CELEX: 31997R1345
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-14 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1345/97 of 14 July 1997 on the supply of cereals as food aid

No L 185/4         PENl               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   15. 7. 97
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1345/97
                                                          of 14 July 1997
                                           on the supply of cereals 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,
                                                                    Cereals 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
 allocated cereals 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 f); 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, 14 July 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 .
M OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                              ANNEX
                                                              LOT A
             1 . Operation No ('): 340/96
             2. Programme: 1996
             3. Recipient (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (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: Uganda
            6. Product to be mobilized: milled rice (product code 1006 30 92 9900, 1006 30 94 9900,
                 1006 30 96 9900, 1006 30 98 9900)
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods Of5): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (ILA(l)(f))
            8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 1 422
            9 . Number of lots: one
           10. Packaging and marking (6) f7) (s): see OJ No C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 1.0 A(l)(c), (2) (c) and B (6))
                 and see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (IIJ\(3))
                 Language to be used for the marking: English
                 Supplementary markings: ' Expiry date . . .'
           11 . 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: —
          17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 25. 8 — 14. 9. 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: 29. 7. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                time))
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12. 8 . 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 8 — 28 . 9. 1997
                (c) deadline for the supply: —
          22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 5 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 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): refund applicable on 31 . 7. 1997,
                fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1215/97 (OJ No L 170, 28 . 6. 1997, p. 46)
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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.
           (*) 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 said 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) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                documents :
                — phytosanitary certificate,
                — fumigation certificate (the cargo shall be fumigated before shipment with phosphine gas).
           (*) 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 supplier 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 supplier has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (SYSKO locktainer 180 seal), number
                of which to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.
           Q 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'.
          (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point II.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words " European
                Community"'.