CELEX: 31996R0603
Language: en
Date: 1996-04-03 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 603/96 of 3 April 1996 on the transport for the free supply to the Caucasus and central Asia of common wheat flour

No L 86/ 16         EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                      4. 4. 96
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 603196
                                                         of 3 April 1996
                    on the transport for the free supply to the Caucasus and Central Asia of
                                                      common wheat flour
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      the successful tenderer shall be required to reimburse to
                                                                    the Commission the costs which it will have borne to
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            cover all the costs (waiting, insurance, security, guarantees
   Community,                                                       etc.) referred to by Article 6 (1 ) (e) (4) of Regulation (EC)
                                                                    No 2009/95.
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1999/94 of
   27 July 1994 on actions for the free supply of agricultural      4. The quantities which are the subject of offers are to
   products to the people of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan,          be consigned in the following manner:
   Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Moldova ('), as amended by            — 1 120 tonnes net, at the rate of 80 tonnes from each
   Regulation (EC) No 2621 /94 (2), and in particular Article 4
   thereof,                                                             Member State (except Greece), are to be loaded on the
                                                                        ferry in the port of Ancona, destined for Poti/Batumi,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1975/95 of           — 80 tonnes net (from Greece), are to be loaded on the
  4 August 1995 on actions for the free supply of agricul­              ferry in the port of Patras, destined for Poti/Batumi,
   tural products to the people of Georgia, Armenia, Azer­
                                                                    — 800 tonnes net are to be loaded at Baku.
  baijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (3), and in particular
  Article 4 thereof,
                                                                   The quantities are destined:
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2009/95 (4),               — 400 tonnes net for Georgia,
  established the detailed rules applicable to the free supply
  of agricultural products provided for by Council Regula­         — 400 tonnes net for Armenia,
  tion (EC) No 1975/95; whereas it is appropriate to open a
                                                                   — 400 tonnes net for Azerbaijan,
  tendering procedure for the supply of 2 000 tonnes of
  common wheat flour intended for Georgia, Armenia,                — 800 tonnes net for Kyrgyzstan . However 400 tonnes
  Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan;                                            may, on instruction from the Commission, be deli­
                                                                        vered to a place along the route.
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  Committee for Cereals,                                                                      Article 2
                                                                   1 . In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                   2009/95 the offers shall be presented to the following
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                      address:
                                                                   European Commission,
                                                                   EAGGF-Guarantee,
                            Article 1
                                                                   Division VI/G.2 (Office 10/05 or 10/08),
                                                                   Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 130,
  1 . A tendering procedure is hereby initiated for the            B-1049 Brussels .
 transport costs of 2 000 tonnes (net) of common wheat
 flour as indicated in Annex I, in accordance with the            The closing date for the lodgement of tenders shall be 1 8
 provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2009/95, and in parti­          April 1996 at 12 noon (Brussels time).
 cular Article 2 ( 1 ) (b) thereof. The invitation to tender
 relates to one lot.                                               In the case of non-acceptance of offers on 18 April, a
                                                                  second closing date for the lodgement of offers shall be
 2. The supply costs shall relate to the take-over at the         24 April 1996 at 12 noon (Brussels time).
 stage laid down in paragraph 3 and transport by truck to
 the places of destination and within the time limits indi­       2. The offer shall relate to the transport of the total of
cated in Annex I.                                                 quantities of the lot referred to in Article 1 (1 ).
3 . The flour will be made available for loading, free on         To establish their offers, tenderers shall take account of
board, stowed on truck, during a maximim period of five           the following details:
days from the dates indicated in Annex I. After five days,
                                                                  (a) the cost of the ferry journey from Ancona to Poti/
                                                                       Batumi, from Patras to Poti/Batumi and from Baku to
(') OJ No L 201 , 4. 8. 1994, p. 1 .                                   Turkmenbachi will not be payable by the successful
(2) OJ No L 280, 29. 10. 1994, p. 2.
0 OJ No L 191 , 12. 8. 1995, p. 2.                                     tenderer. However the transporter must insure himself
V) OJ No L 196, 19. 8. 1995, p. 4.                                     against all maritime risks;
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 (b) the trucks used must be of the type semi-trailer               2. The names and addresses of all the forwarding agents/
     (Savoyard), with tarpaulin cover, the tractor of which            sub-contractors used in the operation, both on
     must be no more than three years old and possess a                Community territory as well as in the countries
     TIR certification — minimum carrying capacity of 20               crossed.
     tonnes;
                                                                    3. The technical details of the trucks employed (make,
 (c) the trucks employed must, as far as possible, be of the           type etc.) as well as the country or countries of registra­
     same make, but in any event should not be of more                 tion .
     than two different makes;                                      4. Information on previous experiences in each of the
(d) the tarpaulin covers of the trucks must all be coloured            countries crossed, specifying the number of trucks
     bright yellow, with no identifying marks. The                     involved and the products transported.
