CELEX: 31995R2238
Language: en
Date: 1995-09-22 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2238/95 of 22 September 1995 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

No L 228/ 10       fENl                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                23 . 9. 95
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2238/95
                                                       of 22 September 1995
                                         on the supply of white sugar as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, for a given lot, given the small quantities to be
                                                                   supplied, the packaging methods and the large number of
                                                                   destinations of the supplies, provision should be made for
                                                                   the possibility for tenderers to indicate two ports of
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             loading, where necessary not belonging to the same port
 Community,                                                        area,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid
management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1 ) (c) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of                                               Article 1
21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regula­
tion (EEC) No 3972/86 (3) lays down the list of countries
and organizations eligible for food-aid operations and             White sugar shall be mobilized in the Community, as
specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid        Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
beyond the fob stage ;                                             the Annexes in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the
                                                                   Annexes. Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering
                                                                   procedure.
Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on
the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated
to certain recipients 144 tonnes of sugar ;                        Tenders relating to the lots specified in the Annexes shall
                                                                   cover either sugar produced under the A or B quotas or
                                                                   C sugar within the meaning of points (a), (b) and (c) of the
                                                                   sixth subparagraph of Article 24 (la) of Council Regula­
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of         tion (EEC) No 1785/81 (6). Tenders shall be rejected
this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by             unless they specify the category of sugar to which they
                                                                   relate .
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July
 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in
the Community of products to be supplied as Community              Notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation (EEC)
food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                       No 2200/87, the tender may indicate two ports of ship­
No 790/91 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time        ment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.
limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
followed to determine the resultant costs ;
                                                                   The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
                                                                   accepted all the general and specific conditions appli­
                                                                   cable. Any other condition or reservation included in his
Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried          tender is deemed unwritten .
out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to
mobilize either A or B quota sugar or C sugar in accord­
ance with the regulations governing the market ; whereas
the contract for the supply of each lot is to be awarded to
the tenderer submitting the lowest tender having regard                                      Article 2
to the conditions applicable to the categories of sugar in
question ;
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(') OJ No  L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .                             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
(2) OJ No  L  174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.                               European Communities.
(3) OJ No  L  136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(<) OJ No  L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.                            («) OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 22 September 1995.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX I
                                                               LOT A
            1 . Operation Nos ('): see Annex II
            2. Programme : 1994 + 1995
            3. Recipient (2) : Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel. (31 70) 33 05 757 ; telefax 36 41 701 ;
                telex 30960 NL EURON)
            4. Representative of the recipient 0 : to be designated by the recipient
            5. Place or country of destination : see Annex II
            6. Product to be mobilized : white sugar
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f) (8) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under VA (1 ))
            8 . Total quantity : 144 tonnes
            9. Number of lots : one (see Annex II)
          10. Packaging and marking (6) (') (") : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under VA (2) and VA (3))
                Language to be used for the marking : see Annex II
          11 . 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)) or
                — C sugar (point (c))
          12. Stage of supply : free at port of shipment (,0)
          1 3. 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 : 30 . 10 — 19. 11 . 1995
          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
                9 . 10 . 1995
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : at 12 noon (Brussels time) on 23. 10. 1995
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 13. 11 — 3. 12. 1995
                (c) deadline for the supply : —
          22. Amount of the tendering security : ECU 15 per tonne
          23. Amount of the 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, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat,
                B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel (telex 22037 AGREC B ; fax (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97)
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : in the case of A and B sugar : periodic
                refund applicable to white sugar on 11 . 9. 1995, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2119/95 (OJ
                No L 212, 7. 9. 1995, 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) For A and B sugar :
               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 1053/95 (OJ No L 107, 12. 5. 1995, p. 4), shall not apply to this
               amount.
               For C sugar :
               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 is not applicable. The rules given in Commission Regulation
               (EEC) No 2630/81 (OJ No L 258, 11 . 9. 1981 , p. 16) apply to exportation of sugar supplied under this
               Regulation.
           (*) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to : Willis Corroon Scheuer, PO Box 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 Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77 (OJ No L
               246, 27. 9. 1977, p. 12) is binding for determination of the sugar category.
           (s) 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"'.
          (,0) Notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indicate two ports of
               shipment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.
          (") Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL (A3 : 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.
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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — T1APAPTHMA II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II —
                                                   ANEXO II — LIITE II — BILAGA II
   Lote
              Cantidad total  Cantidades parciales      Acción n0            País de destino           Lengua que se debe
              (en toneladas)     (en toneladas)                                                      utilizar en la rotulación
   Parti      Totalmængde         Delmængde             Aktion nr.          Bestemmelsesland                Mærkning på
                    (tons)             (tons)                                                              følgende sprog
  Partie      Gesamtmenge         Teilmengen            Maßnahme
                                                                            Bestimmungsland             Kennzeichnung in
               (in Tonnen)        (in Tonnen)               Nr.                                          folgender Sprache
 Παρτίδα
          Συνολική ποσότητα Μερικές ποσότητες          Δράση αριθ.         Χώρα προορισμού           Γλώσσα που πρέπει να
               (σε τόνους)        (σε τόνους)                                                   χρησιμοποιηθεί για τη σήμανση
    Lot      Total quantity    Partial quantities       Operation        Country of destination       Language to be used
                (in tonnes)        (in tonnes)              No                                            for the marking
   Lot
             Quantité totale  Quantités partielles      Action n°          Pays de destination            Langue à utiliser
                (en tonnes)        (en tonnes)                                                           pour le marquage
  Lotto
             Quantità totale  Quantitativi parziali     Azione n.         Paese di destinazione        Lingua da utilizzare
             (in tonnellate)    (in tonnellate)                                                           per la marcatura
           Totale hoeveelheid  Deelhoeveelheden          Maatregel       Land van bestemming             Taal te gebruiken
  Partij          (in ton)           (in ton)               nr.                                        voor de opschriften
   Lote
            Quantidade total  Quantidades parciais       Acção n ?           País de destino              Língua a utilizar
             (em toneladas)     (em toneladas)                                                              na rotulagem
   Erä
             Kokonaismäärä       Osittaismäärä
                                                        Toimi N:o               Määrämaa              Merkinnässä käytettävä
                  (tonnia)           (tonnia)                                                                    kieli
  Parti
             Total kvantitet      Delkvantitet
                                                        Aktion nr           Bestämmelseland           Märkning på följande
                    (ton)              (ton)                                                                    språk
    A                144            Al :     18          1666/94      Madagascar                Français
                                    A2 :     18          1667/94      Madagascar                Français
                                    A3 : 108              165/95      Bangladesh                English