CELEX: 31996R0077
Language: en
Date: 1996-01-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 77/96 of 19 January 1996 on the supply of cereal-based weaning food as food aid

20 . 1 . 96            EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 15/ 11
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 77/96
                                                       of 19 January 1996
                                on the supply of cereal -based weaning food as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
Community,                                                         resultant costs,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) Ho 3972/86
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1 ) (c) thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21
May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation             Cereal-based weaning food shall be mobilized in the
(EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid                   Community as Community food aid for supply to the
management (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­          recipients listed in the Annex, in accordance with
izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the        Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and under the conditions
general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the           set out in the Annex. Supplies shall be awarded by the
fob stage ;                                                        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
                                                                   accepted all the general and specific conditions
allocated    to   certain    beneficiaries   210   tonnes   of
                                                                   applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in
cereal-based weaning food ;                                        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 (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down
general rules for the mobilization in the Community of             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
products to be supplied as Community food aid (4), as              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (*) ; whereas it             European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 19 January 1996.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L  370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L  174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.
 3  OJ   No L  136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(<) OJ   No L  204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
V) OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                                   ANNEX
                                                               LOTS A and B
               1 . Operation Nos ('): 474/95 (A); 4 75/95 (B)
               2. Programme : 1995
               3. Recipient (2) : Euronaid, Postbus 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (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 : Haiti
               6. Product to be mobilized : cereal-based weaning food
               7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f) (8) : see OJ No C 34, 6. 2. 1993, p. 3 (II. C (1 ) (b))
                    — Energy : minimum 450 kcal/100 g. A minimum of 30 % of the energy must be supplied in the form
                        of lipids
               8. Total quantity : 170 tonnes
               9. Number of lots : 2 (A : 90 tonnes ; B : 80 tonnes)
             10. Packaging and marking ( 6) (9) : OJ No C 34, 6. 2. 1993, p. 3 (II. C(2)(b) and II. C (3))
                    Markings in French
             11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
             1 2. Stage of supply : free at port of shipment
             13. Port of shipment : —
             1 4. 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 : A : 11 — 31 . 3. 1996 ; B : 8 — 28.
                   4. 1996
             1 8. 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 5. 2.
                    1996
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                   (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 19. 2. 1996
                   (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : A : 25. 3 — 14. 4. 1996 ; B : 22. 4 —
                        12. 5 . 1996
                   (c) deadline for the supply : —
            22. Amount of tendering security : ECU 20 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 Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                   B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel. Attention ! New numbers : (telex 25670 AGREC B ; fax (32 2) 296 70 03 /
                   296 70 04)
            25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4) : refunds applicable on 2. 2. 1996
                   (fixed in accordance with Article 4 (2), first subparagraph of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80) (OJ No L
                   323, 29. 11 . 1980, p. 27)
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                                                                   LOT C
              1 . Operation No ('): 401 /95
              2. Programme : 1995
              3. Recipient (2) : CICR, 19, avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneve (Tel. : (41 22) 734 60 01 ; telex : 22269 ;
                  CH CICR)
              4. Representative of the recipient : Délégation du ÇICR, rue Malke, Tishreen S.Q., Abu Rummaneh BP
                  3579, Damas, République Arabe Syrienne
              5. Place or country of destination (10) : Syria
              6. Product to be mobilized : cereal-based weaning food
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f) (8) : see OJ No C 34, 6. 2. 1993, p. 3 (II. C ( 1 ) (b))
                  — Energy : minimum 450 kcal/ 100 g. A minimum of 30 % of the energy must be supplied in the form
                       of lipids
              8 . Total quantity : 40 tonnes
              9 . Number of lots : one
            10. Packaging and marking (9) : OJ No C 34, 6. 2. 1993, p. 3 (II. C(2)(b) and II. C (3))
                  Markings in English
            1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
            1 2. Stage of supply : free at port of landing — landed
            13. Port of shipment : —
            14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
            1 5. Port of landing : Lattakia
            1 6. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : —
            17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                  the port of shipment stage : 4 — 17. 3. 1996
            18 . Deadline for the supply : 7. 4. 1996
            19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : invitation to tender
            20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 1 2 noon (Brussels time) on 5. 2.
                   1996
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 19. 2. 1996
                  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                       port of shipment stage : 18 — 31 . 3. 1996
                  (c) deadline for the supply : 21 . 4. 1996
            22. Amount of tendering security : ECU 20 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 Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                  B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel. Attention ! New numbers : (telex 25670 AGREC B ; fax (32 2) 296 70 03 /
                  296 70 04)
            25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refunds applicable on 2. 2. 1996,
                  fixed in accordance with Article 4 (2), first subparagraph of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80 (OJ No L 323,
                  29. 11 . 1980, p. 27)
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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 .
             (*) 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 2853/95 (OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, 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. 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 small packages belonging to each shipping number as specified in the invitation to
                 tender.
                 The successful tenderer 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.
             (^ The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                 document :
                 — health certificate.
             (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 34 of 6. 2. 1993, the third paragraph of point (b) on page 3 is replaced by the
                 following : 'The product shall be prepared principally from one or more milled cereal products. It shall
                 also contain a high-protein food, such as milk or soya concentrate.'
             (9) Notwithstanding OJ No C 34 of 6. 2. 1993, the first paragraph of point II.C.2 (b) on page 9 is replaced
                 by the following :
                 A and B : The weaning food is to be packed in airtight sachets, maximum 1 kg, sealed at either end,
                 sufficiently long and provided with a clip so that they can be resealed after opening.'
                 lot C : The weaning food is to be packed in 5 kg metal cans.'
            (10) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer : OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33.