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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1012/2000
of 15 May 2000
on the supply of fishery 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, 15 May 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 and B
1.Action No: 111/99 (A); 112/99 (B)
2.Beneficiary (2):WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma tel.: (39-06)
65 13 29 88; fax: 65 13 28 44/3; telex: 626675 WFP I
3.Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the recipient
4.Country of destination: Serbia and Montenegro
5.Product to be mobilised: tinned mackerel in vegetable oil
6.Totalquantity (tonnes net): 200
7.Number of lots: 2 (A: 100 tonnes; B: 100 tonnes)
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(4):Mackerel ( Scomber scombrus orScomber japonicus ) presented as
salmon-type steaks (whole pieces without head, viscera or tail). The production date must not be more than ninemonths before the deadline for the submission of tenders.
9.Packaging (
6):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))
— languages to be used for the markings: English and Serbo-Croatian— supplementary markings: ‘Expiry date...’ (date of manufacture plus two years).
Where 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.Place of destination: —
— port or warehouse of transit: —— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: A: 26.6-9.7.2000; B: 10-23.7.2000— second deadline: A: 10-23.7.2000; B: 24.7-6.8.2000
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: 30.5.2000— second deadline: 13.6.2000
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) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively)
22.Export refund: —
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Notes:
(1) Supplementary information: André Debongnie (tel. (32-2) 295 14 65), Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2) 299 30 50).
(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 marking in Serbo-Croatian must be made as follows:
‘Evropska ZajednicaKonzervirana skuša u biljnom ulju.’
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.