CELEX: 31994R2956
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2956/94 of 5 December 1994 on the supply of cereals as food aid

6. 12. 94                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 312/7
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2956/94
                                                       of 5 December 1994
                                             on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         destinations of the supplies, provision should be made for
                                                                    the possibility for tenderers to indicate two ports of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               loading, where necessary not belonging to the same port
Community,                                                          area,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid
management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21                                            Article 1
May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation
(EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid                    Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as
management (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­           Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the         the Annexes, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the            2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annexes.
fob stage ;                                                         Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions              For lots A and B, notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                   Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indicate
allocated to certain beneficiaries 1 0 230 tonnes of cereals ;      two ports of shipment not necessarily belonging to the
                                                                    same port area.
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                   The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down              accepted all the general and specific conditions
general rules for the mobilization in the Community of              applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in
products to be supplied as Community food aid (4), as               his tender is deemed unwritten.
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (*) ; whereas it
is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of
                                                                                             Article 2
supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
resultant costs ;
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas, for a given lot, given the small quantities to be          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
supplied, the packaging methods and the large number of             European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 5 December 1994.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Rene STEICHEN
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No   L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.
(3) OJ No   L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No   L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                             ANNEX I
                                                              LOT A
             1 . Operation No (') : see Annex II
             2. Programme : 1994
             3. Recipient (2) : Euronaid PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland (tel. (31 70) 33 05 757 ; fax
                  36 41 701 ; telex 30960 euron nl)
             4. Representative of the recipient (*) : to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination : see Annex II
             6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3)      : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B.l (a))
             8 . Total quantity : 1 498 tonnes (2 052 tonnes of cereals)
             9 . Number of lots : one ; see Annex II
           10. Packaging and marking (6) (8) (9) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B.2 (d) and II.B.3)
                  Language to be used for the marking : see Annex II
                 Supplementary markings : 'Date d'experation. . .' (A8)
           1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
           12. Stage of supply : free at port of shipment (12)
           13. Port of shipment : —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
           1 5. Port of landing : —
           1 6. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : —
           17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 23. 1 ■— 12. 2. 1995
           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 (Brussels time) on 20.
                  12. 1994
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 3. 1 . 1995
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 6. — 26. 2. 1995
                 (c) deadline for the supply : —
           22. Amount of the tendering security : ECU 5 per tonne
           23. Amount of the 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 Monsieur T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi 200, B-1049
                 Bruxelles (telex 22037 AGREC B ; fax (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97)
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : refund applicable on 30. 11 . 1994, fixed
                 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2635/94 (OJ No L 280, 29. 10. 1994, p. 50)
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                                                               LOT B
             1 . Operation No (') : see Annex II
            2. Programme : 1994
            3. Recipient (2) : Euronaid, PO box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland (tel. (31 70) 33 05 757 ; telefax
                 36 41 701 ; telex 30960 euron nl)
            4. Representative of the recipient (*) : to be designated by the recipient
            5. Place or country of destination : see Annex II
            6. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA.1 (a))
            8 . Total quantity : 3 204 tonnes
            9 . Number of lots : one ; see Annex II
           10. Packaging and marking (6) (8) (9) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA.2 (c) and IIA.3)
                 Language to be used for the marking : see Annex II
           11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
           12. Stage of supply : free at port of shipment (12)
           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 : 23. 1 . — 12. 2. 1995
           18 . Deadline for the supply : —
           19 . Procedure for determining the costs of supply : invitation to tender
           20 . Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on
                 20 . 12 . 1994
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 3 . 1 . 1995
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 6. — 26. 2. 1995
                 (c) deadline for the supply : —
           22. Amount of the tendering security : ECU 5 per tonne
           23 . Amount of the 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 Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bru­
                 xelles (telex 22037 AGREC B ; fax (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97)
           25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : refund applicable on 30. 11 . 1994, fixed
                 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2635/94 (OJ No L 280, 29. 10. 1994, p. 50)
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                                                               LOT C
             1 . Operation No ('): 385/94
             2. Programme : 1994
             3. Recipient (2) : UNHCR, boîte postale 2500, CH-1211 Genève 2 dépôt (tel. (41 22) 739 81 37 ; fax
                 731 07 76 ; telex 412404 CHHCR (Madame Seinet))
             4. Representative of the recipient : UNHCR Liaison Office c/o Hotel Razdan, Yerevan, Armenia (tel.
                 (007 8852) 56 08 44 ; fax 15 14 50)
             5. Place or country of destination : Armenia
             6. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B.1 (a))
             8 . Total quantity : 299 tonnes (41 1 tonnes of cereals)
             9 . Number of lots : one
           10. Packaging and marking (8) f) : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B.2(a) and II.B.3)
                 Markings in English ; supplementary markings : 'Expiry date : . .
