CELEX: 31997R1823
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-22
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1823/97 of 22 September 1997 on the supply of cereals as food aid

23 . 9 . 97          | EN I            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 260/ 5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1823/97
                                                      of 22 September 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, 22 September 1997.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 166, 5 . 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
P) OJ L 81 , 28 . 3 . 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                             ANNEX
                                                              LOT A
          1 . Operation No ('): 1865/94
          2. Programme: 1994
          3. Recipient (2): Honduras
          4. Representative of the recipient: Ministro de la Secretaría Técnica y de Cooperación Intern. (Setco), Dr
              Guillermo Molica Chocano, Edificio Plaza Flores, Av. de la Paz, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Tel .:
              (504 37)66 16; fax: 85 87
          5. Place or country of destination : Honduras
          6. Product to be mobilized: milled               rice (product codes   1006 30 92 9900,        1006 30 94 9900,
               1006 30 96 9900, 1006 30 98 9900)
          7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (s): see OJ No C 1 14, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.A ( 1 ) (f))
          8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 397
          9 . Number of lots: one
         10. Packaging and marking (fi) Q: see OJ No C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 1.0 . A ( 1 ) (a), (2) (a) and B (6))
              OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II . A (3))
              Language to be used for the marking: Spanish
         11 . Method of mobilization: the Community market
         12. Stage of supply: free at destination
         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: Almacenes de Deposito SA
              (Aldesa), San Pedro Sula, Cortes, frente a Unitec, Honduras CA
         17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
              the port of shipment stage: 27. 10 to 9. 11 . 1997
         18 . Deadline for the supply: 7. 12. 1997
         19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
         20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 7. 10. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
              time))
         21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
              (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 21 . 10. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
              (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                   port of shipment stage: 10 to 23 . 11 . 1997
              (c) deadline for the supply: 21 . 12. 1997
         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, à
              l'attention de Mr T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, 200 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, B- 1 049
              Brussels (telex: 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 30 . 9. 1997,
              fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1699/97 (OJ L 239, 30. 8 . 1997, p. 24)
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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 L 210, 1 . 8 . 1987, p. 56), as last amended by Regulation
                (EEC) No 2226/89 (OJ 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 L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106), as last amended by
                Regulation (EC) No 1482/96 (OJ L 188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22) shall not apply to this amount.
            (5) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                documents :
                — phytosanitary certificate,
                — fumigation certificate.
            (6) 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'.
            (7) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point IIAi(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European Commu­
                nity .