CELEX: 31996R1367
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-15 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1367/96 of 15 July 1996 on the supply of cereals as food aid

No L 177/ 12        ( ENl                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 16. 7. 96
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1367/96
                                                              of 15 July 1996
                                                on the supply of cereals as food aid
    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
                                                                         resultant costs,
    Community,
    Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86
   of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
    No 1292/96 (2), and in particular Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) thereof,
                                                                                                 Article 1
   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21
   May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation                Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as
   (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid                      Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
   management (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­            the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
   izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the          2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
   general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the             Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
   fob stage;
                                                                        The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
   Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions               accepted all the general and specific conditions
   on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                    applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in
   allocated to certain beneficiaries 30 403 tonnes of cereals;         his tender is deemed unwritten .
   Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
   accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                                             Article 2
   Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down
  general rules for the mobilization in the Community of                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
   products to be supplied as Community food aid (4), as                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 0; whereas it is                European Communities.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels, 15 July 1996.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No  L  370 , 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No  L  166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ  No  L  136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(4)  OJ  No  L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 5   OJ  No  L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                                LOT A
              1 . Operation Nos ('): 753/95 (Al ); 754/95 (A2)
              2. Programme: 1995
              3. Recipient (2): Solidaridad Internacional, Glorieta de Quevedo 7, 6-D E-28015 Madrid, Tel: (34-1 )
                   59 31 113, fax: 44 84 469/Oxfam Belgique, rue du Conseil 39, B-1050 Brussels Tel: (32-2) 51 29 990, fax:
                   51 18 919 (contact: J.M Biquet)
              4. Representative of the recipient: Croissant Rouge Algerien pour Croissant Rouge Saharaoui, 15b, Bd
                   Mohamed V, Alger. Tel: (213-2) 64 57 27; fax: 64 97 87
              5. Place or country of destination: Algeria
              6. Product to be mobilized: milled rice (product code 1006 30 92 900, 1006 30 94 900, 1006 30 96 900,
                   1006 30 98 900)
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) P): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.A (l )(f))
              8. Total quantity: 2 000 tonnes
             9. Number of lots: 1 in 2 parts (Al : 1 700 tonnes; A2: 300 tonnes)
            10. Packaging and marking (s) (9) (u) (n): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (IIA (2) (c) and II.A. (3))
                  Language to be used for the marking: French
            11 . Method of mobilization: the Community market
            12. Stage of supply: free at port of landing — landed
            13 . Port of shipment: —
            14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
            15. Port of landing : Oran
            16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: —
            17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                  the port of shipment stage: 28. 8 — 8 . 9. 1996
            18 . Deadline for the supply: 22. 9 . 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) on 30 . 7.
                  1996
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 13. 8 . 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: 9 — 22. 9. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 6. 10. 1996
           22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 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
                 l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                 B-1049 Brussels (telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
           25. Refund payable on application request by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 26. 7.
                 1996, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1206/96 (OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 28)
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                                                               LOT B
              1 . Operation Nos ('): 1001 /95
             2. Programme: 1995
             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 : Haiti
             6. Product to be mobilized : oat flakes
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.B(l)(e))
             8 . Total quantity: 108 tonnes
             9 . Number of lots: 1
           10. Packaging and marking (6)(8)(9)(10): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.B(2)(f) and II.B (3))
                  Language to be used for the marking: French
           1 1 . 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. 8 — 15. 9. 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: 1 2 noon (Brussels time) on 30. 7.
                  1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 13. 8 . 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 9 — 29. 9. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: —
          22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 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 1 aide alimentaire, à
                 l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat,
                 B- 1 049 Brussels (telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2)296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
          25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (*): refund applicable on 26. 7. 1996,
                 fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1206/96 (OJ No L 161 , 29. 6 1996, p. 28)
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                                                                LOT C
              1 . Operation No ('): 1000/95
             2. Programme: 1995
             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 : Haiti
             6. Product to be mobilized: common wheat flour
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods Of7): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.B(l)(a))
             8 . Total quantity: 380 tonnes
             9 . Number of lots: 1
            10. Packaging and marking (6) (8) (9) (l2): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.B(2)(d) and II.B (3))
                  Language to be used for the marking: French
           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: 19. 8 — 8. 9. 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: 1 2 noon (Brussels time) on 30. 7.
