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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1450/2000
of 3 July 2000
on thesupply of whitesugar 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 allocatedwhite sugar to certain beneficiaries.
(3)Itisnecessarytomakethesesuppliesinaccordancewiththe 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
White sugar 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
generalandspecificconditionsapplicable.Anyotherconditionor 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, 3 July 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
LOTS A, B, C, D, E
1.Action Nos: 176/99 (A); 177/99 (B); 178/99 (C); 179/99 (D); 180/99 (E)
2.Beneficiary(2):UNRWA, Supply division, Amman Office, PO Box 140157, Amman, Jordan; telex 21170 UNRWA
JO; tel (962-6) 864127; fax 5864127
3.Beneficiary's representative: UNRWA Field Supply and Transport Officer
A+E: PO Box 19149, Jerusalem, Israel [tel. (972-2) 5890555; telex 26194 UNRWA IL; fax 5816564]B: PO Box 947, Beirut, Lebanon [tel. (961-1) 840461-7; telefax 603 683]C: PO Box 4313, Damascus, Syria [tel. (963-11) 6133035; telex 412006 UNRWA SY; fax 6133047]D: POBox484,Amman,Jordan[tel.(962-6)4741914/772226;telex23402UNRWAJFOJO;telefax:4746361]
4.Country of destination: A and E: Israel (A: Gaza; E: West Bank); B: Lebanon; C: Syria; D: Jordan
5.Product to bemobilise d: white sugar
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 1840
7.Number of lots: 5 (A: 600 tonnes; B: 280 tonnes; C: 260 tonnes; D: 460 tonnes; E: 240 tonnes)
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (
3)(5)(9)(10):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.b, 2.b and B.4)
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: NOT FOR SALE
11.Method of mobilisation of the product: sugar produced in the Community in accordance with Article (1.2) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 (OJ L 252, 29.9.1999, p. 1) as follows: A or B sugar (points (e) and (f))
12.Specified delivery stage (
8)(11):A, C, E: free at port of landing — container terminal;
B and D: free at destination
13.Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment
14. a)Port of shipment: —
b)Loading address: —
15.Port of landing: A, and E: Ashdod; C: Lattakia
16.Placeof de stination: UNRWA warehouse in Beirut (B) and Amman (D)
— port or warehouse of transit: —— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: A, B, C, E: 3.9.2000; D: 10.9.2000— second deadline: A, B, C, E: 17.9.2000; D: 24.9.2000
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadline: 7-20.8.2000— second deadline: 21.8-3.9.2000
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 18.7.2000— second deadline: 1.8.2000
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, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel; telex 25670AGREC B; fax (32-2) 2967003/2967004 (exclusively)
22.Export refund (
4):Refund applicable on 26.6.2000, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1302/2000 (OJ L
148, 22.6.2000 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 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) CommissionRegulation(EC)No259/98(OJL25,31.1.1998,p.39),isapplicableasregardstheexportrefund.The
date referred to in Article 2 of the said Regulation is that indicated 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 documents:
— health certificate (including ‘production date:...’).
(6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, 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) Shipmenttotakeplacein20-footcontainers:LotsA,CandE:Thecontractedshippingtermsshallbeconsideredfull
liner terms free port of landing container yard and is understood to cover 15 days — Saturdays, and official publicand religious holidays excluded — free of container detention charges at the port of discharge taken from theday/time of the arrival of the vessel. The 15 day period should be clearly marked on the bill of lading. Bona fidedetention charges levied in respect of container detention(s) in excess of the said 15 days as detailed above will beborne by UNRWA. UNRWA shall not pay/not be charged any container deposit fees.
After take-over of the goods at the delivery stage, the recipient will bear all costs of shifting the containers for
destuffing outside the port area and of returning them to the container yard.
Ashdod: consignment to be stowed in 20-foot containers containing not more than 17 tonnes each, net.
(
9) TheruleprovidedatthesecondindentofArticle18(2)(a)ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2103/77(OJL246,
27.9.1977, p. 12), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/96 (OJ L 34, 13.2.1996, p. 16), is binding fordetermination of the sugar category.
(
10) LotC:ThehealthcertificateandthecertificateoforiginmustbesignedandstampedbyaSyrianConsulate,including
the statement that consular fees and charges have been paid.
(11) 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 Paris Memorandum of Under-standing on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC, (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).