CELEX: 31994R3106
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3106/94 of 19 December 1994 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

20 . 12. 94                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 328/29
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3106/94
                                                       of 19 December 1994
                                           on the supply of white sugar as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          destinations of the supplies, provision should be made for
                                                                      the possibility for tenderers to indicate two ports of
                                                                      loading, where necessary not belonging to the same port
                                                                      area,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,
 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 (1 ) (c) thereof,
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of
 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regula­                                        Article 1
 tion (EEC) No 3972/86 (3) lays down the list of countries
 and organizations eligible for food-aid operations and
 specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid         White sugar shall be mobilized in the Community, as
 beyond the fob stage ;                                               Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
                                                                      the Annexes in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the
                                                                     Annexes. Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering
 Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on             procedure.
 the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated
 to certain recipients 2 221 tonnes of sugar ;
                                                                     Tenders relating to the lots specified in the Annexes shall
                                                                     cover either sugar produced under the A or B quotas or
 Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of           C sugar within the meaning of points (a), (b) and (c) of the
 this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by              sixth subparagraph of Article 24 (la) of Council Regula­
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July                    tion (EEC) No 1785/81 (*). Tenders shall be rejected
 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in              unless they specify the category of sugar to which they
 the Community of products to be supplied as Community               relate.
 food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 790/91 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time
 limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be             For lots A and B notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of
 followed to determine the resultant costs ;                         Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indicate
                                                                     two ports of shipment not necessarily belonging to the
                                                                     same port area.
Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried
out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to            The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
 mobilize either A or B quota sugar or C sugar in accord­
ance with the regulations governing the market ; whereas             accepted all the general and specific conditions appli­
the contract for the supply of each lot is to be awarded to          cable. Any other condition or reservation included in his
                                                                     tender is deemed unwritten .
the tenderer submitting the lowest tender having regard
to the conditions applicable to the categories of sugar in
question ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, for a given lot, given the small quantities to be
supplied, the packaging methods and the large number of
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(') OJ  No  L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .                              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
(2) OJ  No  L 174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.                                 European Communities.
(3) 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 .                           (6) OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 19 December 1994.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Rene STEICHEN
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX I
                                                           LOTS A and B
             1 . Operation Nos ('): see Annex II
             2. Programme : 1993 and 1994
             3. Recipient (2) : Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel. (31 70) 33 05 757 ; fax 36 41 701 ;
                 telex 30960 NL EURON)
             4. Representative of the recipient { s) : to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination : see Annex II
             6. Product to be mobilized : white sugar
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q (8) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under VA(1 ))
             8 . Total quantity : 828 tonnes
             9. Number of lots : two (see Annex II)
           10. Packaging and marking (6) (9) (u) : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under VA(2) and VA(3))
                 Language to be used for the marking : see Annex II
           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)) or
                 — C sugar (point (c))
           12. Stage of supply : free at port of shipment (12)
           13. Port of shipment : —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : Al : Matadi ; A2 : Dar es Salaam
           1 5. Port of landing : —
           1 6. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : —
