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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2769/2000
of 18 December 2000
onthe supply of white sugar 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,
Whereas:
(1)The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of
countries and organisations eligible for Community aidandspecifiesthegeneralcriteriaonthetransportoffoodaid beyond the fob stage.
(2)Following the taking of a number of decisions on theallocation of food aid, the Commission has allocatedwhite sugar to certain beneficiaries.
(3)ItisnecessarytomakethesesuppliesinaccordancewiththeruleslaiddownbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down generalrules for the mobilisation of products to be suppliedpursuant to 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
White sugar shall be mobilised in the Community, as
Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in theAnnex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 andunder the conditions 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, 18 December 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
LOT A
1.ActionNo:11/00
2.Beneficiary(2):WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Rome; tel.: (39-
06)65132988; fax: 65132844/3; telex: 626675 WFP I
3.Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the beneficiary
4.Country of destination: North Korea (via China)
5.Product to be mobilised: white sugar (‘A’ or ‘B’ sugar)
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 600
7.Number of lots: 1
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(5):see OJ C 312, 31.10.2000, p. 1 (C.1)
9.Packaging(7):see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (11.2A1.b, 2.b and B.4)
10.Labelling or marking (6):see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (V.A(3))
— Language to be used for the markings: English— Supplementary markings: —
11.Method of mobilisationof the product: the Community market
12.Specified delivery stage: (
9):free at port of landing — container terminal
13.Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment
14. a)Port of shipment: —
b)Loading address: —
15.Port of landing: Dalian
16.Place of destination:
— port or warehouse of transit: —— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: 8.4.2001— second deadline: 22.4.2001
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadline: 5-18.2.2001— second deadline: 19.2-4.3.2001
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 9.1.2001— second deadline: 23.1.2001
20.Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 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.Export refund (
4):refund applicable on 13.12.2000, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2671/2000 (OJ L
306, 7.12.2000, p. 16)
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LOT B
1.ActionNos:418/98 (B1); 289/99 (B2); 290/99 (B3); 299/99 (B4); 300/99 (B5)
2.Beneficiary(2):EuronAid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, Netherlands; tel.: (31-70)3305 757; fax: 3641 701;
telex: 30960 EURON NL
3.Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the beneficiary
4.Country of destination: B1+B2: India; B3: Haiti; B4+B5: Madagascar
5.Product to be mobilised: white sugar (‘A’ or ‘B’ sugar)
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 300
7.Number of lots: 1 in 5 parts (B1: 40 tonnes: B2: 60 tonnes; B3: 60 tonnes; B4: 120 tonnes; B5: 20 tonnes)
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(5):see OJ C 312, 31.10.2000, p. 1 (C.1)
9.Packaging(7)(8):see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (11.2A1.b, 2.b and B.4)
10.Labelling or marking (6):see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (V.A(3))
— Language to be used for the markings: B1+B2: English; B3-B5: French— Supplementary markings: —
11.Method of mobilisationof the product: the Community market
12.Specified delivery stage: (
10):free at port of shipment
13.Alternative delivery stage: —
14. a)Port of shipment: —
b)Loading address: —
15.Port of 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: 29.1-18.2.2001— second deadline: 12.2-4.3.2001
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: 9.1.2001— second deadline: 23.1.2001
20.Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 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.Export refund (
4):refund applicable on 13.12.2000, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2671/2000 (OJ L
306, 7.12.2000, p. 16)
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Notes:
(1) Supplementary information: Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2)2993050), fax (32-2) 2962005)
(2) Thesuppliershallcontactthebeneficiaryoritsrepresentativeassoonaspossibletoestablishwhichconsignment
documents are required.
(3) Thesuppliershalldelivertothebeneficiaryacertificatefromanofficialentitycertifyingthatfortheproducttobe
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) CommissionRegulation(EC)No259/98(OJL25,31.1.1998,p.39),isapplicableasregardstheexportrefund.The
date referred to in Article 2 of the said Regulation is that indicated in point 22 of this Annex.
Thesupplier'sattentionisdrawntothelastsubparagraphofArticle4(1)oftheaboveRegulation.Thephotocopyof
the export licence shall be sent as soon as the export declaration has been accepted (fax (32-2) 2962005).
(5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
— health certificate.
(6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114 of 29.4.1991, point V.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European
Community”’.
(7) Since the goods may be rebagged, the supplier must provide 2% of empty bags of the same quality as those
containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital ‘R’.
(8) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL.
Thesuppliershallberesponsibleforthecostofmakingthecontaineravailableinthestackpositionatthecontainer
terminalattheportofshipment.Thebeneficiaryshallberesponsibleforallsubsequentloadingcosts,includingthecost of moving the containers from the container terminal.
Thesupplierhastosubmittothebeneficiary'sagentacompletepackinglistofeachcontainer,specifyingthenumber
of bags belonging to each action number as specified in the invitation to tender.
The supplier has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (Oneseal, Sysko, Locktainer 180 or a similar
high-security seal) the number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary's representative.
(
9) InadditiontotheprovisionsofArticle14(3)ofRegulation(EC)No2519/97,vesselscharteredshallnotappearon
any of the four most recent quaterly lists of detained vessels as published by the Paris Memorandum of Under-standing on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).
(
10) The tenderer's attention is drawn to the second subparagraph of Article 7(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97.