CELEX: 32000R0491
Language: en
Date: 2000-03-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 491/2000 of 6 March 2000 on the supply of cereals as food aid

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                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 491/2000
                                                              of 6 March 2000
                                                 on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                        under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as
                                                                                   Community food aid (2). It is necessary to specify the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                   time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
Community,
                                                                                   resultant costs,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27
June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and
special operations in support of food security (1), and in partic-         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas:
(1)     The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of                Cereals shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community
        countries and organisations eligible for Community aid             food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the Annex, in
        and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food        accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and under the
        aid beyond the fob stage.                                          conditions set out in the Annex.
(2)     Following the taking of a number of decisions on the               The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
        allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated               general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition
        cereals to certain beneficiaries.                                  or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
(3)     It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with                                       Article 2
        the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No
        2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied              publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 6 March 2000.
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                           Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 166, 5.7.1996, p. 1.                                              (2) OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 23.
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                                                              ANNEX
                                                              LOT A
        1. Action No: 280/98 (A1); 59/99 (A2)
        2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland; tel. (31-70) 330 57 57; fax 364 17 01; telex
           30960 EURON NL
        3. Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the recipient
        4. Country of destination: Eritrea
        5. Product to be mobilised: common wheat
        6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 19 968
        7. Number of lots (8): 1 in 2 parts (A1: 1 350 tonnes; A2: 18 618 tonnes)
        8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5) (7): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A(1)(a))
        9. Packaging: see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0, A(1.c and 2.c) and B(2))
       10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A(3))
           — language to be used for the markings: English
           — supplementary markings: —
       11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
       12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob stowed and trimmed (8)
       13. Alternative delivery stage: —
       14. a) Port of shipment: —
           b) Loading address: —
       15. Port of landing: —
       16. Place of destination: —
           — port or warehouse of transit: —
           — overland transport route: —
       17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
           — first deadline: 10-30.4.2000
           — second deadline: 24.4-14.5.2000
       18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
           — first deadline: —
           — second deadline: —
       19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
           — first deadline: 21.3.2000
           — second deadline: 4.4.2000
       20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 per tonne
       21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (1): Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, Attn. Mr T.
           Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, Bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel; telex 25670
           AGREC B; fax (32-2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively)
       22. Export refund (4): refund applicable on 17.3.2000, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 439/2000 (OJ L 54,
           26.2.2000, p. 25)
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         Notes:
         (1) Supplementary information: André Debongnie (tel. (32-2) 295 14 65)
                                            Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2) 299 30 50).
         (2) The supplier shall contact the beneficiary or its representative as soon as possible to establish which consignment
             documents are required.
         (3) The supplier 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 (EC) No 259/98 (OJ L 25, 31.1.1998, p. 39), is applicable as regards the export refund. The
             date referred to in Article 2 of the said Regulation is that indicated in point 22 of this Annex.
             The supplier's attention is drawn to the last subparagraph of Article 4(1) of the above Regulation. The photocopy of
             the export licence shall be sent as soon as the export declaration has been accepted (fax (32-2) 296 20 05).
         (5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
             — phytosanitary certificate.
         (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point II.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Community”’.
         (7) The quantity and quality control will be carried out for every 2 500 tonnes.
         (8) The vessel chartered by the recipient (self-trimming bulk carrier) is to be loaded by the supplier free of risk and
             expense to the vessel at the average rate of 3 500 tonnes per weather working day of 24 consecutive hours. Should
             this rate not be attained, demurrage shall be paid by the supplier to the Commission at the rate stipulated in the
             charter party. For working time saved, despatch money shall be paid by the Commission to the successful tenderer at
             the rate of 50 % of the rate of demurrage stipulated. Laytime to be non-reversible.