31980R3021

No L 317 / 4 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 1 . 80

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 3021 / 80 of 24 November 1980 on the supply of fully-milled long grain rice to Sierra Leone as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it is necessary to provide for the COMMUNITIES , carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation ( EEC) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the No 1974 / 80 of 22 July 1980 laying down general European Economic Community, rules for the implementation of certain food-aid operations involving cereal and rice products (6); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the purposes of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the Community measure envisaged , the characteristics 1418 / 76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organi­ of the products to be supplied and the supply zation of the market in rice ('), as last amended by conditions which are set out in the Annex to this Regulation (EEC) No 1871 / 80 (2), and in particular Regulation ; Article 25 thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No are in accordance with the opinion of the 2750 / 75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the Management Committee for Cereals , mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in 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 Article 1 and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543 / 73 ( s) and in The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with particular Article 3 thereof, implementing the mobilization and supply procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1974 / 80 and with the conditions laid Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary down in the Annex hereto . Committee ,

Article 2 Whereas, on 28 May 1980, the Council of the European Communities has expressed its intention to grant, under a Community measure, 2 900 tonnes of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day cereals to Sierra Leone under its food-aid programme following its publication in the Official Journal of the for 1980 ; European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 24 November 1980 .

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 166 , 25 . 6 . 1976 , p. 1 . O OJ No L 184 , 17 . 7 . 1980 , p. 4 . O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 89 . (<) OJ No 106 , 30 . 10 . 1962 , p . 2553 / 62 . C ) Of No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 . C) OJ No L 192 , 26 . 7 . 1980 , p . 11 .

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ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1980 2 . Recipient : Sierra Leone 3 . Place or country of destination : Freetown 4. Product to be mobilized : fully-milled long grain rice 5 . Total quantity : 1 000 tonnes 6 . Number of lots : one 7 . Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Ente Nazionale Risi , Piazza Pio XI , I-Milano ; telex 334 032 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market 9 . Characteristics of the goods : — moisture : 15 % , — broken rice : 5 % maximum , — chalky grains : 5 % maximum , i — 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 ('), — quality of the bags : new jute sacks 600 g , — net weight of the bags : 50 kg , — marking of the bags : letters at least 5 cm high : 'White rice / Gift of the European Economic Community to the Republic of Sierra Leone' 1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12 . Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Freetown 14 . Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 9 December 1980 at 12 noon 16 . Shipment period : from 1 to 31 January 1981 17 . Security : 12 ECU /tonne

(') Since the goods may be rebagged , the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same quality as those containing the goods , with the marking followed by a capital ' R\