CELEX: 31994R1159
Language: en
Date: 1994-05-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/94 of 20 May 1994 on the supply of cereals as food aid

No L 129/ 12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                21 . 5 . 94
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1159/94
                                                           of 20 May 1994
                                              on the supply of cereals as food aid
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        is 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
  Community,                                                         resultant costs,
  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 (EEC)
  No 1930/90 (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 oil 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 22 496 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 (s); whereas it               European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 20 May 1994.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Rene STEICHEN
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No   L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L 174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.
0   OJ No   L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                              ANNEX
                                                              LOT A
             1 . Operation No (') : 224/94
             2. Programme : 1994
             3. Recipient (2) : Euronaid PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, (tel. (31 70) 33 05 757 ; fax 36 41 701 ;
                 telex 30960 EURON NL)
             4. Representative of the recipient 0 : see OJ No C 103, 16. 4. 1987
             5. Place or country of destination : Algeria
             6. Product to be mobilized : durum wheat meal
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B.1 (c))
             8. Total quantity : 450 tonnes (714 tonnes of cereals)
             9. Number of lots : one
           10. Packaging and marking (6) (8) (*) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B.2 (d) and II.BJ)
                 Markings in 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 die port of shipment : 4 — 24. 7. 1994
           18. Deadline for the supply : —
           19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
           20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 7. 6.
                  1994
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 21 . 6. 1994
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 18. 7 — 7. 8. 1994
                 (c) deadline for the supply : —
           22. Amount of the tendering security : ECU 5 per tonne
           23. Amount of die 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 120, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi 200, B- 1 049
                 Bruxelles (telex 22037 / 25670 AGREC B ; fax (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97 / 295 01 30 /
                 296 33 04)
           25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (*) : refund applicable on 31 . 5. 1994, fixed by
                 Commission Regulation (EC) No 993/94 (OJ No L 111 , 30. 4. 1994, p. 54)
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                                                                LOT B
               1 . Operation No ('): 254/94
              2. Programme : 1994
              3. Recipient (2) : Euronaid PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, (tel. (31 70) 33 05 757 ; fax 36 41 701 ;
                   telex 30960 EURON NL)
              4. Representative of the recipient (5) : see OJ No C 103, 16. 4. 1987
              5. Place or country of destination : Brazil
              6. Product to be mobilized : maize
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA. 1 (d))
              8 . Total quantity : 1 782 tonnes
              9 . Number of lots : one
            10. Packaging and marking (6) (8) (9) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA2 (a) and IIA3)
                   Markings in Portuguese
            1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
           1 2. Stage of supply : free at port of shipment
           13. Port of shipment : —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
           1 5. Port of landing : —
           16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : —
           1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 4 — 24. 7. 1 994
           18 . Deadline for the supply : —
           19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
           20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 7. 6.
                   1994
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 21 . 6. 1994
                  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 18. 7 — 7. 8. 1994
                  (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 120, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi 200, B-1049
                  Bruxelles (telex 22037 / 25670 AGREC B ; fax (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97 / 295 01 30 /
                  296 33 04)
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : refund applicable on 31 . 5. 1994, fixed by
                  Commission Regulation (EC) No 993/94 (OJ No L 111 , 30. 4. 1994, p. 54)
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                                                                LOT C
             1 . Operation No (') : 281 /94
             2. Programme : 1994
             3. Recipient (2) : Ethiopia
             4. Representative of the recipient : Ambassade d Ethiopie, 32, bd St Michel, 1040 Bruxelles,
                  tél. : 733 49 29 — 733 48 69 : fax : 732 18 51 ; télex 62285
             5. Place or country of destination (") : Ethiopia
             6. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA.1 (a))
             8. Total quantity : 20 000 tonnes
             9 . Number of lots : I
            10. Packaging and marking (8) (l0) : see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA.2 (a) and 11A3)
                  Markings in English
           1 1 . 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 : —
           1 5. Port of landing : Assab
           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 : 20. 6. — 30. 6. 1994
           18. Deadline for the supply : 17. 7. 1994
           19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
           20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon on 7. 6. 1994, (Brussels
                 time)
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 21 . 6. 1994, (Brussels time)
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage : 4 — 14. 7. 1994
                 (c) deadline for the supply : 31 . 7. 1994
           22. Amount of the tendering security : ECU 5 per tonne
           23. Amount of the delivery security : 1 0 % of the amount of the tender in ecus
           24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities (') :
                 Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, a 1 attention de Monsieur Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 1 20, bureau 7/46,
                 200 rue de la Loi, B- 1 049 Bruxelles, telex AGREC 22037 B / AGREC 25670 B ; telefax : (32 2)
                 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97 / 295 01 30 / 296 33 04
           25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : refund applicable on 31 . 5. 1994, fixed by
                 Commission (EC) No 993/94 (OJ No L 111 , 30. 4. 1994, p. 54)
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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
                  amended by Regulation (EC) No 547/94 (OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 ) shall not apply to this amount.
             (s) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to : Willis Corroon Scheuer, PO Box 1315,
                  NL-1000 BH Amsterdam .
            (6) 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 succesful tenderer has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer, 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,
                 — fumigation certificate (lot C).
            (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point IIA.3.(c) or II. B. 3. (c) is replaced by the following : 'the words
                 "European Community"'.
            (9) Since the goods may be rebagged, the succesful 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) The following should be included in the charter party :
                 'Food-aid consignment from the European Community : since the freight charges do not include coordi­
                 nation or supervision costs, the US $ 1 ,50 tax normally paid must not be applied in the case of this ship.'
           (") Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer : see OJ No C 114, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 33.