CELEX: 32000R1282
Language: en
Date: 2000-06-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2000 of 19 June 2000 on the supply of milk products as food aid

20.6.2000              EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 145/7
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1282/2000
                                                              of 19 June 2000
                                             on the supply of milk products as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                        pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as
                                                                                   Community food aid (2). It is necessary to specify the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                   time 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 management and
special operations in support of food security (1), and in partic-         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas:
(1)     The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of                Milk products shall be mobilised in the Community, as
        countries and organisations eligible for Community aid             Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the
        and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food        Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and
        aid beyond the fob stage.                                          under the conditions set out in the Annex.
(2)     Following the taking of a number of Decisions on the               The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
        allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated               general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition
        milk powder to certain beneficiaries.                              or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
(3)     It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with                                       Article 2
        the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No
        2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied              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, 19 June 2000.
                                                                                         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 and E
         1. Action Nos: 155/99 (A); 156/99 (B); 157/99 (C); 158/99 (D); 159/99 (E)
         2. Beneficiary (2): UNRWA, Supply division, Amman Office, PO Box 140157, Amman — Jordan; telex 21170
            UNRWA JO; tel. (962-6) 586 41 26; fax 586 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, Libanon [tel. (961-1) 840 461-7; fax 60 36 83]
            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) 474 19 14/477 22 26; telex 23402 UNRWAJFO JO; fax 474 63 61]
         4. Country of destination: A, E: Israel (A: Gaza; E: West Bank); B: Lebanon; C: Syria; D: Jordan
         5. Product to be mobilised: whole milk powder
         6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 600
         7. Number of lots: 5 (A: 204 tonnes; B: 108 tonnes; C: 84 tonnes; D: 120 tonnes; E: 84 tonnes)
         8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5) (8): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (I.C(1))
         9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (6.1, A, B and C(2)
        10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (I.C(3))
            — language to be used for the markings: English
            — supplementary markings: ‘NOT FOR SALE’
                lot D: ‘Expiry date...’ (date of manufacture plus 12 months)
        11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
            The whole milk powder must be manufactured after the award of the supply contract
        12. Specified delivery stage (9): A, C, E: free at port of landing — container terminal
            B, 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, E: Ashdod; C: Lattakia
        16. Place of destination: UNRWA warehouse in: Beirut (B); 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: 3.9.2000; D: 10.9.2000
            — second deadline: A, B, C, E: 17.9.2000; D: 24.9.2000
        18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
            — first deadline: 7-20.8.2000
            — second deadline: 21.8-3.9.2000
        19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
            — first deadline: 4.7.2000
            — second deadline: 18.7.2000
        20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 20 per tonne
        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 on 24.5.2000, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 926/2000 (OJ L 107,
            4.5.2000, p. 15)
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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 referred to 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 to fax No (32-2) 296 20 05).
          (5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following documents:
               — health certificate issued by an official entity stating that the product was processed under excellent sanitary
                   conditions which are supervised by qualified technical personnel. The certificate must state the temperature and
                   duration of the pasteurisation, the temperature and duration in the spray-drying-tower, the production date and
                   the expiry date for consumption,
               — veterinary certificate issued by an official entity stating that the area of production of raw milk had not registered
                   foot-and-mouth disease nor any other notifiable infectious/contagious disease during the 12 months prior to the
                   processing, that the standards applicable, relative to PCBs, have not been exceeded and that the product does not
                   contain any mydiakcene.
          (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, point I(A)(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European
              Community”’.
          (7) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers: Lots A, C and D. The contracted shipping terms shall be considered full
              liner terms 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 born 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: 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.
          (8) 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.
          (9) 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 Under-
              standing on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).