CELEX: 31997R0559
Language: en
Date: 1997-03-26 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 559/97 of 26 March 1997 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

No L 85/30            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                27. 3 . 97
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 559/97
                                                        of 26 March 1997
                                        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, 26 March 1997.
                                                                           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 .
P) OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                                ANNEX
                                                                 LOT A
               1 . Operation No ('): 160-161 /96
              2. Programme: 1996
              3. Recipient (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland (tel .: (31-70) 33 05 757; fax:
                    36 41 701 ; telex: 30960 EURON NL)
              4. Representative of the recipient (5): to be designated by the recipient
              5. Place or country of destination: Uganda
              6. Product to be mobilized: white sugar
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (■') Q (8): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VA ( 1 ))
              8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 216
              9. Number of lots: 1 in 2 parts (Al : 198 tonnes; A2: 18 tonnes)
            10. Packaging and marking (6) (9) (10): see OJ No C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 11.2A.l.b), 2.b) and B.4)
                    see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VA. (3))
                    Language to be used for the marking: English
                    Supplementary markings: 'Expiry date . . .'
            1 1 . 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: 5. — 25. 5. 1997
           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: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 14. 4.
                   1997
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                   (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 28 . 4. 1997
                   (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 19. 5. — 8. 6. 1997
                   (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 ('): 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 (exclusively)
           25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): periodic refund applicable to white
                  sugar on 21 . 3. 1997, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/97 (OJ No L 78, 20. 3. 1997, p. 3)
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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.
            Is) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to: Scheuer Assurantie, 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 Commission 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 ( 4- expiry date).
            (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, each containing 18 tonnes net.
                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 1 80 seal),
                the number of which to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.