CELEX: 31998R2661
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2661/98 of 10 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2578/98 on the supply of cereals as food aid

L 336/10             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                              11. 12. 98
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2661/98
                                                  of 10 December 1998
                   amending Regulation (EC) No 2578/98 on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
                                                                 ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                 rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid manage-             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,                                              Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2578/98 (2)                The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2578/98 is replaced by
issued an invitation to tender for the supply, as food aid,      the Annex to this Regulation.
of cereals; whereas some of the conditions specified in the
Annex to that Regulation should be altered;                                              Article 2
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the         publication in the Official Journal of the European
introduction of the euro (3) provides that, as from 1            Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 10 December 1998.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 322, 1. 12. 1998, p. 24.
(3) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
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                                                             ANNEX
                                                            ‘ANNEX
                                                             LOT A
            1. Action No: 1523/95
            2. Beneficiary (2): Peru
            3. Beneficiary’s representative: Programa Nacional de Asistencia Alimentaria (PRONAA), av. Argentina
               3017, El Callao (fax (55 14) 426 54 10)
            4. Country of destination: Peru
            5. Product to be mobilised: common wheat flour
            6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 2 340
            7. Number of lots: one
            8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5) (9) (10): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.B(1)(a))
            9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (2.2.A(1)(c), 2(c) and B(1))
           10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.B(3))
               — language to be used for the markings: Spanish
               — supplementary markings: ‘Distribución gratuita'
           11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
           12. Specified delivery stage: free at destination (8) (10)
           13. Alternative delivery stage:    free at port of shipment — fob stowed
           14. (a) Port of shipment:    —
               (b) Loading address:    —
           15. Port of landing:     —
           16. Place of destination:    PRONAA warehouse (see point 3)
               — port or warehouse of transit: —
               — overland transport route: —
           17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
               — first deadline: 14.3.1999
               — second deadline: 28.3.1999
           18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
               — first deadline: 1 — 14.2.1999
               — second deadline: 15 — 28.2.1999
           19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (12 noon, Brussels time):
               — first deadline: 5.1.1999
               — second deadline: 19.1.1999
           20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 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 on 31.12.1998, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2561/98
               (OJ L 320, 28.11.1998, p. 32)
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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 2 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
              (32 2) 296 20 05).
          (5) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
              — phytosanitary certificate.
          ( ) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point II.B(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European
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              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) In addition to the provisions of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, vessels chartered shall not
              appear on any of the four most recent quarterly lists of detained vessels as published by the Paris
              Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995,
              p. 1)).
          (9) The flour must be enriched by the addition of 30 mg iron per kilogram.
         (10) The supplier shall bear the ‘ENAPU' costs in the port of landing.'