CELEX: 32000R2087
Language: en
Date: 2000-10-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2087/2000 of 2 October 2000 on the supply of milk products as food aid

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                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2087/2000
                                                             of 2 October 2000
                                             on the supply of milk products as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                        pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as
                                                                                   Community food aid (2). It is necessary to specify the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                   time 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 management and
special operations in support of food security (1), and in partic-         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas:
(1)     The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of                Milk products shall be mobilised in the Community, as
        countries and organisations eligible for Community aid             Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the
        and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food        Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and
        aid beyond the fob stage.                                          under the conditions set out in the Annex.
(2)     Following the taking of a number of decisions on the               The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
        allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated               general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition
        milk powder to certain beneficiaries.                              or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
(3)     It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with                                       Article 2
        the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No
        2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied              publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 2 October 2000.
                                                                                         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: 395/98
          2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, The Netherlands; tel. (31-70) 33 05 757; fax 36 41 701;
             telex 30960 EURON NL
          3. Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the beneficiary
          4. Country of destination: Sudan
          5. Product to be mobilised: vitaminised skimmed-milk powder
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 120
          7. Number of lots: 1
          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: English
             — 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 supply contract
         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: 6-26.11.2000
             — second deadline: 20.11-10.12.2000
         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: 17.10.2000
             — second deadline: 31.10.2000
         20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 20 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 27.9.2000, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1951/2000 (OJ L 233,
             15.9.2000, p. 19)
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          Notes:
          (1) Supplementary information: Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2) 299 30 50; fax (32-2) 296 20 05)
          (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 that 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.