Commission Regulation (EC) No 398/2003 of 3 March 2003 on the supply of cereals as food aid
Date: 2003-03-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Eritrea, Ethiopia, aid system, award of contract, common wheat, food aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 398/2003

of 3 March 2003

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), as modified
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
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 Commu-
nity 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

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 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 Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 March 2003.

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

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1. Action No: 85/02

2. Beneficiary (2): Eritrea

3. Beneficiary's representative: Eritrean Relief and Refugees Commission, Asmara, Eritrea. Mr Ibrahim Said,

Director-General of Relief and Logistics; tel. (291-1) 18 22 22; fax 18 29 70

4. Country of destination: Eritrea

5. Product to be mobilised: common wheat

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 23 750

7. Number of lots: 1 in 4 parts (A1: 11 825 tonnes; A2: 6 405 tonnes; A3: 3 056 tonnes; A4: 2 464 tonnes)

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, 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 destination

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

14. a) Port of shipment: —

b) Loading address: —

15. Port of landing: —

16. Place of destination: ERREC warehouse: Keren (A1); Massawa (A2); Asmara (A3); Assab (A4); Massawa (A1 and

A3)

— port or warehouse of transit: Massawa (A1 and A3)
— overland transport route: —

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

— first deadline: 1.6.2003
— second deadline: 15.6.2003

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

— first deadline: 1-13.4.2003
— second deadline: 14-27.4.2003

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

— first deadline: 18.3.2003
— second deadline: 1.4.2003

20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 per tonne

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

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

22. Export refund (4): refund applicable on 26.2.2003, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 187/2003 (OJ L 27,

1.2.2003, p. 12).

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1. Action No: 67/02

2. Beneficiary (2): Ethiopia

LOT B

3. Beneficiary's representative: Emergency Food Security Reserve, Addis Ababa, Contact: Ato Sirak Hailu, tel. (251-

1) 51 71 62, fax: 51 83 63

4. Country of destination: Ethiopia

5. Product to be mobilised: common wheat

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 30 000

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, 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 destination

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

14. a) Port of shipment: —

b) Loading address: —

15. Port of landing: —

16. Place of destination: EFSR warehouse in Nazareth

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

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

— first deadline: 1.6.2003
— second deadline: 15.6.2003

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

— first deadline: 1-13.4.2003
— second deadline: 14-27.4.2003

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

— first deadline: 18.3.2003
— second deadline: 1.4.2003

20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 per tonne

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

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

22. Export refund (4): refund applicable on 26.2.2003, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 187/2003 (OJ L 27,

1.2.2003, p. 12).

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1. Action No: 68/02

2. Beneficiary (2): Ethipoia

LOT C

3. Beneficiary's representative: Emergency Food Security Reserve, Addis Ababa, Contact: Ato Sirak Hailu, tel. (251-

1) 51 71 62, fax :51 83 63

4. Country of destination: Ethiopia

5. Product to be mobilised: common wheat

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 25 000

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, 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 destination

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

14. a) Port of shipment: —

b) Loading address: —

15. Port of landing: —

16. Place of destination: EFSR warehouse in Dira Dawa

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

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

— first deadline: 1.6.2003
— second deadline: 15.6.2003

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

— first deadline: 1-13.4.2003
— second deadline: 14-27.4.2003

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

— first deadline: 18.3.2003
— second deadline: 1.4.2003

20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 per tonne

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

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

22. Export refund (4): refund applicable on 26.2.2002, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 187/2003 (OJ L 27,

1.2.2003, p. 12).

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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
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 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:

— phytosanitary certificate.

(6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114 of 29 April 1991, point II.A(3)(c) or II.B(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 the Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, vessels chartered shall not appear
on any of the four most recent quatery lists of detained vessels as published by the Paris Memorandum of Under-
standing on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).

Before the Commission can award the supply contract, it needs various items of information about the tenderer concerned (in parti-
cular the bank account to be credited). These details are contained in a form available on the Internet at the following website:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/budget/execution/ftiers_fr.htm.

If these details are missing, the tenderer designated as the supplier may not invoke the time limit for notification referred to in Article
9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97.

You should therefore include the above form with your bid after filling in the required details.