Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2000 of 23 October 2000 on the supply of fishery products as food aid
Date: 2000-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Haiti, aid system, award of contract, fish, food aid, preserved product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2345/2000

of 23 October 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 and
special operations in support of food security (1), and in partic-
ular 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
fishery products 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

Fishery products 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, 23 October 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

LOT A

1. Action No: 249/99

2. Beneficiary (2): EuronAid, PO Box 12, 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 beneficiary

4. Country of destination: Haiti

5. Product to be mobilised: tinned mackerel

in vegetable oil

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 72

7. Number of lots: 1

8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4): mackerel (Scomber scombrus or Scomber japonicus) presented as
salmon-type steaks (whole pieces without head, viscera or tail). The production date must not be more than 9
months before the deadline for the submission of tenders.

9. Packaging (6) (7): 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
— supplementary markings:
In case 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.

‘Date d'expiration: …’ (date of manufacture plus 2 years).

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: 4-24.12.2000
— second deadline: 11-31.12.2000

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: 7.11.2000
— second deadline: 21.11.2000

20. Amount of tendering guarantees: 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 25670
AGREC B; fax (32-2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively)

22. Export refund: —

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Notes:

(1) Supplementary information: Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2) 299 30 50; fax (32-2) 296 20 05).

(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) 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 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.

(7) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL.

The supplier has to submit to the recipient's agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying the number of
cartons belonging to each action number as specified in the invitation to tender.

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.