CELEX: 31998R0265
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 265/98 of 30 January 1998 on the supply of milk products as food aid

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 265/98
                                                     of 30 January 1998
                                      on the supply of milk products as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            supply to determine the resultant costs,
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 (1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                 Milk products shall be mobilised 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 organisations eligible for Community       the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of       2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
food aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions           The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
allocated milk powder to certain beneficiaries;                  condition or reservation included in 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 (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying
down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
supplied pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
1292/96 as Community food aid (2); whereas it is                 European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 January 1998.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      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: 585/96 (A1); 597/96 (A2)
         2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, (tel.: (31 70) 33 05 757; fax: 36 41 701;
            telex 30960 EURON NL)
         3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
         4. Country of destination: A1: Rwanda; A2: Guatemala
         5. Product to be mobilised: vitaminised skimmed-milk powder
         6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 205
         7. Number of lots: 1 in 2 parts (A1: 105 tonnes; A2: 100 tonnes)
         8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (I.B (1))
         9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (6.3.A and B (2))
        10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (I.B (3))
            — Language to be used for the markings: A1: French; A2: Spanish
            — Supplementary markings: —
        11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
            The manufacture of the skimmed-milk powder, and the incorporation of vitamins, must be carried out
            after the award of the tender
        12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of shipment
        13. Alternative delivery stage: —
        14. (a) Port of shipment: —
            (b) Loading address: —
        15. Port of landing: —
        16. Place of destination: —
            — port or warehouse of transit: —
            — overland transport route: —
        17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
            — first deadline: 9 — 29.3.1998
            — second deadline: 23.3 — 12.4.1998
        18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
            — first deadline: —
            — second deadline: —
        19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
            — first deadline: 16.2.1998
            — second deadline: 2.3.1998
        20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 20 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 27.1.1998, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 105/98
            (OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 4)
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                                                            LOT B
           1. Action No: 592/96
           2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma (tel.: (396)
              65 13 29 88; fax: 65 13 28 44/3; telex: 626675 WFP I)
           3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
           4. Country of destination: Ecuador
           5. Product to be mobilised: vitaminised skimmed-milk powder
           6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 140
           7. Number of lots: 1
           8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (I.B (1))
           9. Packaging: see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (6.3 A and B (2))
          10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (I.B (3))
              — Language to be used for the markings: Spanish
              — Supplementary markings: —
          11. Method of mobilization of the product: the Community market
              The manufacture of the skimmed-milk powder, and the incorporation of vitamins, must be carried out
              after the award of the tender
          12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of landing — landed
          13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment
          14. (a) Port of shipment: —
              (b) Loading address: —
          15. Port of landing: Guayaquil
          16. Place of destination: —
              — port or warehouse of transit: —
              — overland transport route: —
          17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
              — first deadline: 19.4.1998
              — second deadline: 3.5.1998
          18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
              — first deadline: 9 — 22.3.1998
              — second deadline: 23.3 — 5.4.1998
          19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
              — first deadline: 16.2.1998
              — second deadline: 2.3.1998
          20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 20 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: (322) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)
          22. Export refund (4): refund applicable on 27.1.1998, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 10/98 (OJ
              L 105, 16.1.1998, p. 4)
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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 (EEC) No 2330/87 (OJ L 210, 1.8.1987, p. 56), as last amended by Regulation
            (EEC) No 2226/89 (OJ 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 22 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 L 108, 1.5.1993, p. 106), as last amended by
            Regulation (EC) No 1482/96 (OJ L 188, 27.7.1996, p. 22), shall not apply to this amount.
        (5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following documents:
            — health certificate issued by an official entity stating that the product was processed under excellent
                sanitary conditions which are supervised by qualified technical personnel. The certificate must state
                the temperature and duration of the pasteurisation, the temperature and duration in the spray-drying-
                tower and the expiry date for consumption,
            — veterinary certificate issued by an official entity stating that the area of production of raw milk had not
                registered foot-and-mouth disease nor any other notifiable infectious/contagious disease during the 12
                months prior to the processing.
        (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point I. A (3) (c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Com-
            munity”’.
        (7) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL.
            The supplier shall be responsible for the cost of making the container available in the stack position at
            the container terminal at the port of shipment. The beneficiary shall be responsible for all subsequent
            loading costs, including the cost of moving the containers from the container terminal.
            The supplier has to submit to the beneficiary’s agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying
            the number of bags belonging to each shipping number as specified in the invitation to tender.
            The supplier has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (SYSKO locktainer 180 seal), the
            number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary’s forwarder.