CELEX: 31988R0424
Language: en
Date: 1988-02-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 424/88 of 12 February 1988 on the supply of common wheat flour as food aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the near East (UNRWA)

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                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 424/88
                                                    of 12 February 1988
                 on the supply of common wheat flour as food aid to the United Nations Relief
                      and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in
                                                                  the Community of products to be supplied as Community
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  food aid (4) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time
Economic Community,
                                                                  limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86              followed to determine the resultant costs,
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid
management ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3785/87 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1 ) (c) thereof,        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21
May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation                                      Article 1
(EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid man­
agement (3), lays down the list of countries and organiza­       A tendering procedure is hereby initiated for the award of
tions eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the          a contract for the supply of cereals to the UNRWA in
general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the          accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
fob stage ;                                                       2200/87 and with the conditions laid down in the Annex
                                                                  hereto.
Whereas, by its Decision of 25 January 1988 on the
supply of food aid to the UNRWA the Commission allo­
cated to the latter organization 753 tonnes of cereals ;                                    Article 2
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July                  European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 12 February 1988 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No L 370, 30 . 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 356, 18 . 12. 1987, p. 5 .
(3) OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .                             (4) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
            1 . Operation No ('): 52/88
            2. Programme : 1987
            3. Recipient : UNRWA Supply Division, PO Box 700, A-1400 Vienna, Telex 135310 UNRWA A
            4. Representative of the recipient (2) : Supply and Transport Officer, West Bank, PO Box 19149,
                Jerusalem, Israel
            5. Place or country of destination : Ashdod
            6. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) :
                See list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 216 of 14 August 1987,
                page 3 (under IIA.6)
                Specific characteristics : Hagberg falling number of at least 1 60
            8 . Total quantity : 550 tonnes (753 tonnes of cereals)
            9 . Number of lots : one
          10. Packaging and marking (4) :
                See list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 216 of 14 August 1987, page
                3 (under II.B.2 d) :
                'ACTION No 52/88 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
                TO UNRWA FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION TO PALESTINE REFUGEES / ASHDOD'
          1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
          1 2. 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 : Ashdod
          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 : 15 to 31 March 1988
          18. Deadline for the supply : 15 April 1988
          19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon on 1 March 1988
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 1 2 noon on 1 5 March 1 988
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                    port of shipment stage : 1 to 15 April 1988
                (c) deadline for the supply : 30 April 1988
          22. Amount of the tendering security : 5 ECU/tonne
          23. Amount of the delivery security : 10 % of the amount of the tender in ECU
          24. Address for submission of tenders (*):
                 Bureau de l aide alimentaire, à 1 attention de Monsieur N. Arend, bâtiment Berlaymont, bureau 6/73,
                200, rue de la Loi, B- 1 049 Bruxelles, Telex : AGREC 22037 B.
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (6) :
                 Refund applicable on 3 February 1988 fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 283/88 in Official Journal of the
                 European Communities No L 26 of 30 January 1988, page 79.
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            Notes :
            (') The operation number is to be quoted in all correspondence.
            (2) Commission delegate to contact by the successful tenderer :
                 see list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 227 of 7 September 1985,
                 page 4.
            (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 level.
                 The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                 documents :
                 — phytosanitary certificate,
                 — certificate of origin .
            (4) 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'.
                 Consignment to be stowed in 20-foot containers containing not more than 1 7 mt each net ; not more
                 than 30 containers are to be shipped on any vessel.
            (*) In order not to overload the telex, tenderers are requested to provide, before the date and time laid down
                 in point 20 of this Annex, evidence that the tendering security referred to in Article 7 (4) (a) of Regulation
                 (EEC) No 2200/87 has been lodged, preferably :
                 — either by porter at the Office referred to in point 24 of this Annex,
                 — or by telecopier on one of the following numbers in Brussels :
                     235 01 32,
                      236 10 97,
                      235 01 30,
                      236 20 05.
             (6) Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 (OJ No L 210, 1 . 8. 1987) is applicable as regards the export refund and,
                 where appropriate, the monetary and accession compensatory amounts, the representative rate and the
                 monetary coefficient. The date referred to in Article 2 of the abovementioned Regulation is that referred
                 to in point 25 of this Annex.