CELEX: 31997R1988
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1988/97 of 13 October 1997 on the supply of cereals as food aid

14. 10 . 97          | EN I            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 280/7
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1988 /97
                                                      of 13 October 1997
                                          on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
                                                                  resultant costs,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid
management and special operations in support of food                                       Article 1
security ('), and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,
                                                                  Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the               Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid         the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
operations and specifies the general criteria on the              2200 / 87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                       Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure .
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions            The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has
allocated cereals to certain beneficiaries;                       accepted all the general and specific conditions
                                                                  applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                 his tender is deemed unwritten .
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down                                     Article 2
general rules for the mobilization in the Community of
products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (3); whereas it is          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of            European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 13 October 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 166 , 5 . 7. 1996, p. 1 .
0 OJ L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
(j OJ L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                             LOTS A, B and C
            1 . Operation Nos ('): 28/97 (A); 29/97 (B); 428/96 (Cl ); 37/97 (C2)
           2. Programme: 1996 and 1997
           3. Recipient (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma (tel .: (39 6)
                65 13 29 88 ; fax : 65 13 28 44/ 3; telex : 626675 WFP I)
           4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
           5. Place or country of destination: A: Bangladesh; B and C: Ethiopia
           6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat
           7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3)(5): see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.A (1 ) (a))
           8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 70 824
           9 . Number of lots : three (A: 20 000 tonnes; B : 25 000 tonnes; C : 25 824 tonnes (Cl : 6 824 tonnes ; C2:
                 19 000 tonnes))
          10. Packaging and marking (6): A: in bulk
                B and C: see OJ C 267, 13 . 9 . 1996, p. 1 ( 1.0.A ( 1 ) (c), (2) (c) and B (2))
                see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.A (3))
                Language to be used for the marking: English
          11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
          12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment — fob stowed and trimmed Q
          13 . Port of shipment: —
          14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
          15. Port of landing : —
          16 . Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : —
          17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: A and B : 10 — 30 . 11 . 1997;
                C : 24 . 11 — 14 . 12 . 1997
          18 . Deadline for the supply: —
          19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
          20 . Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 28 . 10 . 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                time))
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 10 . 11 . 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: A and B: 24. 11 — 14. 12. 1997;
                    C: 8 — 28 . 12. 1997
                (c) deadline for the supply: —
          22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 5 per tonne
          23. Amount of delivery security: 10 % of the amount of the tender in ecus
          24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities ('): Bureau de 1 aide alimentaire, Attn
                Mr T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B- 1 049 Brussels (telex:
                25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively))
          25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 24. 10 . 1997,
                fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1872/97 (OJ L 265, 27. 9. 1997, p. 21 )
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                                                                  LOT D
             1 . Operation No ('): 39/97
             2. Programme: 1997
             3. Recipient (2): WFP, (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma (tel .: (39 6)
                 65 13 29 88 ; fax : 65 13 28 44/ 3; telex: 626675 WFP I)
             4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination : Angola
             6 . Product to be mobilized : maize
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3)(5): see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.A 1 (d))
             8 . Total quantity: 13 767 tonnes
             9 . Number of lots : one
            10 . Packaging and marking (6): see OJ C 267, 13 . 9 . 1996, p. 1 ( 1.0.A ( 1 ) (c), (2)(c) and B (2))
                 see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.A(3))
                 Language to be used for the marking: Portuguese
            11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
            12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment — fob stowed and trimmed (7)
            13 . Port of shipment: —
            14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
            15 . Port of landing : —
            16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: —
            17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 17. 11 — 7. 12. 1997
            18 . Deadline for the supply: —
            19 . Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
            20 . Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 28 . 10 . 1997 ( 12 noon ( Brussels
                 time))
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 10 . 11 . 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 1 — 21 . 12. 1997
                 (c) deadline for the supply: —
            22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 5 per tonne
            23 . Amount of the delivery security: 10 % of the amount of the tender in ecus
            24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities ('): Bureau de 1 aide alimentaire, Attn
                 Mr T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130 , bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels (telex:
                 25670 AGREC B; fax : (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively))
            25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 24. 10 . 1997, fixed
                 by Commission Regulation ( EC) No 1872/97 (OJ L 265, 27. 9. 1997, p. 21 )
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            Notes:
           (') The operation number should be mentioned in all correspondence.
           (2) The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient as soon as possible to establish which consignment
                documents are required .
           (-1) The successful tenderer 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 (EEC) No 2330/87 (OJ L 210, 1 . 8 . 1987, p. 56), as last amended by Regulation
                (EEC) No 2226/89 (OJ L 214, 25. 7. 1989, p. 10), is applicable as regards the export refund. The date
                referred to in Article 2 of the said Regulation is that referred to in point 25 of this Annex.
                 The amount of the refund shall be converted into national currency by applying the agricultural conver­
                 sion rate applicable on the day of completion of the customs export formalities. The provisions of
                 Articles 13 to 17 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (OJ L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106), as last
                 amended by Regulation (EC) No 1482/96 (OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22), shall not apply to this amount.
           (5) The successful tenderer 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 Com­
                munity"'.
           O Notwithstanding Articles 7 (3) (f) and 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 the price tendered must
                 include all loading, handling, stowage and trimming costs.