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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1798/1999
of 16 August 1999
on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27
June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management andspecialoperationsinsupportoffoodsecurity(
1),andinpartic-
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
(1)WhereastheabovementionedRegulationlaysdownthelist of countries and organisations eligible forCommunityaidandspecifiesthegeneralcriteriaonthetransport of food aid beyond the fob stage;
(2)Whereas,followingthetakingofanumberofdecisionson the allocation of food aid, the Commission has al-located cereals to certain beneficiaries;
(3)Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies inaccordance with the rules laid down by CommissionRegulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997layingdowngeneralrulesforthemobilisationofprod-ucts to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No1292/96asCommunityfoodaid(
2);whereasitisneces-
sarytospecifythetimelimitsandconditionsofsupplyto determine the resultant costs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Cereals shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community
food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the Annex, inaccordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and under theconditions set out in the Annex.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
generalandspecificconditionsapplicable.Anyotherconditionor reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingits
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 16 August 1999.
For the Commission
Karel VAN MIERT
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 166, 5.7.1996, p. 1. (2) OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 23.
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ANNEX
LOT A
1.Action No:177/98
2.Beneficiary(2):Ethiopia
3.Beneficiary's representative: FoodSecurityUnitoftheEuropeanCommunities, AddisAbaba, POBox5570, Tel:
(251-1) 610912, fax: 612655
4.Country of destination: Ethiopia
5.Product to be mobilised: common wheat
6.Totalquantity (tonnes net) 16670
7.Number of lots: one
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(5):see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(1)(a))
9.Packaging(7):see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0, A(1)(a), (2)(a) and B(3)
10.Labelling or marking (6):
— Language to be used for the markings: English— Supplementary markings: —
11.Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
12.Specified delivery stage (
9):free at destination
13.Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob stowed and trimmed
14. a) Port of shipment: —
b)Loading address: —
15.Port of landing (10):Djibouti
16.Place of destination: EFSRwarehouseatKombolcha(AmharaRegion). Contact:AtoSamuelTumoro,tel.:(251-1)
517162, fax: 518363
— port or warehouse of transit: —— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: 28.11.1999— second deadline: 12.12.1999
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadline: 4 — 10.10.1999— second deadline: 18 — 24.10.1999
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 31.8.1999— second deadline: 14.9.1999
20.Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 per tonne
21.Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (
1):Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, Attn. Mr. T.
Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 2967003/2967004 (exclusively)
22.Export refund (4):refundapplicableon27.8.1999,fixedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No1696/1999(OJL201,
31.7.1999, p. 16)
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LOTS B, C
1.Action Nos:178/98 (B); 179/98 (C)
2.Beneficiary(2):Ethiopia
3.Beneficiary's representative: FoodSecurityUnitoftheEuropeanCommunities, AddisAbaba, P.O.Box5570, Tel:
(251-1) 610912, fax: 612655
4.Country of destination: Ethiopia
5.Product to be mobilised: common wheat
6.Totalquantity (tonnes net) 33330
7.Number of lots: 2 (B: 16660 tonnes; C: 16670 tonnes)
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(5):see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(1)(a))
9.Packaging(7):see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0, A(1)(a), (2)(a) and B(3))
10.Labelling or marking (6):
— Language to be used for the markings: English— Supplementary markings: —
11.Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
12.Specified delivery stage (
9):free at destination
13.Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob stowed
14. a) Port of shipment: —
b)Loading address: —
15.Port of landing (8):Berbera (Somalia)
16.Place of destination: EFSRwarehouseatDireDawa/Shinille(B)andNazareth(C). Contact:AtoSamuelTumoro(tel.
(251-1) 517162, fax 518363)
— port or warehouse of transit: —— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: B: 14.11.1999; C: 5.12.1999— second deadline: B: 28.11.1999; C: 19.12.1999
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadline: B: 20.9 — 3.10.1999; C : 4 — 17.10.1999
— second deadline: B : 4 — 17.10.1999; C: 18 — 31.10.1999
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 31.8.1999— second deadline: 14.9.1999
20.Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 per tonne
21.Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (
1):Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, Attn. Mr. T.
Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 2967003 / 2967004 (exclusively)
22.Export refund (4):refundapplicableon27.8.1999,fixedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No1696/1999(OJL201,
31.7.1999, p. 16)
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Notes
(1) Supplementary information: André Debongnie (tel. (32-2) 2951465),
Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2) 2993050).
(2) The supplier shall contact the beneficiary or its representative as soon as possible to establish which consignment
documents are required.
(3) The supplier shall deliver to the beneficiary a certificate from an official entity certifying that for the product to be
deliveredthestandardsapplicable,relativetonuclearradiation,intheMemberStateconcerned,havenotbeenexceeded.The radioactivity certificate must indicate the caesium-134 and -137 and iodine-131 levels.
(
4) CommissionRegulation(EC)No259/98(OJL25,31.1.1998,p.39),isapplicableasregardstheexportrefund.Thedate
referredtoinArticle2ofthesaidRegulationisthatindicatedinpoint22ofthisAnnex.Thesupplier'sattentionisdrawntothelastsubparagraphofArticle4(1)oftheaboveRegulation.Thephotocopyoftheexportlicenceshallbesentassoon as the export declaration has been accepted [fax (322) 2962005].
(
5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following documents:
— phytosanitary certificate,— fumigation certificate.
(
6) NotwithstandingOJC114,29.4.1991,pointII.A(3)(c)isreplacedbythefollowing:‘thewords“EuropeanCommunity”’.
(7) Since,thegoodsmayberebagged,thesuppliermustprovide2%ofemptybagsofthesamequalityasthosecontaining
the goods, with the marking followed by a capital ‘R’.
(8) Bagging must be carried out before shipment.
(9) InadditiontotheprovisionsofArticle14(3)ofRegulation(EC)No2519/97,vesselscharteredshallnotappearonanyof
thefourmostrecentquarterlylistsofdetainedvesselsaspublishedbytheParisMemorandumofUnderstandingonPortState Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC, (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).
(
10) Bagging must be carried out at the port of landing.