Commission Regulation (EC) No 75/2001 of 15 January 2001 on the supply of cereals as food aid
Date: 2001-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Djibouti, Ethiopia, award of contract, common wheat, food aid, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 75/2001

of 15 January 2001

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 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
cereals 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

under 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

Cereals 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 the 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, 15 January 2001.

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: 22/00

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

I-00145 Rome;

tel.:

(39-06)

65 13 29 88; fax: 65 13 28 44/3; telex: 626675 WFP I

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

4. Country of destination: Ethiopia

5. Product to be mobilized: common wheat

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 33 500

7. Number of lots: 1

8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 312, 31.10.2000, p. 1 (A.1)

9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0, A(1.C and 2.C) and B(3))

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 mobilisation of the product: the Community market

12. Specified delivery stage: (8): free at port of landing — landed

13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob stowed

14. a) Port of shipment: —

b) Loading address: —

15. Port of landing: Djibouti

16. Place of destination:

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

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

— first deadline: 25.3.2001
— second deadline: 8.4.2001

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

— first deadline: 19.2-4.3.2001
— second deadline: 5-18.3.2001

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

— first deadline: 30.1.2001
— second deadline: 13.2.2001

20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 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 (4): refund applicable on 11.1.2001, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2842/2000 (OJ L 328,

23.12.2000, p. 37)

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LOT B

1. Action No: 21/00

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

I-00145 Rome;

tel.:

(39-06)

6513 2988; fax: 65 13 28 44/3; telex: 626675 WFP I

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

4. Country of destination: Djibouti

5. Product to be mobilised: milled rice (product code 1006 30 92 9900, 1006 30 94 9900, 1006 30 96 9900,

1006 30 98 9900)

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 2 700

7. Number of lots: 1

8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 312, 31.10.2000, p. 1 (A.7)

9. Packaging: (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0, A(1.C and 2.C) and B(b))

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

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

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

12. Specified delivery stage: (8): free at port of landing — port warehouse PAM/WFP

13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment

14. a) Port of shipment: —

b) Loading address: —

15. Port of landing: Djibouti

16. Place of destination:

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

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

— first deadline: 18.3.2001
— second deadline: 1.4.2001

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

— first deadline: 19.2-4.3.2001
— second deadline: 5-18.3.2001

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

— first deadline: 30.1.2001
— second deadline: 13.2.2001

20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 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 (4): refund applicable on 11.1.2001, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2842/2000 (OJ L 328,

23.12.2000, p. 37)

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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 products 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 2 of the said Regulation is that referred to 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 (32-2) 296 20 05).

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

— phytosanitary certificate.

(6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point II.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) In addition 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 quarterly 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)).