CELEX: 31996R1655
Language: en
Date: 1996-08-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1655/96 of 19 August 1996 on the supply of cereals as food aid

No L 210/4           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                20 . 8 . 96
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1655/96
                                                          of 19 August 1996
                                              on the supply of cereals 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,
                                                                     Cereals 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
  allocated cereals to certain beneficiaries;
                                                                     accepted all the general and specific conditions
                                                                    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, 19 August 1996.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Erkki LIIKANEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                                ANNEX
                                                                 LOT A
               1 . Operation No ('): 1057/95
               2. Programme: 1995
               3. Recipient (2): Euronaid, Postbus 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel: (31 70) 33 05 757; fax: 36 41 701 ; telex:
                    30960 EURON NL)
              4. Representative of the recipient ("): to be designated by the recipient
              5. Place or country of destination : Haiti
              6. Product to be mobilized: milled rice (product code 1006 30 96 900 and 1006 30 98 900)
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q: see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.A ( 1 ) (f))
              8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 1 530
              9 . Number of lots : one
             10. Packaging and marking (^ (6) (8) (9): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA (2) (c) and II.A (3))
                   Language to be used for the marking: French
             11 . Method of mobilization: the Community market
             12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment
             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 : —
            17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 23 . 9 — 13 . 10. 1996
            18 . Deadline for the supply: —
            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))
                   3 . 9 . 1996
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: ( 12 noon (Brussels time)) on 17. 9. 1996
                  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 7 — 27. 10 . 1996
                  (c) deadline for the supply: —
            22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 5 per tonne
            23. Amount of the 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, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7i46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels (telex:
                  25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03/296 70 04)
            25. Refund payable on application by the successsful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 30 . 8 . 1996,
                  fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1495/96 (OJ No L 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 54)
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                                                                LOT B
             1 . Operation No ('): 1058/95
            2. Programme: 1995
            3 . Recipient (2): Euronaid, Postbus 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel : (31 70) 33 05 757; fax: 36 41 701 ; telex:
                  30960 EURON NL)
            4. Representative of the recipient ("): to be designated by the recipient
            5. Place or country of destination : Haiti
            6 . Product to be mobilized : oat flakes
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f7): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B ( 1 ) (e))
            8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 96
            9 . Number of lots : one
           10. Packaging and marking ( 6) (") (9) (l0): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B (2)(f) and II.B (3))
                 Language to be used for the marking: French
          11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
          12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment:
          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: —
          17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 23 . 9 — 13 . 10 . 1996
          18 . Deadline for the supply: —
          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)) 3. 9.
                 1996
         21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: ( 12 noon (Brussels time)) 17. 9. 1996
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 7 — 27. 10 . 1996
                (c) deadline for the supply: —
         22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 5 per tonne
         23. Amount of the 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, Bâtiment Loi 130 , bureau 7/46, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, B-1049 Brussels (telex:
                25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03/296 70 04)
         25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 30. 8 . 1996,
                fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1495/96 (OJ No L 189, 30. 7 1996, p. 54)
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                                                                  LOT C
                1 . Operation No ('): 1059/95
               2. Programme: 1995
               3. Recipient (2): Euronaid, Postbus 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel: (31 70) 33 05 757; fax: 36 41 701 ; telex:
                     30960 EURON NL)
               4. Representative of the recipient ("): to be designated by the recipient
               5. Place or country of destination : Haiti
               6. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
               7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q: see OJ No C 1 14, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B ( 1 ) (a))
               8 . Total quantity: 360 tonnes
               9 . Number of lots : one
             10. Packaging and marking fl (6) (8) f): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.B (2) (d) and II.B (3))
                     Language to be used for the marking: French
             1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
             12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment
            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 : —
            17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 23 . 9 — 13 . 10 . 1996
            18 . Deadline for the supply: —
            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)) on 3. 9.
                     1996
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                    (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: ( 12 noon (Brussels time)) on 17. 9. 1996
                    (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 7 — 27. 10. 1996
                    (c) deadline for the supply: —
            22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 5 per tonne
            23 . Amount of the 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, Mr T.
                   Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130 , bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B- 1 049 Brussels (telex: 25670
                   AGREC B; fax : (32 2) 296 70 03/296 70 04)
            25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 30. 8. 1996,
                   fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1495/96 (OJ No L 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 54)
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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 certifiying 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.
            (*) See the second amendment to OJ No C 114 published in OJ No C 135, 26. 5. 1992. p. 20
            (6) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers condition FCL/FCL (lots B and C each containing 12
                 tonnes net (lot B) and 20 tonnes net (lot C)).
                 The supplier shall be responsible for the cost of making the containers available in the stack position at
                 the container terminal at the port of shipment. The recipient shall be responsible for all subsequent
                 loading costs, including the cost of moving the containers from the container terminal. The provisions of
                 Article 13 (2), second paragraph, of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not apply.
                 The successful tenderer has to submit to the recipient's agent a complete packing list of each container,
                 specifying number of bags belonging to each shipping number as specified in the invitation to tender.
                The successful tenderer has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (SYSKO locktainer 180
                seal), the number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.
           f7) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                documents :
                — phytosanitary certificate,
                — lots A and C: fumigation certificate (the cargo shall be fumigated before shipment with phosphine
                     gas)-
          (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point IIA (3) (c) or II.B(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words
                "European Community"'.
          (9) Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same
                quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R'.
         (10) See the fourth amendment to OJ No C 114 published in OJ No C 272, 21 . 10. 1992, p. 6.
         (") The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to Willis Corroon Scheuer, Postbus 1315,
                NL-1000 Amsterdam .