CELEX: 31999R1302
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1302/1999 of 21 June 1999 on the supply of milk products as food aid

L 155/26             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                22. 6. 1999
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1302/1999
                                                      of 21 June 1999
                                      on the supply of milk products as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food
                                                                          aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify the time
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     limits and conditions of supply to determine the
Community,                                                                resultant costs,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food aid policy and food aid manage-
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                                              Article 1
(1)    Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays
       down the list of countries and organisations eligible       Milk products shall be mobilised in the Community, as
       for Community aid and specifies the general                 Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
       criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob        the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/
       stage;                                                      97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
(2)    Whereas, following the taking of a number of deci-          The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
       sions on the allocation of food aid, the Commis-            the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
       sion has allocated milk powder to certain benefi-           condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
       ciaries;                                                    unwritten.
(3)    Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                                      Article 2
       accordance with the rules laid down by Commis-
       sion Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
       1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
       of products to be supplied pursuant to Council              European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 21 June 1999.
                                                                              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: 639/97
             2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland
                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: Rwanda
             5. Product to be mobilised: vitaminised skimmed-milk powder
             6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 115
             7. Number of lots: One
             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: French
                 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: 26.7 to 15.8.1999
                 second deadline: 9 to 29.8.1999
            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: 6.7.1999
                 second deadline: 20.7.1999
            20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 20/t
            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 200, B-1049 Bruxelles tlx: 25670
                AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)
            22. Export refund (4): Refund applicable on 14.6.1999, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1041/1999
                (OJ L 127, 21.5.1999, p. 13)
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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 (EC) No 259/98 (OJ L 25, 31.1.1998, p. 39), 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 supplier’s attention is drawn to the last subparagraph of Article 4(1) of the above Regulation. The
             photocopy of the export licence shall be sent as soon as the export declaration has been accepted (fax
             (32 2) 296 20 05).
         (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 of 29.4.1991, point I.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European
             Community”'.
         (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 action number as specified in the invitation to tender.
             The supplier has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (Oneseal, Sysko, Locktainer 180 or a
             similar high-security seal) the number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary’s representative.