Commission Regulation (EC) No 2466/1999 of 22 November 1999 on the supply of white sugar as food aid
Date: 1999-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Liberia, North Korea, aid system, award of contract, food aid, white sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2466/1999

of 22 November 1999

on the supply of white sugar 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 and
special operations in support of
food security (1), and in
particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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;

following the taking of a number of decisions on the
allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated
white sugar to certain beneficiaries;

it is necessary to make these supplies in accordance 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

pursuant 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 the
resultant 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 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, 22 November 1999.

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: 12/1999

2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426,

I-00145 Roma;

tel.

(39-6)

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: Liberia

5. Product to be mobilised: white sugar

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 500

7. Number of lots: 1

8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5) (8): 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: —

11. Method of mobilisation of the product: sugar produced in the Community in accordance with the sixth

subparagraph of Article 24 (1a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 as follows:
A or B sugar (points (a) and (b))

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: 27.12.1999-16.1.2000
— second deadline: 10-30.1.2000

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: 7.12.1999
— second deadline: 21.12.1999

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, Batiment 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 to white sugar on 15.11.1999 fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No

2383/1999 (OJ L 288, 11.11.1999, p. 6)

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LOT B

1. Action No: 6/1999

2. Beneficiary (2): Flood Damage Rehabilitation Committee, PO Box No 44, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic

of Korea. Contact: Ri Si Hong, Director. Tel. (850-5) 382 70 00, fax 381 46 60, telex 5350KP/5351KP

3. Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the recipient

4. Country of destination: North Korea

5. Product to be mobilised: white sugar

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 3 300

7. Number of lots: 1

8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5) (8): 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.2)

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: —

11. Method of mobilisation of the product: sugar produced in the Community in accordance with the sixth
subparagraph of Article 24 (1a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 (OJ L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4) as follows:
A or B sugar (points (a) and (b))

12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of landing — landed (9)

13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment

14. a) Port of shipment: —

b) Loading address: —

15. Port of landing: Nampo

16. Place of destination: —

— port or warehouse of transit: —
— overland transport route: —

17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:

— first deadline: 12.3.2000
— second deadline: 26.3.2000

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

— first deadline: 17-30.1.2000
— second deadline: 31.1-13.2.2000

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

— first deadline: 7.12.1999
— second deadline: 21.12.1999

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, Batiment 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 to white sugar on 15.11.1999 fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No

2383/1999 (OJ L 288, 11.11.1999, p. 6)

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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
in the Member State concerned, have not been

delivered the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation,
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 25 of the said Regulation is that indicated in point 22 of this Annex.

The supplier's attention is drawn to the last subparagraph of Article 4(1) of the above Regulation. The photocopy of
the export licence shall be sent as soon as the export declaration has been accepted (fax No (32-2) 296 20 05)).

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

— health certificate.

(6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114 of 29.4.1991, 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) The rule provided at the second indent of Article 18(2)(a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77 (OJ L 246,
is binding for

27.9.1977, p. 12), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/96 (OJ L 34, 13.2.1996, p. 16),
determination of the sugar category.

(9) In additional 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 quarter lists of detained vessels as published by the Paris Memorandum of Understanding
on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).