CELEX: 32000R0245
Language: en
Date: 2000-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2000 of 31 January 2000 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

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                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 245/2000
                                                             of 31 January 2000
                                              on the supply of white sugar as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                        pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as
                                                                                   Community food aid (2); it is necessary to specify the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                   time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
Community,
                                                                                   resultant costs,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27
June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and
special operations in support of food security (1), and in partic-         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas:
(1)     The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of                White sugar shall be mobilised in the Community, as
        countries and organisations eligible for Community aid             Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the
        and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food        Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and
        aid beyond the fob stage.                                          under the conditions set out in the Annex.
(2)     Following the taking of a number of decisions on the               The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
        allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated               general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition
        white sugar to certain beneficiaries.                              or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
(3)     It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with                                       Article 2
        the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No
        2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied              publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 31 January 2000.
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                           Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 166, 5.7.1996, p. 1.                                              (2) OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 23.
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                               LOT A
         1. Action No: 42/99 (A1); 43/99 (A2)
         2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma
            tel.: (39-06) 65 13 29 88; fax: 65 13 28 44/3; telex: 626675 WFP I
         3. Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the recipient
         4. Country of destination: Serbia and Montenegro
         5. Product to be mobilised: white sugar
         6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 000
         7. Number of lots: 1 in 2 parts (A1: 300 tonnes; A2: 700 tonnes)
         8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5) (8): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (V.A(1))
         9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (11.2.A1.b, 2.b and B.4)
        10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (V.A(3))
            — Language to be used for the markings: English
            — Supplementary markings: —
        11. Method of mobilisation of the product: sugar produced in the Community in accordance with Article 1(2) of
            Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 (OJ L 252 of 29.9.1999, p. 1) as follows: A or B sugar (points (e) and (f))
        12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of shipment
        13. Alternative delivery stage: —
        14. a) Port of shipment: —
            b) Loading address: —
        15. Port of landing: —
        16. Place of destination: —
            — port or warehouse of transit: —
            — overland transport route: —
        17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
            — first deadline: from 13.3 to 2.4.2000
            — second deadline: from 27.3. to 16.4.2000
        18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
            — first deadline: —
            — second deadline: —
        19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
            — first deadline: 15.2.2000
            — second deadline: 29.2.2000
        20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 per tonne
        21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (1): 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 (exclusively)
        22. Export refund (4): refund applicable to white sugar on 21.1.2000 fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No
            113/2000 (OJ L 14, 20.1.2000, p. 6)
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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 25 of the said Regulation is that indicated 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 No (32-2) 296 20 05).
           (5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
                — health certificate.
           (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114 of 29.4.1991, point V.A.(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European
               Community”’.
           (7) Since the goods may be rebagged, the supplier must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same quality as those
               containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital ‘R’.
           (8) The rule provided at the second indent of Article 18(2)(a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77 (OJ L 246,
               27.9.1977, p. 12), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/96 (OJ L 34, 13.2.1996, p. 16), is binding for
               determination of the sugar category.