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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 284/1999
of 8 February 1999
on the 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 manage-ment and special operations in support of food security (
1),
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the
list of countries and organisations eligible for Communityaid and specifies the general criteria on the transport offood aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has al-located white sugar to certain beneficiaries;
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in accord-
ance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation(EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying downgeneral rules for the mobilisation of products to besupplied pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid (
2); whereas it is necessary tospecify the time limits and conditions of supply to deter-
mine the resultant 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 inthe Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
the general and specific conditions applicable. Any othercondition or reservation included in his tender is deemedunwritten.
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, 8 February 1999.
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: 107/98
2.Beneficiary (2): CICR, 19 avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Genve
(tel.: (41 22) 734 60 01; telex: 22269 CICR CH)
3.Beneficiary’s representative: ICRC Tbilissi, Dutu Megreli St. 1, 380003 Tbilissi,
Georgia (tel.: (7 8832) 93 55 11; fax 93 55 20)
4.Country of destination: Georgia
5.Product to be mobilized: white sugar
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 300
7.Number of lots: 1
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(5)(8): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (V.A(1))
9.Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (11.2.A(1)(a), (2)(a) and B(2))
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: ‘ICRC'
11.Method of mobilization of the product: sugar produced in the Community in accordance with the
sixth subparagraph of Article 24(1a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 as follows: A or B sugar(points (a) and (b))
12.Specified delivery stage: free at destination (
9)
13.Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment or ex works (10)
14. (a) Port of shipment: —
(b)Loading address: —
15.Port of landing: —
16.Place of destination: ICRC warehouse, Castello St. 30A, 354341 Adler, Russian Federation
(tel.: (7 86 22) 97 40 60, fax: 44 13 34)
— port or warehouse of transit: —
— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: 18.4.1999
— second deadline: 2.5.1999
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadline: 15 — 28.3.1999
— second deadline: 29.3 — 11.4.1999
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 23.2.1999
— second deadline: 9.3.1999
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, Btiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/
Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel;
telex 25670 AGREC B; fax (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)
22.Export refund (4): periodic refund applicable to white sugar on 5.2.1999, fixed by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 261/1999 (OJ L 30, 4.2.1999, p. 25)
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Notes:
(1) Supplementary information: Andr 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 Stateconcerned, have not been exceeded. The radioactivity certificate must indicate the caesium-134 and -137and 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:
— 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) The rule provided at the second indent of Article 18(2)(a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77
(OJ L 246, 27.9.1977, p. 12), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/96 (OJ L 34, 13.2.1996, p. 16), isbinding for determination of the sugar category.
(
9) In addition to the provisions of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, vessels chartered shall not
appear on any of the four most recent quarterly lists of detained vessels as published by the ParisMemorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995,p. 1)).
(
10) In case of delivery by land only, Article 7(7)(e) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 (OJ L 346,
17.12.1997, p. 23) applies.