CELEX: 31990R0604
Language: en
Date: 1990-03-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 604/90 of 12 March 1990 on the supply of common wheat to Ethiopia as food aid

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                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 604/90
                                                    of 12 March 1990
                             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 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1750/89 (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 (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­           Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as
izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the      Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the         the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
fob stage ;                                                      2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions           Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has allo­
cated to certain countries and beneficiary organizations                                   Article 2
20 000 tonnes of cereals ;
                                                                 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 March 1990 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 370, 30. 12; 1986, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 172, 21.-6. 1989, p. 1 .
 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
                                                               LOTS A and B
             1 . Operation Nos (') : 27/90 and 28/90
             2. Programme : 1989
             3 . Recipient : Ethiopia
             4. Representative of the recipient (2) (Europe) : Ambassade de l'Ethiopie, Bd. St. Michel 32, B-1040
                 Bruxelles, telex 62285 ETH 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 (3) :
                 See list published in OJ No C 216, 14. 8. 1987, p. 3 (under II. A.1 )
             8. Total quantity : 20 000 tonnes
             9. Number of lots : two (A : 10 000 tonnes, B ; 10 000 tonnes)
           10. Packaging : in bulk, plus, for each lot
                 — 210 000 new woven-polypropylene bags for food use, weighing not less than 120 grams, which have
                     been specially treated against the effects of ultraviolet light, and 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 :
                     — Lot A : 'ACTION No 27/90 / WHEAT / FOOD AID OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
                                  COMMUNITY TO THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA'
                     — Lot B : 'ACTION No 28/90 / WHEAT / FOOD AID OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
                                  COMMUNITY TO THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA'
           1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
           1 2. Stage of supply : free at port of landing (8) — landed
           13. Port of shipment : —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
           15. Port of landing : Assab
           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 : lot A : 20. 4 — 10. 5. 1990 ; lot B : 20. 5 — 10. 6. 1990
           18. Deadline for the supply (6) : lot A : between 17 and 31 . 5. 1990 ; lot B : between 17 and 30. 6. 1990
           19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
           20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon on 27. 3. 1990
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 3. 4. 1990
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                     port of shipment stage : lot A : 20. 4 — 10. 5. 1990 ; lot B : 20. 5 — 10. 6. 1990
                 (c) deadline for the supply (6) : lot A : between 17 and 31 . 5. 1990 ; lot B : between 17 and 30 . 6. 1990
           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 {*)
                 Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, à 1 attention de Monsieur N. Arend bâtiment Loi 120 bureau 7/58 , 200 rue
                 de la Loi, B- 1 049 Bruxelles, telex : AGREC 22037 B or 25670 B
           25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer ^ : refund applicable on 13. 3. 1990, fixed by
                 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 482/90 (OJ No L 51 , 27. 2. 1990, p. 31 )
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            Notes :
            (') The operation number is to be quoted in all correspondence.
            (2) Commission delegate to be contacted by the successful tenderer :
                 — M. Haffner, PO Box 5570, Addis Ababa, telex 21135 DELEGEUR.
            (') The successful tenderer 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 levels.
            (4) In order not to overload the telex, tenderers are requested to provide, before the date and time laid down
                 in point 20 of the 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 the Annex,
                 — or by telecopier on one of the following numbers in Brussels :
                     235 01 32
                     236 10 97
                     235 01 30
                     236 20 05
            (*) 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, 24. 7. 1989, p. 10) 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 the Annex.
             (6) The risks and costs incurred by a failure to comply with the delivery period laid down for each lot are to
                 be borne by the successful tenderer.
            f) The cost of bagging of the goods is borne by the successful tenderer.
             (8) 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.'