CELEX: 31996R1417
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-22 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1417/96 of 22 July 1996 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

No L 182/6           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   23 . 7. 96
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1417/96
                                                             of 22 July 1996
                                         on the supply of white sugar as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                followed to determine the resultant costs,
  Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid
 management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                                                Article 1
  No 1292/96 (2), and in particular Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) thereof,
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of                        White sugar shall be mobilized in the Community, as
 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regula­                Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
 tion (EEC) No 3972/86 (3) lays down the list of countries             the Annex in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
 and organizations eligible for food-aid operations and                No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the
 specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid           Annex. Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering proce­
 beyond the fob stage;                                                 dure .
 Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on              The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
 the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated
                                                                       accepted all the general and specific conditions appli­
 to certain recipients 216 tonnes of sugar;                            cable. Any other condition or reservation included in his
 Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of            tender is deemed unwritten .
 this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July                                               Article 2
 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in
 the Community of products to be supplied as Community                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 No 790/91 (*); whereas it is necessary to specify the time            European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 22 July 1996.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
V) OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(') OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
V) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
H OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                              ANNEX
                                                               LOT A
             1 . Operation No ('): 999/95
             2. Programme: 1995
             3. Recipient (2): Euronaid, Postbus 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland (tel: (31-70) 33 0 5 757; fax:
                 (31-70)36 41 701 ; telex: 30960 EURON NL)
            4. Representative of the recipient (*): to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination: Haiti
             6. Product to be mobilized: white sugar
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f) (8): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (Vj\(1 ))
            8. Total quantity (tonnes): 216
            9 . Number of lots: 1
           10. Packaging and marking (*) (9) (10): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VA(2) and Vj\(3))
                 Language to be used for the marking: French
           11 . Method of mobilization: sugar produced in the Community in accordance with the sixth sub­
                 paragraph of Article 24 ( la) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 as follows:
                 — A or B sugar (points (a) and (b))
           12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment
           13. Port of shipment: —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
           15. 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: 2 to 22. 9. 1996
          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: 5. 8 . 1996 (12 noon (Brussels
                time))
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 19. 8. 1996 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 16. 9 to 6. 10. 1996
                (c) deadline for the supply: —
          22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 15 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 f ): Bureau de 1 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
          25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): periodic refund applicable to white
                sugar on 11 . 7. 1996, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1337/96 (OJ No L 172, 11 . 7. 1996, p. 1 )
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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) 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 .
                 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 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 ), shall not apply to this
                 amount.
           (*) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to: Willis Corroon Scheuer, Postbus 1315,
                 NL-1000 BH Amsterdam .
           (6) 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'.
           Q The rule provided at the second indent of Article 18 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77 (OJ No L
                246, 27. 9. 1977, p. 12) is binding for determination of the sugar category.
           (8) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                document:
                — health certificate.
           (9) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point VA(3) (c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
                Community"'.
          (10) 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 number as specified in the invitation to tender.
               The successful tenderer has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (Sysko locktainer 180 seal),
               the number of which to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.