CELEX: 31997R1605
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-08 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1605/97 of 8 August 1997 on the supply of milk products as food aid

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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1605/97
                                                         of 8 August 1997
                                       on the supply of milk products 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,
                                                                   Milk products 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
                                                                   accepted all the general and specific conditions
 allocated milk powder to certain beneficiaries;
                                                                   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, 8 August 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                           Hans VAN DEN BROEK
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
b) OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                                   ANNEX
                                                                   LOT A
               1 . Operation No ('): 387/96
              2. Programme: 1996
              3. Recipient (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma (tel.: (39-6)
                     52 28 29 88; fax: 52 28 28 44/3; telex: 62 66 75 WFP I)
              4. Representative of the recipient: WFP, B.P. 1150 Kigali, Rwanda. Tel.: (250) 876 11 / 12/ 13/ 14; fax:
                    87621
              5 . Place or country of destination : Rwanda
              6. Product to be mobilized: vitaminized skimmed-milk powder
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (5): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (I.B(l ))
              8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 378
              9 . Number of lots : 1
            10 . Packaging and marking (6) f): see OJ No C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 (6.3 A and B.2)
                    see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (I.B (3))
                    Language to be used for the marking: French
                    Supplementary markings . ' Date d'expiration : . . .'
            1 1 . Method of mobilization: The manufacture of the skimmed-milk powder, and the incorporation of
                    vitamins, must be carried out after the award of the tender
            1 2. 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: Entrepot WFP/PAM a Kigali :
                   Oprovia-Kicukiro
           17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                   the port of shipment stage: 15 — 28 . 9. 1997
           18 . Deadline for the supply: 23. 11 . 1997
           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)) 25. 8 . 1997
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                   a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 8. 9. 1997 ( 12 noon (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: 29. 9 — 12. 10. 1997
                  c) deadline for the supply: 7. 12. 1997
           22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 20 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, Attn . Mr T. Vestergaard,
                   Batiment 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 (exclusively)
          25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 5. 8 . 1997, fixed
                  by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1539/97 (OJ No L 206, 1 . 8 . 1997, p. 29)
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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 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.
           Is) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                documents :
                — health certificate .
           (6) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point I. B.3 (c) is replaced by the following; 'the words " European
                Community"'.
           F) Placed in 20-foot containers. The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days.