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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No188/98
of23January 1998
onthesupply ofmilk products asfood aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard tothe Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EC) No1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid
management and special operations insupport offood
security (1),and inparticular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas theabovementioned Regulation lays down the
listofcountries and organisations eligible forCommunity
aidand specifies thegeneral criteria onthetransport of
food aidbeyond thefob stage;
Whereas, following thetaking ofanumber ofdecisions
onthe allocation offood aid, the Commission has
allocated milk powder tocertain beneficiaries;
Whereas itisnecessary tomake these supplies in
accordance with the rules laid down byCommission
Regulation (EC) No2519/97 of16December 1997 laying
down general rules forthemobilisation ofproducts tobe
supplied pursuant toCouncil Regulation (EC) No
1292/96 asCommunity food aid(2);whereas itisnecessary tospecify the time limits and conditions of
supply todetermine theresultant costs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Milk products shall bemobilised intheCommunity, as
Community food aidforsupply totherecipient listed in
the Annex, inaccordance with Regulation (EC) No
2519/97 andunder theconditions setoutintheAnnex.
The tenderer isdeemed tohave noted and accepted all
thegeneral and specific conditions applicable. Any other
condition orreservation included inhistender isdeemed
unwritten.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
following itspublication intheOfficial Journal ofthe
European Communities.
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States.
Done atBrussels, 23January 1998.
FortheCommission
Franz FISCHLER
Member oftheCommission
(1)OJL166, 5.7.1996, p.1.
(2)OJL346, 17.12.1997, p.23.
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ANNEX
LOT A
1.Action No: 1885/94
2.Beneficiary (2):Nicaragua
3.Beneficiary’s representative: Programa Integral deNutrición Escolar (PINE-MED), delaEsso Alta-
gracia 3c,Abajo Managua Tel.: (505-2) 652838;fax: 652839
4.Country ofdestination: Nicaragua
5.Product tobemobilised: whole milk powder
6.Total quantity (tonnes): 80
7.Number oflots: 1
8.Characteristics and quality oftheproduct (3)(5):seeOJC114, 29.4.1991, p.1(I.C.(1))
9.Packaging: seeOJC267, 13.9.1996, p.1(6.3 Aand B.2)
10.Labelling ormarking (6):seeOJC114, 29.4.1991, p.1(I.C.(3))
—Language tobeused forthemarkings: Spanish
—Supplementary markings: —
11.Method ofmobilisation oftheproduct: theCommunity market
The whole milk powder must bemanufactured after theaward ofthetender
12.Specified delivery stage: free atport oflanding —landed
13.Alternative delivery stage: free atport ofshipment
14.(a)Port ofshipment: —
(b)Loading address: —
15.Port oflanding: Corinto
16.Place ofdestination: —
—port ofwarehouse oftransit: —
—overland transport route: —
17.Period ordeadline ofsupply atthespecified stage:
—first deadline: 19.4.1998
—second deadline: 3.5.1998
18.Period ordeadline ofsupply atthealternative stage:
—first deadline: 2to15.3.1998
—second deadline: 16to29.3.1998
19.Deadline forthesubmission oftenders: (at12noon, Brussels time)
—first deadline: 9.2.1998
—second deadline: 23.2.1998
20.Amount oftendering guarantee: ECU 20per tonne
21.Address forsubmission oftenders andtendering guarantee (1):Bureau del’aide alimentaire, Attn.
MrT.Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi/Wetstraat 130, bureau 7/46, Rue delaLoi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brux-
elles/Brussel
telex: 25670 AGREC B;fax: (32-2) 2967003/2967004(exclusively)
22.Export refund (4):refund applicable on12.1.1998, fixed byCommission Regulation (EC) No2348/97
(OJ L326, 28.11.1997, p.8)
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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 thebeneficiary oritsrepresentative assoon aspossible toestablish which
consignment documents arerequired.
(3)The supplier shall deliver tothebeneficiary acertificate from anofficial entity certifying that forthe
product tobedelivered the standards applicable, relative tonuclear radiation, inthe Member State
concerned, have notbeen exceeded. The radioactivity certificate must indicate thecaesium-134 and -137
and iodine-131 levels.
(4)Commission Regulation (EEC) No2330/87 (OJ L210, 1.8.1987, p.56),aslastamended byRegulation
(EEC) No2226/89 (OJ L214, 25.7.1989, p.10), isapplicable asregards theexport refund. The date
referred toinArticle 2ofthesaid Regulation isthat referred toinpoint 22ofthis Annex.
The amount oftherefund shall beconverted into national currency byapplying theagricultural conver-
sion rateapplicable onthedayofcompletion ofthecustoms export formalities. The provisions ofArticles
13to17ofCommission Regulation (EEC) No1068/93 (OJ L108, 1.5.1993, p.106), aslastamended by
Regulation (EC) No 1482/96 (OJ L188, 27.7.1996, p.22), shall not apply tothis amount.
(5)The supplier shall supply tothebeneficiary oritsrepresentative, ondelivery, thefollowing documents:
—health certificate issued byanofficial entity stating that theproduct was processed under excellent
sanitary conditions which aresupervised byqualified technical personnel. The certificate must state
thetemperature and duration ofthepasteurisation, thetemperature and duration inthespray-drying-
tower and theexpiry date forconsumption,
—veterinary certificate issued byanofficial entity stating that thearea ofproduction ofrawmilk hadnot
registered foot-and-mouth disease noranyother notifiable infectious/contagious disease during the12
months prior totheprocessing.
(6)Notwithstanding OJC114, point I.A.3 (c)isreplaced bythefollowing: ‘the words “European Com-
munity”’.