CELEX: 31996R2115
Language: en
Date: 1996-11-04 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2115/96 of 4 November 1996 on the supply of cereals as food aid

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                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2115/96
                                                         of 4 November 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, 4 November 1996 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        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 ('): 28/96
                2. Programme: 1996
               3. Recipient (2): Gabinete de Gestão das Ajudas, Caixa Postal No 31 , Av Marginal 12 de Julho. Tel:
                     (239 12)216 72/219 98 (contacto Sr. Diogenes Moniz)
               4. Representative of the recipient: Sao Tome and Principe
               5. Place or country of destination (s): Sao Tome and Principe
               6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
               7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q: see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.B.(1 ) (a))
               8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 1500
               9 . Number of lots: 1
              10. Packaging and marking (6) (8) f): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.B.(2)(d) and II.B.(3))
                    Language to be used for the marking: Portuguese
             11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
             12. Stage of supply: free at destination
             13 . Port of shipment: —
             14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
             15. Port of landing: —
             1 6. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: magasins portuaires, Sao Tome
             1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                    the port of shipment stage: 16 to 29 . 12. 1996
            18 . Deadline for the supply: 19. 1 . 1997
            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 19. 11 .
                    1996
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                   (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 3. 12. 1996
                   (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                        port of shipment stage: 30. 12. 1996 to 12. 1 . 1997
                   (c) deadline for the supply: 2. 2. 1997
            22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 5 per tonne
            23. Amount of 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, à
                   l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                   B- 1 049 Bruxelles/Brussel (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 15. 11 . 1996,
                   fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2055/96 (OJ No L 276, 29. 10. 1996, p. 1 )
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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.
            f) 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
                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.
           (5) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer: OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33.
           (6) 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'.
           Q The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                documents :
                — phytosanitary certificate.
           (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, points II.B(3)(c) are replaced by the following: the words "European
                Community"'.
           (9) Placed in 20-foot containers. The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days.