CELEX: 31996R1924
Language: en
Date: 1996-10-04 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1924/96 of 4 October 1996 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

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                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1924/96
                                                         of 4 October 1996
                                         on the supply of white sugar 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,
                                                                    White sugar shall be mobilized in the Community, as
  Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the
                                                                    Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
  list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid
                                                                    the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
  operations and specifies the general criteria on the              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            The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
 on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has
 allocated sugar 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 (3); 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 October 1996.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
H OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                                LOT A
             1 . Operation No ('): 1099/95
            2. Programme: 1995
            3. Recipient (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma (tel ■
                 (39-6)57 971 ; telex: 626675 WFP I)
            4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
            5. Place or country of destination: Tajikistan
            6. Product to be mobilized: white sugar
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q (8): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VA(1 ))
            8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 550
            9 . Number of lots : one
           10. Packaging and marking (5) ('): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VA (2) and VA (3))
                 Language to be used for the marking: English
          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))
          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: 18 . 11 . — 18 . 12. 1996
          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 . 10.
                 1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 4. 11 . 1996
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 2. — 22. 12. 1996
                (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 l'aide alimentaire, à 1 attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46,
                rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B- 1 049 Bruxelles/Brussel, Telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03 /
                296 70 04
         25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): periodic refund applicable to white
                sugar on 27. 9. 1996, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1842/96 (OJ No L 245, 26. 9. 1996, p. 1 )
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                                                                   LOT B
              1 . Operation No (]): 1115/95
              2. Programme: 1995
              3. Recipient (2): C1CR, 19 avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneve (tel.: (41-22) 734 60 01 ; telex: 22269 CICR
                   CH)
              4. Representative of the recipient: ICRC Tbilissi, Dutu Megreli Road 1 , 380003 Tbilissi (tel .: (78832)
                   935511 ; fax : (78832) 935520)
              5. Place or country of destination: Georgia
             6. Product to be mobilized: white sugar
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q (8): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (V. A(l ))
             8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 150
             9 . Number of lots: 1
            10. Packaging and marking (5) (6) (9): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (V. A. (2) and V. A. (3))
                   Language to be used for the marking: English
                  Supplementary markings: 'ZZZ-269'
            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))
            12. Stage of supply: free at destination
            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: ICRC warehouse, Castello street
                  30A Adler Sochi Russia (transport documents should mention : ' Final destination Sukhumi : Humanita­
                  rian aid in transit through Russia')
           17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                  the port of shipment stage: 18 . 11 . — 1 . 12. 1996
           18. Deadline for the supply: 29. 12. 1996
           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)]
                  21 . 10 . 1996
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: ( 12 noon (Brussels time)) 4. 11 . 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                       port of shipment stage: 2 — 15. 12. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 12. 1 . 1997
           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 l'aide alimentaire,
                 Attn . Mr T. Vestergaard,
                 Batiment 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
           25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): periodic refund applicable to white
                 sugar on 27. 9. 1996, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1842/96 (OJ No L 245, 26. 9. 1996, p. 1 )
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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) 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), 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) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point VA (3) (c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
                Community"'.
           (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'.
           Q 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:
                — health certificate .
           (9) The bags shall be stacked, maximum 21 , on wooden pallets (made of pine, fir, or poplar wood) measuring
                not more than 1 200 x 1 400 mm, and with the following features:
                — four-way entry, non-reversible, with wings,
                — a top deck consisting of a minimum of seven planks (width: 100 mm; thickness: 22 mm),
                — a bottom deck consisting of three planks (width : 100 mm; thickness: 22 mm),
                — three bearers (width : 100 mm; thickness : 22 mm),
                — nine dowels : 100 x 100 x 78 mm minimum .
                The palletized bags shall be covered by a shrink film of a thickness of at least 150 microns and shall be
                covered with a wooden structure to allow stacking. The whole of the above must be bound, in each direc­
                tion, by two nylon straps of a width of not less than 15 mm with plastic buckles .
                The bags are further protected by cardboard or wood placed between the bags and the straps.