Commission Regulation (EC) No 1951/98 of 14 September 1998 on the supply of cereals as food aid
Date: 1998-09-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Kenya, Sudan, carrier, food aid, invitation to tender, maize

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1951/98

of 14 September 1998

on the supply of cereals 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 manage-
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,

Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the
list of countries and organisations eligible for Community
aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of
food aid beyond the fob stage;

Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has al-
located cereals to certain beneficiaries;

Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in accord-
ance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down
general rules for the mobilisation of products to be
supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as
Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify

the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
resultant costs,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

shall be mobilised in the Community,

Cereals
as
Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/
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 other
condition or 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, 14 September 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 Nos: 34/98 (A1); 35/98 (A2)

2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma

tel.:

(39-6) 6513 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: A1: Sudan; A2: Kenya

5. Product to be mobilized: maize

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 14 000

7. Number of lots: 1 in 2 parts (A1: 10 000 tonnes; A2: 4 000 tonnes)

8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(1)(d))

9. Packaging: see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0 A 1.c, 2.c and B.2)

10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(3))

— Language to be used for the markings: English
— Supplementary markings: —

11. Method of mobilization of the product: the Community market

12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob stowed and trimmed

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: 19.10 — 8.11.1998
— second deadline: 2 — 22.11.1998

18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:

— first deadline: —
— second deadline: —

19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (12 noon, Brussels time):

— first deadline: 29.9.1998
— second deadline: 13.10.1998

20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 5 per tonne

21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (1):

Bureau de l’aide alimentaire, Attn. Mr T. Vestergaard, B(cid:131)timent Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la
Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax:

(32-2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)

22. Export refund (4): refund applicable on 25.9.1998, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1851/98

(OJ L 241, 29.8.1998, p. 3)

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Notes:

(1) Supplementary information: Andr(cid:130) 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 been exceeded. The radioactivity certificate must indicate the caesium-134 and -137
and iodine-131 levels.

(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 259/98 (OJ L 25, 31.1.1998, p. 39), is applicable as regards the export
refund. The date referred to in Article 2 of the said Regulation is that referred to in point 22 of this Annex.

(5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:

— phytosanitary certificate.

(6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114 of 29.4.1991, point II.A(3)(c) or II.B(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words

“European Community”'.