CELEX: 31996R0393
Language: en
Date: 1996-03-04 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 393/96 of 4 March 1996 on the supply of cereals as food aid

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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 393/96
                                                           of 4 March 1996
                                           on the supply of cereals as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas, for a given lot, given the small quantities to be
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               supplied, the packaging methods and the large number of
  Community,                                                          destinations of the supplies, provision should be made for
                                                                      the possibility for tenderers to indicate two ports of
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86               loading, where necessary not belonging to the same port
 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid                 area,
 management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
  No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) thereof,     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21
                                                                                              Article 1
 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation
 (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid                    Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as
 management (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­           Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
 izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the         the Annexes, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
 general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the            2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annexes .
 fob stage;                                                          Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
 Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions              For lot B, notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation
 on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                   (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indicate two ports of
 allocated to certain beneficiaries 24 951 tonnes of cereals;        shipment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.
 Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                   The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
 accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                   accepted all      the general    and    specific conditions
 Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down              applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in
 general rules for the mobilization in the Community of              his tender is deemed unwritten .
 products to be supplied as Community food aid (4), as
                                                                                              Article 2
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (*); whereas it is
 necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 resultant costs;                                                    European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 4 March 1996.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.
¥) OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
M OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                             ANNEX I
                                                               LOT A
             1 . Operation Nos ('): see Annex II
             2. Programme: 1995
             3. Recipient (2): Euronaid PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel. (31 70) 330 57 57; fax 364 17 01 ; telex
                  30960 EURON NL)
            4. Representative of the recipient (*): to be designated by the recipient
            5. Place or country of destination: see Annex II
            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 (3) Q: see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA (1 ) (f))
            8. Total quantity: 906 tonnes (1 631 tonnes of cereals)
            9. Number of lots: 1 ; see Annex II
           10. Packaging and marking (*) (8) (9) (12): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA (2) (c) and IIA (3))
                  Language to be used for the marking: see Annex II
           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: 15. 4 — 5. 5. 1996
          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
                  19 . 3 . 1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 2. 4. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 29. 4 — 19. 5. 1996
                 (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 130, bureau 7/46, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat,
                 B-1049 Brussels (Attention! New numbers: tlx: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 15.3. 1 996, fixed by
                 Commission Regulation (EC) No 342/96 (OJ No L 48, 27. 2. 1996, p. 9)
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                                                                LOT B
              1 . Operation Nos ('): see Annex II
             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 (5): to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination : see Annex II
             6 . Product to be mobilized : oat flakes
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q: OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B (1 ) (e))
             8 . Total quantity: 312 tonnes (538 tonnes of cereals)
             9. Number of lots: 1 (see Annex II)
           10. Packaging and marking (6) (8) (9) (10): OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.B (2) (f) and II.B (3))
                   Language to be used for the marking: see Annex II
           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: 15. 4 — 5. 5. 1996
          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: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 19. 3.
                  1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 2. 4. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 29. 4 — 19. 5. 1996
                 (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 130, bureau 7/46, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat,
                  B-1049 Brussels (Attention! New numbers: telex 25670 AGREC B; telefax (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 15 . 3. 1996, fixed by
                 Commission Regulation (EC) No 342/96 (OJ No L 48, 27. 2. 1996, p. 9)
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                                                              LOT C
             1 . Operation Nos ('): see Annex II
             2. Programme: 1995
             3. Recipient ^): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma (telex 626675
                  WFP I)
             4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination: see Annex II
             6. Product to be mobilized : maize
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f): OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIAl (d))
            8 . Total quantity: 10 000 tonnes
            9. Number of lots: 1 (see Annex II)
           10. Packaging and marking (8) (12): OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA2(c) and IIA3)
                 Language to be used for the marking: see Annex II
                 in bulk -I- sacks + needles and sufficient twine (2 m/bag)(14)
           11 . Method of mobilization: the Community market
           12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment — fob stowed and trimmed (13)
           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: 15. 4 — 5. 5. 1996
           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
                 19 . 3 . 1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 2. 4. 1996
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 29. 4 — 19. 5. 1996
                (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 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                B- 1 049 Brussels (Attention! New numbers: tlx: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 15. 3. 1996, fixed by
                Commission Regulation (EC) No 342/96 (OJ No L 48, 27. 2. 1996, p. 9)
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                                                             LOT D
            1 . Operation No ('): 721 /95
            2. Programme: 1995
            3. Recipient (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma (telex 626675
                 WFP I)
            4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
            5. Place or country of destination: Iraq
            6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f): OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B ( 1 ) (a))
            8 . Total quantity: 9 000 tonnes ( 12 330 tonnes of cereals)
            9 . Number of lots: one
           10. Packaging and marking (8) ('): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B (2) (a) and II.B (3))
                Markings in English; supplementary markings: 'Expiry date: . .
