CELEX: 31994R1684
Language: en
Date: 1994-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1684/94 of 11 July 1994 on the supply of cereals as food aid

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                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1684/94
                                                          of 11 July 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 31 000 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 directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 11 July 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.
(3) OJ  No  L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                           LOTS A and B
             1 . Operation Nos ('): 1688/93 (lot A) and 1689/93 (lot B)
             2. Programme : 1993
             3 . Recipient (2) : Bolivia
             4. Representative of the recipient : Ofinaal, Calle Carrasco 1323, Esq. Busch (Miraflores), La Paz, Jefe
                  Área Operaciones : Sr Edgar Perez Armandia (tel. 35 57 51)
             5. Place or country of destination (*) : Bolivia
             6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B.I (a))
             8. Total quantity : 10 950 tonnes ( 15 000 tonnes of cereals)
             9. Number of lots : two [lot A : 8 760 tonnes and lot B : 2 190 tonnes (B1 : 1 000 tonnes ; B2 : 890 tonnes
                  and B3 : 300 tonnes)]
           10. Packaging and marking (8) (9) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B.(2) (b) and II.B^3))
                  Markings in Spanish
           11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
           1 2. Stage of supply : free at destination
           13. Port of shipment : —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
           15. Port of landing : Arica (6)
           16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing :
                  Oficinas responsables Ofinaal :
                 — lot A and Bl : Carretera La Paz-Viacha, 15 km, La Paz.
                 — B2 : Carretera Salida Oruro, La Paz 455, Zona Norte, Oruro
                 — B3 : Carretera a Tiquipaya, Zona Trojes, Cochabamba
           17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                 the port of shipment stage : 15 — 28 . 8 . 1994
           18 . Deadline for the supply : 30. 10 . 1994
           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 26. 7.
                 1994
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 9. 8. 1994
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                     port of shipment stage : 29. 8 — 1 1 . 9. 1 994
                (c) deadline for the supply : 13. 11 . 1994
          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, 200, rue de la Loi, B- 1 049
                Bruxelles (telex 22037 / 25670 AGREC B ; telefax (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 22. 7. 1 994, fixed by
                Commission Regulation (EC) No 1571 /94 (OJ No L 166, 1 . 7. 1994, p. 95)
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                                                                    LOT C
             1 . Operation No ('): 400/94
             2. Programme : 1994
             3. Recipient (2) : Ethiopia
             4. Representative of the recipient :
                  — Europe : Ambassade d Ethiopie, 32, bd St Michel, 1040 Bruxelles, (tél. : 733 49 29 / 733 48 69 ; fax :
                      732 18 51 ; télex 62285)
                  — Ethiopia : Mr. S. Tumor, General Manager, Ethiopian Food Security Reserve, PO Box 431 , Addis
                      Ababa ; tel . (251-1 ) 51 71 62 ; telex (0980) 213 64.
             5. Place or country of destination 0 : Ethiopia
             6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (') Q : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIAl (a))
             8 . Total quantity : 16 000 tonnes
             9 . Number of lots : one
          10. Packaging and marking (8) (9) ("') (") : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA.2 (a) and II.A.3)
                  Markings in English
           1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
           12. Stage of supply : free at destination (12) ;
          13. Port of shipment : —
          14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
          1 5. Port of landing : Massawa
          16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : Ethiopian Food Security Reserve
                 (ESFR) warehouse-Mekelle
          17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                 the port of shipment stage : 22. 8 . — 4. 9 . 1994
          18 . Deadline for the supply : 6. 11 . 1994
          19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon on 26. 7. 1994, (Brussels
                 time)
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 9. 8 . 1994, (Brussels time)
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                     port of shipment stage : 5 — 18. 9. 1994
                 (c) deadline for the supply : 20. 11 . 1994
          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 l'aide alimentaire, a 1 attention de Monsieur Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46,
                 200 rue de la Loi, B- 1 049 Bruxelles (telex AGREC 22037 B / AGREC 25670 B ; telefax : (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 22. 7. 1 994, fixed by
                 Commission (EC) No 1571 /94 (OJ No L 166, 1 . 7. 1994, p. 95)
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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
                  amended by Regulation (EC) No 547/94 (OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 ) shall not apply to this amount.
             (*) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successfull tenderer : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33.
                  Lots A and B : av. Paseo de la Republica 3755, 5° piso, San Isidro, Lima 27 (tel. (51 14)40 30 97 ; fax
                  40 97 63).
            (6) The proof of payment of expenses 'planilla de gastos' arising at the port of Arica must be submitted with
                  the payment application.
                  Office for the payment of the 'planilla de gastos' :
                  AADAA      (Administración Autonoma de Almacenes Aduaneros), Casilla 5259 (fax (02) 39 20 62 ; tel.
                  35 99 21   up to 31 ), La Paz, Bolivia ;
                  AADAA      (Administración Autónoma de Almacenes Aduaneros), Casilla 1437 (telex 22 1043 ; tel. :
                  25 27 80   or 25 29 81 ), Arica, Chile.
            I7) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                 documents :
                 — phytosanitary certificate,
                 — fumigation certificate.
            (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 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\
           (10) The following should be included in the charter party :
                 'Food-aid consignment from the European Community : since the freight charges do not include coordi­
                 nation or supervision costs, the US $ 1 ,50 tax normally paid must not be applied in the case of this ship.'
           (") Bagging must be carried out before shipment.
          C2) Notwithstanding Article 15(1 ) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the successful tenderer is not
                 responsible for the unloading from the means of overland transport and the placing in store at destina­
                 tion .