31982R3118

24 . 11 . 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 327/ 15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3118/82 of 23 November 1982 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2589/82 on the supply of various consignments of cereals and/or rice to the International Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN health angle ; whereas the abovementioned provision COMMUNITIES, of Regulation (EEC) No 2589/82 should therefore be derogated from and it should be laid down that the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European additional cost resulting from the use of synthetic Economic Community, woven sacks is to be refunded to the successful tenderer ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25 Committee for Cereals , thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), and in Article 1 particular Article 6 thereof, By way of derogation from the first indent of point 10 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2589/82, rice may October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and be supplied to the International Committee of the Red the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of Cross in synthetic woven sacks. the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular The additional cost resulting from the replacement of Article 3 thereof, jute sacks by such sacks shall be refunded to the successful tenderer by the intervention agency of the Whereas the first indent of point 10 of Annex I to Member State in which the customs export formalities Regulation (EEC) No 2589/ 82 (*), lays down that jute are completed, on the basis of the prices normally sacks lined with cotton sacks or composite sacks jute/ obtaining on the market. polypropylene are to be used to supply rice to the International Committee of the Red Cross ; whereas Article 2 the country of destination , which is seriously affected by foot-and-mouth disease, requests that the use of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day synthetic woven sacks be permitted for this supply following its publication in the Official Journal of the because these offer substantial advantages from the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 November 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 . ( 5) OJ No L 276, 28 . 9 . 1982, p . 5 .