31983R0717

No L 83/32 30 . 3 . 83 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 717/83 of 29 March 1983 on the supply of broken rice to the Republic of Guinea Bissau as food aid

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 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3323/81 Q ; 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), as Committee for Cereals, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (3), and in particular Article 6 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and Article 1 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by The Dutch intervention agency shall be charged with Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), and in particular implementing the mobilization and supply procedures Article 3 thereof, in accordance with the provision of Regulation (EEC) No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down in the Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Annex hereto . Committee,

Whereas on 3 December 1982 the Council of the Article 2 European Communities expressed its intention to grant, under a Community measure, 3 500 tonnes of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day broken rice to the Republic of Guinea Bissau under its following its publication in the Official Journal of the food-aid programme for 1982 ; European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 March 1983 . 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 L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . (4) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. 0 OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 . 0 OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 . f) OJ No L 334. 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.

30 . 3 . 83 No L 83 /33 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1982 2. Recipient : Republic of Guinea Bissau 3 . Place or country of destination : Republic of Guinea Bissau 4. Product to be mobilized : broken rice 5. Total quantity : 3 500 tonnes 6 . Number of lots : one 7 . Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Verkoop- en Inkoopbureau (VIB), Kouvenderstraat 229, NL-6430 AZ Hoensbroek (telex 56 396) 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market 9 . Characteristics of the goods : (a) Broken rice for human consumption, of sound merchantable quality, free of odour and pests, of at least the standard quality for which the threshold price is fixed (b) — moisture : 1 5 % — pieces of rice : 1,5 % maximum — chalky grains : 6 % maximum — grains striated with red : 10 % maximum — spotted and/or stained grains : 4 % maximum — yellow and/or amber grains : 1,175% maximum (c) tolerance of extraneous matter consisting of : — mineral and vegetable inedible substances ; provided that they are not toxic : 0,0 1 % — extraneous broken grains or parts thereof, edible : 0,10 % 10 . Packaging : — in bags (') — quality of the bags : new jute sacks — minimum weight 600 g — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking on the bags (in letters at least 5 cm high) : 'QUEBRA DE ARROZ / DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA A GUINÉ-BISSAU'

1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12 . Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Bissau 14 . Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 11 April 1983 16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 May 1983 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'.