31982R0243

2. 2. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 25/ 17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 243/82 of 1 February 1982 opening a new invitation to tender for the mobilization of milled long grain rice to Somalia as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of 1 379 tonnes was not supplied ; whereas a new invi­ COMMUNITIES, tation to tender should therefore be opened for this lot ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25 and rice (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No thereof, 3323/8 1 (J) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the characteristics of the products to be supplied and the supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), and in this Regulation ; particular Article 6 thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 3 thereof, Article 1 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with Whereas, on 19 May 1981 , the Council of the Euro­ implementing the mobilization and supply procedures pean Communities has expressed its intention to in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the grant, under a Community measure, 8 000 tonnes of Annex hereto . cereals to Somalia under its food-aid programme for 1981 ; Article 2 Whereas under the invitation to tender opened in the Community under Commission Regulation (EEC) No This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 2289/81 of 7 August 1981 regarding the supply of following its publication in the Official Journal of the milled long grain rice to Somalia as food aid (*), one lot European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 February 1982. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 . (3) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. O OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 . O OJ No L 192, 26. 7 . 1980, p. 11 . (*) OJ No L 223 , 8 . 8 . 1981 , p . 21 . 0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.

No L 25/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 2 . 2. 82

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1981 2. Recipient : Somalia 3 . Place or country of destination : Somalia 4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice 5. Total quantity : 1 379 tonnes 6 . Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Ente Nazionale Risi, Piazza Pio XI, 1 , Milano (telex 26032) 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market 9 . Characteristics of the goods : — rice of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests — moisture : 1 5 % — broken rice : 5 % maximum — chalky grains : 5 % maximum — 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 : 'Rice / Gift of the European Economic Community to Somalia 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Berbera 14. Procedure to be applied to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 15 February 1982 16. Shipment period : March 1982 17. Security : 12 ECU per 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'.