CELEX: 31996R1362
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-12 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1362/967/8of 12 July 19967/8on the supply of milk products as food aid

13.7.96            IEN I                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 175/ 19
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1362/96
                                                        of 12 July 1996
                                       on the supply of milk products as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       790/91 0; whereas it is necessary to specify the time
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
Community,                                                        followed to determine the resultant costs,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1 292/96 (2), and in particular Article 6(l)(c) thereof,
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21
May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation            Milk products shall be mobilized in the Community, as
(EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid                  Community food aid, for supply to the recipients listed in
management (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­         the Annex in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the       2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the          Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
fob stage;
                                                                  The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on          accepted all the general and specific conditions applic­
the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated           able. Any other condition or reservation included in his
to certain recipients 1 215 tonnes of milk powder;                tender is deemed unwritten .
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of
this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by                                     Article 2
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July
 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
the Community of products to be supplied as Community             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 12 July 1996.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
 0 OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
  3 OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
 b) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .                               0 OJ No L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                             ANNEX
                                                              LOT A
            1 . Operation No ('): 1838/93
            2. Programme: 1993
            3. Recipient ^): El Salvador
            4. Representative of the recipient (9): SNF, División Asistencia Alimentaria, Casa Presidencial, Barrio
                San Jacinto, Av. Los Diplomáticos, San Salvador (El Salvador), tel: (503 2) 71 02 28/32/42. fax: 71 02 58
                (attn. Licenciados Carolina Ramírez / Oscar Toledo)
            5. Place or country of destination : El Salvador
            6. Product to be mobilized: Vitaminized skimmed-milk powder
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (6): See OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (I.B.(l ))
            8 . Total quantity: 1 090 tonnes
            9 . Number of lots: 1
          1 0. Packaging and marking f) («): See OJ No C 1 1 4, 29. 4. 1 99 1 . p. 1 (I.B. (2), I.A. (2X3) and I.B. (3))
                 Language to be used for the marking: Spanish
          11 . Method of mobilization: The Community market
                The manufacture of the skimmed-milk powder, and the incorporation of vitamins, must be carried out
                after the award of the tender
          12. Stage of supply: Free at port of landing - landed
          13. Port of shipment: —
          14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
          15. Port of landing: Acajutla
          16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: —
          1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                the port of shipment stage: 26 August to 8 September 1996
          18. Deadline for the supply: 29 September 1996
          19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: Invitation to tender
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 29
                July 1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: [12 noon (Brussels time)] 12 August 1996
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                    port of shipment stage: 9 to 22 September 1996
                (c) deadline for the supply: 13 October 1996
          22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 20 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
                Batiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46,
                Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B- 1 049 Bruxelles
                telex: 2 56 70 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04
          25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer ('): Refund applicable on 2 July 1996,
                fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1070/96 (OJ No L 141 , 14. 6. 1996, p. 15)
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                                                             LOT B
            1 . Operation No ('): 961 /95
            2. Programme: 1995
            3. Recipient ^): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma tel:
                (39-6)57 971 ; telex: 62 66 75 WFP I
            4. Representative of the recipient: To be designated by the recipient
            5. Place or country of destination : Guatemala
            6. Product to be mobilized: Vitaminized skimmed-milk powder
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3)(6): See OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (I.B(l ))
            8. Total quantity (tonnes): 125 tonnes
            9. Number of lots : 1
           10. Packaging and marking Q (9): See OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (I.B.(2), LA.(2X3) and I.B.(3))
                Language to be used for the marking: Spanish
           11 . Method of mobilization: The Community market
                The manufacture of the skimmed-milk powder, and the incorporation of vitamins, must be carried out
                after the award of the tender
           12. Stage of supply: Free at destination
           13. Port of shipment: —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
           15. Port of landing: WFP warehouse in Santo Tomas de Castilla
           16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: —
           17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                the port of shipment stage: 19 August to 1 September 1996
           18. Deadline for the supply: 22 September 1996
           19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: Invitation to tender
           20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 29
                July 1996
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 12 August 1996
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                    port of shipment stage: 2 to 15 September 1996
                (c) deadline for the supply: 7 October 1996
           22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 20 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
                Batiment Loi 130 , bureau 7/46,
                Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200 , B-1049 Brussels
                telex: 2 56 70 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04
           25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 2 July 1996,
                fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1070/96 (OJ No L 141 , 14. 6. 1996, p. 15)
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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) 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. 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 No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106), as last amended
              by Regulation (EC) No 2853/95 (OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 ), shall not apply to this amount.
          (s) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer: OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33 (see
              Costa Rica).
          (6) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
              documents :
              — health certificate,
              — veterinary certificate issued by an official entity stating that the product was processed with
                  pasteurized milk, coming from healthy animals, processed under excellent sanitary conditions which
                  are supervised by qualified technical personnel and that the area of production of raw milk had not
                  registered foot-and-mouth disease nor any other notifiable infectious/contagious disease during the 1 2
                  months prior to the processing,
              — lot B: the veterinary certificate must state the temperature and duration of the ultra righ temperature
                  treatment (UHT: 110°C/228" or 114°C/ 130" or 120°C/60" or 140°C/25"), the temperature and
                  duration in the spray-drying tower and the expiry date for consumption .
          I7) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point I. B.3 (c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
              Community"'.
          (8) The bags shall be stacked on wooden pallets (made of pine, fir, or poplar wood) measuring not more than
              1 200 x 1 400 mm, and with the following features:
              — four-way entry, non-reversible, with wings,
              — a top deck consisting of a minimum of seven planks (width: 100 mm; thickness: 22 mm),
              — a bottom deck consisting of three planks (width: 100 mm; thickness: 22 mm),
              — three bearers (width: 100 mm; thickness: 22 mm),
              — nine dowels : 100 x 100 x 78 mm minimum.
              The palletized load (max. 1 050 kg) shall be covered by a shrink film of a thickness of at least 150
              microns. The whole of the above must be bound, in each direction, by two nylon straps of a width of not
              less than 1 5 mm with plastic buckles. The bags are further protected by board or wood placed between
              the bags and straps.
          (9) Placed in 20-foot containers. The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days. Each
              container shall contain 20 tonnes net.