CELEX: 31996R0051
Language: en
Date: 1996-01-15 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 51/96 of 15 January 1996 on the supply of cereals as food aid

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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 51 /96
                                                         of 15 January 1996
                                             on the supply of cereals as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of
                                                                     supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               resultant costs,
 Community,
 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 2 707 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, 15 January 1996.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') 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 .
(<) OJ  No   L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
Is) OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                              ANNEX
                                                              LOT A
             1 . Operation No (') : 296/95
             2. Programme : 1995
             3. Recipient (2) : Euronaid PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel. (31 70) 330 57 57 ; fax 364 17 01 ; telex
                 30960 EURON NL)
             4. Representative of the recipient (10) : to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination : Peru
             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) f) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA (1 ) (f))
             8 . Total quantity : 576 tonnes (1037 tonnes of cereals)
             9 . Number of lots : 1
           10. Packaging and marking (') (8) (®) (u) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA (2) (c) and IIA (3))
                 Language to be used for the marking : Spanish
           1 1 . 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 : —
           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 : 19. 2 — 10. 3. 1996
           1 8 . 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
                 30. 1 . 1996
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 13. 2. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 4 — 24. 3. 1996
                 (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 l'aide alimentaire, à
                 l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat,
                 B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel (telex 22037 AGREC B ; fax (32 2) 295 01 32 / 296 10 97)
           25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : refund applicable on 26. 1 . 1996, fixed by
                 Commission Regulation (EC) No 3007/95 (OJ No L 312, 23. 12. 1995, p. 74)
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                                                          LOTS B, C and D
             1 . Operation Nos (') : 363/95 (B); 372/95 (C) ; 374/95 (D)
             2. Programme : 1995
             3. Recipient ^) : UNHCR (for the attention of Mme Seinet), Case postale 2500, CH-1211 Geneve 2 Dépôt
                 (tel. (22) 739 81 37 ; fax (22) 739 73 06)
             4. Representative of the recipient :
                 B : UNHCR Yaounde B.P. 7077, Bastos Immeuble Abada Yaounde, République du Cameroun.
                      (Tel + fax (237)21 35 91 ; telex : 8715 HCR)
                 C : UNHCR Nigeria, PO Box 53874, 13 Awolowo Ikoyi, Lagos. (Tel (234-1 ) 269 27 44 ; fax : 269 32 97 ;
                      tlx : 23310 HCRL NG)
                 D : UNHCR Pointe-Noire, 4 av. Ngouedi, BP 1138 Pointe-Noire, Republique du Congo (Tel + fax :
                       (242)94 55 18).
             5. Place or country of destination (*) : B : Cameroon ; C : Nigeria ; D : Congo
             6. Product to be mobilized : milled rice (product code 1006 30 94 900 / 1006 30 96 900 /
                 1006 30 92 900)
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) i7) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA. 1 (f))
             8. Total quantity : 928 tonnes (1 670 tonnes of cereals)
             9. Number of lots : 3 (B : 120 tonnes ; C : 260 tonnes ; D : 548 tonnes)
           10. Packaging and marking (8) (9) : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA. 2(b) and IIA. 3)
                 Markings in English (C) and French (B, D)
           1 1 . Method of mobilization of product : the Community market
           12. Stage of supply : free at destination
           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 : see point 4
           1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                 the port of shipment stage : 19. 2 — 3. 3. 1996
           18 . Deadline for the supply : 31 . 3. 1996
           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 30. 1 .
                  1996
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 13. 2. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage : 4 — 17. 3. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply : 14. 4. 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 l'aide alimentaire, à
                 l'attention de Mr T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstaat, B-1049
                  Bruxelles/Brussel (telex 22037 AGREC B ; telefax (32 2) 295 01 32 / 296 10 97)
           25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4) : refund applicable on 26. 1 . 1996,
                  fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3007/95 (OJ No L 312, 23. 12. 1995 p. 74)
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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 .
             (*) 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 2853/95 (OJ No L 229, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 ), shall not apply to this
                 amount.
             Is) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer : OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33.
            (6) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers condition FCL/FCL. (A : 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.
            0 The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                 documents :
                 — phytosanitary certificate (A + expiry date),
                 — lot A : fumigation certificate (the cargo shall be fumigated with alumine phosphine).
            (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point IIA(3)(c) is replaced by the following : 'the words "European
                 Community"'.
            (*) 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) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to Willis Corroon Scheuer, PO box 1315,
                 NL-1000 BH Amsterdam .
           (") See second amendment to OJ No C 114 published in OJ No C 135, 26. 5. 1992, p. 20.