CELEX: 31997R1569
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-04 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1569/97 of 4 August 1997 on the supply of cereals as food aid

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1569/97
                                                        of 4 August 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 (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, 4 August 1997.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                         Monika WULF-MATHIES
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                                LOT A
              1 . Operation No ('): 373/96
              2. Programme: 1996
              3. Recipient (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland (tel.: (31 70) 330 57 57; fax:
                   364 17 01 ; telex : 30960 EURON NL)
             4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination: Bangladesh
             6. Product to be mobilized: common wheat
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (■1) (*): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II (A) ( 1 ) (a))
             8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 1926
             9 . Number of lots: 1
            10. Packaging and marking ( 6) Q (8): see OJ No C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 1.0 (A) ( 1 ) (c), (2) (c) and (B) (6))
                  see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (11(A)(3))
                   Language to be used for the marking: English
            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: 8 — 28. 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: 19. 8 . 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                  time))
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 2. 9. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 22. 9 — 12. 10. 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, Attn .
                 Mr T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels
                 tlx: 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.
           (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 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.
          (^ 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).
          (fi) 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.
          0 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'.
          (s) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point IIA.(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
               Community"'.