CELEX: 31988R0574
Language: en
Date: 1988-02-26
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 574/88 of 26 February 1988 on the supply of common wheat flour to the World Food Programme (WFP) as food aid

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                                   COMMISSION REGULATION EEC No 574/88
                                                    of 26 February 1988
                 on the supply of common wheat flour to the World Food Programme (WFP) as
                                                          food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July
                                                                 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            the Community of products to be supplied as Community
Economic Community,
                                                                 food aid (4) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86             limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid management ('), as               followed to determine the resultant costs,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3785/87 (2), and in
particular Article 6 (1 ) (c) thereof,
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21
May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation                                     Article 1
(EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid man­
agement (3) lays down the list of countries and organiz­         A tendering procedure is hereby initiated for the award of
ations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the        a contract for the supply of common wheat flour to WFP
general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the         in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
fob stage ;                                                      2200/87 and with the conditions laid down in the
                                                                 Annexes hereto.
Whereas, by its Decision of 15 April 1987 on the supply
of food aid to WFP, the Commission allocated to the
latter organization 4706 tonnes of Cereals to be supplied                                  Article 2
free at port of shipment ;
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by           European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 26 February 1988.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
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                                                              ANNEX
            1 . Operation No ('): 64-66/88
            2. Programme : 1987
            3. Recipient.: World Food Programme, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, I-00100 Roma (Telex 626675
                WFP I)
            4. Representative of the recipient ^) : see Official Journal of the European Communities No C 103 of
                16 April 1987
            5. Place or country of destination : PDR Yemen, Egypt, Sudan
            6. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) :
                See list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 216 of 14 August 1987, page
                3 (under II A 6) :
                Specific characteristics :
                — Hagberg falling number of at least 160
            8 . Total quantity : 3 435 tonnes (equal to 4 706 tonnes of cereals)
            9. Number of lots : one (in 3 parts : 1 : 1 600 tonnes ; II : 1 400 tonnes ; III : 435 tonnes)
           10 . Packaging and marking (4) :
                See list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 216 of 14 August 1987, page
                3 (under II. B. 2 a)
                — making on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                  I. 1 600 tonnes : 'ACTION No 64/88 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN
                                     ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
                                     / EGYPT 0259400 / ALEXANDRIA'
                 II. 1 400 tonnes : 'ACTION No 65/88 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN
                                     ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
                                     / YEMEN PDR 0226502 / ADEN'
                III.   435 tonnes : 'ACTION No 66/88 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN
                                     ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
                                     / SUDAN 0260101 / PORT SUDAN'
           11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
           12. Stage of supply : free ^t 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 : 10 to 30 April 1988
           18 . Deadline for the supply : —
           19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
           20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon on 22 March 1988
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 5 April 1988
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 25 April to 10 May 1988
                (c) deadline for the supply : —
           22. Amount of the tendering security : 5 ECU/tonne
           23. Amount of the delivery security : 10 % of the amount of the tender in ECU
           24. Address for submission of tenders f5) :
                Bureau de 1 aide alimentaire, à 1 attention de Monsieur N. Arend, bâtiment Berlaymont, bureau 6/73,
                200, rue de la Loi, B- 1 049 Bruxelles ; telex : AGREC 22037 B
           25 . Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (6) :
                Refund applicable on 23 February 1988 fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 283/87 in Official Journal of the
                European Communities No L 26 of 30. January 1988, page 79.
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          Notes :
          (') The operation number is to be quoted in all correspondence.
          (2) Commission delegate to be contacted by the successful tenderer : see list published in Official Journal of
              the European Communities No C 227 of 7 September 1985, page 4.
          (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 level.
              The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
              documents :
              — certificate of origin,
              — phytosanitary certificate.
          (4) 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\
          (*) In order not to overload the telex, tenderers are requested to provide, before the date and time laid down
              in point 20 of this Annex, evidence that the tendering security referred to in Article 7 (4) (a) of Regulation
              (EEC) No 2200/87 has been lodged, preferably :
              — either by porter at the Office referred to in point 24 of this Annex,
              — or by telecopier on one of the following numbers in Brussels :
                  235 01 32,
                  236 10 97,
                  235 01 30,
                  236 20 05.
          0 Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 (OJ No L 210, 1 . 8. 1987) is applicable as regards the export refund and,
              where appropriate, the monetary and accession compensatory amounts, the representative rate and the
              monetary coefficient. The date referred to in Article 2 of the abovementioned Regulation is that referred
              to in point 25 of this Annex.