CELEX: 31998R0886
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 886/98 of 24 April 1998 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 886/98
                                                      of 24 April 1998
                                       on the supply of white sugar as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            supply to determine the resultant costs,
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 (1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                 White sugar shall be mobilised 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 organisations eligible for Community       the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of       2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
food aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions           The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
allocated white sugar to certain beneficiaries;                  condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
                                                                 unwritten.
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                                         Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying
down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
supplied pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
1292/96 as Community food aid (2); whereas it is                 European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 24 April 1998.
                                                                          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
                                                    LOTS A, B, C, D and E
           1. Action Nos: 142/97 (A); 143/97 (B); 144/97 (C); 145/97 (D); 146/97 (E)
           2. Beneficiary (2): UNRWA, Supply division, Amman Office, PO Box 140157, Amman, Jordan
              telex 21170 UNRWA JC; fax (962-6) 86 41 27
           3. Beneficiary’s representative: UNRWA Field Supply and Transport Officer
              A and E: PO Box 19149, Jerusalem, Israel (tel. (972-2) 589 05 55; telex 26194 UNRWA IL;
              fax 581 65 64)
              B: PO Box 947, Beirut, Lebanon (tel. (961-1) 840 46 09; telefax 603 683)
              C: PO Box 4313, Damascus, Syria (tel. (963-11) 613 30 35; telex 412006, UNRWA SY; fax 613 30 47)
              D: PO Box 484, Amman, Jordan (tel. (962-6) 74 19 14/77 22 26; telex 23402 UNRWA JFO JO; telefax
              74 63 61)
           4. Country of destination: A and E: Israel (A: Gaza; E: West Bank); B: Lebanon; C: Syria; D: Jordan
           5. Product to be mobilised: white sugar
           6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 661
           7. Number of lots: 5 (A: 620 tonnes; B: 244 tonnes; C: 179 tonnes; D: 384 tonnes; E: 234 tonnes)
           8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5) (9) (10): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (V.A (1))
           9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (11.2, A(1)(b), (2)(b) and B(4))
          10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (V.A. (3))
              — Language to be used for the markings: English
              — Supplementary markings: ‘FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION’
          11. Method of mobilisation of the product: sugar produced in the Community in accordance with the
              sixth subparagraph of Article 24(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 as follows: A or B sugar
              (points (a) and (b))
          12. Specified delivery stage (11): A, C and E: free at port of landing — container terminal; B and D: free at
              destination
          13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment
          14. (a) Port of shipment: —
              (b) Loading address: —
          15. Port of landing: A and E: Ashdod; C: Lattakia
          16. Place of destination: UNRWA warehouse in Beirut (B) and Amman (D)
              — port or warehouse of transit: —
              — overland transport route: —
          17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
              — first deadline: A, C and D: 28.6.1998; B and E: 2.8.1998
              — second deadline: A, C and D: 12.7.1998; B and E: 16.8.1998
          18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
              — first deadline: A, C and D: 25.5 — 7.6.1998; B, E: 6 — 19.7.1998
              — second deadline: A, C and D: 8 — 22.6.1998; B, E: 20.7 — 2.8.1998
          19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
              — first deadline: 11.5.1998
              — second deadline: 25.5.1998
          20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 15 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): periodic refund applicable to white sugar on 17.4.1998, fixed by Commission Regula-
              tion (EC) No 791/98 (OJ L 114, 16.4.1998, p. 5)
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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.
          (5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
              — health certificate.
          (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point V. A (3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Com-
              munity”’.
          (7) Since the goods may be rebagged, the supplier must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same quality as
              those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital ‘R’.
          (8) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers: Lots A, C and E: The contracted shipping terms shall be
              considered full liner terms (liner in/liner out) free port of landing container yard and is understood to
              cover 15 days — Saturdays, Sundays and official public and religious holidays excluded — free of
              container detention charges at the port of discharge taken from the day/time of the arrival of the vessel.
              The 15 day period should be clearly marked on the bill of lading. Bona fide detention charges levied in
              respect of container detention(s) in excess of the said 15 days as detailed above will be borne by
              UNRWA. UNRWA shall not pay/not be charged any container deposit fees.
              After take-over of the goods at the delivery stage, the recipient will bear all costs of shifting the con-
              tainers for destuffing outside the port area and of returning them to the container yard.
              Ashdod: consignment to be stowed in 20-foot containers containing not more than 17 tonnes each, net.
          ( ) The rule provided at the second indent of Article 18(2)(a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77
           9
              (OJ L 246, 27.9.1977, p. 12), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/96 (OJ L 34, 13.2.1996, p. 16), is
              binding for determination of the sugar category.
         (10) Lot C: The health certificate and the certificate of origin must be signed and stamped by a Syrian Con-
              sulate, including the statement that consular fees and charges have been paid.
         (11) In addition to the provisions of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, vessels chartered shall not
              appear on any of the four most recent quarterly lists of detained vessels as published by the Paris Memo-
              randum of Understanding on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC, (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).