CELEX: 31993R2394
Language: en
Date: 1993-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2394/93 of 30 August 1993 on the supply of common wheat to the People's Republic of Bangladesh as food aid

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                                                   (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2394/93
                                                            of 30 August 1993
                     on the supply of common wheat to the People's Republic of Bangladesh as food
                                                                    aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas, notably for logistical reasons, certain supplies
                                                                         are not awarded within the first and second deadlines for
                                                                         submission of tenders ; whereas, in order to avoid republi­
                                                                         cation of the notice of invitation to tender, a third dead­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   line for submission of tenders should be opened,
 Economic 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                  A tendering procedure is hereby initiated for the award of
 (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid man­                   a contract for the supply of common wheat to Bangladesh
 agement (■') lays down the list of countries and organiz­               in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
ations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the                2200 /87 and with the conditions laid down in Annex I
general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the                 hereto.
fob stage ;
                                                                        The offer submitted shall be deemed to have been drawn
                                                                         up taking account of the charges and constraints resulting
Whereas, by its Decision of 22 October 1992 on the                       from specific clauses set out in the Exchange of Letters
supply of food aid to Bangladesh, the Commission allo­                  between the Commission and the recipient, published in
cated to this country 70 000 tonnes of cereals to be                     part in Annex II . In particular, the laydays should be
supplied free at port of landing — undischarged ;                       assessed on the basis of an average daily discharge rate of
                                                                        2 000 tonnes in such a way that dispatch to be paid to the
                                                                        recipient by the EEC will be for the account of the
                                                                        successful tenderer.
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of
this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by                  The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July
1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in                  accepted all the general and specific conditions appli­
the Community of products to be supplied as Community                   cable. Any other condition or reservation included in his
                                                                        tender is deemed unwritten .
food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
790/91 (5) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time
limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
followed to determine the resultant costs :
                                                                                                  Article 2
(') OJ    No  L 370, 30 . 12. 1986, p. 1 .
O   OJ    No  L 174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.
(') OJ    No  L 136, 26. 5 . 1987, p. 1 .                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(4) OJ    No  L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .                                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
0   OJ    No  L 81 , 28 . 3 . 1991 , p. 108 .                           European Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 30 August 1993.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Rene STEICHEN
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                                  ANNEX I
                                                               LOTS A and B
               1 . Operation Nos (■) : 1651 /92 (lot A), 1652/92 (lot B)
               2. Programme : 1992
               3. Recipient (2) : Bangladesh
               4. Representative of the recipient : The Secretary, Ministry of Food, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka,
                    Bangladesh
               5 . Place or country of destination fl : Bangladesh
               6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat
               7. Characteristics and quality of the goods f) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.A.la)
               8 . Total quantity : 70 000 tonnes
               9 . Number of lots : two (lot A : 35 000 tonnes ; lot B : 35 000 tonnes)
             10. Packaging and marking : in bulk
             1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
             12. Stage of supply : free at port of landing — undischarged
             13. Port of shipment : —
             14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
             15. Port of landing : Chittagong and/or Mongla
             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 : 20 . 9 — 3 . 10 . 1993
             18 . Deadline for the supply : 24. 10 . 1993
            19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
            20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon on 14. 9 . 1993 (Brussels
                   time)
            21 . A. In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                      (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 21 . 9. 1993 (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 : 27. 9 — 10 . 10 . 1993
                      (c) deadline for the supply : 31 . 10. 1993
                   B. In the case of a third invitation to tender :
                      (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 28. 9. 1993 (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 : 4. 10 — 17. 10 . 5 . 1993
                      (c) deadline for the supply : 7. 11 . 1 993
            22. Amount of the tendering security : 5 ECU 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, a 1 attention de Monsieur Vestergaard bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46,
                   200 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Bruxelles, telex AGREC 22037 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 (4) : refund applicable on 31 . 8 . 1993, fixed by
                   Regulation (EEC) No 2128/93 (OJ No L 191 , 31 . 7. 1993, p. 71 )
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            Notes :
            (') The operation 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 certifiying 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 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) shall
                not apply to this amount.
