CELEX: 31988R3261
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3261/88 of 21 October 1988 on the supply of various lots of white sugar as food aid

No L 291 / 12                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              25. 10 . 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3261/88
                                                      of 21 October 1988
                                on die supply of various lots of white sugar as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas given the situation on the sugar market and the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             special nature of the sector, the supplies should be taken
Economic Community,
                                                                  from C-sUgar produced outside the production quotas, as
                                                                  defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86              June 1981 on the common organization of the market in
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid               the sugar sector (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No             No 2306/88 (®) ; whereas under that Regulation refunds
1870/88 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1 ) (c) thereof,        and monetary compensatory amounts may not be granted
                                                                  or export levies and monetary compensatory amounts
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21                 may not be charged on exports of C-sugar,
May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation
(EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid
management (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­
izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the
fob stage ;                                          -
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on
the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated            C-Sugar shall be mobilized in the Community, as
to certain countries and beneficiary organizations 1 183           Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
tonnes of white sugar ;                                            the Annexes in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annexes .
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                  Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down
general rules for the mobilization in the Community of                                       Article 2
products to be supplied as Community food aid (4) ;
whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
determine the resultant costs :                                    European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                  Done at Brussels, 21 October 1988 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
0   OJ No   L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 168, 1 . 7. 1988, p. 7.
0   OJ No   L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .                             O OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
 4  OJ No   L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .                             I6) OJ No L 201 , 27. 7. 1988, p. 65.
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                                                                  ANNEX I
             1 . Operation No (') : 274/88 — Commission Decision of 16 March 1988
             2. Programme : 1988
             3. Recipient : World Food Programme, Via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Rome, telex : 626675
                  WFP I
             4. Representative of the recipient (2) : see Official Journal of the European Communities No C 103 of
                   16 April 1987
             5. Place or country of destination : Somalia
             6. Product to be mobilized : white sugar
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) : white sugar of category 2 standard quality (Council
                   Regulation (EEC) No 793/72 (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 94 of 21 April 1972,
                   page 1)) meeting the requirements set out in Article 3 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77
                   (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 246 of 27 September 1977, page 12)
             8 . Total quantity : 500 tonnes
             9 . Number of lots : one
            10. Packaging and marking (4): new jute bags, with inner polythene bag at least 0,05 mm thick,
                 ■ minimum weight of jute and polythene 420 grams, net capacity 50 kilograms.
                   Marking on bags (at least 5 cm high) :
                   'ACTION No 274/88 / SOMALIA 0340502 / SUGAR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
                   COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME / BERBERA'
            11 . Method of mobilization 0 : C-sugar produced in the Community as defined at (c) in the fourth sub­
                   paragraph of Article 24 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , as last amended by Regulation No 2306/88
                    (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 201 of 27 July 1988, page 65)
            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 marking the goods available at the port of shipment stage : 1 to 15 December 1988
             18. Deadline for the supply : —
             19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
             20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 8 November 1988 at 12 noon
             21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                     (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 22 November 1988 at 12 noon
                     (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 15 to 30 December 1988
                     (c) deadline for the supply : —
             22. Amount of the tendering security : 15 ECU/tonne
             23. Amount of the delivery security : 10 % of the amount of the tender in ECU
             24. Address for submission of tenders (*) :
                      Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, à l'attention de Monsieur N. Arend, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/58, 200,
                      me de la Loi, B- 1 049 Brussels, Telex : AGREC 22037 B
              25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (6) : —
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                                                               ANNEX II
              1 . Operation No ('): 958/88 — Commission Decision of 14 April 1987
              2. Programme : 1987
              3. Recipient : UNHCR, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10 ; telex 27492 UNHCR — CH
              4. Representative of the recipient (2) : Señor Representante regional del ACNUR en Centroamerica, Los
                   Yoses, Del Automercado 175 Este, San José, Costa Rica
              5. Place or country of destination : Costa Rica
              6. Product to be mobilized : white sugar
               7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) : white sugar of category 2 standard quality (Council
                    Regulation (EEC) No 793/72 (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 94 of 21 April 1972,
                    page 1)) meeting the requirements set out in Article 3 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77
                    (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 246 of 27 September 1977, page 12)
               8. Total quantity : 133 tonnes
               9 . Number of lots : one
             10. Packaging and marking (4) : new jute bags, with inner polythene bag at least 0,05 mm thick,
                    minimum weight of jute and polythene 420 grams, net capacity 50 kilograms
                    Marking on bags (at least 5 cm high) :
                    'ACCIÓN N° 958/88 / AZÚCAR / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA
                    PARA DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA POR LA OFICINA DEL ALTO COMISIONADO DE LA NACI­
                    ONES UNIDAS PARA LOS REFUGIADOS / PUERTO LIMON'
              11 Method of mobilization 0 : C-sugar produced in the Community as defined at (c) in the fourth sub­
                  ' paragraph of Article 24 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                     2306/88, (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 201 of 27 July 1988, page 65)
              12. Stage of supply : free at port of landing — landed
              13. Port of shipment : —
              14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
              1 5. Port of landing : Puerto Limon
              16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : —
               17. Period for marking the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded
                     at the port of shipment stage : 1 to 15 December 1988
               18 . Deadline for the supply : 31 January 1989
               19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : invitation to tender
               20. In the case of an invitation to tender, date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of
                      tenders : 8 November 1988 at 12 noon
               21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                      (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 22 November 1988 at 12 noon
                      (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                           port of shipment stage : 15 to 30 December 1988
                      (c) deadline for the supply : 15 February 1989
                22. Amount of the tendering security : 15 ECU/tonne
                23. Amount of the delivery security : 10 % of the amount of the tender in ECU
                24. Address for submission of tenders (*) :
                       Bureau de l'aide alimentaire,
                       à l'attention de Monsieur N. Arend,
                       Bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/58 ,
                       200, rue de la Loi,
                       B- 1 049 Brussels,
                       telex : AGREC 22037 B
                25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer o : —
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                                                                 ANNEX III
                1 . Operation No ('): 959/88 — Commission Decision of 19 March 1987
                2. Programme : 1987
                3. Recipient : UNHCR, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10 ; telex 27492 UNHCR -— CH
                4. Representative of the recipient (2) : Señor Representante del ACNUR para Honduras, Edificio Immo­
                    biliaria, Maya, 2 do Piso, Frente Hotel Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
                5. Place or country of destination : Honduras
                6. Product to be mobilized : white sugar
                7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) : white sugar of category 2 standard quality [Council
                    Regulation (EEC) No 793/72, (Official     Journal of the European Communities No L 94 of 21 April
                    1972, page 1 )] meeting the requirements set out in Article 3 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                    2103/77 (Official   Journal of the European Communities No L 246 of 27 September 1977, page 12)
                8 . Total quantity : 350 tonnes
                9. Number of lots : one
              10. Packaging and marking (4): new jute bags, with inner polythene bag at least 0,05 mm thick,
                    minimum weight of jute and polythene 420 grams, net capacity 50 kilograms.
