CELEX: 31996R2102
Language: en
Date: 1996-10-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2102/96 of 31 October 1996 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

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                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2102/96
                                                         of 31 October 1996
                                          on the supply of white sugar as food aid
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
                                                                     resultant costs.
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  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 ('), and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,
                                                                    White sugar shall be mobilized 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 organizations eligible for food-aid         the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
  operations and specifies the general criteria on the              2200 /87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
  transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                       Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure .
  Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions            The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
  on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has
                                                                    accepted all the general and specific conditions
  allocated sugar to certain beneficiaries;
                                                                    applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
 Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                  his tender is deemed unwritten .
  accordance with the rules laid down by Commission
 Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down                                      Article 2
 general rules for the mobilization in the Community of
 products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (3); whereas it is           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of             European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 31 October 1996.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 3 OJ No L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                                 LOT A
              1 . Operation No ('): 26/96
              2. Programme: 1996
              3. Recipient (2): São Tomé and Principe
             4. Representative of the recipient: Gabinete de Gestão das Ajudas, Caixa Postal 31 , Av. Marginal 12 de
                    Julho. Tel : (239-12) 21672/21998 (contact: Sr. Diogenes Moniz)
             5. Place or country of destination (5): Sao Tome and Principe
             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 (VA(1 ))
             8 . Total quantity: 1 500 tonnes
             9 . Number of lots: one
           10. Packaging and marking (6) (9) (l0): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VA(2) and VA.. (3))
                    Language to be used for the marking: Portuguese
           1 1 . Method of mobilization: sugar produced in the Community in accordance with the sixth subpara­
                   graph 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 destination
          13 . Port of shipment: —
          14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
          15. Port of landing:
          1 6. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: magasins portuaires, Sao Tome
          1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                   the port of shipment stage: 23. 12. 1996 — 5. 1 . 1997
          18 . Deadline for the supply: 26. 1 . 1997
          19. 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 18 . 11 .
                  1996
         21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 2. 12. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: 6 — 19. 1 . 1997
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 9 . 2. 1997
         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 ('): Bureau de 1 aide alimentaire, Attn.
                Mr T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/
                Brussel, (tlx: 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 28. 10. 1996 fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2021 /96 (OJ No L 271 , 24. 10. 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 1482/96 (OJ No L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22), shall not apply to this
                 amount.
            (5) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer: OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33 .
            (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'.
            (J) 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) Placed in 20-foot containers. The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days .