CELEX: 31993R1488
Language: en
Date: 1993-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1488/93 of 17 June 1993 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

No L 147/ 12                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                  18 . 6. 93
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1488/93
                                                        of 17 June 1993
                                       on the supply of white sugar as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, notably for logistical reasons, certain supplies
                                                                  were not awarded within the first and second deadlines
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              for submission of tenders ; whereas, in order to avoid
Economic Community,                                               republication of the notice of invitation to tender, a third
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86              deadline for submission of tenders should be opened,
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid
management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1) (c) thereof,       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of
21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regula­                                      Article 1
tion (EEC) No 3972/86 (3) lays down the list of countries
and organizations eligible for food-aid operations and            White sugar shall be mobilized in the Community, as
specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid       Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
beyond the fob stage ;                                            the Annexes, in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on          No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the
the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated           Annexes. Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering
to certain countries and beneficiary organizations 4 788          procedure.
tonnes of sugar ;
                                                                  Tenders relating to the lots specified in the Annex shall
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of        cover either sugar produced under the A or B quotas or
this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by            C sugar within the meaning of points (a), (b) and (c) of the
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July                  sixth subparagraph of Article 24 (la) of Council Regula­
1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in            tion (EEC) No 1785/81 (6). Tenders shall be rejected
the Community of products to be supplied as Community             unless they specify the category of sugar to which they
food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                      relate.
No 790/91 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time
limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be           The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
followed to determine the resultant costs ;                       accepted all the general and specific conditions appli­
                                                                  cable. Any other condition or reservation included in his
Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried         tender is deemed unwritten .
out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to
mobilize either A or B quota sugar or C sugar in
accordance with the regulations governing the market ;                                      Article 2
whereas the contract for the supply of each lot is to be
awarded to the tenderer submitting the lowest tender              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
having regard to the conditions applicable to the cat­            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
egories of sugar in question ;                                     European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 17 June 1993.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.
rf OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.                              (6) OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
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                                                                 ANNEX I
                                                              LOTS A, B and C
              1 . Operation Nos (') : see Annex II
              2. Programme : 1993
              3. Recipient ^) : World Food Programme, Via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma ; tel. (39 6) 57 97 ;
                  telex 626675 I WFP
              4. Representative of the recipient : see OJ No C 103, 16. 4. 1987
              5. Place or country of destination : see Annex II
              6. Product to be mobilized : white sugar
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (5) (7) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 21 (under VA.1 )
              8 . Total quantity : 4 788 tonnes
              9. Number of lots : three (lot A : 2 086 tonnes ; lot B : 945 tonnes ; lot C : 1 757 tonnes) ; see Annex II
            10. Packaging and marking (6) (8) (9) : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 21 (under V.A.2 and VA.3)
                  Markings in English Al + A2 + CI + C2 + C4) and French (A3 + B 4- C3)
                  Supplementary markings : see Annex II
            11 . Method of mobilization : sugar produced in the Community in accordance with the sixth subpara­
                  graph of Article 24 (la) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 as follows :
                  — A or B sugar (points (a) and (b))
                  — C sugar (point (c))
            1 2. Stage of supply : free at port of shipment
            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 : 9 — 29. 8. 1993
            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 : 6. 7. 1993 at 12 noon (Brussels
                  time)
            21 . A. In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                      (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 20. 7. 1993 at 12 noon (Brussels time)
                      (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 23. 8 — 12. 9. 1993
                      (c) deadline for the supply : —
                  B. In the case of a third invitation to tender :
                      (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 3. 8 . 1993 at 12 noon (Brussels time)
                      (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 6 — 26. 9. 1993
                      (c) deadline for the supply : —
            22. Amount of the tendering security : ECU 1 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 l'aide alimentaire, à l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46, rue
                  de la Loi 200, B- 1 049 Bruxelles ; (telex 22037 / 25670 AGREC B ; telefax (32/2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 /
                  296 10 97 / 295 01 30 / 296 33 04)
            25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : In the case of A and B sugar : periodic
                  refund applicable to white sugar on 1 1 . 6. 1993, fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1408/93 (OJ
                  No L 139, 10. 6. 1993, p. 5)
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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.
            (3) 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) For A and B sugar :
                Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 (OJ No L 210, 1 . 8. 1987, p. 56), as last amended by Regula­
                tion (EEC) No 2226/89 (OJ No L 214, 25. 7. 1989, p. 10), is applicable as regards the export refund and,
                where appropriate, the accession compensatory amounts. The date referred to in Article 2 of the above­
                mentioned 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 No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106) shall not apply
                to this amount.
                For C sugar :
                Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 is not applicable. The rules given in Commission Regulation
                (EEC) No 2630/81 (OJ No L 258, 11 . 9. 1981 , p. 16) apply to exportation of sugar supplied under this
                Regulation.
           (*) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                documents :
                — phytosanitary certificate.
           (6) Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same
                quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R\
           (*) The rule provided at the second indent of Article 18 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77 (OJ No L
                246, 27. 9. 1977, p. 12) is binding for determination of the sugar category.
           (8) Lots A + CI + C2 : Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers.
           (9) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point V.A.3^c) is replaced by the following : 'the words "European
                Community"'.
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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II —
                                                          ANEXO II
       Lote
               Cantidad total   Cantidades parciales     Acción n 0                  Inscripciones complementarias
                (en toneladas)     (en toneladas)
      Parti     Totalmængde         Delmængde           Aktion nr.                         Yderligere påskrifter
                    (i tons)           (i tons)
                Gesamtmenge         Teilmengen          Maßnahme
      Partie
                 (in Tonnen)        (in Tonnen)             Nr.                          Ergänzende Aufschriften
             Συνολική ποσότητα  Μερικές ποσότητες      Δράση αριθ.                    Συμπληρωματικές ενδείξεις
     Παρτίδα     (σε τόνους)        (σε τόνους)
       Lot     Total quantity    Partial quantities      Operation                      Supplementary markings
                  (in tonnes)        (in tonnes)            No
       Lot
               Quantité totale  Quantités partielles     Action n°                    Inscriptions complémentaires
                  (en tonnes)        (en tonnes)
      Lotto
               Quantità totale  Quantitativi parziali    Azione n.                       Iscrizioni supplementari
               (in tonnellate)    (in tonnellate)
             Totale hoeveelheid  Deelhoeveelheden        Maatregel                      Bijkomende vermeldingen
      Partij        (in ton)           (in ton)             nr.
      Lote
              Quantidade total  Quantidades parciais     Acção n?                      Inscrições complementares
               (em toneladas)     (em toneladas)
        A            2 086          AI :      150         234/93       Kenya / WFP / 0496100 / Mombasa
                                    A 2 : 1 850           235/93       Kenya / WFP / 0496100 / Mombasa
                                    A3:         86        236/93       Djibouti / PAM / 0496000 / Djibouti
        B               945         Bl :     500          237/93       Algérie / PAM / 0415503 / Oran
                                    B2:      445          238/93       Algerie / PAM / 0415503 / Oran
        C             1 757         Cl :     915          300/93       Sudan / WFP / 0416802 / Port Sudan
                                    C2:      250          301 /93      Sudan / WFP / 0501600 / Port Sudan
                                    C3:         72        302/93       Mauritanie / PAM / 0515701 / Nouakchott
                                    C4 :     520          431 /93      Mozambique / WFP / 0416403 / Maputo