31982R3252

No L 341 / 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 12. 82

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3252/82 of 2 December 1982 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Comoros as food aid under Regulation (EEC) No 3723/81 .

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out COMMUNITIES, of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in Economic Community, respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and rice (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3323/81 (^ ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of characteristics of the products to be supplied and the Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25 supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to thereof, this Regulation ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the are in accordance with the opinion of the Management mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), and in Committee for Cereals, particular Article 6 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of Article 1 the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with Article 3 thereof, implementing the mobilization and supply procedures Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the Committee, Annex hereto . Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3723/81 (*) provided for exceptional food aid totalling 40 million Article 2 ECU to be granted to the least-developed countries ; whereas various sums have been allocated for the deli­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day very of cereals and rice to certain non-member coun­ following its publication in the Official Journal of the tries and beneficiary organizations ; European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 December 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. 0 OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 . («) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 . 0 OJ No L 373, 29. 12. 1981 , p. 11 . 0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p . 27.

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ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1981 (Regulation (EEC) No 3723/81 ) 2. Recipient : Comoros 3 . Place or country of destination : Comoros 4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice 5. Total quantity : 800 tonnes (2 320 tonnes of cereals) 6 . Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Ente Nazionale Risi, piazza Pio XI, 1 , I-Milano (telex 26 032) 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market 9 . Characteristics of the koods : — 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 — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking on the bags : in letters at least 5 cm high : 'RIZ BLANCHI / DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE À LA RÉPUBLIQUE FÉDÉRALE ISLAMIQUE DES COMORES'

1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port 1 2. Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : 500 tonnes : Moroni 300 tonnes : Mutsamudu 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : mutual agreement 15. Shipment period : before 21 December 1982 16 . Security : 12 ECU per tonne

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