CELEX: 31994R0741
Language: en
Date: 1994-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 741/94 of 30 March 1994 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

No L 87/66                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 31 . 3 . 94
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 741/94
                                                          of 30 March 1994
                                            on the supply of white sugar as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           to the conditions applicable to the categories of sugar in
                                                                       question ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,                                                          Whereas, notably for logistical reasons, certain supplies
                                                                       are not awarded within the first and second deadlines for
                                                                      submission of tenders ; whereas, in order to avoid republi­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86                 cation of the notice of invitation to tender, a third dead­
 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid
                                                                       line for submission of tenders should be opened,
 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 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regula­                                        Article 1
 tion (EEC) No 3972/86 (3) lays down the list of countries
 and organizations eligible for food-aid operations and               White sugar shall be mobilized in the Community, as
 specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid          Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
 beyond the fob stage ;                                               the Annexes in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the
 Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on             Annexes. Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering
 the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated              procedure.
 to certain recipients 792 tonnes of sugar ;
                                                                      Tenders relating to the lots specified in the Annex shall
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of            cover either sugar produced under the A or B quotas or
 this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by               C sugar within the meaning of points (a), (b) and (c) of the
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July                     sixth subparagraph of Article 24 (la) of Council Regula­
 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in               tion (EEC) No 1785/81 (6). Tenders shall be rejected
 the Community of products to be supplied as Community                unless they specify the category of sugar to which they
                                                                      relate.
 food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 790/91 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time         The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
 limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be              accepted all the general and specific conditions appli­
followed to determine the resultant costs ;                           cable. Any other condition or reservation included in his
                                                                      tender is deemed unwritten .
Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried
out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to                                      Article 2
mobilize either A or B quota sugar or C sugar in accord­
ance with the regulations governing the market ; whereas             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
the contract for the supply of each lot is to be awarded to          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
the tenderer submitting the lowest tender having regard               European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 30 March 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.
0   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.                            (6) OJ No L 117, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
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                                                                  ANNEX I
                                                               LOTS A and B
               1 . Operation Nos ('): see Annex II
              2. Programme : 1993 and 1994
              3. Recipient (2) : Euronaid, PO Box 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 ^: see OJ No C 103, 16. 4. 1987
              5. Place or country of destination : see Annex II
              6. Product to be mobilized : white sugar
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q (8) (10) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under VAl )
              8. Total quantity : 792 tonnes
              9. Number of lots : two (lot A : 522 tonnes ; lot B : 270 tonnes)
             10. Packaging and marking (6) f) (n) : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under VA.2 and VA3)
                   Markings in Portuguese (Lots A 2 + B 6), French (Lots A 1 + B 1 - B 5), English (Lot B 7) and Spanish
                   (Lots A3 - A 1 0)
            11 . Method of mobilization : sugar produced in the Community in accordance with the sixth subpara­
                   graph of Article 24 (la) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 as follows :
                   — A or B sugar (points (a) and (b)) or
                   — C sugar (point (c))
            12. Stage of supply : free at port of shipment
            1 3. 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 : 16. 5 — 5. 6. 1994
           1 8. 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 : 18. 4. 1994 at 12 noon (Brussels
                  time)
           21 . A. In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                       (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : at 12 noon (Brussels time) on 2. 5. 1 994
                       (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 30. 5 — 19. 6. 1994
                       (c) deadline for the supply : —
                  B. In the case of a third invitation to tender :
                       (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : at 1 2 noon (Brussels time) on 16. 5. 1 994
                       (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 13. 6 — 3. 7. 1994
                       (c) deadline for the supply : —
           22. Amount of the tendering security : ECU 1 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 laide alimentaire, à 1 attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46,
                  200, rue de la Loi, B-1049 Bruxelles ; (telex 22037 / 25670 AGREC B ; fax (32/2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 /
                  296 10 97 / 295 01 30 / 296 33 04)
           25. Refund payable on request by die successful tenderer (4) : In the case of A and B sugar : periodic
                  refund applicable to white sugar on 17. 3. 1994, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 583/94 (OJ
                  No L 74, 17. 3. 1994, p. 18).
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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) For A and B sugar :
                 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 abovementioned 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) shall
                 not apply to this amount.
                For C sugar :
                Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 is not applicable. The rules given in Commission Regulation
                (EEC) No 2630/81 (OJ No L 258, 11 . 9. 1981 , p. 16) apply to exportation of sugar supplied under this
                Regulation.
           (*) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to : Willis Corroon Scheuer, PO Box 1315,
               NL 1000 BH Amsterdam .
           (6) 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\
           0 The rule provided at the second indent of Article 18 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77 (OJ No L
                246, 27. 9. 1977, p. 12) is binding for determination of the sugar category.
           (8) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                document :
                — phytosanitary certificate.
           (9) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point VA3^c) is replaced by the following : 'the words "European
                Community"'.
          (10) The following documents must be legalized by the diplomatic representation in the country of origin of
                the goods,
               — phytosanitary certificate (A4),
               — certificate of origin (A5),
               — radioactivity certificate (A5 + B7).
          (u) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL. The supplier shall be responsible for
               the cost of making the containers in the stack position to 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 loctainer, number of which to be
               provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.
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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II —
                                                               ANEXO II
        Lote
               Cantidad total   Cantidades parciales      Acción n 0                       País de destino
                (en toneladas)     (en toneladas)
       Parti    Totalmængde         Delmængde            Aktion nr.                       Bestemmelsesland
                     (i tons)           (i tons)
                Gesamtmenge         Teilmengen           Maßnahme
      Partie
                                                             Nr.
                                                                                          Bestimmungsland
                 (in Tonnen)        (in Tonnen)
     Παρτίδα Συνολική ποσότητα Μερικές ποσότητες        Δράση αριθ.                      Χώρα προορισμού
                 (σε τόνους)        (σε τόνους)
        Lot    Total quantity    Partial quantities       Operation                    Country of destination
                  (in tonnes)        (in tonnes)             No
        Lot
               Quantité totale  Quantités partielles      Action n0                      Pays de destination
                  (en tonnes)        (en tonnes)
      Lotto
               Quantità totale  Quantitativi parziali     Azione n.                     Paese di destinazione
               (in tonnellate)    (in tonnellate)
             Totale hoeveelheid  Deelhoeveelheden         Maatregel                     Land van bestemming
      Partij        (in ton)           (in ton)              nr.
       Lote
              Quantidade total  Quantidades parciais      Acção n?                         País de destino
               (em toneladas)     (em toneladas)
         A             522           A 1 : 252            1564/93       Haiti
                                     A 2:      36            92/94      Brasil
                                     A 3:      18            93/94      El Salvador
                                     A 4:      36            94/94      Guatemala
                                     A 5:      72            95/94      Nicaragua
                                     A 6:      36            96/94      Peru
                                    A 7:       18            97/94      Peru
                                    A 8 :      18            98/94      Peru
                                    A 9:       18            99/94      Peru
                                    A10 :      18          100/94       Peru
         B             270             B1 :   72           101 /94      Algérie
                                       B2 :   54           102/94       Algérie
                                       B3 :  75            103/94       Algérie
                                       B4 :   18           1 04/94      Madagascar
                                       B5 :   18           105/94       Niger
                                       B6 :   18           106/94       Mozambique
                                       B7 : 15            1565/93       Sudan