Commission Regulation (EC) No 605/2002 of 8 April 2002 on the supply of white sugar as food aid
Date: 2002-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Korea, award of contract, food aid, invitation to tender, white sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 605/2002

of 8 April 2002

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), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1726/2001 of the European Parliament
and of the Council (2), 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 (3). 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, 8 April 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 166, 5.7.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p. 10.

(3) OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 23.

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ANNEX

LOT A

1. Action No: 192/01

2. Beneficiary (2): World Food Programme (WFP), Via Cesare Giulio Viola 68, I-00148 Roma

tel.: (39-06) 6513 2988; fax: 6513 2844/3; telex: 626675 WFP I

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

4. Country of destination: North Korea (via China)

5. Product to be mobilised: white sugar (‘A’ or ‘B’ sugar)

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 600

7. Number of lots: 1

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

12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of landing — container terminal

13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment

14. a) Port of shipment: —

b) Loading address: —

15. Port of landing: Dalian

16. Place of destination:

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

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

— first deadline: 7.7.2002
— second deadline: 21.7.2002

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

— first deadline: 20.5-2.6.2002
— second deadline: 3-16.6.2002

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

— first deadline: 23.4.2002
— second deadline: 7.5.2002

20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 per tonne

21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (1): M. Vestergaard, Commission européenne,

Bureau: L130 7/46, B-1049 Bruxelles; telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03/296 70 04

22. Export refund (4): refund applicable on 3.4.2002, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 503/2002 (OJ L 79,

22.3.2002, p. 6)

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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) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2298/2001 (OJ L 308, 27.11.2001, p. 16), is applicable as regards the export refund.

The date referred to in Article 2 of the said Regulation is that indicated in point 22 of this Annex.

(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’.