CELEX: 31996R0712
Language: en
Date: 1996-04-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 712/96 of 19 April 1996 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

20 . 4. 96           I EN I               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 99/3
                                             COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 712/96
                                                              of 19 April 1996
                                               on the supply of white sugar as food aid
    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           destinations of the supplies, provision should be made for
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                the possibility for tenderers to indicate two ports of
    Community,                                                            loading, where necessary not belonging to the same port
                                                                         area,
    Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86
    of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid
    management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
    No 1930/90 (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 Regula­               White sugar shall be mobilized in the Community, as
    tion (EEC) No 3972/86 (3) lays down the list of countries            Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
    and organizations eligible for food-aid operations and               the Annex in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
    specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid          No 2200/ 87 and under the conditions set out in the
    beyond the fob stage;                                                Annex. Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering proce­
                                                                         dure .
   Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on
   the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated
   to certain recipients 708 tonnes of sugar;                            Notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                         No 2200/87, the tender may indicate two ports of ship­
  Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of            ment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.
   this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by
                                                                        The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July
   1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in               accepted all the general and specific conditions appli­
  the Community of products to be supplied as Community                 cable. Any other condition or reservation included in his
                                                                        tender is deemed unwritten .
  food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
  No 790/91 (^j whereas it is necessary to specify the time
  limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be                                         Article 2
  followed to determine the resultant costs;
                                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
  Whereas, for a given lot, given the small quantities to be            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
  supplied, the packaging methods and the large number of               European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                      States .
                      Done at Brussels, 19 April 1996.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(')   OJ  No  L 370, 30 . 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2)   OJ  No  L 174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.
(3)   OJ  No  L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(<)   OJ  No  L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 s)   OJ  No  L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                                ANNEX
                                                                 LOT A
              1 . Operation No ('): 716/95 (Al ); 717/95 (A2)
              2. Programme: 1995
              3. Recipient (2): Euronaid, Postbus 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel: (31-70) 33 05 757; fax:
                   (31-70)36 41 701 ; telex 30960 EURON NL)
             4. Representative of the recipient (*): to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination: Al : Peru; A2: Madagascar
             6. Product to be mobilized: white sugar
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f7) ("): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (V.A(1 ))
             8 . Total quantity: 108 tonnes
             9. Number of lots: l in 2 parts (Al : 90 tonnes; A2: 18 tonnes)
           10. Packaging and marking (6)(9)(n): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VA(2) and Vj\(3))
                   Language to be used for the marking: Al : Spanish; A2: French
           1 1 . 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))
           12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment (10)
           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: 27. 5 — 16. 6. 1996
          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: 12 noon (Brussels time) on
                  6 . 5. 1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 20. 5. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 10 — 30. 6. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: —
          22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 15 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, à
                 l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                 B- 1 049 Brussels (Attention! New numbers: telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
         25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): periodic refund applicable to white
                 sugar on 11.4. 1996, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 631 /96 (OJ No L 90, 11.4. 1996, p. 1 )
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                                                                   LOT B
                1 . Operation No ('): 758/95 (Bl ); 759/95 (B2)
                2. Programme: 1995
                3. Recipient (2): Solidaridad Internacional, Glorieta de Quevedo 7, 6-D, E-28015 Madrid tel: (34-1 )
                     59311 13, fax: 448 44 69 / Oxfam Belgique, rue du Conseil 39, B-1050 Brussels (tel: (32-2) 512 99 90, fax:
                     5118919)
               4. Representative of the recipient:
                     Croissant Rouge Sahraoui, 17, rue Ben M Hidi Lardi, Oran (tel: (213-6) 39 64 24, fax: 33 10 65. Contact:
                     Mr Nanni Yamma)
               5. Place or country of destination: Algeria
               6. Product to be mobilized: white sugar
               7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q (8): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VA(1 ))
               8 . Total quantity: 600 tonnes
               9. Number of lots: one in two parts 2 (Bl : 500 tonnes: B2: 100 tonnes)
             10. Packaging and marking (6) (9) (12): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VA(2) and VA (3))
                     Language to be used for the marking: French
             1 1 . 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))
            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: Oran
            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: 3 — 16. 6. 1996
            18. Deadline for the supply: 30. 6. 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 6. 5.
                    1996
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                   (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 20 . 5. 1996
                   (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                        port of shipment stage: 17 — 30. 6. 1996
                   (c) deadline for the supply: 14. 7. 1996
           22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 15 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, Attn.
                   Mr T. Vestergaard, Batiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels, (Atten­
                   tion! New Numbers!: tlx: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
           25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): periodic refund applicable to white
                  sugar on 11 . 4. 1996 fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 631 /96 (OJ No L 90, 11 . 4. 1996, p. 1 )
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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 .
             (*) 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 abovementioned 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.
            (*) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to: Willis Corroon Scheuer, Postbus 1315,
                 NL-1000 BH Amsterdam .
            (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'.
            Q 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) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                 document:
                — health certificate.
            (9) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point VJ\(3)(C) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
                 Community"'.
          (10) Notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indicate two ports of
                shipment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.
          (") Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL.
                The supplier shall be responsible for the cost of making the containers available in the stack position at
                the container terminal at the port of shipment. The recipient shall be responsible for all subsequent
                loading costs, including the cost of moving the containers from the container terminal.
                The provisions of Article 13 (2), second paragraph, of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not apply.
                The successful tenderer has to submit to the recipient's agent a complete packing list of each container,
                specifying number of bags belonging to each shipping number as specified in the invitation to tender.
                The successful tenderer has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (Sysko locktainer 1 80 seal),
                the number of which to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.
          (l2) Placed in one-way 20-foot containers.