31982R1374

No L 154/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 4 . 6 . 82

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1374/ 82 of 3 June 1982 opening a new invitation to tender for the mobilization of fully-milled long grain rice to the Comoros as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN milled long grain rice to the Comoros as food aid (s) COMMUNITIES, 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 (6), 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 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 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, 3 000 tonnes of Annex hereto . cereals to the Comoros 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 241 /82 of 1 February 1982 on the supply of fully­ European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 June 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 . 0 OJ No L 25, 2. 2. 1982, p. 8 . (3) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. (6) OJ No L 192, 26 . 7 . 1980 , p. 11 . (4) OJ No L 263, 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 . O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p . 27.

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ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1981 2. Recipient : Comoros 3. Place or country of destination : Moroni and Mutsamudu 4. Product to be mobilized : fully-milled long grain rice 5. Total quantity : 1 035 tonnes ( = 3 000 tonnes of cereals) 6. Number of lots : two Lot 1 : Moroni : 625 tonnes Lot 2 : Mutsamudu : 410 tonnes 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Ente Nazionale Risi, Piazza Pio XI, 1 , I-Milano (telex 334 032) 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 : 2-5 % maximum — stained grains ; 1 -5 % maximum — yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum — amber grains : 0-20 % maximum 10. Packaging : — in bags (') — quality of the bags : new jute sacks 600 g, lined with cotton sacks — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking of the bags in letters at least 5 cm high : 'RIZ BLANCHI / DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE AUX COMORES' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13. Port of landing : Moroni and Mutsamudu 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 14 June 1982 16. Shipment period : July 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\