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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2154/1999
of 11 October 1999
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 par-
ticular 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, 11 October 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:1/99
2.Beneficiary(2):North Korea
3.Beneficiary's representative: Flood Damage Rehabilitation Committee, PO Box No 44, Pyongyang, Democratic
People's Republic of Korea. Contact: Ri Si Hong, Director; tel.: (850-5)3827000, fax: 3814660, tlx: 5350KP/5351KP
4.Country of destination: North Korea
5.Product to be mobilised common wheat
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 20000
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)(10):see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0A1.c, 2.c and B.3)
10.Labelling or marking (6)(8):
— Language to be used for the markings: English and Korean— Supplementary markings: ‘For free distribution’
11.Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
12.Specified delivery stage: free at port of landing — landed(
9)
13.Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob stowed and trimmed
14. a)Port of shipment: —
b)Loading address: —
15.Port of landing: Nampo
16.Place of destination: —
— port or warehouse of transit: —— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: 26.12.1999— second deadline: 9.1.2000
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadline: 8 to 14.11.1999— second deadline: 22 to 28.11.1999
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 26.10.1999— second deadline: 9.11.1999
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-1040 Brussels; telex:25670AGRECB; fax: (32-2)2967003/2967004 (exclusively)
22.Export refund (
4):refund applicable on 22.10.1999, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2070/1999 (OJ L
256, 1.10.1999, p. 21)
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Notes:
(1) Supplementary information: André Debongnie (tel. (32-2)2951465),
Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2)2993050).
(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 referred to 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:
— 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 marking in Korea must be made as follows on the reverse side of the packaging:
European Community:
Common wheat:
For free distribution:
(9) InadditiontotheprovisionsofArticle14(3)ofRegulation(EC)No2519/97,vesselscharteredshallnotappearon
any of the four most recent quarterly 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) Bagging must be carried out at the port of landing.