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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 883/2000
of 28 April 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 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 the tender is deemed unwritten.
Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingits
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 28 April 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.Action No:807/97
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.Total quantity (tonnes net): 15000
7.Number of lots: 1
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.c and 2.c) and B(3))
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 destination(
9)
13.Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob stowed
14. a)Port of shipment: —
b)Loading address: —
15.Port of landing: Berbera
16.Place of destination: EFSR warehouse in Dire Dawa, Shinille, Ethiopia. Contact: Ato Sirak Hallu, 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: 13.8.2000— second deadline: 27.8.2000
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadline: 5-18.6.2000— second deadline: 19.6-2.7.2000
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 16.5.2000— second deadline: 30.5.2000
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,BâtimentLoi130,Bureau7/46,RuedelaLoi/Wetstraat200,B-1049Bruxelles;telex25670AGRECB;fax (32-2)2967003/2967004 (exclusively)
22.Export refund (
4):refundapplicableon28.4.2000,fixedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No673/2000(OJL81,
1.4.2000, p. 9)
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LOT B
1.Action Nos:104/99 (B1); 105/99 (B2); 106/99 (B3); 107/99 (B4); 108/99 (B5)
2.Beneficiary(2):WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma; tel. (39-06)
65132988; fax 65132844/3; telex 626675 WFP I
3.Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the recipient
4.Country of destination: B1: Tanzania; B2: Burundi; B3: Uganda; B4: Rwanda; B5: Uganda
5.Product to be mobilised: maize
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 22950
7.Number of lots: 1in5parts(B1:7650tonnes;B2:4000tonnes;B3:1000tonnes;B4:2300tonnes;B5:8000
tonnes)
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(5):see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A(1)(d))
9.Packaging:see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0,A(1.c and 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: B2+B4: French; B1+B3+B5: 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(
8)
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: 5-25.6.2000— second deadline: 19.6-9.7.2000
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: 16.5.2000— second deadline: 30.5.2000
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,BâtimentLoi130,Bureau7/46,RuedelaLoi/Wetstraat200,B-1049Bruxelles;telex25670AGRECB;fax (32-2)2967003/2967004(exclusively)
22.Export refund (
4):refundapplicableon28.4.2000,fixedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No673/2000(OJL81,
1.4.2000, p. 9)
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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) Thesuppliershalldelivertothebeneficiaryacertificatefromanofficialentitycertifyingthatfortheproductstobe
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
datereferredtoinArticle2ofthesaidRegulationisthatreferredtoinpoint22ofthisAnnex.Thesupplier'sattentionisdrawntothelastsubparagraphofArticle4(1)oftheaboveRegulation.Thephotocopyoftheexportlicenceshallbesent 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, point II.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 quantity and quality control will be carried out for every 2500 tonnes.
(9) InadditiontotheprovisionsofArticle14(3)ofRegulation(EC)No2519/97,vesselscharteredshallnotappearonany
ofthefourmostrecentquarterlylistsofdetainedvesselsaspublishedbytheParisMemorandumofUnderstandingonPort State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC, (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).