31985R3167

No L 300 /26 14 . 11 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3167/85 of 12 November 1985 on the supply of wholly milled rice to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 3323/81 (*); whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European followed to determine the resultant costs ; Economic Community, Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 of 3 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are December 1982 on food-aid policy and food-aid manage­ in accordance with the opinion of the Management ment and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2750/75 ('), Committee for Cereals, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 1 No 1025/84 (3), and in particular Article 25 thereof, The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto Whereas, by its decision of 6 May 1985 on the supply of shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures food aid to the ICRC, the commission allocated to the in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No latter organization 725 tonnes of cereals to be supplied 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the Annex cif ; hereto . Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Article 2 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and following its publication in the Official Journal of the rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 November 1985. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 13 . (4) OJ No L 192, 26 . 7. 1980, p. 11 . O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.

14 . 11 . 85 No L 300/27 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1 985 2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 3. Place or country of destination : Nicaragua 4. Product to be mobilized : wholly milled long grain rice (non-parboiled) 5. Total quantity : 250 tonnes (725 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 : 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 : — new woven-polypropylene bags for food use, weighing not less than 120 g, which have been specially treated against the effects of ultraviolet light — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking on the bags : a red cross 15 x 15 cm followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high : ' NIC- 136 / ARROZ / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA / ACCIÓN DEL COMITE INTERNACIONAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA / DESTINADO A LA DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA / CORINTO' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Corinto 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 25 November 1985 16 . Shipment period : 20 December 1985 to 20 January 1986 17 . Security : 12 ECU per tonne 18 . At the request of the ICRC, the successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary on delivery, the following documents : — certificate of origin — phytosanitary certificate — fumigation certificate (bromure methyl) — pro forma invoice

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 contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents are required .