CELEX: 31998R2370
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2370/98 of 30 October 1998 on the supply of milk products as food aid

31. 10. 98           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 293/69
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2370/98
                                                    of 30 October 1998
                                     on the supply of milk products as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        specify the time limits and conditions of supply to deter-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              mine the resultant costs,
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 manage-
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),                                Article 1
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                   Milk products shall be mobilised 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 organisations eligible for Community         the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/
aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of         97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
food aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions             The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has alloc-           the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
ated milk powder to certain beneficiaries;                         condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
                                                                   unwritten.
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in accord-
ance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation                                      Article 2
(EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down
general rules for the mobilisation of products to be               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
supplied pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
96 as Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to           European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 30 October 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 346, 17. 12. 1997, p. 23.
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                          LOTS A, B, C, D, E
          1. Action Nos: 54/98 (A); 55/98 (B); 56/98 (C); 57/98 (D); 58/98 (E)
          2. Beneficiary (2): UNRWA, Supply division, Amman Office, PO Box 140157, Amman, Jordan
             telex 21170 UNRWA JC; fax (962-6) 86 41 27
          3. Beneficiary’s representative: UNRWA Field Supply and Transport Officer
             A and E: PO Box 19149, Jerusalem, Israel (tel. (972-2) 589 05 55;
                         telex 26194 UNRWA IL; fax 581 65 64)
             B: PO Box 947, Beirut, Lebanon (tel. (961-1) 840 46 09;
                 telefax 603 683)
             C: PO Box 4313, Damascus, Syria (tel. (963-11) 613 30 35;
                 telex 412006, UNRWA SY; fax 61 33 04 7)
             D: PO Box 484, Amman, Jordan (tel. (962-6) 74 19 14/77 22 26;
                 telex 23402 UNRWA JFO JO; telefax 74 63 61)
          4. Country of destination: A and E: Israel (A: Gaza; E: West Bank); B: Lebanon; C: Syria; D: Jordan
          5. Product to be mobilized: whole milk powder
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 576
          7. Number of lots: 5 (A: 216 tonnes; B: 96 tonnes; C: 72 tonnes; D: 108 tonnes; E: 84 tonnes)
          8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5) (8): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (I.C.(1))
          9. Packaging (7): OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (6.1 A, B and C(2))
         10. Labelling or marking (6): OJ C 114 29.4.1991, p. 1 (I.C.(3))
             — Language to be used for the markings: English
             — Supplementary markings: ‘FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION'
                 lot D: ‘Expiry date: . . . . . .' (date of manufacture plus 9 months)
         11. Method of mobilization of the product: the Community market
             The whole milk powder must be manufactured after the award of the tender
         12. Specified dellvery stage: A, C and E: free at port of landing — container terminal (9);
             B and D: free at destination (9)
         13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment
         14. a) Port shipment:     —
             b) Loading address: —
         15. Port of landing: A and E: Ashdod; C: Lattakia
         16. Place of destination: UNRWA warehouse in Beirut (B) and Amman (D)
             — port or warehouse of transit: —
             — overland transport route: —
         17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
             — first deadline: A, C and E: 10.1.1999; B: 7.3.1999; D: 14.2.1999
             — second deadline: A, C and E: 24.1.1999; B: 21.3.1999; D: 28.2.1999
         18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
             — first deadline: A, C and E: 14 to 27.12.1998; B: 1 to 14.2.1999; D: 4 to 17.1.1999
             — second deadline: A, C and E: 28.12.1998 to 10.1.1999; B: 15 to 28.2.1999; D: 18 to 31.1.1999
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           19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
                — first deadline: 16.11.1998
                — second deadline: 30.11.1998
           20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 20 per tonne
           21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (1):
                Bureau de l’aide alimentaire, Attn Mr T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la
                Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
                telex 25670 AGREC B; fax (32 2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively)
           22. Export refund (4): refund applicable on 23.10.1998, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2218/98
                (OJ L 279, 16.10.1998, p. 21)
           Notes
           (1) Supplementary information: André Debongnie (tel.: (32 2) 295 14 65),
                                               Torben Vestergaard (tel.: (32 2) 299 30 50).
           (2) The supplier shall contact the beneficiary or its representative as soon as possible to establish which
               consignment documents are required.
           (3) The supplier 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 (EC) No 259/98 (OJ L 25, 31.1.1998, p. 39), is applicable as regards the export
               refund. The date referred to in Article 2 of the said Regulation is that referred to in point 22 of this Annex.
               The supplier’s attention is drawn to the last subparagraph of Article 4(1) of the above Regulation. The
               photocopy of the export licence shall be sent as soon as the export declaration has been accepted (fax:
               (32 2) 296 20 05).
           (5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following documents:
               — health certificate issued by an official entity stating that the product was processed under excellent
                    sanitary conditions which are supervised by qualified technical personnel. The certificate must state the
                    temperature and duration of the pasteurisation, the temperature and duration in the spray-drying-tower
                    and the expiry date for consumption,
               — veterinary certificate issued by an official entity stating that the area of production of raw milk had not
                    registered foot-and-mouth disease nor any other notifiable infectious/contagious disease during the 12
                    months prior to the processing.
           (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point I. A (3)(c) is replaced by the following, ‘the words “European
               Community”'.
           (7) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers: Lots A, C and E: 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, and official public and religious holidays excluded — free of container 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 15 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 17 tonnes each, net.
           (8) Lot C: The health certificate and the certificate of origin must be signed and stamped by a Syrian
               Consulate, including the statment that consular fees and charges have been paid.
           (9) In addition to the provisions of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, vessels chartered shall not
               appear on any of the four most recent quarterly lists of detained vessels as published by the Paris
               Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC, (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p.
               1)).