CELEX: 31993R3494
Language: en
Date: 1993-12-21
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3494/93 of 20 December 1993 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

No L 319/8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 21 . 12. 93
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3494/93
                                                       of 20 December 1993
                                       on the supply of white sugar as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        having regard to the conditions applicable to the catego­
                                                                   ries of sugar in question ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,                                                        Whereas, notably for logistical reasons, certain supplies
                                                                   are not awarded within the first and second deadlines for
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86               submission of tenders ; whereas, in order to avoid republi­
                                                                   cation of the notice of invitation to tender, a third dead­
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid
management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                line for submission of tenders should be opened,
 No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1 ) (c) thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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            White sugar shall be mobilized in the Community, as
specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid        Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
beyond the fob stage ;                                             the Annexes, in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the
Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on          Annexes. Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering
the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated           procedure.
to certain recipients 1 917 tonnes of sugar ;
                                                                  Tenders relating to the lots specified in the Annexes shall
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of        cover either sugar produced under the A or B quotas or
this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by             C sugar within the meaning of points (a), (b) and (c) of the
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July                  sixth subparagraph of Article 24 (la) of Council Regula­
 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in            tion (EEC) No 1785/81 (^ Tenders shall be rejected
the Community of products to be supplied as Community             unless they specify the category of sugar to which they
                                                                  relate.
food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 790/91 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time       The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be           accepted all the general and specific conditions appli­
followed to determine the resultant cpsts ;                       cable. Any other condition or reservation included in his
                                                                  tender is deemed unwritten.
Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried
out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to                                   Article 2
mobilize either A or B quota sugar or C sugar in
accordance with the regulations governing the market ;            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
whereas the contract for the supply of each lot is to be          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
awarded to the tenderer submitting the lowest tender               European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 20 December 1993.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No  L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L 174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.
O   OJ No  L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No  L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
n OT No L 81 . 28 . 3. 1991 . d. 108 .                            (6) OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
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                                                                  ANNEX I
                                                                    LOT A
               1 . Operation Nos ('): 1684/92 (Al ); 1199/92 (A2)
              2. Programme : 1992 ; 1993
              3. Recipient (2) : Fédération internationale des sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (IFRC),
                    département Approvisionnements et logistique, Case postale 372, CH-1211 Genève 19 (tel. (41-22)
                    730 42 22 ; telefax 733 03 95 ; telex 412133 LRC CH)
              4. Representative of the recipient : Croissant-Rouge tunisien, 19 rue d Angleterre, 1000 Tunis, Tunisia
                    (tel. (216-1 ) 240 630 / 245 572 ; telefax 340151 ; telex (0409) 14524 HILAL TN)
              5. Place or country of destination (*) : Tunisia
              6. Product to be mobilized : white sugar
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (6) (9) (l4) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under VA.1 )
              8. Total quantity : 66 tonnes
              9. Number of lots : one (in two parts : Al : 1 6 T ; A2 : 50 T)
             10. Packaging and marking OO'H15) : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under VA.2 and VA.3)
                    Markings in French
                    Supplementary markings : 4IFRC / Tunis
             11 . 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 (OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4) as
                    follows :
                   — A or B sugar (points (a) and (b))
                   — C sugar (point (c))
            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 : La Goulette
            16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : —
            17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                   the port of shipment stage : 31 . 1 — 13. 2. 1994
            18. Deadline for the supply : 15. 3. 1994
            19. Procedure for determining die costs of supply : invitation to tender
            20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon on 4. 1 . 1994 (Brussels
                   time)
            21 . A. In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                        (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 18. 1 . 1994 (Brussels time)
                         (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                             port of shipment stage : 14 —- 27. 2. 1994
                        (c) deadline for the supply : 29. 3. 1994
                   B. In the case of a third invitation to tender :
                        (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 1 2 noon on 1.2. 1 994 (Brussels time)
                        (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                             port of shipment stage : 28. 2 — 13. 3. 1994
                        (c) deadline for the supply : 12. 4. 1994
            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 laide alimentaire, à 1 attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46,
                   200, rue de la Loi, B-1049 Bruxelles ; (telex 22037/25670 AGREC B ; telefax (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32