          1 1 . Method of mobilization: the Community market
          12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment — fob stowed (13)
          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: 22. 4 — 12. 5. 1996
          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
                 19 . 3 . 1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 2. 4. 1996
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 6 — 26. 5. 1996
                (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 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                B-1049 Brussels (Attention! New numbers: tlx: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 15. 3. 1996, fixed by
                Commission Regulation (EC) No 342/96 (OJ No L 48, 27. 2. 1996, p. 9)
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                                                                 LOT E
              1 . Operation No ('): 703/95
             2. Programme: 1995
             3. Recipient (2): CICR, 19, avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Genève (tel. (41 22)734 60 01 ; telex 22269 CH
                   CICR)
             4. Representative of the recipient: ICRC Tbilisi, Dutu Megreli Road 1 , 380003 Tbilisi. Tel.: (78832)
                   93 55 11 , fax: 935520
             5. Place or country of destination: Georgia
             6. Product to be mobilized: common wheat flour
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f): OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B ( 1 ) (a))
             8 . Total quantity: 330 tonnes (452 tonnes of cereals)
             9 . Number of lots : 1
           10. Packaging and marking (8) (9) (12) (15): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B (2) (d) and II.B (3))
                  Markings in English
           1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
           12. Stage of supply: free at destination
           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:
                  ICRC Sochi (warehouse), Castello street 51 , ADLER Sochi, Russia
          17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                  the port of shipment stage: 8 — 21 . 4. 1996
          18 . Deadline for the supply: 19. 5. 1996
          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
                  19 . 3 . 1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 2. 4. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                       port of shipment stage: 22. 4 — 5. 5. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 2. 6. 1996
          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 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                 B- 1 049 Brussels (Attention! New numbers: telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 15. 3. 1996; fixed by
                 Commission Regulation (EC) No 342/96 (OJ No L 48, 27. 2. 1996, p. 9)
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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 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 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 Amsterdam .
           (6) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers condition FCL/FCL (lot B: each containing 12 tonnes net).
                 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 successful 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.
           Q The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                 documents :
                 — phytosanitary certificate (lot A + Bl : + expiry date),
                 — lots A, B: fumigation certificate (Cereals/cereals derivatives are to be fumigated prior to shipment by
                     way of Magnesium Phosphide (min. 2 g/m3) for a minimum period of five (5) days between the appli­
                     cation of the fumigant and the venting process. The appropriate certification must be made available
                     at the time of shipment.)
           (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point IIA(3)(c) or II.B(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words
                "European Community'".
           (9) 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'.
          (10) See fourth amendment to OJ No C 114 published in OJ No C 272, 21 . 10. 1992, p. 6.
          (") For lot B, notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indicate two
                 ports of shipment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.
          (12) See second amendment to OJ No C 114 published in OJ No C 135, 26. 5. 1992, p. 20.
          (13) Notwithstanding Articles (7) (3) (f) and 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the price tendered must
                include all loading, handling, stowage (lot C: and trimming costs).
