CELEX: 31994R3219
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3219/94 of 23 December 1994 on the supply of cereals as food aid

No L 337/58                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              24. 12. 94
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3219/94
                                                      of 23 December 1994
                                             on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
Community,                                                          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 (EEC)
No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1 ) (c) thereof,
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21
May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation              Cereals 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 recipient 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              accepted all the general and specific conditions
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                   applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in
allocated to certain beneficiaries 13 004 tonnes of cereals ;       his tender is deemed unwritten .
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                                            Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down
general rules for the mobilization in the Community of              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
products to be supplied as Community food aid (4), as               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (*) ; whereas it              European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 23 December 1994.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Rene STEICHEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
0   OJ No   L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.
0   OJ No   L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No   L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                            LOTS A and B
              1 . Operation Nos (') : 1125/94 (A); 1161 /94 (B)
              2. Programme : 1994
              3. Recipient (2) : Euronaid PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel. (31 70) 330 57 57 ; fax 364 17 01 ; telex
                  30960 NL EURON)
              4. Representative of the recipient (*) : to be designated by the recipient
              5. Place or country of destination : Liberia (A) ; Sierra Leone (B)
              6. Product to be mobilized : milled rice (product code 1006 30 92 900, 1006 30 94 900, 1006 30 96 900)
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) 0 : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA (1 ) (f))
              8. Total quantity : 5 418 tonnes (13 004 tonnes of cereals)
              9. Number of lots : 2 (A : 4 194 tonnes ; B : 1 224 tonnes)
            10. Packaging and marking («) («) (») (10) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA (2) (c) and IIA3)
                  Markings in English
            11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
            1 2. Stage of supply : free at port of shipment
            1 3. 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 : 6. 2. — 26. 2. 1995
            18. Deadline for the supply : —
            19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
            20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on
                  10 . 1 . 1995
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 24. 1 . 1995
                  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 20. 2. — 12. 3. 1995
                  (c) deadline for the supply : —
            22. Amount of the tendering security : ECU 5 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 1 aide alimentaire, à
                  l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46, -200 rue de la Loi, B-1049
                  Bruxelles (telex 22037 AGREC B ; fax (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97)
            25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : refund applicable on 31 . 12. 1994, fixed
                  by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2866/94 (OJ No L 303, 26. 11 . 1994, p. 28 .)
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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 certifiying 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
               amended by Regulation (EC) No 547/94 (OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 ) shall not apply to this amount.
           O The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to : Willis Corroon Scheuer, PO Box 1315,
               NL-1000 BH Amsterdam.
           (6) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL each containing 18 tonnes net. 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),
               number of which to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.
           Q The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
               document :
               — phytosanitary certificate (A and C9 4- 'Date d'expiration . . .')
           (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point IIA. (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.