           1 1 . Method of mobilization of product : the Community market
           12. Stage of supply : free destination
           1 3. Port of shipment : —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
           1 5. Port of -landing : —
           16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : see point 4
           17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                 the port of shipment stage : 23. 1 — 5. 2. 1995
           18 . Deadline for the supply : 5. 3. 1995
           19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : invitation to tender
           20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 20.
                  12 . 1994
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 3. 1 . 1995
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                       port of shipment stage : 6. — 19. 2. 1995
                 (c) deadline for the supply : 19. 3. 1995
           22. Amount of the tendering security : ECU 5 per tonne
           23. Amount of the delivery security : 10 % of the amount of the tender in ecus
           24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities (1) : Bureau de 1 aide alimentaire, à
                 l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46, 200 rue de la Loi, B- 1 049
                 Bruxelles (telex 22037 AGREC B ; fax (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97)
           25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : refund applicable on 30. 11 . 1994, fixed
                 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2635/94 (OJ No L 280, 29. 10. 1994, p. 50).
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                                                        LOTS D, E, F and G
            1 . Operation Nos (') : 864/94 (lot D), 865/94 (lot E), 866/94 (lot F) and 867/94 (Lot G).
            2. Programme : 1994
            3. Recipient (2) : UNRWA, Supply Division, Vienna International Centre, PO box 700, A- 1400 Vienna
                 (telex 135310 A ; telefax (1 ) 230 75 29)
            4. Representative of the recipient : UNRWA Field Supply and Transport Officer
                — D and E : Ashdod :        Gaza c/o Field Supply and Transport officer, West Bank — West Bank PO
                                            box 19149 Jerusalem (tel. 972 (2) 89 05 55 ; fax 972 (2) 81 65 64 ; telex 26194
                                            UNRWA IL)
                — F:            Ashdod :    West Bank, PO Box 19149, Jerusalem, Israel (tel. (972 2) 89 05 55 ; fax
                                            81 65 64 ; telex (0606) 26194 IL UNRWA)
                — G:            Beirut :    PO Box 947, Beirut, Lebanon, (tel. (961 9) 86 31 50 ; fax 1 (212) 478 10 55 ;
                                            telex 21430/20177 UNRWA LE)
            5. Place or country of destination (10) : Israel (Lots D, E AND F) and Lebanon (Lot G)
            6. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) i7) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B 1 (a))
            8 . Total quantity : 3 331 tonnes (4 563 tonnes of cereals)
            9. Number of lots : 4 (lot D : 1 360 tonnes ; lot E : 850 tonnes, lot F : 680 tonnes and lot G : 441 tonnes)
          10. Packaging and marking (8)(9)(u):
                see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B.2 (c) and II.B.3)
                markings in English
          1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
          1 2. Stage of supply : lots D, E and F ; free at port of landing — landed
          13. Port of shipment : lot G : free at destination
          14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
          1 5. Port of landing : Ashdod (lots D, E and F)
          1 6. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : UNRWA warehouse Beirut (Lot G)
          17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                the port of shipment stage : 23. 1 — 5. 2. 1995
          18 . Deadline for the supply : Lots D, E and F : 19. 2. 1995 and lot G : 26. 2. 1995
          19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : invitation to tender
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on
                20. 12. 1994
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 3. 1 . 1995
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment in case of award of tender at port of
                     shipment stage : 6. — 19. 15. 1995
                (c) deadline for the supply : lots D, E and F : 5.3.1 995 and lot G : 12. 3. 1995
          22. Amount of tendering security : ECU 5 per tonne
          23. Amount of delivery security : 10 % of the tender in ecus
          24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities (') : Bureau de 1 aide alimentaire, à
                l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi 200, B- 1 049 Brux­
                elles (telex 22037 AGREC B ; (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97)
          25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4) : Refund applicable on 30. 1 1 . 1 994,
                fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2635/94 (OJ No L 2 80, 29. 10. 1994, p. 50)
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            Notes :
            (1) 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 No L 210, 1 . 8. 1987, p. 56), as last amended by Regula­
                tion (EEC) No 2226/89 (OJ No 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 No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106), as
                amended by Regulation (EC) No 547/94 (OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 ) shall not apply to this amount.