           17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 30. 1 . — 19. 2. 1995
           18 . Deadline for the supply : —
           1 9. 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
                 3 . 1 . 1995
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : at 12 noon (Brussels time) on 16. 1 . 1995
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 13. 2 — 5. 3. 1995
                 (c) deadline for the supply : —
           22. Amount of the tendering security : ECU 1 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- 1 049
                 Bruxelles (telex 22037 AGREC B ; fax (322) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97)
           25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : in the case of A and B sugar : periodic
                 refund applicable to white sugar on 5. 12. 1994, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2908/94 (OJ
                 No L 307, 1 . 12. 1994, p. 17)
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                                                      LOTS C, D, E, F and G
             1 . Operation Nos ('): 936/94 (C); 937/94 (D); 938/94 (E); 939/94 (F); 940/94 (G)
            2. Programme : 1994
            3. Recipient (2) : UNRWA Headquarters, Supply Division, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 700,
                 A-1400 Vienna (telex 135310 UNRWA A, telefax (1)230 75 29)
            4. Representative of the recipient : UNRWA Field Supply and Transport Officer,
                 Ashdod (lot C) :        West Bank, PO Box 19149, Jerusalem (tel. 972(2)89 05 55 ; telex 26194
                                         UNRWA IL ; telefax 972 (2) 81 65 64)
                 Latakia (lot D) :       PO Box 4313, Damascus, SAR, (tel. 963 (11) 66 02 17 ; telex 412006 UNRWA
                                         SY ; telefax 9 63 (11 ) 24 75 13)
                 Beirut (lot E) :        PO Box 947, Beirut, Lebanon (tel. 86 31 32 ; telex 21430 UNRWA LE ; telefax
                                         87 1 1 45 02 32 (via satellite))
                 Amman (lot F) :         PO Box 484, Amman, Jordan (tel. 962(6)74 19 14 / 77 22 26 ; telex 23402
                                         UNRWA JFO JO ; telefax 962 (6) 68 54 76)
                 Ashdod (lot G) :        Gaza c/o Field Supply and Transport officer, West Bank - West Bank, P.O. Box
                                          19149 Jerusalem - Tel. No 972(2) 890555 - telefax No 972(2) 816564 - telex
                                         26194 unrwa il
            5. Place or country of destination (10) :
                 — lots C + G : Israel (lot C : West Bank ; G : Gaza)
                 — lot D : Syria
                 — lot E : Lebanon
                 — lot F : Jordan
            6. Product to be mobilized : white sugar
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q (8) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under VA(1 ))
            8. Total quantity : 1 393 tonnes
            9. Number of lots : five (lot C : 297 tonnes ; lot D : 1 60 tonnes ; lot E : 220 tonnes ; lot F : 240 tonnes ;
                 lot G : 476 tonnes)
          10. Packaging and marking (6) (9) (13) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under VA^2) and VA^3))
                 Markings in English
                 Supplementary markings on the packaging : 'UNRWA
          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))
                 — C sugar (point (c))
          12. Stage of supply : lots C, D, G : free at port of landing — landed ; lots E , F : free at destination
          13. Port of shipment : —
          14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
          1 5. Port of landing : lots C + G : Ashdod ; lot D : Latakia
          1 6. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : lot E : UNRWA depots in Beirut,
                 Lebanon ; lot F : UNRWA depots in Amman, Jordan
          17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                 the port of shipment stage : 30. 1 — 12. 2. 1995
          18. Deadline for the supply : lots C, D, G : 26. 2. 1995 ; lots E, F : 5. 3. 1995
          19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering procedure
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on
                 3 . 1 . 1995
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            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) 16. 1 . 1995
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage : 13 — 26. 2. 1995
                 (c) deadline for the supply : lots C, D and G : 12. 3. 1995 ; lots E and F : 19. 3. 1995
            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 120, bureau 7/46, 200 rue de la Loi, B- 1 049 Brux­
                 elles (telex 22037 AGREC B ; telefax (32 2)296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97)
            25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : in the case of A and B sugar : periodic
                 refund applicable to white sugar on 5. 12. 1994, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2908/94 (OJ
                 No L 307, 1 . 12. 1994, p. 17)
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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 .
                 B2 + B3 : Radiation certificate and the certificate of origin must be legalized by the diplomatic represen­
                tation in the country of origin of the goods.
           (4) For A and B sugar :
                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
                amended by Regulation (EC) No 547/94 (OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 ), shall not apply to this amount.
                For C sugar :
                Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 is not applicable. The rules given in Commission Regulation
                (EEC) No 2630/81 (OJ No L 258, 11 . 9. 1981 , p. 16) apply to exportation of sugar supplied under this
                Regulation.
           Is) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to : Willis Corroon Scheuer, PO Box 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'.
           f) 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 (B9 : + 'Date d'expiration             B2, B3 : + 'Expiry date : . . .'.)
