31982R0544

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 544/82 of 8 March 1982 opening a new invitation to tender for the mobilization of milled long grain rice to the League of Red Cross Societies as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN various consignments of cereals and/or rice as food COMMUNITIES, aid (*) was not carried out ; whereas a new invitation to tender should therefore be opened ; 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, 3323/81 Q ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No characteristics of the products to be supplied and the 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the supply conditions which are set out in the Annexes 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 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and Committee for Cereals, the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION . Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Article 1 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with implementing the mobilization and supply procedures Whereas, on 19 May 1981 , the Council of the Euro­ in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) pean Communities has expressed its intention to No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the grant, under a Community measure, 696 tonnes of Annexes hereto. cereals for the League of Red Cross Societies under its food-aid programme for 1981 ; Article 2

Whereas the invitation to tender opened in the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Community under Commission Regulation (EEC) No following its publication in the Official Journal of the 2784/81 of 21 September 1981 regarding the supply of European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 1982. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (A OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89. 0 OJ No L 271 , 26. 9. 1981 , p. 9. 0 OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62. (Ó OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 . 0 OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.

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ANNEX I

1 . Programme : 1981 2. Recipient : League of Red Cross Societies 3. Place or country of destination : Senegal 4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice 5. Total quantity : 100 tonnes (290 tonnes of cereals) 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 : a red cross 15 x 1 5 cm followed by (letters at least 5 cm high) : 'RIZ BLANCHI / DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE / ACTION DE LA LIGUE DES SOCIÉTÉS DE LA CROIX-ROUGE / POUR DISTRIBU­ TION GRATUITE AU SÉNÉGAL / DAKAR' 1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13. Port of landing : Dakar 14. Procedure to be applied to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 22 March 1982 16. Shipment period : 15 to 30 April 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'.

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ANNEX II

1 . Programme : 1981 2. Recipient : League of Red Cross Societies 3. Place or country of destination : Islamic Republic of Mauritania 4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice 5. Total quantity : 140 tonnes (406 tonnes of cereals) 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 die product : Community market 9. Characteristics of the goods : — nee 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 : — On the sacks shall be printed a red crescent 15 cm high with the point facing to the left as well as the following (letters at least 5 cm high) : 'RIZ / DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE / ACTION DE LA LIGUE DES SOCIÉTÉS DE LA CROIX-ROUGE / POUR DISTRIBUTION GRATUITE EN MAURITANIE / NOUAKCHOTT 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13. Port of landing : Nouakchott 14. Procedure to be applied to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for die submission of tenders : 12 noon on 22 March 1982 16. Shipment period : 15 to 30 April 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\