ('), as amended by Regula­ of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation tion ( EEC) No 11 .58 / 77 (2 ), and of those accepted by the intervention agency ;

Whereas the Monetary Committee will be consulted ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No whereas in view of the urgency, the measures envis­ 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­ aged should be adopted in accordance with the condi­ tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and in particular Article 6 thereof, tions laid down in Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation No 129 on the value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the Whereas on 27 July 1976 the Council of the Euro­ common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular of Community action , to grant the equivalent of 576 Article 3 thereof ; tonnes of husked rice (in other words 446 tonnes of round grain milled rice) to the United Nations High Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Commission for Refugees under its 1974/75 food-aid are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ programme ; ment Committee for Cereals,

Whereas pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2750/75 the goods may be purchased anywhere on the Community market ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be for supply of the products delivered Limassol, that is Article 1 at the moment when the goods are actually placed on the dock or in the lighter where applicable ; 1 . Tenders are hereby invited for the supply to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees by Whereas, in view of the different monetary circum­ stances in the Member States, the observation of these way of Community action of 446 tonnes of round grain milled rice . conditions is not guaranteed by the application of exchange rates in the framework of the common agri­ cultural policy since monetary compensatory amounts 2. The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy do not apply in the rice sector ; whereas it is advisable in one lot. The product shall be loaded for departure to take account of the monetary situation as regards from any Community port. different offers ; 3 . The invitation to tender provided for in para­ Whereas the award under the invitation to tender graph 1 is for supply of products delivered Limassol, must be made to the tenderer offering in the best that is at the moment when the goods are actually terms ; placed on the dock or in the lighter where applicable.

Whereas provision should be made for security to be 4. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga­ specified in paragraph 1 in new jute sacks of a net capacity of 50 kilograms . (') OJ No L. 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 136, 2. 6. 1977, p . 13 . (4) OJ No L 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. (} ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 89 . (5 ) OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .

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Minimum weight of the sacks shall be 600 grams . The intended to guarantee that the operations specified in following shall be printed on the sacks : Article 1 are duly completed. The security shall be forfeit if those operations are not carried out within 'Milled rice — Gift of the European Economic the prescribed time limit, save as regards quantities Community to the people of Cyprus .' not delivered owing to force majeure. To allow for the possibility of re-bagging, the 2. The security provided for in paragaph 1 may be successful tenderer shall supply 2 % of new empty given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee sacks, of the same quality as those containing the issued by a credit institution conforming to the goods but with the printing followed by a capital letter 'R '. criteria laid down by the Member State .

Article 2 Article 6 1 . The decision on tenders received in response to the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken 1 . The round grain milled rice referred to in Article on 6 March 1978 . 1 to be supplied to the United Nations High Commis­ sion for Refugees must meet the following require­ 2. The closing date for the submission of tenders ments : shall be 6 March 1978 , at 12 noon . — moisture : 15% , 3 . The notice of invitation to tender shall be — broken rice : 5 % maximum , published in the Official Journal of the European — chalky grains : 5 % maximum, Communities not less than nine days before the — grains striated with red : 3 % maximum, closing date for the submission of tenders. — spotted grains : 1 -5 % maximum, — stained grains : 1 % maximum, Article 3 — yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum, — amber grains : 0-20 % maximum . 1 . The prices offered must be expressed in the currency of the Member State in which the invitation Rice not meeting these requirements shall be refused. to tender was issued . 2. Tenders for supply to the United Nations High 2. For the purpose of rendering the tenders compar­ Commission for Refugees of the round grain milled able , the prices shall , where appropriate, be corrected rice referred to in Article 1 must relate to a product by the accession compensatory amount applicable on with the following characteristics : the closing date for submission of tenders to exports from the Member State mentioned in the tender . — moisture : 15% , — broken rice : 5 % maximum , 3 . The rates used for converting into units of — chalky grains : 5 % maximum, account those offers made in national currencies shall — grains striated with red : 3 % maximum, be : — spotted grains : 1-5% maximum, — the central rate in cases where the relevant — stained grains : 1 % maximum, — yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum, currency is held at any given moment within a —- amber grains : 0-20 % maximum . band of 2-25 % , — in other cases, the average spot exchange rate during the period from Wednesday of one week to Article 7 Tuesday of the following week and which immedi­ ately precedes the closing date for the submission 1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon­ of tenders . sible for the operations relating to the invitation to tender provided for by this Regulation . Article 4 2 . It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­ The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­ the best terms . tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender, together with the name and business name of the However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to successful tenderer . correspond to normal market prices and costs, the intervention agency may cancel the invitation to 3 . Where the customs export formalities for the tender . mobilized product are completed in a Member State other than that in which the invitation to tender is Article 5 issued , the intervention agency of the latter Member State shall be responsible for the operations following 1 . The successful tenderer shall give security of a tendering, including payment to the successful tenderer . value of 10 units of account per tonne ; the security is

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In such case, the intervention agency choosing the The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­ successful tenderer shall immediately inform the inter­ tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is vention agency of the Member State concerned and received . shall supply it with all the information which it may 5. When the intervention agency responsible for require. the operations relating to tendering is not the interven­ Furthermore , the amount of the successful tender tion agency which appoints the successful tenderer, it shall be paid after it has been converted using the shall send as soon as possible to the latter the informa­ average of the spot rates referred to in the second tion necessary for releasing the security. subparagraph of Article 3 (3) to the tenderer in the currency of the Member State in which the operations Article 8 relating to the tendering are completed. As regards this tender, the intervention agency is auth­ 4. The intervention agency shall ask that the orized to make an initial payment of 80 % of the tenderer specifies the following information : value of the quantity given in the bill of lading, on presentation of that document and subject to the (a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of taking of a security for an amount equal to the initial the quantities loaded, the quality of the products payment . and their packaging ; (b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the Article 9 expected date of arrival of the products at their destination ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its (c) all possible contingencies which might occur publication in the Official Journal of the European during transportation of the products. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 February 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President