CELEX: 31996R1656
Language: en
Date: 1996-08-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1656/96 of 19 August 1996 on the supply of cereal-based weaning food as food aid

20 . 8 . 96          EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 210/9
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1656/96
                                                        of 19 August 1996
                                on the supply of cereal -based weaning food 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
 security ('), and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,                             Article 1
 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
 transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                      2200/ 87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
                                                                  Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
 Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
 on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
 allocated cereal-based weaning food to certain benefi­           accepted all the general and specific conditions
 ciaries;                                                         applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
                                                                  his tender is deemed unwritten .
 Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
 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, 19 August 1996.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Erkki LIIKANEN
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
(3 OJ No L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                                    ANNEX
                                                                     LOT A
              1 . Operation Nos ('): 926/95 (Al ); 927/95 (A2)
              2. Programme: 1995
              3. Recipient (2): Solidaridad International, Gloneta de Quevedo 7, 6-D, E-28015 Madrid (tel: (34 1 )
                   593 11 13, fax: 448 44 69)/ Oxfam Belgique, rue du Conseil 39, B-1050 Brussels (tel: (32 2) 512 99 90,
                   fax: 511 89 19 (contact: J. M. Biquet))
              4. Representative of the recipient: Croissant Rouge Sahraoui, 17 rue Ben M Hidi Lardi, Oran (tel : (21 36)
                   39 64 24, fax: 33 1 0 65) (contact: Mr Bougoudour)
              5. Place or country of destination : Algeria
             6. Product to be mobilized: cereal-based weaning food
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) 0 (8): see OJ No C 34, 6. 2. 1993, p. 3 (under II. C ( 1 ) (b))
             8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 10
             9. Number of lots: one in two parts (Al : five tonnes; A2: five tonnes)
            10. Packaging and marking (5) (6): see OJ No C 34, 6. 2. 1993, p. 3 (II.C(2)(b) and II.C (3))
                   Language to be used for the marking: French
            11 . Method of mobilization: the Community market
           12. Stage of supply: free at port of landing — landed
           13. Port of shipment: —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
           15. Port of landing: Oran
           16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: —
           1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                  the port of shipment stage: 30 . 9 — 13. 10 . 1996
          18 . Deadline for the supply: 27. 10 . 1996
          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)) 3. 9.
                  1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: ( 12 noon (Brussels time)) 17. 9. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: 14 — 27. 10 . 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 10. 11 . 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, 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)
         25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refunds applicable on 30. 8 . 1996,
                 fixed in accordance with Article 4 ( 1 ), first subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 (OJ No L 136,
                 31 . 5. 1994, p. 5)
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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 .
            (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.
            (*) Placed in one-way 20-foot containers.
            (6) 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: '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.'
            Q 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.'