                — lot D : The health certificate and the certificate of origin must be signed and stamped by a Syrian
                    Consulate, including a statement that consular fees and charges have been paid.
           (9) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point V. A(3)(c) is replaced by the following : 'the words "European
                Community"'.
          (,0) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33.
          (") 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),
                the number of which to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.
          (i2) For lots A and B, notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indi­
                cate two ports of shipment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.
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            (13) Lots C, E, F, G : shipment to take place in 20-foot containers. Lots C and G the contracted shipping
                 terms shall be considered full liner terms (liner in/liner out) free port of landing container yard and is
                 understood to cover 15 days — Saturdays, Sundays and official public and religious holidays excluded —
                 free of container detention charges at the port of discharge taken from the day/time of the arrival of the
                 vessel. The 15-day period should be clearly marked on the bill of lading. Bona fide detention charges
                 levied in respect of container detention^) in excess of the said 1 5 days as detailed above will be born by
                 UNRWA. UNRWA shall not pay/not be charged any container deposit fees.
                 After take-over the goods at the delivery stage, the recipient will bear all costs of shifting the containers
                 for destuffing outside the port area and returning them to the container yard.
                 Ashdod : consignement to be stowed in 20-foot containers containing not more than 1 7 tonnes each, net.
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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II —
                                                                ANEXO II
   Lote
            Cantidad total   Cantidades parciales    Acción n0             País de destino           Lengua que se debe
            (en toneladas)     (en toneladas)                                                      utilizar en la rotulación
   Parti     Totalmængde         Delmængde           Aktion nr.           Bestemmelsesland                 Mærkning på
                 (i tons)           (i tons)                                                              følgende sprog
            Gesamtmenge          Teilmengen          Maßnahme                                         Kennzeichnung in
  Partie
                                                         Nr.              Bestimmungsland              folgender Sprache
              (in Tonnen)        (in Tonnen)
         Συνολική ποσότητα Μερικές ποσότητες                                                       Γλώσσα που πρέπει να
 Παρτίδα     (σε τόνους)        (σε τόνους)         Δράση αριθ.          Χώρα προορισμού      χρησιμοποιηθεί για τη σήμανση
            Total quantity    Partial quantities     Operation                                       Language to be used
    Lot
                                                         No            Country of destination            for the marking
               (in tonnes)        (in tonnes)
            Quantité totale  Quantités partielles                                                       Langue à utiliser
    Lot                                              Action n°           Pays de destination           pour le marquage
               (en tonnes)        (en tonnes)
  Lotto
            Quantità totale  Quantitativi parziali   Azione n.          Paese di destinazione         Lingua da utilizzare
            (in tonnellate)    (in tonnellate)                                                          per la marcatura
          Totale hoeveelheid  Deelhoeveelheden        Maatregel                                      Voor de opschriften
  Partij                                                               Land van bestemming              te gebruiken taal
                 (in ton)           (in ton)             nr.
           Quantidade total  Quantidades parciais                          País de destino              Língua a utilizar
   Lote                                               Acção n?                                             na rotulagem
            (em toneladas)     (em toneladas)
    A              252         A      1 :   108       1786/93      Zaire                      Français
                               A      2:     90       1787/93      Zaire                      Francis
                               A 3:          18       1766/93      Angola                     Portugues
                               A 4:          18       1018/94      Angola                     Portugues
                               A 5:          18       1117/94      Angola                     Portugues
     B             576         B      1 :    36       1762/93      Haiti                      Francis
                               B 2:         144       1763/93      Egypt                      English
                               B 3:         108       1764/93      Egypt                      English
                               B 4:          18       1765/93      India                      English
                               B      5:     18       1785/93      India                      English
                               B 6:          18       1019/94      Niger                      Français
                               B 7:          18       1020/94      Liberia                    English
                               B 8:          18       1021 /94     Ethiopia                   English
                               B      9:     36       1022/94      Liban                      Français
                               B 10 :       144       1023/94      India                      English
                               B 11 :        18       1024/94      Bangladesh                 English