CELEX: 31994R1406
Language: en
Date: 1994-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1406/94 of 20 June 1994 on the supply of cereals as food aid

21 . 6. 94                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 154/15
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1406/94
                                                         of 20 June 1994
                                            on the supply of cereals 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) No 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            Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as
 (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid                  Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
 management (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­         the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
 izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the       2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
 general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the          Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
 fob stage ;
                                                                   The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
 Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions            accepted all the general and specific conditions
 on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                 applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in
 allocated to certain beneficiaries 714 tonnes of cereals ;        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 directiy applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 20 June 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.
O   OJ  No  L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                              ANNEX
                                                               LOT A
             1 . Operation No ('): 224/94
             2. Programme : 1994
             3. Recipient (2) : Euronaid PO Box 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 (*) : see OJ No C 103, 16. 4. 1987
             5. Place or country of destination : Algeria
             6. Product to be mobilized : durum wheat meal
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B.l (c))
             8 . Total quantity : 450 tonnes (714 tonnes of cereals)
             9 . Number of lots : one
            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)
                  Markings in French
           11 . 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 : 25. 7. 1994 to 14. 8. 1994
           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 5. 7.
                  1994
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 19. 7. 1994
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 8. to 28. 8. 1994
                 (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- 1 049
                 Bruxelles (telex 22037 / 25670 AGREC B ; fax (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97 / 295 01 30 /
                 296 33 04)
           25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : refund applicable on 30. 6. 1994, fixed by
                 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1207/94 (OJ No L 133, 28. 5. 1994, p. 22)
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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.
           (}) The successful tenderer shall deliver to the beneficiary a certificate from an official entity certifiying 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. 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.
           (7) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
               documents :
               — phytosanitary certificate.
           (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point II. B. 3. (c) is replaced by the following : 'the words "European
               Community'".
           Q Since the goods may be rebagged, the succesful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same
               quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R'.