31984R0669

No L 73/20 16 . 3 . 84 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 669/84 of IS March 1984 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Ghana as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN certain non-member countries and beneficiary COMMUNITIES, organizations ; 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 Regulation respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals (EEC) No 174/84 (2), and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3323/81 f); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the characteristics of the products to be supplied and the mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as supply conditions ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in particular Article 6 thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Committee for Cereals, 1992/83 of 11 July 1983 laying down the implemen­ ting rules for 1983 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ment (*), Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of shall implement the mobilization and supply proce­ the common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (7), and in particular (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down Article 3 thereof, in the Annex hereto. Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Article 2 Whereas, on 16 December 1983, the Commission of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day the European Communities decided to grant, under following its publication in the Official Journal of the Community measures, various quantities of cereals to European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 March 1984. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . I1) OJ No L 21 , 26. 1 . 1984, p. 2. 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89. I4) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 196, 20. 7. 1983, p. 1 . Is) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62. (») OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 . 0 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 : 1983 2. Recipient : Ghana 3. Place or country of destination : Ghana 4. Product to be mobilized : wholly milled long grain rice 5. Total quantity : 7 935 tonnes (23 01 1 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 334 032) 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market 9. Characteristics of the goods : — rice of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests — moisture : 15% — 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 new bags : — jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 g, or — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high : 'WHITE RICE / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO GHANA' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13. Port of landing : Tema 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : mutual agreement 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 26 March 1984 16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 May 1984 17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne Notes : 1 . The successful tenderer shall forward, through the intermediary of the intervention agency, to the recipient on the latter's request and in accordance with his instructions the documents necessary for importation of the goods into the country of destination. 2. 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'.