CELEX: 31999R1798
Language: en
Date: 1999-08-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1798/1999 of 16 August 1999 on the supply of cereals as food aid

L 217/16              EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                    17. 8. 1999
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1798/1999
                                                          of 16 August 1999
                                               on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     1292/96 as Community food aid (2); whereas it is neces-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           sary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply
Community,                                                                      to determine the resultant costs,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27
June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
special operations in support of food security (1), and in partic-
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,                                                                        Article 1
(1)     Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the             Cereals shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community
        list of countries and organisations eligible for                food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the Annex, in
        Community aid and specifies the general criteria on the         accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and under the
        transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                     conditions set out in the Annex.
(2)     Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
        on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has al-           The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
        located cereals to certain beneficiaries;                       general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition
                                                                        or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
(3)     Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
        accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                                             Article 2
        Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997
        laying down general rules for the mobilisation of prod-         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        ucts to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No            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, 16 August 1999.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                       Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                                  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
                                                                   LOT A
             1. Action No: 177/98
             2. Beneficiary (2): Ethiopia
             3. Beneficiary's representative: Food Security Unit of the European Communities, Addis Ababa, PO Box 5570, Tel:
                (251-1) 61 09 12, fax: 61 26 55
             4. Country of destination: Ethiopia
             5. Product to be mobilised: common wheat
             6. Total quantity (tonnes net) 16 670
             7. Number of lots: one
             8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(1)(a))
             9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0, A(1)(a), (2)(a) and B(3)
            10. Labelling or marking (6):
                — Language to be used for the markings: English
                — Supplementary markings: —
            11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
            12. Specified delivery stage (9): free at destination
            13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob stowed and trimmed
            14. a) Port of shipment: —
                b) Loading address: —
            15. Port of landing (10): Djibouti
            16. Place of destination: EFSR warehouse at Kombolcha (Amhara Region). Contact: Ato Samuel Tumoro, tel.: (251-1)
                51 71 62, fax: 51 83 63
                — port or warehouse of transit: —
                — overland transport route: —
            17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
                — first deadline: 28.11.1999
                — second deadline: 12.12.1999
            18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
                — first deadline: 4 — 10.10.1999
                — second deadline: 18 — 24.10.1999
            19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
                — first deadline: 31.8.1999
                — second deadline: 14.9.1999
            20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 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 27.8.1999, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1696/1999 (OJ L 201,
                31.7.1999, p. 16)
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                                                                LOTS B, C
          1. Action Nos: 178/98 (B); 179/98 (C)
          2. Beneficiary (2): Ethiopia
          3. Beneficiary's representative: Food Security Unit of the European Communities, Addis Ababa, P.O. Box 5570, Tel:
             (251-1) 61 09 12, fax: 61 26 55
          4. Country of destination: Ethiopia
          5. Product to be mobilised: common wheat
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net) 33 330
          7. Number of lots: 2 (B: 16 660 tonnes; C: 16 670 tonnes)
          8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(1)(a))
          9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0, A(1)(a), (2)(a) and B(3))
         10. Labelling or marking (6):
             — Language to be used for the markings: English
             — Supplementary markings: —
         11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
         12. Specified delivery stage (9): free at destination
         13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob stowed
         14. a) Port of shipment: —
             b) Loading address: —
         15. Port of landing (8): Berbera (Somalia)
         16. Place of destination: EFSR warehouse at Dire Dawa/Shinille (B) and Nazareth (C). Contact: Ato Samuel Tumoro (tel.
             (251-1) 51 71 62, fax 51 83 63)
             — port or warehouse of transit: —
             — overland transport route: —
         17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
             — first deadline: B: 14.11.1999; C: 5.12.1999
             — second deadline: B: 28.11.1999; C: 19.12.1999
         18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
             — first deadline: B: 20.9 — 3.10.1999; C: 4 — 17.10.1999
             — second deadline: B: 4 — 17.10.1999; C: 18 — 31.10.1999
         19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
             — first deadline: 31.8.1999
             — second deadline: 14.9.1999
         20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 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 27.8.1999, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1696/1999 (OJ L 201,
             31.7.1999, p. 16)
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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:
                — phytosanitary certificate,
                — fumigation certificate.
           (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, point II.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) Bagging must be carried out before shipment.
           (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 Understanding on Port
               State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC, (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).
         (10) Bagging must be carried out at the port of landing.