31985R1045

No L 112/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 4. 85

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1045/85 of 24 April 1985 on the supply of milled rice to Lebanon as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Community measures, various quantities of cereals to COMMUNITIES, certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­ zations ; 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 1025/84 (2), and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3323/81 (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 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation particular Article 6 thereof, are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 457/85 Committee for Cereals, of 19 February 1985 laying down the implementing rules for 1985 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­ ment f5), 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 shall implement the mobilization and supply pro­ the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of cedures in accordance with the provisions of Regula­ the common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by tion (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 f), and in particular down in the Annex hereto . Article 3 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Article 2 Committee, This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Whereas, on 27 March 1985, the Commission of the following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities decided to grant, under European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 April 1985. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 13. (3) OJ No L 281 ,' 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89. (4) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 54, 23 . 2. 1985, p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 . (j OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62. O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27. 0 OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1985 2. Recipient : Lebanon 3 . Place or country of destination : Lebanon 4. Product to be mobilized : milled round grain rice (non-parboiled) 5. Total quantity : 1 725 tonnes (5 000 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 : Community market 9. Characteristics of the goods : — 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 : 1,5 % maximum — stained grains : 1 % maximum — yellow grains : 0,050 % maximum — amber grains : 0,20 % maximum 10 . Packaging : — in bags (l) — quality of the bags : new jute sacks 600 g — net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high : 'RIZ BLANCHI / DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE À LA RÉPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE / À DISTRIBUER GRATUITEMENT' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Beirut 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 6 May 1985 at 12 noon 16. Shipment period : from 1 to 30 June 1985 17. Security : 12 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 Lebanon, c/o ' Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123 , 200 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels .