CELEX: 31997R0607
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-07 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 607/97 of 7 April 1997 on the supply of cereals as food aid

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                                                     whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 607/97
                                                          of 7 April 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,
 Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the                Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as
  list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid         Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
 operations and specifies the general criteria on the               the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    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, 7 April 1997.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
H OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                                LOT A
               1 . Operation No ('): 165/96 (Al ); 166/96 (A2)
               2. Programme: 1996
               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: Uganda
              6. Product to be mobilized: milled rice (product code 1006 30 92 900, 1006 30 94 900, 1006 30 96 900,
                   1006 30 98 900)
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (^ f): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.A. (1 ) (f))
              8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 1 160
              9. Number of lots: 1 in 2 parts (Al : 962 tonnes; A2: 198 tonnes)
            10. Packaging and marking (5) (*)("): see OJ No C 267, 13 . 9. 1996, p. 1 (1.0 A 1.c, 2.c and B.6)
                   see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (IIA (3))
                   Language to be used for the marking: English
                   Supplementary markings : ' Expiry date . .
            1 1 . Method of mobilization: the Community market
            12. Stage of supply: free at 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: 12. 5. — 1 . 6. 1997
           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: 22. 4. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                  time))
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 6. 5. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 26. 5. — 15. 6. 1997
                  (c) deadline for the supply: —
           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-1049 Brussels
                  telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively)
           25. Refund payable on application by the successsful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 18 . 4. 1997,
                  fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 526/97 (OJ No L 82, 22. 3. 1997, p. 39)
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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 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 last amended
                by Regulation (EC) No 1482/96 (OJ No L 188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22) shall not apply to this amount.
           (5) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, FCL/FCL.
           C) 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\
           Q The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                documents :
                — phytosanitary certificate ( 4- expiry date),
                — fumigation certificate (the cargo shall be fumigated before shipment with phosphine gas).
           (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point II.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words " European
                Community"'.
                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 subparagraph, of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not apply.
                The supplier 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 supplier has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (SYSKO locktainer 180 seal), the
                number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.