CELEX: 31998R2660
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2660/98 of 10 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2555/98 on the supply of milk products as food aid

11. 12. 98           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 336/7
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2660/98
                                                  of 10 December 1998
                 amending Regulation (EC) No 2555/98 on the supply of milk products as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
                                                                 ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                 rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid manage-             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,                                              Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2555/98 (2)                The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2555/98 is replaced by
issued an invitation to tender for the supply, as food aid,      the Annex to this Regulation.
of milk products; whereas some of the conditions speci-
fied in the Annex to that Regulation should be altered;                                  Article 2
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the         publication in the Official Journal of the European
introduction of the euro (3) provides that, as from 1            Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 10 December 1998.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 320, 28. 11. 1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
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                                                          ANNEX
                                                         ‘ANNEX
                                                          LOT A
         1. Action No: 1524/95
         2. Beneficiary (2): Peru
         3. Beneficiary’s representative: Programa Nacional de Asistencia Alimentaria (PRONAA), av. Argentina
            3017, El Callao, (Fax: (51-14) 426 54 10)
         4. Country of destination: Peru
         5. Product to be mobilised: vitaminised skimmed-milk powder
         6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 500
         7. Number of lots: one
         8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (I.B(1))
         9. Packaging: see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (6.3, A and B(2))
        10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (I.B(3))
            — Language to be used for the markings: Spanish
            — Supplementary markings: ‘Distribución gratuita' and ‘Fecha de caducicad: . . .'
        11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
            The manufacture of the skimmed-milk powder, and the incorporation of vitamins, must be carried out
            after the award of the tender
        12. Specified delivery stage: free at destination (7) (8)
        13. Alternative delivery stage:    free at port of shipment
        14. (a) Port of shipment:    —
            (b) Loading address:    —
        15. Port of landing:     —
        16. Place of destination:    PRONAA warehouse (see point 3)
            — port or warehouse of transit: —
            — overland transport route: —
        17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
            — first deadline: 14.3.1999
            — second deadline: 28.3.1999
        18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
            — first deadline: 1 — 14.2.1999
            — second deadline: 15 — 28.2.1999
        19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (12 noon, Brussels time):
            — first deadline: 5.1.1999
            — second deadline: 18.1.1999
        20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 20 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 25.11.1998, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2438/98
            (OJ L 303, 13.11.1998, p. 12)
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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 referred to 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 documents:
               — health certificate issued by an official entity stating that the product was processed under excellent
                   sanitary conditions which are supervised by qualified technical personnel. The certificate must state the
                   temperature and duration of the pasteurisation, the temperature and duration in the spray-drying-tower
                   and the expiry date for consumption,
               — veterinary certificate issued by an official entity stating that the area of production of raw milk had not
                   registered foot-and-mouth disease nor any other notifiable infectious/contagious disease during the 12
                   months prior to the processing.
           (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point I.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Community”'.
           (7) 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-Memor-
               andum of Understanding on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).
           (8) The supplier shall bear the ‘ENAPU' costs in the port of landing.'