31986R3138

No L 292/22 16 . 10 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3138/86 of 14 October 1986 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Sierra Leone as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the resultant costs ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 of 3 in accordance with the opinion of the Management December 1982 on food-aid policy and food-aid manage­ Committee for Cereals, ment and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2750/75 ('), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 Article 1 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto No 1007/86 (3), and in particular Article 25 thereof, shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures Whereas by its Decision of 18 July 1986 on the supply of in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No food aid to Sierra Leone the Commission allocated to the 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the Annex latter country 6 000 tonnes of cereals to be supplied cif ; hereto . Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of this measure, in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 July Article 2 1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and This Regulation shall enter into force on the day rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No following its publication in the Official Journal of the 3826/85 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 October 1986. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 3. (4) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 . 0 OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .

16 . 10 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 292/23

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1986 2. Recipient : National Authorizing Officer (M.L. Turay), Office of the President, Tower Hill, PO Box 1402, Freetown (Tel. 2 45 30, Telex 3230 PRISEC SL) 3 . Place or country of destination : Republic of Sierra Leone 4. Product to be mobilized : milled round grain rice (non-parboiled) 5. Total quantity : 2 070 tonnes (6 000 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 26032) * 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 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 : 'RICE / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE' 1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13. Port of landing : Freetown 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 27 October 1986 16. Shipment period : 15 November to 15 December 1986 17. Security : 15 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 : EEC Delegate to Sierra Leone, 4, George Street, PO Box 1399, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Telex 3203 DELFED, Tel. 2 39 75 )