          (14) For the sacks: 21 sacks/tonne.
                For the needles: 1 / 100 tonnes.
                For the twine: 60 % polyester, 40 % cotton, 20/4, knotted free yarn, 5 000 m/kg, on spools of 3 kg.
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           (1S) The bags shall be stacked, maximum 21 on wooden pallets (made of pine, fir, or poplar wood) measuring
                not more than 1 200 x 1 400 mm, and with the following features:
                —   four-way entry, non-reversible, with wings,
                —   a top deck consisting of a minimum of seven planks (width: 100 mm; thickness: 22 mm),
                —   a bottom deck consisting of three planks (width : 100 mm; thickness : 22 mm),
                —   three bearers (width: 100 mm; thickness: 22 mm),
                — nine dowels : 100 x 100 x 78 mm minimum .
                The palletized bags shall be covered by a shrink film of a thickness of at least 150 microns. The pallet
                shall be covered with a wooden structure to allow stacking. The whole of the above must be bound, in
                each direction, by two nylon straps of a width of not less than 15 mm with plastic buckles.
                The bags are further protected by board of wood placed between the bags and straps.
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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II —
                                                  ANEXO II — LIITE II — BILAGA II
    Lote
             Cantidad total  Cantidades parciales      Acción n°            País de destino           Lengua que se debe
             (en toneladas)     (en toneladas)                                                      utilizar en la rotulación
    Parti    Totalmængde         Delmængde             Aktion nr.          Bestemmelsesland                Mærkning på
                   (tons)             (tons)                                                              følgende sprog
   Partie    Gesamtmenge         Teilmengen            Maßnahme                                         Kennzeichnung in
              (in Tonnen)        (in Tonnen)               Nr.             Bestimmungsland              folgender Sprache
  Παρτίδα Συνολική ποσότητα Mερικές ποσότητες         Δράση αριθ.         Χώρα προορισμού           Γλώσσα που πρέπει να
              (σε τόνους)        (ere τόνους)                                                  χρησιμοποιηθεί για τη σήμανση
    Lot     Total quantity    Partial quantities       Operation
                                                                        Country of destination        Language to be used
               (in tonnes)        (in tonnes)              No                                            for the marking
    Lot
            Quantité totale  Quantités partielles      Action n°          Pays de destination            Langue à utiliser
               (en tonnes)        (en tonnes)                                                           pour le marquage
   Lotto
            Quantità totale  Quantitativi parziali     Azione n.         Paese di destinazione         Lingua da utilizzare
            (in tonnellate)    (in tonnellate)                                                           per la marcatura
          Totale hoeveelheid  Deelhoeveelheden          Maatregel                                       Taal te gebruiken
   Partij        (m ton)            (in ton)               nr.
                                                                        Land van bestemming           voor de opschriften
    Lote
           Quantidade total  Quantidades parciais       Acção n ?           País de destino              Língua a utilizar
            (em toneladas)     (em toneladas)                                                              na rotulagem
            Kokonaismäärä       Osittaismäärä                                                        Merkinnässä käytettävä
    Erä                                                Toimi N:o               Määrämaa
                 (tonnia)           (tonnia)                                                                    kieli
            Total kvantitet      Delkvantitet                                                        Märkning pa följande
   Parti                                               Aktion nr           Bestämmelseland
                    (ton)             (ton)                                                                    språk
     A                906        Al :     198            197/95     Peru                       Espanol
                                 A2:      708           201 /95     Peru                       Espanol
     B                312         B1         48         585/95      Perú                       Espanol
                                  B2         60         586/95      Madagascar                 Français
                                  B3        96          587/95      Madagascar                 Français
                                  B4        96          588/95      Madagascar                 Français
                                  B5         12         589/ 95     Madagascar                 Francais
     C           10 000          CI : 4 000             708 /95     Lesotho                    English
                                 C2: 6 000              709/95      Swaziland                  English