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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 33/2001
of 8 January 2001
on thesupply of fishe ry products 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 partic-
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of
countries and organisations eligible for Community aidand specifies the general criteria on the transport of foodaid beyond the fob stage.
(2) Following the taking of a number of decisions on theallocation of food aid, the Commission has allocatedfishery products to certain beneficiaries.
(3) It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance withthe rules laid down by Commission Regulation (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
Fishery products 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
general and specific conditions applicable. Any other conditionor reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
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 January 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: 282/99
2.Beneficiary (2):EuronAid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland tel.: (31-70) 330 57 57; fax: 364 17 01; telex:
30960 EURON NL
3.Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the beneficiary
4.Country of destination: Haiti
5.Product to bemobilise d (8):tinned mackerel in vegetable oil or tomato sauce
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 54
7.Number of lots: 1
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(4):see OJ C 312, 31.10.2000, p. 1 (G.2)
Mackerel presented as salmon-type steaks
9.Packaging (6)(7):see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (14.0, A, B and C.2)
10.Labelling or marking (5):see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (VIII.A(3))
— Language to be used for the markings: French— Supplementary markings: ‘Date d'expiration: …’ (date of manufacture plus 3 years).
In case the required markings cannot be printed on the tins, they must be printed on labels fixed on the tins. The
expiry date and the date of manufacture shall be printed on the tins and not on the labels.
11.Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market.
The product must originate from the Community.
12.Specified delivery stage: ex works
13.Alternative delivery stage: —
14. a)Port of shipment: —
b)Loading address: —
15.Port of landing: —
16.Placeof de stination:
— port or warehouse of transit: —— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: 12.2-4.3.2001— second deadline: 26.2-18.3.2001
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: 23.1.2001— second deadline: 6.2.2001
20.Amount of tendering guarantees: 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: —
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Notes:
(1) Supplementary information: Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2) 299 30 50; fax (32-2) 296 20 05).
(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 State concerned, have not beenexceeded. The radioactivity certificate must indicate the caesium-134 and -137 and iodine-131 levels.
(
4) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
— health certificate.
(5) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point VIII.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Community”’.
The size of the lettering and of the European flag is adapted to the size of the cans. The cartons shall be marked on the
two largest sides.
(6) Notwithstanding OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, the net weight of the tins must be of 400 to 500 g. Drained weight:
minimum 70 % of the net weight.
(7) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL.
The supplier has to submit to the recipient's agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying the number of
cartons belonging to each action number as specified in the invitation to tender.
The supplier must 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.
(8) In order to be admissible each tender shall describe precisely the product proposed and the way in which it is
packaged.