CELEX: 31988R0425
Language: en
Date: 1988-02-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 425/88 of 12 February 1988 on the supply of common wheat to Ethiopia as food aid

16. 2. 88                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 42/ 19
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 425/88
                                                    of 12 February 1988
                            on the supply of common wheat to Ethiopia as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July
                                                                1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                the Community of products to be supplied as community
Economic Community,
                                                                food-aid (4) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86            limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid             followed to determine the resultant costs,
management ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3785/87 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1 ) (c) thereof,
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21
May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation                                    Article 1
(EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid man­
agement ^) lays down the list of countries and organiza­        A tendering procedure is hereby initiated for the award of
tions eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the        a contract for the supply of common wheat to Ethiopia in
general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the        accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
fob stage ;                                                     2200/87 and with the conditions laid down in the
                                                                Annexes hereto.
Whereas, by its Decisions of 4 and 15 December 1987, on
the supply of food aid to Ethiopia the Commission allo­
cated to this country 65 000 tonnes of cereals to be                                      Article 2
supplied free at port of landing ;
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by          European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 12 February 1988 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
0 OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. I.
0 OJ No L 356, 18 . 12. 1987, p. 8 .
(3) OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .                             (4) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX I
             1 . Operation No ('): 42-43/88 .
             2. Programme : 1987
             3. Recipient : Ethiopia
            4. Representative of the recipient ^) (Europe): Ambassade de l'Ethiopie, Bd. St. Michel 32, 1040
                 Bruxelles. Telex 62285 ΕΤΗ BRU B. (Ethiopia) : Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC), PO Box
                 5686 Addis Ababa, cable REHAB, Tel. 15 30 11 .
             5. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
             6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods f) :
                 See list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 216 of 14 August 1987, page
              . 3 (under II. A.1 ) Specific characteristics : Hagberg falling number of at least 160.
             8 . Total quantity : 25 000 tonnes
             9. Number of lots : 2 (1 : 12 500 tonnes (Assab) / II : 12 500 tonnes (Massawa))
           10. Packaging : in bulk, plus
                 — for lot No 1 : 262 500 and lot No 2 : 262 500 empty new jute sacks, minimum weight 600 g, of a
                     capacity of 50 kilograms, and for each lot 100 needles and sufficient twine
                 — marking on the bags, in letters at least 5 cm high, the month and the year of shipment, followed by :
                     1 . 'ACTION No 42/88'         and 7 WHEAT / FOOD AID OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
                     2. 'ACTION No 43/88 '              COMMUNITY TO THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA' (4)
           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 : —
           15. Port of landing : Assab ( 12 500 tonnes) — Massawa (12 500 tonnes) (")
           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 : 15 March to 10 April 1988
           18 . Deadline for the supply : 31 May 1988 .
           19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
           20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon on 1 March 1988.
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 15 March 1988.
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                     port of shipment stage : 1 to 25 April 1988.
                 (c) deadline for the supply : 31 May 1988.
           22. Amount of the tendering security : 5 ECU/tonne.                                                   ,
           23. Amount of the delivery security : 10 % of the amount of the tender in ECU
           24. Address for submission of tenders (6)
                 Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, à 1 attention de Monsieur N, Arend bâtiment Berlaymont, bureau 6/73, 200,
                 rue de la Loi, B — 1 049 Bruxelles, Telex : AGREC 22037 B.
           25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer f7)
                 Refund applicable on 2 February 1988 fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 283/88 in Official Journal of the
                 European Communities No L 26 of 30 January 1988, p. 79.
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                                                               ANNEX II
           1 . Operation No ('): 44-45/88
           2. Programme : 1987
           3. Recipient : Ethiopia
           4. Representative of the recipient (2) (Europe) : Ambassade de l'Ethiopie, Bd St Michel 32, 1040 Brux­
                elles, Telex 62285 ΕΤΗ BRU B. Ethiopia : Ministry of Agriculture, Soil and Water Conservation Depart­
                ment, PO Box 62347, Addis Ababa, Tel. 44 80 40
           5. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
           6. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
           7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) :
                See list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 216 of 14 August 1987, page
                3 (under II. A. 1 ) Specific characteristics : Hagberg falling number of at least 160
            8 . Total quantity : 40 000 tonnes
            9. Number of lots : 2.(1 : 25 000 tonnes (Assab) / II : 15 000 tonnes (Massawa))
          10. Packaging : in bulk, plus
                — for lot No 1 : 525 000 and lot No 2 : 315 000 empty new jute sacks, minimum weight 600 g, of a
                    capacity of 50 kilograms, and for each lot 100 needles and sufficient twine
                — marking on the bags, in letters at least 5 cm high, the month and the year of shipment, followed by :
                      I. 'ACTION No 44/88'          and '/ WHEAT / FOOD AID OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
                     II. 'ACTION No 45/88'                COMMUNITY TO THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA' (4)
          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 : —
          15. Port of landing : Assab (25 000 tonnes) — Massawa ( 15 000 tonnes) (8)
          16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : —
          1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                the port of shipment stage : 1 to 30 April 1988
          18. Deadline for the supply : 30 June 1988
          19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon on 1 March 1988
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 15 March 1988
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                     port of shipment stage : 15 April to 15 May 1988
                (c) deadline for the supply : 30 June 1988
          22. Amount of the tendering security : 5 ECU/tonne
          23. Amount of the delivery security : 10 % of the amount of the tender in ECU
          24. Address for submission of tenders (6)
                 Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, à 1 attention de Monsieur N, Arend bâtiment Berlaymont, bureau 6/73, 200,
                 rue de la Loi, B — 1049 Bruxelles, Telex : AGREC 22037 B
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer Q
                 Refund applicable on 2 February 1988 fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 283/88 in Official Journal of the
                 European Communities No L 26 of 30 January 1988, p. 79.
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           Notes :
           (') The operation number is to be quoted in all correspondence.
           (2) Commission delegate to contact by the successful tenderer : M. Haffner, PO Box 5570, Addis Ababa,
                Telex 21 1 35 DELEGEUR, Addis Ababa.
           f) The successful tenderer shall deliver to the beneficiary a certificate from an official entity certifying that
                for the products 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 1 34 and 1 37 level.
           (4) The cost of bagging of the goods is borne by the successful tenderer.
           (*) The following should be included in the charter party : 'Food-aid consignment from the European
                Economic Community : since the freight charges do not include coordination or supervision costs, the US
                $ 1,50 tax normally paid must not be applied in the case of this ship.'
           (<■) In order not to overload the telex, tenderers are requested to provide, before the date and time laid down
                in point 20 of this Annex, evidence that the tendering security referred to in Article 7 (4) (a) of Regulation
                (EEC) No 2200/87 has been lodged, preferably :
                — either by porter at the Office referred to in point 24 of this Annex,
                — or by telecopier on one of the following numbers in Brussels :
                    —   236  20 05
                    —   235  01 32
                    —   236  10 97
                    —   235  01 30
           0 Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 (OJ L 210, 1.8. 1987) is applicable as regards the export refund and, where
                appropriate, the monetary and accession compensatory amounts, the representative rate and the monetary
                coefficient. The date referred to in Article 2 of the abovementioned Regulation is that referred to in point
                25 of this Annex.
            (®) The port of Massawa can only accommodate ships with a maximum draught of 28 feet and a maximum
                length of 180 feet.