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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 241/2001
of 5 February 2001
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,
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 allocatedcereals to certain beneficiaries.
(3)ItisnecessarytomakethesesuppliesinaccordancewiththeruleslaiddownbyCommissionRegulation(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
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, 5 February 2001.
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.Action No:27/00
2.Beneficiary(2):WorldFoodProgramme(WFP),viacesareGiulioViola68,I-00148Rome;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: Guinea
5.Productt o be mobilised: maize grits
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 4500
7.Number of lots: 1
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(5):see OJ C 312, 21.10.2000, p. 1 (A(14))
9.Packaging(7):see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (2.2,A(1.d and 2.d) and B(2))
10.Labelling or marking (6):see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.B(3))
— Language to be used for the markings: French— Supplementary markings: —
11.Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
12.Specified delivery stage (
8):free at port of landing — landed
13.Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob stowed
14. a) Portof shipment : —
b)Loading address: —
15.Portof landing: Conakry
16.Place of destination:
— port or warehouse of transit: —— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: 22.4.2001— second deadline: 6.5.2001
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadine: from 19-31.3.2001— second deadline: from 2-15.4.2001
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 20.2.2001— second deadline: 6.3.2001
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; tlx 25670AGREC B; fax (32-2)2967003/2967004 (exclusively)
22.Exportrefund (
4):refund applicable on 1.2.2001, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 185/2001 (OJ L 27,
30.1.2001, p. 24)
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Notes:
(1) Supplementary information: Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2)2993050; fax (32-2)2962005).
(2) Thesuppliershallcontactthebeneficiaryoritsrepresentativeassoonaspossibletowhichconsignmentdocuments
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.
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)
2962005).
(
5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
— phytosanitary certificate.
(6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114 of 29 April 1991, point II.A(3)(c) or II.B(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words
“European Community”’
(7) Sincethegoodsmayberebagged,thesuccessfultenderermustprovide2%ofemptybagsofthesamequalityasthose
containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital ‘R’.
(8) InadditiontotheprovisionsofArticle14(3)oftheRegulation(EC)No2519/97,vesselscharteredshallnotappearon
anyofthefourmostrecentquarterylistsofdetainedvesselsaspublishedbytheParisMemorandumofUnderstandingon Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).