CELEX: 32000R2018
Language: en
Date: 2000-09-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2018/2000 of 25 September 2000 on the supply of fishery products as food aid

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                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2018/2000
                                                           of 25 September 2000
                                            on the supply of fishery products as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                        under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as
                                                                                   Community food aid (2). It is necessary to specify the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                   time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
Community,
                                                                                   resultant costs,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27
June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and
special operations in support of food security (1), and in partic-         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas:
(1)     The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of                Fishery products shall be mobilised in the Community, as
        countries and organisations eligible for Community aid             Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the
        and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food        Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and
        aid beyond the fob stage.                                          under the conditions set out in the Annex.
(2)     Following the taking of a number of decisions on the               The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
        allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated               general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition
        fishery products to certain beneficiaries.                         or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
(3)     It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with                                       Article 2
        the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No
        2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied              publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 25 September 2000.
                                                                                         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: 388/98
           2. Beneficiary (2): EuronAid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland, tel.: (31-70) 330 57 57; fax: 364 17 01;
              telex: 30960 EURON NL
           3. Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the recipient
           4. Country of destination: Mali
           5. Product to be mobilised: Sardines (Sardina pilchardus Walbaum)
           6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 54
           7. Number of lots: 1
           8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4): (Tinned headless sardines in vegetable oil, (2000 fishing; CN code
              1604 13 19)
           9. Packaging (6): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (14.0A, B and C.2)
          10. Labelling or marking (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (VIII.A(3))
              — Language to be used for the markings: French (‘Maquereaux’ must be replaced by ‘sardines’)
              — Supplementary markings: ‘Date d'expiration …’ (date of manufacture plus 2 years). In case the required markings
                  cannot be printed on the tins, they must be printed either on an outer packaking of each tin or on self-adhesive
                  labels fixed on the tins. The expiry date and the date of manufacture shall be printed on the tins and not on the
                  self-adhesive labels.
          11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
              The product must originate from the Community.
          12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of shipment
          13. Alternative delivery stage: —
          14. a) Port of shipment: —
              b) Loading address: —
          15. Port of landing: Abidjan
          16. Place of destination: —
              — port or warehouse of transit: —
              — overland transport route: —
          17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
              — first deadline: 30.10-19.11.2000
              — second deadline: 13.11-3.12.2000
          18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
              — first deadline: —
              — second deadline: —
          19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
              — first deadline: 10.10.2000
              — second deadline: 24.10.2000
          20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 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; tlx: 25670
              AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively)
          22. Export refund —
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         Notes:
         (1) Supplementary information: Torben Vestergaard (Tel. (32-2) 299 30 50), fax: (32-2) 296 20 05).
         (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) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
             — health certificate (+ expiry date).
         (5) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point VIII.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Community”’.
         (6) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, FCL/FCL.
             The supplier will be responsible for the cost of making the container available in the stack position at the container
             terminal at the port of shipment. The beneficiary shall be responsible for all subsequent loading costs, including the
             cost of moving the containers from the container terminal.
             The supplier must submit to the beneficiary's agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying the number
             of metal canisters belonging to each action number as specified in the invitation to tender notice.
             The supplier must seal each container with a numbered locktainer (Oneseal, Sysko, Locktainer 180 or a similar
             high-security seal) the number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary's representative.