            (*) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to : Willis Corroon Scheuer, PO Box 1315,
                NL-1000 BH Amsterdam .
            (6) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL, each containing 20 tonnes (lot A) and
                 1 8 tonnes (lot B) net. The supplier shall be responsible for the cost of making the containers available in
                the stack position at the container terminal at the port of shipment. The recipient shall be responsible
                for all subsequent loading costs, including the cost of moving the containers from the container terminal.
                The provisions of Article 13 (2), second paragraph, of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not apply.
                The successful tenderer has to submit to the recipient's agent a complete packing list of each container,
                specifying number of bags belonging to each shipping number as specified in the invitation to tender.
                The succesful tenderer has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (SYSKO locktainer 180
                seal), number of which to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.
            f) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                documents :
                — phytosanitary certificate,
                      Lots A and B : The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on deli­
                     very, a fumigation certificate (before shipment).
                — Al : phytosanitary certificate must be legalized by the diplomatic representation in the country of
                     origin of the goods.
            (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point II.A.3 (c) or II.B.3(c) is replaced by the following : 'the words
                "European Community"'.
            (9) 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\
           (10) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33.
           (u) Shipment to take place in 20-foot-containers. Lots D, E and F : 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
                containers 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 1 5 days as detailed above will be born 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
                containers 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 1 7 tonnes each, net.
           (I2) For lots A and B, notwithstanding Article 7 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indicate
                two parts of shipment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.
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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II
                                                                ANEXO II
    Lote
             Cantidad total   Cantidades parciales   Acción n0             País de destino           Lengua que se debe
             (en toneladas)     (en toneladas)                                                     utilizar en la rotulación
    Parti     Totalmængde         Delmængde          Aktion nr.           Bestemmelsesland
                                                                                                          Mærkning på
                  (i tons)          (i tons)                                                             følgende sprog
             Gesamtmenge          Teilmengen         Maßnahme                                         Kennzeichnung in
   Partie
                                                        Nr.               Bestimmungsland              folgender Sprache
               (in Tonnen)       (in Tonnen)
          Συνολική ποσότητα Μερικές ποσότητες                                                     Γλώσσα που πρέπει να
  Παρτίδα                                           Δράση αριθ.          Χώρα προορισμού      χρησιμοποιηθεί για τη σήμανση
              (σε τόνους)        (σε τόνους)
             Total quantity    Partial quantities    Operation                                      Language to be used
    Lot
                (in tonnes)       (in tonnes)           No             Country of destination           for the marking
     Lot    Quantité totale   Quantités partielles   Action n0           Pays de destination
                                                                                                        Langue à utiliser
                (en tonnes)       (en tonnes)                                                          pour le marquage
   Lotto    Quantità totale   Quantitativi parziali  Azione n.          Paese di destinazione         Lingua da utilizzare
             (in tonnellate)    (in tonnellate)                                                         per la marcatura
           Totale hoeveelheid  Deelhoeveelheden       Maatregel        Land van bestemming
                                                                                                       Taal te gebruiken
   Partij         (in ton)          (in ton)             nr.                                          voor de opschriften
    Lote    Quantidade total  Quantidades parciais    Acção n?             País de destino              Lingua a utilizar
             (em toneladas)     (em toneladas)                                                            na rotulagem
     A             1 498          Al :    120         1087/94      Chile                      Espanol
                                  A2 :    100         1088/94      Peru                       Espanol
                                  A3 :    100         1089/94      Peru                       Espanol
                                  A4 :    178         1090/94      Peru                       Espanol
                                  A5 :      80        1091 /94     Angola                     Portugues
                                  A6 :    420         1092/94      Angola                     Portugues
                                  A7 :    400         1093/94      Angola                     Portugues
                                  A8 :      60        1094/94      Liban                      Français
                                  A9 :      40        1095/94      Tunisie                    Français
      B            3 204          B1 : 3 186          1085/94      Bangladesh                 English
                                  B2 :       18       1086/94      Madagascar                 Français