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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1351/98
of 26 June 1998
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-aidmanagement and special operations in support of foodsecurity (
1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the
list of countries and organisations eligible for Communityaid and specifies the general criteria on the transport offood aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission hasallocated fishery products to certain beneficiaries;
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
accordance with the rules laid down by CommissionRegulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 layingdown general rules for the mobilisation of products to besupplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 asCommunity food aid (
2); whereas it is necessary to specifythe time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
resultant 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 inthe Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
the general and specific conditions applicable. Any othercondition or reservation included in his tender is deemedunwritten.
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, 26 June 1998.
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: 190/97
2.Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-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 recipient
4.Country of destination : Haiti
5.Product to be mobilised: sardines (sardina pilchardus Walbaum)
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 30
7.Number of lots: one
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(4): tinned headless sardines in vegetable oil, 1997 or
1998 fishing, CN code 1604 13 19
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))
— Language to be used for the markings: French (‘maquereaux’ must be replaced by ‘sardines’)— Supplementary markings: ‘Date d’expiration :... ’ ( d a t e o f m a n u facture plus two years)
In case the required markings cannot be printed on the tins, they must be printed either on an outer
packaging of each tin or on self-adhesive labels fixed on the tins. The expiry date and the date of manu-facture shall be printed on the tins and not on the self-adhesive labels
11.Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
The products must originate from the Community.
12.Specified delivery stage: free at port of shipment
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: 10 — 30.8.1998— second deadline: 24.8 — 13.9.1998
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: 13.7.1998— second deadline: 27.7.1998
20.Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 15 per tonne
21.Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (
1): Bureau de l’aide alimentaire, Attn
Mr T. Vestergaard, Btiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brusseltelex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively)
22.Export refund: —
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Notes:
(1) Supplementary information: Andr 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 Stateconcerned, have not been exceeded. The radioactivity certificate must indicate the caesium-134 and -137and iodine-131 levels.
(
4) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
— health certificate (+expiry date).
(5) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point VIII.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Com-
munity”’.
(6) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, FCL/FCL. The supplier will be responsible for the cost of
making the containers available in the stack position at the container terminal at the port of shipment.The beneficiary will be responsible for all subsequent loading costs, including the cost of moving thecontainer from the container terminal.
The supplier must submit to the beneficiary’s agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying
the number of metal canisters belonging to each action number as specified in the invitation to tendernotice.
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.