                   / 296 10 97 / 295 01 30 / 296 33 04
            25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (8) : in the case of A and B sugar : periodic
                   refund applicable to white sugar on 10. 12. 1993, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3373/93 (OJ
                   No L 303, 10 . 12. 1993, p. 5)
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                                                          LOTS B, C, D, E
              1 . Operation Nos ('): 992/93 (Lot B), 993/93 (Lot C), 994/93 (Lot D), 995/93 (Lot E)
              2. Programme : 1993
              3. Recipient ^)* UNRWA — Supply Division — Vienna International Centre, PO Box 700, A- 1400
                   Vienna, Austria telex : 135310 UNRWA A — fax (1 ) 230 75 29
              4. Representative of the recipient : UNRWA Field Supply and Transport Officer,
                   Ashdod :    West Bank, PO Box 19149 Jerusalem, Israel ; (tel. (972-2) 89 05 55 ; telefax 81 65 64 ; telex
                              (0606)26194 IL UNRWA)
                   Lattakia :  PO Box 4313, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic ; (tel. (963-1 1 ) 66 02 17 ; telex (0492) 412006
                               SY UNRWA); telefax : 24 75 13
                   Beirut :    PO Box 947, Beirut, Lebanon ; (tel. (961-9) 86 31 32 ; telefax 871-145 02 32 ; telex (0494)
                              21430 LE UNRWA)
                  Amman :     PO Box 484, Amman, Jordan ; (tel. (962-6) 74 19 14 / 77 22 26 ; telefax : 68 54 76 ; telex
                              (0493) 23402 JO UNRWA)
             5. Place or country of destination Q : Lot B : Israel ; Lot C : Syria ; Lot D : Lebanon ; Lot E : Jordan
             6. Product to be mobilized : white sugar
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (J) (*) (9) : (See OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 , VA..1)
             8. Total quantity : 1 383 tonnes
             9. Number of lots : four (Lot B : 663 tonnes ; Lot C : 140 tonnes ; Lot D : 280 tonnes ; Lot E : 300 tonnes)
           10. Packaging and marking Q (10) (15) :
                  See OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 . (VA.2. and VA3)
                  Markings in English
                  Supplementary markings : '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 (OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4) as
                  follows :
                  — A or B sugar (points (a) and (b))
                  — C sugar (point (c))
           12. Stage of supply : Lots B, C : free at port of landing — landed ; Lots D, E : free at destination
           13. Port of shipment : —
          14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
          1 5. Port of landing : Lot B : Ashdod ; Lot C : Lattakia
          1 6. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : Lot D : UNRWA warehouses,
                 Beirut, Lebanon ; Lot E : UNRWA warehouses, 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 : 31 . 1 — 13. 2. 1994
          18. Deadline for the supply : Lots B, C : 6. 3. 1994 ; Lots D, E : 13. 3. 1994
          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 on 4. 1 . 1994
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            21 . A. In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                      (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 18. 1 . 1994
                      (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment in case of award of tender at port of
                           shipment stage : 14 — 27. 2. 1994
                      (c) deadline for the supply : Lots B, C : 20. 3. 1994 ; Lots D, E : 27. 3. 1994
                 B. In the case of a third invitation to tender ;
                     (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 1 . 2. 1994
                     (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment in case of award of tender at port of
                          shipment stage : 28. 2 — 13. 3. 1994
                    (c) deadline for the supply : Lots B, C : 3. 4. 1994 ; Lots D, E : 10. 4. 1994
            22. Amount of tendering security : ECU 1 5 per tonne
            23. Amount of delivery security : 10 % of the tender in ecus
            24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities (') : Bureau de 1 aide alimentaire, à
                 l'attention de Monsieur N. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi, 200, B- 1 049 Brux­
                 elles (telex 22037 / 25670 AGREC B ; telefax : (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97 / 295 01 30 /
                 296 33 04)
            25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (8) : In the case of A and B sugar : peri­
                 odic refund applicable to white sugar on 10. 12. 1993, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No
                 3373/93 (OJ No L 303, 10. 12. 1993, p. 5)
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                                                                  LOT F
              1 . Operation Nos (') : see Annex II
             2. Programme : 1993
             3. Recipient (2) (4) ; 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 : see OJ No G 103, 16. 4. 1987
             5. Place or country of destination : see Annex II
             6. Product to be mobilized : white sugar
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods 0 (6) f) (,2) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under VAl)
             8. Total quantity : 468 tonnes
             9. Number of lots : one
            10. Packaging and marking 0 (")("): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under VA2 and VA3)
                   Markings in English (F1 + F2 + F4 + F6 + F14 — F16), French (F3 + F5 + F9 — Fll), Spanish (F8)
                   and Portuguese (F7 + F12 + F13). See Annex II.
           11 . 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 : free at port of shipment
           13. Port of shipment : —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
           1 5. 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 : 31 . 1 — 20. 2. 1994
           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 : 4. 1 . 1994, at 12 noon (Brussels
                  time)
           21 . A. In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                       (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : at 12 noon (Brussels time) on 18. 1 . 1994
                       (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 14. 2 — 6. 3. 1994
                       (c) deadline for the supply : —
                  B. In die case of a third invitation to tender :
                      (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : at 1 2 noon (Brussels time) on 1.2. 1 994
                      (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 28. 2 — 12. 2. 1993
                      (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 1 20, bureau 7/46, rue
                 de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bruxelles ; (telex 22037 / 25670 AGREC B ; telefax (32/2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 /
                 296 10 97 / 295 01 30 / 296 33 04)
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (8) : In the case of A and B sugar : periodic
                 refund applicable to white sugar on 10. 12. 1993, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3373/93 (OJ
                 No L 303, 10. 12. 1993, p. 5)
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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) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to : M. De Keyzer and Schiitz BV, Postbus
                   1438, Blaak 16, NL-3000 BK Rotterdam.