                  1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 13. 8 . 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 2 — 22. 9. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: —
          22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 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 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)
          25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 26. 7. 1996,
                 fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1206/96 (OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 28)
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                                                                LOT D
              1 . Operation Nos ('): 976/95 (Dl ); 977/95 (D2)
              2. Programme: 1995
             3. Recipient (2): CICR, 19, avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneve (tel: (41 22)734 60 01 ; telex: 22269 CH
                   CICR)
             4. Representative of the recipient: ICRC Tbihssi, Dutu Megreli Road 1 , 380003 Tbilissi (tel: (78832)
                   93 55 11 ; fax: (78832) 935520)
             5. Place or country of destination: Georgia
             6. Product to be mobilized: common wheat flour
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f): OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.B(l)(a))
             8 . Total quantity: 800 tonnes
             9. Number of lots: 1 in 2 parts (Dl : 500 tonnes; D2: 300 tonnes)
            10. Packaging and marking (8) f)(12) (l4): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B (2) (d) and II.B (3))
                   Language to be used for the marking: English
                  Supplementary markings: 'GG — 0042 (Dl ); 'ZZC — 0263 (D2)
           1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
           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 Tbilissi, Dutu Megreli Road 1 , 380003 Tbihssi
           1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                  the port of shipment stage: 26. 8 — 8 . 9. 1996
           18 . Deadline for the supply: 29. 9. 1996
           19 . Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 1 2 noon (Brussels time) on 30. 7.
                  1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 13. 8. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: 9 — 22. 9. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 13. 10 . 1996
          22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 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 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)
          25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 26. 7. 1996,
                 fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1206/96 (OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 28)
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                                                                 LOT E
              1 . Operation Nos ('): 1002/95 (El ); 1003/95 (E2), 1004/95 (E3)
              2. Programme: 1995
              3. Recipient ^): Peru
              4. Representative of the recipient: Fondo de contravalor Peru — Union Europea, Pasaje Lynch 165, San
                   Isidro, Lima 27, Peru (tel. 4- fax (51 14) 42 93 64/42 41 36/42 31 00)
              5. Place or country of destination (*): Peru
             6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (*): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.A 1 (a))
             8 . Total quantity: 25 000 tonnes
             9 . Number of lots: 1 in 3 parts (El : 17 578 tonnes; E2: 4 136 tonnes; E3: 3 286 tonnes)
            10. Packaging and marking: in bulk
            11 . Method of mobilization of product: the Community market
            12. Stage of supply: free at port of landing — landed
           13 . Port of shipment: —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
           15. Port of landing: El : Callao; E2: Matarani; E3: Salaverry
           16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: —
           1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                  the port of shipment stage: 12 — 25. 8 . 1996
           18 . Deadline for the supply: 29 . 9 . 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) on 30 . 7.
                  1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 13. 8 . 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: 26. 8 — 8. 9. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 13. 10. 1996
          22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 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 1 aide alimentaire, à l'at­
                 tention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049
                 Brussels (telex 25670 AGREC B; fax (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
          25. Refund payable on application request by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 26. 7.
                 1996, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1206/96 (OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 28)
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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 certifiying 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 2853/95 (OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 ), shall not apply to this
                 amount.
            (*) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer:
                 Manuel González Olaechea, 247, San Isidro, Lima 27; Tel : (51-1 ) 44 15 832 / 44 03 097; fax: 42 28 778 .
            (h) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers condition FCL/FCL.
                 The supplier shall be responsible for the cost of making the containers available in the stack position at
                 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 locktainer (SYSKO locktainer 180
                 seal), number of which to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.
            Q The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                 documents :
                — phytosanitary certificate
                — lots A, C, D: fumigation certificate (lot C: the cargo shall be fumigated before shipment with alumine
                       phosphine).
           (s) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point II J\(3)(C) or II.B (3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words
                "European Community"'.
           (9) 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\
          (10) See fourth amendment to OJ No C 114 published in OJ No C 272, 21 . 10. 1992, p. 6.
          (") The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to Willis Corroon Scheuer, PO box 1315,
                NL-1000 Amsterdam .
          (12) See second amendment to OJ No C 114 published in OJ No C 135, 26. 5. 1992, p. 20.
          (13) Places in one-way 20-foot containers.
          (14) 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.
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          The palletized bags shall be covered by a shrink film of a thickness of at least 150 microns. The pallet
          shall be covered with a wooden structure to allow stacking. The whole of the above must be bound, in
          each direction, by two nylon straps of a width of not less than 15 mm with plastic buckles.
          The bags are further protected by board of wood placed between the bags and straps .