CELEX: 31999R1219
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1219/1999 of 14 June 1999 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

L 148/14              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                15. 6. 1999
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1219/1999
                                                      of 14 June 1999
                                       on the supply of white sugar as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food
                                                                          aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify the time
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     limits and conditions of supply to determine the
Community,                                                                resultant costs,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid manage-
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                                              Article 1
(1)    Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays
       down the list of countries and organisations eligible       White sugar shall be mobilised in the Community, as
       for Community aid and specifies the general                 Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
       criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob        the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/
       stage;                                                      97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
(2)    Whereas, following the taking of a number of deci-          The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
       sions on the allocation of food aid, the Commis-            the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
       sion has allocated white sugar to certain bene-             condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
       ficiaries;                                                  unwritten.
(3)    Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                                      Article 2
       accordance with the rules laid down by Commis-
       sion Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
       1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
       of products to be supplied pursuant to Council              European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 14 June 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
                                                         LOTS A, B, C, D, E
             1. Action Nos: 160/98 (A); 161/98 (B); 162/98 (C); 163/98 (D); 164/98 (E)
             2. Beneficiary (2): UNRWA, Supply division, Amman Office, PO Box 140157, Amman  Jordan
                telex 21170 UNRWA JC; fax (962-6) 86 41 27
             3. Beneficiary’s representative: UNRWA Field Supply and Transport Officer
                A+E: PO Box 19149, Jerusalem, Israel (tel. (972-2) 589 05 55; telex 26194 UNRWA IL; fax 581 65 64)
                B: PO Box 947, Beirut, Lebanon (tel. (961-1) 840 460-9; fax 603 683)
                C: PO Box 4313 Damascus, Syria (tel. (963-11) 613 30 35; telex 412006 UNRWA SY; fax 613 30 47)
                D: PO Box 484, Amman, Jordan (tel. (962-6) 74 19 14/77 22 26; telex 23402 UNRWAJFO JO; fax
                74 63 61)
             4. Country of destination: A and E: Israel (A: Gaza; E: West Bank); B: Lebanon; C: Syria; D: Jordan
             5. Product to be mobilised: white sugar
             6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 720
             7. Number of lots: Five (A: 660 t; B: 260 t; C: 180 t; D: 400 t; E: 220 t)
             8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5) (9) (10): 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: ‘NOT FOR SALE'
            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 (8) (11): A, C, E: free at port of landing  container terminal; B and D: free at
                destination
            13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment
            14. a) Port of shipment: 
                b) Loading address: 
            15. Port of landing: A and E: Ashdod; C: Lattakia
            16. Place of destination: UNRWA warehouse in Beirut (B) and Amman (D)
                 port or warehouse of transit: 
                 overland transport route: 
            17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
                 first deadline: A, B, C, E: 15.8.1999; D: 22.8.1999
                 second deadline: A, B, C, E: 29.8.1999; D: 4.9.1999
            18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
                 first deadline: 19.7 to 1.8.1999
                 second deadline: 2 to 15.8.1999
            19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
                 first deadline: 29.6.1999
                 second deadline: 13.7.1999
            20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15/t
            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 to white sugar on 4.6.1999, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC)
                No 1160/1999 (OJ L 140, 3.6.1999, p. 14)
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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 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 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 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:
               (32-2) 296 20 05)).
           (5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following documents
                 health certificate.
           (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, 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) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers: Lots A, C and E: The contracted shipping terms shall be
               considered full liner terms (liner in/liner out) free port of landing container yard and is understood to
               cover 15 days  Saturdays, and official public and religious holidays excluded  free of container
               detention charges at the port of discharge taken from the day/time of the arrival of the vessel. The 15 day
               period should be clearly marked on the bill of lading. Bona fide detention charges levied in respect of
               container detention(s) in excess of the said 15 days as detailed above will be borne by UNRWA. UNRWA
               shall not pay/not be charged any container deposit fees.
               After take-over of the goods at the delivery stage, the recipient will bear all costs of shifting the containers
               for destuffing outside the port area and of returning them to the container yard.
               Ashdod: consignement to be stowed in 20-foot containers containing not more than 17 tonnes each, net.
           (9) The rule provided at the second indent of Article 18(2)(a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77
               (OJ L 246, 27.9.1977, p. 12), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/96 (OJ L 34, 13.2.1996, p. 16), is
               binding for determination of the sugar category.
         (10) Lot C: The health certificate and the certificate of origin must be signed and stamped by a Syrian
               Consulate, including the statement that consular fees and charges have been paid.
         (11) 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)).