31984R0924

No L 95 / 20 5 . 4. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 924/84 of 4 April 1984 on the supply of broken rice to the Republic of Guinea Bissau as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN cereals to certain non-member countries and benefi­ COMMUNITIES, ciary organizations ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out Economic Community, 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 1 74/84 (2), and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3323/8 1 (9) ; 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 implement­ ing rules for 1983 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ment (5), 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 (6), as last amended by dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 f), 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 and 20 December 1983 the Commis­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day sion of the European Communities decided to grant, following its publication in the Official Journal of the under Community measures, various quantities of European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 April 1984. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 21 , 26 . 1 . 1984, p. 2. 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 . (4) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . n OJ No L 196, 20 . 7. 1983 , p. 1 . («) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. O OJ No L 192, 26 . 7. 1980, p. 11 . O OJ No L 263 , 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.

5 . 4. 84 No L 95/21 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1983 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 : 4 000 tonnes (8 000 tonnes of cereals) 6 . Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Ente nazionale risi, piazza Pio XI, 1 , Milano (telex 334 032) 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 : 0,01 % — 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 16 April 1984 16 . Shipment period : 1 to 31 May 1984 1 7. Security : 1 2 ECU per tonne

Notes : 1 . 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\ 2. The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address : Commission Delegation in Guinea Bissau, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200 rue de la Loi , B-1049 Brussels .