             0 Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer : see list published in OJ No C 114,
                   29. 4. 1991 , p. 33.
             (*) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                  document :
                  — health certificate.
                  Lot C : the health certificate and the certificate of origin must be signed and stamped by a Syrian Consu­
                  late, including a statement that consular fees and charges have been paid.
             f) 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) 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 .
                  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.
             (9) The rule provided at the second indent of Article 18 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77 is binding
                  for determination of the sugar category.                                         •
            (10) Lots B, D, E : Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers.
                  Lot B : the contracted shipping terms shall be considered full liner terms (liner in/liner out) free at port
                  of landing, container yard and are understood to cover 1 5 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 days free of container detention charges should be clearly
                  marked on the bill of loading. Bona fide detention charges levied in respect of container detention(s) in
                  excess of the said 15 days as detailed above will be borne by UNRWA. UNRWA shall not pay/not be
                  charged any container deposit fees.
                  After take over of the goods at the delivery stage, the recipient will bear all costs of shifting the container
                  for destuffing outside the port area and of returning them to the container yard.
                  Ashdod : consignment to be stowed in 20-foot containers not more than 17 tonnes each, net.
            (") Lot F :
                  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 numer as specified in the invitation to tender.
                 The successful tenderer has to seal each container with a numbered loctainer, number of which to be
                  provided to the beneficiary's forwarded.
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             (12) Radiation certificate must be issued by official authorities and be legalized for the following country :
                    Sudan (FI, Action No 1 1 72/93)
             (13) The bags shall be stacked, maximum 20, 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 m, thickness : 22 mm),
                    — a bottom deck consisting of three planks (width : 1 00mm ; 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 (shrink wrapping) of a thickness of at least 1 50 microns.
                   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 double 'double-faced' corregated cardboard of a thickness of at least 6,5
                    mm, with a surface area at least equivalet to that of the pallet placed between the bags and the straps.
             (M) Documents must be legalized by the diplomatic representation in the country of origin of the goods.
                   The documents must be sent to the beneficiary's representative immediately after loading to enable him
                    to obtain an import licence.
             (") Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point VA3 (c) is replaced by the following : 'the words "European
                   Community"'.
ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II —
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    Lote
                  Cantidad total    Cantidades parciales       Acción n0
                  (en toneladas)        (en toneladas)                                             Informaciones complementarias
    Parti          Totalmængde            Delmængde           Aktion nr.
                        (i tons)             (i tons)                                                    Yderligere oplysninger
   Partie         Gesamtmenge            Teilmengen           Maßnahme
                    (in Tonnen)          (in Tonnen)              Nr.                                    Ergänzende Auskünfte
  Παρτίδα    Συνολική ποσότητα Μερικές ποσότητες             Δράση αριθ.
                    (σε τόνους)          (σε τόνους)                                              Συμπληρωματικές πληροφορίες
     Lot         Total quantity       Partial quantities       Operation                                Additional information
                     (in tonnes)          (in tonnes)             No
     Lot
                 Quantité totale     Quantités partielles      Action n0
                     (en tonnes)          (en tonnes)                                               Informations complémentaires
   Lotto        Quantità totale     Quantitativi parziali     Azione n.
                  (in tonnellate)      (in tonnellate)                                               Informazioni complementari
              Totale hoeveelheid     Deelhoeveelheden          Maatregel
   Partij              (in ton)                                                                         Bijkomende informatie
                                            (in ton)              nr.
    Lote       Quantidade total     Quantidades parciais       Acção n?                              Informações complementares
                 (em toneladas)        (em toneladas)
      F                   468              Fl :    72          1172/93            Sudan / 93CHA014
                                           F2 :    18          1244/93            Kenya / 93CAM043
                                           F3 :    18          1245/93            Madagascar / 93ADT003
                                           F4 :    18          1246/93            Kenya / 93CAM043
                                           F5 :    18          1247/93            Madagascar / 93ADT003
                                           F6 :    18          1248/93            Tanzania / 93DWE016
                                           F7 :    18          1249/93            Brasil / 93PDF040
                                           F8 :    18          1250/93            Bolivia / 93PRS014
                                           F9 :    36          1252/93            Algérie / 93CIM015
                                           FIO   : 36          1253/93            Algerie / 930XB035
                                           F11   : 18          1254/93            Algerie / 930XB050
                                           Fi 2  : 18          1255/93            Moçambique / 93FDL003
                                           Fl 3 : 18           1256/93            Guinée   Bissau / 93CAI008
                                           Fl 4 : 18           1257/93            India /  93ACA003
                                           Fl 5 : 36           1258/93            India /  93SOM013
                                           F16 : 90            1259/93            India / 93SOM019