CELEX: 31997R0516
Language: en
Date: 1997-03-21 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 516/97 of 21 March 1997 on the supply of milk products as food aid

22. 3 . 97            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 82/ 17
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 516/97
                                                       of 21 March 1997
                                      on the supply of milk 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,
                                                                 Milk products 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
                                                                 accepted all the general and specific conditions
allocated milk powder to certain beneficiaries;
                                                                 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, 21 March 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 .
h) OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                                LOT A
              1 . Operation No ('): 139/96
              2. Programme: 1996
              3. Recipient ^): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma (tel.:
                  (39 6)57 971 ; telex: 62 66 75 WFP I)
              4. Representative of the recipient: WFP Yemen, Attn. Country Director, Khorashi Building, Siteen
                  Street, Sana'a
              5. Place or country of destination (5): Yemen
              6. Product to be mobilized: vitaminized skimmed-milk powder
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (6): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (I.B. ( 1 ))
              8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 90
              9 . Number of lots : one
            10. Packaging and marking 0 (8): see OJ No C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 (6.3 A and B.2)
                  see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (I.B. (3))
                  Language to be used for the marking: English
                  Supplementary markings: 'Expiry date . . .'
            1 1 . Method of mobilization: The manufacture of the skimmed-milk powder, and the incorporation of
                  vitamins, must be carried out after the award of the tender
            12. Stage of supply: free at port of landing — landed
            13. Port of shipment: —
            14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
            15. Port of landing: Hodeidah
            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: 28 . 4 to 11 . 5. 1997
            18 . Deadline for the supply: 1 . 6. 1997
            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 7. 4.
                  1997
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 21 . 4. 1997
                  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: 12 to 25. 5. 1997
                  (c) deadline for the supply: 15. 6. 1997
            22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 20 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,
                  Batiment Loi 130 , bureau 7/46,
                  Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200 , B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
                  telex: 2 56 70 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 14. 3. 1997
                  fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 354/97 (OJ No L 59, 28 . 2. 1997, p. 12)
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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.
           (5) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer: OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33.
           (6) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
               documents :
                — health certificate .
           f7) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point I. B.3 (c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
               Community"'.
           (8) Placed in 20-foot containers. The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days.