Commission Regulation (EEC) No 897/88 of 5 April 1988 on the supply of common wheat to the League of Red Cross Societies (LRCS) as food aid
Date: 1988-04-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Red Cross, common wheat, food aid













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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 897/88 of 5 April 1988 on the supply of common wheat to the League of Red Cross Societies (LRCS) as food aid  


Official Journal L 089 , 06/04/1988 P. 0012 - 0014 





COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 897/88  of 5 April 1988  on the supply of common wheat to the League of Red Cross Societies (LRCS) as food aid THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3785/87 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1) (c) thereof,  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (3), lays down the list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid operations  and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;  Whereas, by its Decision of 19 May 1987 on the supply of food aid to LRCS the Commission allocated to the latter organization 2 276 tonnes of cereals to be supplied free at port of landing;  Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in the Community of products to be  supplied as Community food aid (4); whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the resultant costs,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:    Article 1   A tendering procedure is hereby initiated for the award of a contract for the supply of common wheat to the LRCS in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and with the conditions laid down in the Annex hereto.  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, 5 March 1988.  For the Commission  Frans ANDRIESSEN  Vice-President   (1) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1.  (2) OJ No L 356, 18. 12. 1987, p. 8.  (3) OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1.  (4) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1.    ANNEX   1. Operation No (1): 110/88  2. Programme: 1987  3. Recipient: Ligue des sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge, service logistique, BP 372, CH-1211 Genève 19 (telex 22555 LRCS CH)  4. Representative of the recipient (2):  M. Constantinos/Dr G. Reuch, Ethiopian Red Cross Society, Disaster Prevention Programme of the German Red Cross, Ras Desta Damtew Avenue, PO Box 195, Addis Ababa, telex 21338 ERCS ET  5. Place or country of destination: Ethiopia  6. Product to be mobilized: common wheat  7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3):  See list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 216 of 14 August 1987, page 3 (under II A 1). Specific characteristics: Hagberg falling number of at least 160  8. Total quantity: 2 276 tonnes  9. Number of lots: one  10. Packaging and marking (4):  See list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 216 of 14 August 1987, page 3 (under II B 1 a):  Markings on the bags: a red cross 10 × 10 cm followed by (in letters at least 5 cm high):  ´ACTION No 110/88 / WHEAT / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE LEAGUE OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES / FOR FREE DESTRIBUTION / ASSAB'  11. Method of mobilization: the Community market  12. Stage of supply: free at port of landing - landed  13. Port of shipment: -  14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: -  15. Port of landing: Assab  16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: -  17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the port of shipment stage: 1 to 20 May 1988  18. Deadline for the supply: 30 June 1988  19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: tendering  20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 19 April 1988 at 12 noon  21. In the case of a second invitation to tender:  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 3 May 1988 at 12 noon  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the port of shipment stage: 10 to 30 May 1988  (c) deadline for the supply: 15 July 1988  22. Amount of the tendering security: 5 ECU/tonne  23. Amount of the delivery security: 10 % of the amount of the tender in ECU  24. Address for submission of tenders (5):  Bureau de l'aide alimentaire,  à l'attention de Monsieur N. Arend,  bâtiment Berlaymont, bureau 6/73,  200, rue de la Loi,  B-1049 Bruxelles,  Telex: AGREC 22037 B  25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (6):  Refund applicable on 23 March 1988 fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 532/88 in Official Journal of the European Communities No L 53 of 27 February 1988  Notes:  (1) The operation number is to be quoted in all correspondence.  (2) Commission delegate to be contacted by the successful tenderer:  see list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 227 of 7 September 1985, page 4.  The successful tenderer is to contact the recipient as soon as possible to establish what consignment documents are required and how they are to be distributed.  (3) The successful tenderer 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 been  exceeded.  The radioactivity certificate must indicate the caesium-134 and -137 level.  (4) Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital ´R'.  (5) In order not to overload the telex, tenderers are requested to provide, before the date and time laid down in point 20 of this Annex, evidence that the tendering security referred to in Article 7 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 has been  lodged, preferably:  - either by porter at the office referred to in point 24 of this Annex,  - or by telecopier on one of the following numbers in Brussels:  235 01 32  236 10 97  235 01 30  236 20 05  (6) Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 (OJ No L 210, 1. 8. 1987) is applicable as regards the export refund and, where appropriate, the monetary and accession compensatory amounts, the representative rate and the monetary coefficient. The date referred to in  Article 2 of the abovementioned Regulation is that referred to in point 25 of this Annex.