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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3740/87

of 11 December 1987

on the supply of various consignments of cereals and rice to Mozambique as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (1), and in particular Article 6 (1) (c) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (2) lays down the list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;

Whereas, by its Decision of 30 July 1987 on the supply of food aid to Mozambique the Commission allocated to the latter country 30 000 tonnes of cereals;

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 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in the Community of products to be supplied as Community food aid (3); whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the resultant costs,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

A tendering procedure is hereby initiated for the award of a contract for the supply of milled long-grain rice and cereals to Mozambique in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and with the conditions laid down in the Annexes hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 December 1987.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 and corrigendum OJ No L 42, 12. 2. 1987, p. 54.

(2) OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1.