            (') Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33.
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                                                                  ANNEX II
                                           ALLOCATION OF FOOD AID TO BANGLADESH
             1 . Discharging conditions
                  The recipient shall unload the 70 000 tonnes of wheat as per the following conditions.
             2. Type of vessels to be fixed
                  It is envisaged that two vessels (self-trimming bulk carriers) will be fixed, each carrying about 35 000
                  tonnes of wheat. The vessels must have at least four hatches. Vessels to be geared and each crane/derrick
                  to serve one or two hatches. The vessels must be capable of entering the Chittagong outer anchorage and,
                  after necessary lighterage, be able to shift and berth, at recipient's option, at Chittagong jetties and after
                  discharging requisite quantity and attaining permissible draft sail to Mongla for end of discharging or
                  directly to Mongla for end of discharging. For vessels unable to enter Chittagong port after attaining
                  permissible draft for Chittagong silo jetty or Chittagong port jetties due to excessive length, further lighte­
                  rage may be undertaken so as to attain permissible draft for Mongla port. This extra lighterage shall be at
                  the time and expense of the owners/charterer's.
                  Charterers/shipowners must ensure that all certificated officers carry with them on board the original
                  valid certificate of competency and that all vessels are manned strictly according to the STCW Conven­
                  tion 1978 , failing which any delay to the vessel will be on owner's account.
            3 . Discharging facilities
                  Vessels will furnish at discharging ports, free of expenses to the recipient, winches and/or cranes and the
                  power to drive them, gins and falls in good working condition and will also supply sufficient lights for
                  night work, as on board, on deck and in the holds, if required. Vessels will provide winchmen at loading
                  and discharging ports at their own expense .
            4 . Vessels' ETA information
                 Master to wireless/cable nominees of the recipient, namely Movements Chittagong — telex 642237 CMS
                  C BJ — (simultaneously informing Bengalship Chittagong — telex 66277 BSC BJ — and Movestore
                  Dhaka — telex 642230 CMS BJ) for orders regarding discharge 10 days prior to their arrival at the first
                 discharge port. i.e. Chittagong, and state ETA and draft. Orders for discharging will be transmitted to the
                 vessel within five days of the receipt of master's request.
                 Master to give following notice to the recipient's nominees, i.e. Movements Chittagong, Benglaship Chit­
                 tagong and Movestore Dhaka :
                 (a) upon sailing from loading port vessels must state :
                      (i) quantity loaded ;
                      (ii) arrival draft ;
                      (iii) TPI (tonnes per inch).
                 (b) 10 days ETA Chittagong port,
                        5 days ETA Chittagong port,
                      72 hours, 48 hours and 24 hours ETA Chittagong port.
            5 . Places of discharging
                 It is envisaged that at recipient's option, subject to attainment of permissible draft for Mongla, up to a
                 maximum of 60 % of the Bill of Lading quantity may be discharged at Mongla. All lighterage at Chitta­
                 gong outer anchorage for attaining permissible draft for Mongla will be carried out by the recipient at
                 their own cost and time (including freight or lighter vessels from Chittagong outer anchorage to Mongla,
                 if any), except lighterage due to excessive length (see point 2).
            6 . Discharging rate and discharging port(s) time counting
                 The cargo is to be discharged by the recipient free of risk and expense to the vessel at the rate of 2 000
                 tonnes at Chittagong and at Mongla per weather working day of 24 consecutive hours . Time from 12
                 noon on Thursday or 5 p.m. on a day preceding a holiday until 9 a.m . on Saturday or next working day
                 not to count as laytime even if used. The rate of discharge is based on the abovementioned minimum
                 number or more workable hatches. If, however, the number of workable hatches is less than the specified
                 minimum number of hatches, discharging rate will be reduced proportionately.
