31987R0346

No L 34/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 2. 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 346/87 of 4 February 1987 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 Committee for Cereals, of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management ('), and in particular Article 12 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1449/86 (3), and in particular Article 25 thereof, Article 1 Whereas, by its Decision of 10 February 1986 on the supply of food aid to ICRC, the Commission allocated to The intervention agencies specified in the Annex hereto the latter organization 870 tonnes of cereals to be shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures supplied cif ; in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the Annex Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of hereto . this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect Article 2 of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 0 ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follo­ limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be wing its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­ followed to determine the resultant costs : pean Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 February 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(») OJ No L 370, 30 . 12. 1986, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 1 . («) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 . 0 OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .

5. 2. 87 No L 34/29 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1986 — Operation No 32/87 (') ; 2. Recipient : CICR — 17, avenue de la Paix — CH-1211 Genève — Telex 23176 3 . Place or country of destination : Nicaragua 4. Product to be mobilized : wholly milled long-grain rice (non-parboiled) 5. Total quantity : 300 tonnes (870 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 334032) 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 : — new woven-polypropylene bags for food use, weighing not less that 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 followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high : 'ACCIÓN N° 32/87 / NIC.-172 / ARROZ / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA / ACCIÓN DEL COMITÉ INTERNACIONAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA / DESTINADO A LA DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA / CORINTO' 1 1 . 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. Deadling for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 16 February 1987 16. Shipment period : 1 to 20 March 1987 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. At the request of the beneficiary the successful tenderer may deliver a certificate from an official entity certifying that for the product to be delivered the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the Member State concerned, have not been exceeded. 3 . As soon as the successful tenderer has been informed of the award of the contract, he shall contact the beneficiary or his representative without delay, in order to determine the necessary consignment docu­ ments, as well as the details of period, rate and other circumstances concerning shipment. 4. The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following documents : (in Spanish) — certificate of origin," — phytosanitary certificate, — proforma inoices.

(!) The operation number is to be quoted in all correspondence.