CELEX: 31999R1831
Language: en
Date: 1999-08-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1831/1999 of 23 August 1999 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

24. 8. 1999           EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                     L 223/25
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1831/1999
                                                          of 23 August 1999
                                            on the supply of white sugar as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     No 1292/96 as Community food aid (2); whereas it is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of
Community,                                                                      supply to determine the resultant costs,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27
June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
special operations in support of food security (1), and in par-
ticular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,                                                                    Article 1
(1)     Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the             White sugar shall be mobilised in the Community, as
        list of countries and organisations eligible for                Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the
        Community aid and specifies the general criteria on the         Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and
        transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                     under the conditions set out in the Annex.
(2)     Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
        on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has               The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
        allocated white sugar to certain beneficiaries;                 general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition
                                                                        or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
(3)     Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
        accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                                            Article 2
        Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997
        laying down general rules for the mobilisation of prod-         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        ucts to be supplied pursuant to Council Regulation (EC)         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, 23 August 1999.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                      Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                                 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
                                                             LOTS A and B
          1. Action Nos: 187/98 (A), 188/98 (B)
          2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma
             tel.: (39 6) 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: A: Ethiopia; B: North Korea
          5. Product to be mobilised: white sugar
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 315
          7. Number of lots: 2 (A: 115 tonnes; B: 200 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.A 1.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 eith the sixth subpara-
             graph of Article 24 (1a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 (OJ L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4) as follows:
             A or B sugar (points (a) and (b))
         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: 27.9 — 17.10.1999
             — second deadline: 11 — 31.10.1999
         18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
             — first deadline: —
             — second deadline: —
         19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (12 noon, Brussels time):
             — first deadline: 7.9.1999
             — second deadline: 21.9.1999
         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
             Bâtiment 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 18.8.1999 fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No
             1777/1999 (OJ L 212, 12.8.1999, p. 13)
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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.