     Commission reserves the right to all marking;
                                                                                               Article 4
(e) the trucks must travel in convoy, this being formed at
     Ancona. The itinerary to be followed and the plan­            The successful tenderer is responsible for taking all the
     ning of the stages shall be imposed by the Commis­            measures necessary to ensure the perfect execution of the
     sion in accordance with a pre-determined schedule.            operation and the arrival of all of the trucks at their final
                                                                   destination within the permitted time limit.
The offer must also include the reduction applicable in
the case of the eventuality described at point (f) of Annex                                    Article 5
I.
                                                                   By derogation from Article 12 (5) of Regulation (EC) No
3.     The addresses of the take over points in the Member         2009/95, the guarantee referred to at Article 8 of the
States which will be known with effect from 30 March
                                                                   abovementioned Regulation is forfeited at the rate of ECU
 1996 as well as the information concerning point 2 (e)
                                                                   2 000 for each truck which arrives in the port of Ancona
must be, obligatorily, requested from the Commission               or Patras after the time limit laid down .
services (Tel: (32 2)295 12 81 or 296 29 36, fax:
(32 2) 296 64 46).                                                                             Article 6
4. The tendering security referred to in Article 6 ( 1 ) (f)
                                                                   For the payment provided for at Article 13 of Regulation
of Regulation (EC) No 2009/95 is fixed at ECU 25 per               (EC) No 2009/95, the designated control agency shall
tonne of flour.
                                                                   deliver, upon completion of that operation, a certificate
5.     The security referred to in Article 8 (2) of Regulation     certifying the total removal of the quantities for each
(EC) No 2009/95 is fixed at ECU 380 per tonne of flour.            Member State. This certificate shall be countersigned by
                                                                   the producer of the flour or his representative, in accor­
                                                                   dance with the model in Annex II.
                           Article 3
By derogation from Article 6 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EC) No                                  Article 7
2009/95, the offer must include:
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
1 . The global amount, expressed in agricultural ecus, for         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
    the total supply.                                              European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 3 April 1996.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
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                                                                 ANNEX I
             Description of the delivery
            (a) The 80 tonnes of Common wheat flour will be made available for loading in the warehouses of the
                  producers:
                 — with effect from 19 May 1996 for Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, The United Kingdom and
                      Portugal,
                 — with effect from 20 May 1996 for Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Germany, France,
                      Austria and Italy,
                 — with effect from 25 May 1996 for Greece;
            (b) — the take-over, free on truck (fot), of 1 120 tonnes net of common wheat flour, at the exit of the produ­
                      cer's warehouse in the 14 Member States (Greece excluded) of the European Union, at the rate of 80
                      tonnes net for each country (four trucks of 20 tonnes net), on the dates referred to in point (a),
                 — the arrival of the said trucks in the port of Ancona, at the latest on 29 May 1996, with a view to
                      loading.
           (c) The take-over, free on truck (fot), of 80 tonnes net of common wheat flour, at the exit of the producer's
                warehouse in Greece and transport to the port of Patras at the latest for 1 June 1996, with a view to
                 loading the trucks on board the ferry;
           (d) — the delivery to Tbilisi (Georgia) for 5 June 1996 and Erevan (Armenia) for 8 June 1996 of 400 tonnes
                     net respectively (20 trucks for each country — goods not unloaded);
                — the 40 trucks unloaded as well as the 20 trucks still loaded will proceed to Baku (Azerbaijan);
           (e) — the take-over, free on truck (fot), at the latest on 13 June 1996, by the 40 empty trucks of 800 tonnes
                     net of common wheat flour stocked locally,
                — the delivery to Baku for 1 1 June 1996, of 400 tonnes net (20 trucks — goods not unloaded) — these
                     trucks are released after unloading.
          (f) The trucks loaded at Baku will proceed with the delivery to Bishkek for 19 June 1996 (goods not un­
                loaded) — the trucks are released after unloading.
                However 400 tonnes may have to be delivered to Askhkabad for 15 June 1996 and the 20 trucks released
                after unloading.
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                                                        ANNEX II
                                                Regulation (EC) No 603/96
                                              CERTIFICATE OF REMOVAL
         I, the undersigned
                                                           (name/first name/position)
         acting on behalf of
         certify that the following goods have been taken over:
           Product:
           Packaging:
           Total quantity in tonnes (net):
                                     (gross):
           No of sacks :
           Place and date of takeover:
           Registration numbers of trucks:
           Name and address of the transport company:
                               Name and address of the monitoring agency:
                               Name and signature of its on the spot representative:
         Observations or remarks:
                                                                                    Signature and stamp
                                                                                      of the producer