CELEX: 31997R1096
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-16 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1096/97 of 16 June 1997 on the supply of cereals as food aid

17. 6. 97           IenTI               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 158 /33
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1096/97
                                                         of 16 June 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,
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the
                                                                   Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as
 list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid
                                                                   Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
 operations and specifies the general criteria on the              the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   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, 16 June 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
P) OJ No L 81 , 28 . 3 . 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                              ANNEX
                                                                LOT A
             1 . Operation No ('): 283/96
             2. Programme: 1996
             3. Recipient ( 2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma (tel: (39 6)
                 57 971 ; telex: 626675 WFP I)
             4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination : Pakistan
             6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3)(s): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.A ( l)(a))
             8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 12 895
             9 . Number of lots : 1
           10. Packaging and marking: in bulk
           11 . Method of mobilization: the Community market
           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 : Port Qasim
           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: 21 . 7 to 34. 8 . 1997
           18 . Deadline for the supply: 24. 8 . 1997
           19 . Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
           20 . Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 1 . 7. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                 time))
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 15. 7. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: 4 to 17. 8 . 1997
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 7. 9. 1997
           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-1049 Brussels
                 tlx: 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 13. 6. 1997,
                 fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 967/97 (OJ No L 141 , 31 . 5. 1997, p. 6)
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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 1482/96 (OJ No 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 (The phytosanitary certificate shall indicate that the product is free from
                  anguina trilici, claviceps purpurea, ustilago nuda, coryncbacterium app pseudomonas atrofaciens and
                  xanthomonas translucena and from soil and weeds . The certificate shall also indicate that it is free
                  from pests and diseases).