CELEX: 31996R1869
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-27
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1869/96 of 27 September 1996 on the supply of fishery products as food aid

No L 247/22        | EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                28 . 9 . 96
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1869/96
                                                        of 27 September 1996
                                          on the supply of fishery products 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,
                                                                      Fishery products shall be mobilized in the Community, as
   Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the
   list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid
                                                                      Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
                                                                      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
  allocated fishery products to certain beneficiaries;               accepted all the general and specific conditions
                                                                     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, 27 September 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 ('): 1095/95
                2. Programme: 1995
                3. Recipient (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA The Hague, Netherlands (tel: (31 70) 33 05 757; fax:
                      36 41 701 ; telex : 30960 EURON NL)
                4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
                5. Place or country of destination: Mali
                6. Product to be mobilized: Sardines (sardina pilchardus Walbaum)
                7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f): Tinned headless sardines in vegetable oil, 1 996
                      fishing, CN code 1604 13 19
                8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 20
                9 . Number of lots : 1
              10. Packaging and marking (s) (6): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VIII.A (2) and VIII.A (3))
                     Type of tins: 'easy open'
                      Language to be used for the marking: French ('maquereaux' must be replaced by 'sardines')
                     Supplementary markings: 'Date d'expiration :        ' (date of manufacture plus four years)
                     In case the required markings cannot be printed on the tins, they must be printed either on an outer
                     packaging of each tin or on self-adhesive labels fixed on the tins.
                     The expiry date and the date of manufacture shall be printed on the tins and not on the self-adhesive
                     labels .
             1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
             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 : —
             1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                    the port of shipment stage: 18 . 11 — 8 . 12. 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: 14. 10. 1996 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                    time))
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                     (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 28 . 10. 1996 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                     (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                          port of shipment stage: 2 — 22. 12. 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 ('): Bureau de 1 aide alimentaire, à
                   l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                   B - 1 049 Bruxelles/Brussel (telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2)296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
            25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): —
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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) Article 7 (3) (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not be applicable to tenders submitted.
          (5) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, FCL/FCL.
              The supplier will be responsible for the cost of making the containers available in the stack position at
              the container terminal at the port of shipment. The beneficiary will 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 subparagraph, of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not apply.
              The successful tenderer must submit to the recipient's agent a complete packing list of each container,
              specifying the number of metal canisters belonging to each shipping number as specified in the
              invitation to tender. The successful tenderer must stow the cartons in the containers in such a way that
              any empty spaces are filled; he must stabilize the final row of cartons using stowage belts.
              The successful tenderer must seal each container with a numbered locktainer (SYSKO locktainer 180
              seal), the number of which is to be provided to the recipient's forwarder.
         (6) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point VIII_A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
              Community"'.
         Q The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a sanitary certifi­
              cate (+ Expiry date).