CELEX: 31997R2047
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-20 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2047/97 of 20 October 1997 on the supply of cereals as food aid

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                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2047/97
                                                      of 20 October 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, 20 October 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 .
h OJ L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                                  LOT A
               1 . Operation No ('): 40/97
               2. Programme : 1997
               3. Recipient ( 2): CICR, 19 avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Genève (tel .: (41 22)734 60 01 ; telex: 22269 CICR
                    CH)
              4. Representative of the recipient: ICRC Tbilissi, Dutu Megreli Road 1 , 380003 Tbilissi . (tel .: (788 32)
                    93 55 11 ; fax : (788 32) 93 55 20)
               5. Place or country of destination : Georgia
              6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (-1) (s): see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.B (1 )
              8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 100
              9 . Number of lots : One
             10 . Packaging and marking (') (7): see OJ C 267, 13 . 9. 1996, p. 1 (2.2.A ( 1 ) (a), (2) (a) and (B) (2))
                   see OJ C 114, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.B (3))
                    Language to be used for the marking: English
                   Supplementary markings: 'GG-0085'
             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: ICRC Tbilissi, Dutu Megreli Road
                    1 , 380003 Tbilissi
             17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                   the port of shipment stage: 24. 1 1 — 7. 12 . 1997
             18 . Deadline for the supply: 4. 1 . 1998
             19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
             20 . Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 4. 11 . 1997 ( 12 noon ( Brussels
                   time))
             21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                   (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 18 . 11 . 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 : 8 — 21 . 12. 1997
                   (c) deadline for the supply: 18 . 1 . 1998
             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, Attn .
                   Mr T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130 , bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, 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 31 . 10 . 1997,
                   fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1872/97 (OJ L 265, 27. 9. 1997, p. 21 )
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                                                                LOT B
          1 . Operation No ('): 41 /97
          2. Programme: 1997
          3. Recipient (2): Azerbaijan
          4. Representative of the recipient: State Agency of Grain Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan
              Attn Aliyev Arif Lutfali O. Street Yusifzadeh 13, Baku 370033
              (tel .: (994 12) 66 38 30; fax: 66 92 93, telex: 14 21 53 KHLEB-SU)
          5. Place or country of destination: Azerbaijan
          6. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
          7. Characteristics and quality of the goods fH5): see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II .A ( l)(a))
          8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 35 000
          9 . Number of lots : one
        10. Packaging and marking: in bulk
        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: Poti/Batumi
        15. Port of landing : —
        1 6. Address of the warehouse' and, if appropriate, port of landing: Davachi Centre of Grain Products
              Davaxhi Railway Station , Code 545608
        1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment were the supply is awarded at
              the port of shipment stage: 17 — 30 . 11 . 1997
        18 . Deadline for the supply: 4. 1 . 1998
        19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
        20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 4. 11 . 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
              time))
        21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
              (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 18 . 11 . 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 : 1 — 14. 12. 1997
              (c) deadline for the supply: 18 . 1 . 1998
        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, Attn
              Mr T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, 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 (*): refund applicable on 31 . 10 . 1997,
              fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1872/97 (OJ L 265, 27. 9. 1997, p. 21 )
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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.
             (-1) 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.
             (s) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                  documents :
                  — phytosanitary certificate,
                  — lot A: fumigation certificate.
             (*) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point II.A(3)(c) or II.B(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words " Euro­
                  pean Community"'.
             Q 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'.