CELEX: 31999R0931
Language: en
Date: 1999-05-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 931/1999 of 3 May 1999 on the supply of cereals as food aid

4. 5. 1999           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 115/27
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 931/1999
                                                       of 3 May 1999
                                          on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              resultant costs,
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 manage-
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),                               Article 1
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                   Cereals shall be mobilised 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 organisations eligible for Community         the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/
aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of         97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
food aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions             The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has al-              the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
located cereals to certain beneficiaries;                          condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
                                                                   unwritten.
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in accord-
ance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation                                     Article 2
(EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down
general rules for the mobilisation of products to be               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify         European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 3 May 1999.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          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
                                                           LOT A
          1. Action No: 91/98
          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: Kenya
          5. Product to be mobilised: common wheat flour
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 5 000
          7. Number of lots: 1
          8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(5): 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)(d), (2)(d) 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: English
              Supplementary markings: 
         11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
         12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of shipment  fob stowed
         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: 14.6  4.7.1999
              second deadline: 28.6  11.7.1999
         18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
              first deadline: 
              second deadline: 
         19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
              first deadline: 18.5.1999
              second deadline: 1.6.1999
         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/Brussels
             telex 25670 AGREC B; fax (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)
         22. Export refund (4): refund applicable on 30.4.1999, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 665/1999
             (OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 23)
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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 of 29.4.1991, 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'.