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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 393/2000
of 21 February 2000
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 andspecial operations in support of food security (
1), and in partic-
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of
countries and organisations eligible for Community aidand specifies the general criteria on the transport of foodaid beyond the fob stage.
(2) Following the taking of a number of decisions on theallocation of food aid, the Commission has allocatedcereals to certain beneficiaries.
(3) It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance withthe rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down generalrules for the mobilisation of products to be suppliedunder Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as
Community food aid (
2). It is necessary to specify the
time limits and conditions of supply to determine theresultant 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
general and specific conditions applicable. Any other conditionor reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
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, 21 February 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
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
LOTS A, B
1.Action Nos: 275-276/98 (A); 624/97, 628/97, 632/97, 677/97, 687/97, 806/97 (B)
2.Beneficiary (2):Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland
tel. (31-70) 33 05 757; fax 36 41 701; telex 30960 EURON NL
3.Beneficiary's representative: to be designed by the recipient
4.Country of destination: Ethiopia
5.Productt o be mobilised: common wheat
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 31 376
7.Number of lots (8):2 in 8 parts
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(5)(7):see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A(1)(a))
9.Packaging: see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0, A 1.c, 2.c and B.2)
10.Labelling or marking (6):see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A(3))
— Language to be used for the markings: English— Supplementary markings: —
11.Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
12.Specified delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob stowed and trimmed
13.Alternative delivery stage: —
14. a) Portof shipment : —
b)Loading address: —
15.Portof landing: —
16.Place of destination: —
— port or warehouse of transit: —— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: A: 20.3 to 9.4.2000; B: 10 to 30.4.2000— second deadline: A: 3 to 23.4.2000; B: 17.4 to 7.5.2000
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadline: —— second deadline: —
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 7.3.2000— second deadline: 21.3.2000
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 25670AGREC B; fax (32-2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively)
22.Exportrefund (
4):Refund applicable on 29.2.2000, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 237/2000 (OJ L 24,
29.1.2000 p. 43)
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Notes:
(1) Supplementary information: André Debongnie (tel. (32-2) 295 14 65)
Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2) 299 30 50).
(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
delivered the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the Member State concerned, have not beenexceeded. The radioactivity certificate must indicate the caesium-134 and -137 and iodine-131 levels.
(
4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 259/98 (OJ L 25, 31.1.1998, p. 39), is applicable as regards the export refund. The
date referred to in Article 2 of the said Regulation is that indicated in point 22 of this Annex.
The supplier's attention is drawn to the last subparagraph of Article 4(1) of the above Regulation. The photocopy of
the export licence shall be sent as soon as the export declaration has been accepted (fax (32-2) 296 20 05).
(5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
— phytosanitary certificate
(6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point II.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following, ‘the words “European Community”’
(7) The quantity and quality control will be carried out for every 2 500 tonnes.
(8)
LotParcial quantities
(in tonnes)Operation No
A 12 943 275/98
3 722 276/98
16 665
B 10 000 624/97
1 060 628/97
2 940 632/97
146 677/97
465 687/97
100 806/97
14 711