CELEX: 31997R0603
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-04 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 603/97 of 4 April 1997 on the supply of meat as food aid

5 . 4 . 97           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 91 /3
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 603/97
                                                           of 4 April 1997
                                              on the supply of meat as food aid
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
                                                                      resultant costs,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   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
  management and special operations in support of food                                         Article 1
  security ('), and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,
  Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the                Meat shall be mobilized in the Community, as
  list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid          Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
  operations and specifies the general criteria on the               the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2200/ 87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex .
  transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;
                                                                     Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure .
  Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
  on the allocation of food aid , the Commission has                 The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
  allocated beef in its own juice to certain beneficiaries;          accepted     all  the  general   and   specific  conditions
                                                                     applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
  Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                  his tender is deemed unwritten .
  accordance with the rules laid down by Commission
  Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down                                      Article 2
  general rules for the mobilization in the Community of
  products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 Q); whereas it is            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
  necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of             European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 4 April 1997.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
O OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
i1) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p . 1 .
n OJ No L 81 , 28 . 3 . 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                                LOT A
              1 . Operation No ('): 157/96
              2. Programme: 1996
              3. Recipient (2): Euronaid, Postbus 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland (tel.: (31 70)33 05 757; fax:
                   36 41 701 ; telex: 30960 EURON NL)
             4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
              5. Place or country of destination : Cuba
             6. Product to be mobilized: Beef in its own juice
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (5) ('): —
             8 . Total quantity: 60 tonnes
             9 . Number of lots : 1
            10. Packaging and marking 0 (s): see OJ No C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 15.0 A, B and C.2)
                  see OJ No C 114, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VII.A.(3))
                  Language to be used for the marking: Spanish
            11 . Method of mobilization: the Community market
            12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment
            13 . 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: 26 . 5. — 15. 6 . 1997
           18 . 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: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 21 . 4.
                  1997
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 5. 5. 1997
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 9. — 29. 6. 1997
                 (c) deadline for the supply: —
           22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 15 per tonne
           23. Amount of 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 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                 B - 1 049 Brussels
                 Telex: 25670 AGREC B ; fax : (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)
           25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refunds only for products covered by
                 product code 1602 50 39 9425, referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987,
                 p. 1 ), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2230/96 (OJ No L 305, 27. 11 . 1996, p. 1 ). The refund is
                 the one applicable at the deadline for the submission of tenders .
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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 .
            (-1) 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) 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 last amended
                 by Regulation ( EC) No 1482/ 96 (OJ No L 188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22), shall not apply to this amount.
           ( 5) Meat product, minimum 60 % chemically lean, stable at ambient temperature (salted, tinned and cooked)
                 consisting solely of bovine meat, meeting the requirements laid down in Annex B Chapter II to Directive
                 77/99/EEC (OJ No 26, 31 . 1 . 1977, p. 60) and the following requirements after cooking:
                 — moisture : maximum 70 %
                 — protein : minimum 13,5 % (proportion of collagenous to total protein no more than 35 %)
                 — fat: maximum 20 %
                 — salt: maximum 2 % , 50 ppm of maximum total nitrate expressed as sodium nitrate
                 — sugar: maximum 1 %
                 — ash : maximum 2,5 % .
                 The meat may not contain bone, ligament, gristle, hair, foreign bodies or any additive, in particular thick­
                 eners other than tendon collagen of bovine origin . Presentation when sliced must be a firm moulded
                 product ( 15-30 mm pieces) with a limited quantity of minced meat. It must be free of unpleasant odours
                 and tastes .
                 Guaranteed conservation period: minimum four years from manufacture.
          (') The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                documents :
                — health certificate .
          C7) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point VIIA3 (c) is replaced by the following: 'the words " European
                Community"', and point VII.A.3 (b) by the following: the description 'Beef in its own juice' (in Spanish:
                'carne bovina en su jugo').
          (s) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, FCL/ FCL. The supplier will be responsible for the cost of
                making the containers available in the stack position at the container terminal at the port of shipment.
                The beneficiary will 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 subparagraph, of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not apply.
                The successful tenderer must submit to the recipient's agent a complete packing list of each container,
                specifying the number of metal canisters belonging to each shipping number as specified in the invita­
                tion to tender.
                The successful tenderer must seal each container with a numbered locktainer (sysko locktainer 180 seal),
                the number of which is to be provided to the recipient's forwarder.