                    Marking on bags (at least 5 cm high) :
                    'ACCIÓN N° 959/88 / AZÚCAR / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA
                    PARA DISTRIBUCIÓN QRATUITA POR LA OFICINA DEL ALTO COMISIONADO DE LAS
                    NACIONES UNIDAS PARA LOS REFUGIADOS / PUERTO CORTES'
              1 1 . Method of mobilization (J) : C-sugar produced in the Community as defined at (c) in the fourth sub­
                    paragraph of Article 24 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , as last amended by Regulation No 2306/88,
                    (Official  Journal of the European Communities No L 201 of 27 July 1988, page 65)
              1 2. Stage of supply : free at port of landing — landed
              13. Port of shipment : —
              14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
              1 5. Port of landing : Puerto Cortes
              16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : —
              17. Period for marking the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded
                    at the port of shipment stage : 1 to 15 December 1988
            ' 18 . Deadline for the supply : 31 January 1989
              19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : invitation to tender
              20. In the case of an invitation to tender, date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of
                     tenders : 8 November 1988 at 12 noon
              21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                    (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 22 November 1988 at 12 noon
                    (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                          port of shipment stage : 15 to 30 December 1988
                     (c) deadline for the supply : 15 February 1989
              22. Amount of the tendering security : 15 ECU/tonne
              23. Amount of the delivery security : 10 % of the amount of the tender in ECU
              24. Address for submission of tenders (*) :
                     Bureau de l'aide alimentaire,
                     à l'attention de Monsieur N. Arend,
                     Bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/58 ,
                     200, rue de la Loi,
                     B- 1 049 Brussels,
                     telex : AGREC 22037 B
              25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (6) : —
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                                                               ANNEX IV
              1 . Operation No (') : 1054/88 — Commission Decision of 16 March 1988
              2. Programme : 1988
              3. Recipient : World Food Programme, Via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Rome ; telex : 626675
                  WFP I
              4. Representative of the recipient (2) : see Official Journal of the European Communities No C 103 of
                   16 April 1987
              5. Place or country of destination : Sudan
              6. Product to be mobilized : white sugar
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) : white sugar of category 2 standard quality (Council
                  Regulation (EEC) No 793/72 (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 94 of 21 April 1972,
                  page 1 ) meeting the requirements set out in Article 3 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77
                  (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 246 of 27 September 1977, page 12)
              8 . Total quantity : 200 tonnes
              9. Number of lots : one
            10. Packaging and marking (4): new jute bags, with inner polythene bag at least 0,05 mm thick,
                  minimum weight of jute and polythene 420 grams, net capacity 50 kilograms.
                  Marking on bags (at least 5 cm high) :
                  'ACTION No 1054/88 / SUDAN 03772200 / SUGAR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
                  COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME / PORT SUDAN'
            1 1 . Method of mobilization f) : C-sugar produced in the Community as defined at (c) in the fourth sub­
                  paragraph of Article 24 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , as last amended by Regulation No 2306/88
                  (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 201 of 27 July 1988, page 65)
            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 marking the goods available at the port of shipment stage : 1 to 15 December 1988
            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 : 8 November 1988 at 12 noon
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 22 November 1988 at 12 noon
                  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 15 to 31 December 1988
                  (c) deadline for the supply : —
            22. Amount of the tendering security : 15 ECU/tonne
            23. Amount of the delivery security : 10 % of the amount of the tender in ECU
            24. Address for submission of tenders Is) :
                  Bureau de 1 aide alimentaire, à l'attention de Monsieur N. Arend, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/58, 200,
                  rue de la Loi, B- 1 049 Brussels, Telex : AGREC 22037 B
            25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (6) : —
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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 :
                 see list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 227 of 7 September 1985,
                 page 4.
            (3) 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.
                 The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative on delivery the following
                 documents :
                 — phytosanitary certificate,
                 — certificate of origin.
            (4) 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\
            (*) 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 :
                      235 01 32,
                      236 10 97,
                      236 01 30,
                      236 20 05.
             (6) Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 (OJ No L 210, 1 . 8. 1987, p. 56) is not applicable. The rules given in Regu­
                 lation (EEC) No 2630/81 (OJ No L 258, 11 . 9. 1981 , p. 16) apply to exportation of sugar supplied under
                 this Regulation.
             Q The rule provided at the second indent in point (a) of Article 18 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77 is
                 binding for determination of the sugar category.