CELEX: 31998R1037
Language: en
Date: 1998-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1037/98 of 18 May 1998 on the supply of cereals as food aid

19. 5. 98           ¬ EN ¬             Official Journal of the European Communities                               L 148/11
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1037/98
                                                       of 18 May 1998
                                          on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            resultant costs,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid
management and special operations in support of food                                      Article 1
security (1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                 Cereals shall be mobilised in the Community, as
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the              Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
list of countries and organisations eligible for Community       the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of       2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
food aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions           The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
allocated cereals to certain beneficiaries;                      condition or reservation included in the tender is deemed
                                                                 unwritten.
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                                         Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying
down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify       European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 18 May 1998.
                                                                          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
                                                        LOTS A, B
          1. Action No: 5/98 (A); 6/98 (B)
          2. Beneficiary (2): North Korea
          3. Beneficiary’s representative: Flood Damage Rehabilitation Committee, PO Box 44, Pyongyang
             Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Contact: Ri Si Hong, Director
             Tel. (850-5) 382 70 00, fax 381 46 60, telex 5350KP/5351KP
          4. Country of destination: North Korea
          5. Product to be mobilised: maize
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 37 000
          7. Number of lots: 2 (A: 19 000 tonnes; B: 18 000 tonnes)
          8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(1)(d))
          9. Packaging (7) (10): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0A 1.c, 2.c and B.3)
         10. Labelling or marking (6) (8): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(3))
             — Language to be used for the markings: English and Korean
             — Supplementary markings: ‘FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION’
         11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
         12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of landing — landed (9)
         13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob, stowed and trimmed
         14. (a) Port of shipment: —
             (b) Loading address: —
         15. Port of landing: Nampo
         16. Place of destination: —
             — port or warehouse of transit: —
             — overland transport route: —
         17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage: (11)
             — first deadline; A: 2.8.1998; B: 3 to 16.8.1998
             — second deadline; A: 16.8.1998; B: 17 to 30.8.1998
         18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
             — first deadline: A: 15 to 21.6.1998; B: 29.6 to 5.7.1998
             — second deadline: A: 29.6 to 5.7.1998; B: 13 to 19.7.1998
         19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
             — first deadline: 2.6.1998
             — second deadline: 16.6.1998
         20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 5 per tonne
         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/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels
             telex 25670 AGREC B; fax (32-2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively)
         22. Export refund (4): refund applicable on 15.5.1998, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 977/98
             (OJ L 137, 9.5.1998, p. 3)
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                                                           LOT C
           1. Action No: 7/98
           2. Beneficiary (2): North Korea
           3. Beneficiary’s representative: Flood Damage Rehabilitation Committee, PO Box 44, Pyongyang
              Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Contact: Ri Si Hong, Director
              Tel. (850-5) 382 70 00, fax 381 46 60, telex 5350KP/5351KP
           4. Country of destination: North Korea
           5. Product to be mobilised: milled           rice  (product   code  1006 30 92 9900, 1006 30 94 9900,
              1006 30 96 9900, 1006 30 98 9900)
           6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 10 000
           7. Number of lots: 1
           8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A. (1) (f))
           9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0.A 1.c, 2.c and B.3)
          10. Labelling or marking (6) (8): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A. (3))
              — Language to be used for the markings: English and Korean
              — Supplementary markings: ‘FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION’
          11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
          12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of landing — landed (9)
          13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment, fob stowed
          14. (a) Port of shipment: —
              (b) Loading address: —
          15. Port of landing: Nampo
          16. Place of destination: —
              — port or warehouse of transit: —
              — overland transport route: —
          17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
              — first deadline: 9.8.1998
              — second deadline: 23.8.1998
          18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
              — first deadline: 22 to 28.6.1998
              — second deadline: 6 to 12.7.1998
          19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
              — first deadline: 2.6.1998
              — second deadline: 16.6.1998
          20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 5 per tonne
          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/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/
              Brussel telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)
          22. Export refund (4): refund applicable on 15.5.1998, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 977/98
              (OJ L 137, 9.5.1998, p. 3)
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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.
          (5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
              — phytosanitary certificate.
          (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point II.A (3) (c) or II B (3) (c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “Euro-
              pean Community”’.
          (7) Since the goods may be rebagged, the supplier must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same quality as
              those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital ‘R’.
          (8) The marking in Korean must be made as follows on the reverse side of the packaging:
              European Community:
              Maize:
              Rice:
              For free distribution:
          (9) In addition to the provisions of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, vessels chartered shall not
              appear on any of the four most recent quarterly lists of detained vessels as published by the Paris Memo-
              randum of Understanding on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC, (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).
         (10) Bagging may be carried out at the port of landing.
         (11) The final subparagraph of Article 14(14) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 (OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 23)
              applies.