CELEX: 31996R1626
Language: en
Date: 1996-08-12 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1626/96 of 12 August 1996 on the supply of cereals as food aid

13 . 8 . 96          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 203/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1626/96
                                                         of 12 August 1996
                                             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,
                                                                     Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as
  Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the                Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
  list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid         the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
  operations and specifies the general criteria on the              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, 12 August 1996.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                             Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 3 OJ No L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                                LOT A
              1 . Operation No ('): 1044/95
              2. Programme: 1995
              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 f5): Jordan
              6. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (J): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.A.1 (a))
             8 . Total quantity: 5 059 tonnes
             9 . Number of lots : one
            10. Packaging and marking (8) (9): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under ILA.2(a) and II-A.3)
                   Language to be used for the marking: English
           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: Aqaba
           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: 23 . 9 . — 6. 10 . 1996
           18 . Deadline for the supply: 27. 10 . 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
                  27. 8 . 1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 10. 9. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: 7. — 20. 10. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 10. 11 . 1996
          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, à
                 l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                 B- 1 049 Brussels (telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
          25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 23. 8 . 1996,
                fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1495/96 (OJ No L 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 54)
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                                                                   LOT B
               1 . Operation No ('): 1 039/95
               2. Programme: 1995
               3. Recipient (2): CICR, 19 avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneve (tel: (41 22)734 60 01 ; telex: 22269 CICR
                     CH)
              4. Representative of the recipient: ICRC Tbilissi, Dutu Megreli Road 1 , 380003 Tbilissi . (Tel.: (78832)
                    93 55 11 ; fax: (78832) 935520)
               5. Place or country of destination : Georgia
              6. Product to be mobilized: common wheat flour
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q: see OJ No C 1 14, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B ( 1 ) (a))
              8 . Total quantity: 500 tonnes
              9 . Number of lots : 1
             10 . Packaging and marking ( 6) (8) (9) (l0): see OJ No C 1 14, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B (2) (d) and II.B (3))
                    Language to be used for the marking: English
                    Supplementary markings: 'GG - 0042'
             11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
             12. Stage of supply: free at destination
             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 : ICRC Tbilissi , Dutu Megreli Road
                    1 , 380003 Tbilissi
            1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                   the port of shipment stage: 16. — 29. 9. 1996
            18 . Deadline for the supply: 27. 10 . 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 27. 8 .
                   1996
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                   (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 10 . 9. 1996
                  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                         port of shipment stage: 30. 9. — 13. 10 . 1996
                  (c) deadline for the supply: 10 . 11 . 1996
            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, à
                   l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                   B-1049 Brussels (telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
            25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 23. 8. 1996,
                  fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1495/96 (OJ No L 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 54)
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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.
           (*) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer: OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33
           (6) The bags shall be stacked, maximum 21 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 bags shall be covered by a shrink film of a thickness of at least 150 microns. The pallet
                shall be covered with a wooden structure to allow stocking. The whole of the above must be bound, in
                each direction, by two nylon straps of a width of not less than 15 mm with plastic buckles .
               The bags are further protected by board of wood placed between the bags and straps .
          Q The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
               documents:
               — phytosanitary certificate,
               — Lot B: Fumigation certificate
          (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point II-A(3)(c) or II.B(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words
               " European Community"'.
          (9) 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'.
         (10) See second amendment to OJ No C 114 published in OJ No C 135, 26 . 5. 1992, p. 20 .