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                 Notice of readiness is to be tendered and accepted after vessel arrives at the Chittagong outer anchorage
                 or at Mongla pilot station (Hiron Point) and laytime to commence 24 hours after NOR tendered during
                 office hours, whether the vessel is in berth or not. At discharge ports, cost of shifting from anchorage to
                 anchorage, anchorage to berth, berth to berth and port to port on owner's/charterer's account and time
                 used for such shifting not to count as laytime.
                 Although stevedores appointed by recipients, all discharging operations to be carried out under masters'
                 direction/approval. All necessary trimming will be at owner's time and expense.
                 At Chittagong anchorage and/or at Mongla anchorage, if a lighter vessel is required to cast off from the
                 mother ship, due to heavy swell and/or bad wheather, all time lost will not count as laytime. The time
                 will stop counting from the time the lighter vessel casts off and will start counting again from the time
                 the lighter ship is re-tied alongside the mother ship.
             7. Lighterage at discharge port
                 All necessary lighterage at Chittagong outer anchorage will be carried out by the recipients at their own
                 cost and time. For vessels unable to enter the Chittagong outer anchorage, due to excessive draft, light­
                 erage may be carried out at Kutubdia anchorage by the charterer's/owners at their expense and such light­
                 erage to be treated as transhipment and lighters engaged to be discharged on identical terms as the
                 mother vessel, and time used for lighterage at Kutubdia not to count as laytime. Collision damage, if any,
                 during lighterage to be settled directly between the owners of the mother and the lighter vessels (notwith­
                 standing whether engaged by both owners/charterer's for Kutubdia lighterage, or by the recipients for
                 outer anchorage lighterage). In case of unsafe anchorage at Chittagong anchorage, any lighterage at
                 Kutubdia is not for charterer's/owner's account.
                 Master of the vessel(s) at all times to extend full cooperation to the recipients and/or their nominees/
                 agents/stevedores/lighterage contractors in order to expedite discharge. Lighter vessels to supply suitable
                 fenders to avoid damage.
             8 . Demurrage/Despatch
                 Should the vessel(s) not be discharged at the rate herein stipulated demurrage shall be paid by the reci­
                 pient at the rate stipulated in the charter party subject to a maximum of US$ 5 000 per day or part
                 thereof.
                 For working time saved at the port(s) of discharge, despatch money shall be paid to the recipient at the
                 rate of 50 % of the rate of demurrage stipulated in the charter party, subject to a maximum of US$ 2 500
                 per day saved.
                 Demurrage of despatch at the discharging ports, if any, at the amounts specified above, shall be paid, as
                 the case may be, by the recipient to the Commission or by the Commission to the recipient. Afterwards
                 settlement of despatch/demurrage, if any, between supplier and the Commission will take place.
                 Laytime to be non-reversible.
             9 . Miscellaneous
                 Overtime expenses, if any, on account of port and customs personnel, will be for the account of the party
                 (owner/their agents or receiver/their agents) ordering the same, but if ordered by the Port Authorities, to
                 be on the receiver's account on 50 : 50 basis. Overtime expenses for vessel's crew and officers always to be
                 on the owner's account.
                 At each port of discharge opening/closing of hatches on all occasions to be for owner's account and time
                 not to count as laytime. First opening and last closing of hatches at each port of discharge to be done by
                 vessel's crew at all times.
                 Whatever the respective destination of the goods found damaged, they must be disposed of/destroyed as
                 per port rules prior to sailing out of the vessels.
                 Dock worker management board's levy is not for charterer's account.
                 In case of lack of coordination or of facilities between the supplier and the recipient through no fault of
                 either part, the Commission will take special and adequate measures for financing the operations.
                 In the case where some extra costs requested by the supplier are to be pre-financed by the recipient, they
                 may be directly paid by the Commission on the recipient's behalf to the said supplier.