CELEX: 31998R2578
Language: en
Date: 1998-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2578/98 of 30 November 1998 on the supply of cereals as food aid

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                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2578/98
                                                   of 30 November 1998
                                          on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              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,
                                                                   Cereals 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 al-              the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
located cereals 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 under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify         European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 30 November 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
                                                            LOT A
           1. Action No: 1523/95
           2. Beneficiary (2): Peru
           3. Beneficiary’s representative: Programa Nacional de Asistencia Alimentaria (PRONAA), av. Argentina
              3017, El Callao (fax (55 14) 426 54 10)
           4. Country of destination: Peru
           5. Product to be mobilised: common wheat flour
           6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 2 340
           7. Number of lots: one
           8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5) (9): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.B(1)(a))
           9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (2.2.A (1)(c), 2(c) and B(1))
          10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.B(3))
              — language to be used for the markings: Spanish
              — supplementary markings: ‘Distribución gratuita'
          11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
          12. Specified delivery stage: free at destination (8)
          13. Alternative delivery stage:    free at port of shipment — fob stowed
          14. (a) Port of shipment:    —
              (b) Loading address:    —
          15. Port of landing:     —
          16. Place of destination:    entrepôt PRONAA (see point 3)
              — port or warehouse of transit: —
              — overland transport route: —
          17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
              — first deadline: 28.2.1999
              — second deadline: 14.3.1999
          18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
              — first deadline: 18 — 31.1.1999
              — second deadline: 1 — 14.2.1999
          19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (12 noon, Brussels time):
              — first deadline: 15.12.1998
              — second deadline: 5.1.1999
          20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 5 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 27.11.1998, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2352/98
              (OJ L 293, 31.10.1998, p. 11)
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         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 indicated 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 document:
             — phytosanitary certificate.
         ( ) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point II.B(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European
          6
             Community”'.
         (7) Since the goods may be rebagged, the supplier must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same quality as
             those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital ‘R'.
         (8) 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)).
         (9) The flour must be enriched by the addition of 30 mg iron per kilogram.