CELEX: 31988R0358
Language: en
Date: 1988-02-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 358/88 of 5 February 1988 on the supply of milled long-grain rice to Sierra Leone as food aid

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 358/88
                                                      of 5 February 1988
                      on the supply of milled long-grain rice to Sierra Leone as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in
                                                                   the Community of products to be supplied as Community
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              food-aid (4) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time
Economic Community,                                                limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86               followed to determine the resultant costs,
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid management (') as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3785/87 (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 mana­
gement (3) lays down the list of countries and organiza­           A tendering procedure is hereby initiated for the award of
tions eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the           a contract for the supply of milled long-grain rice to
general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the           Sierra Leone in accordance with the provisions of Regula­
fob stage ;                                                        tion (EEC) No 2200/87 and with the conditions laid
                                                                   down in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, by its Decision of 27 July 1 987 on the supply of
food-aid to Sierra Leone the Commission allocated to the
latter country 6 000 tonnes of cereals ;                                                     Article 2
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July                   European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 5 February 1988 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 356, 18 . 12. 1987, p. 8 .
0 OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .                                 (4) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
            1 . Operation No ('): 1078/87
            2. Programme : 1987
            3. Recipient : National Authorizing Officer Office of the President, Sierra Leone
           4. Representative of the recipient (2) : Dr F. MacBailey, National Authorizing Officer, Office of the
                President, Tower Hill, PO Box 1402, Freetown, Sierra Leone
            5. Place or country of destination : Sierra Leone
            6. Product to be mobilized : Milled long-grain rice (not parboiled)
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) :
               See list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 216 of 14 Agust 1987, page 3
               (under II A 10)
            8. Total quantity : 2 500 tonnes (6 000 tonnes cereals)
            9 . Number of lote : one
          10. Packaging and marking (4) :
                 See list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 216 of 14 August 1987, page
                 3 (under II B I a)
                — marking on the bags in letters at least 3 cm high :
                ACTION NO 1079/87 'RICE — GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO THE
                 REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE'
          11 . Method of mobilization : Community market
          1 2. Stage of supply : free at port of landing — landed
          1 3. Port of shpment : —
          14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
          1 5. Port of landing : Freetown
          16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : —
          1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                 the port of shipment stage : 10 to 31 March 1988
          18. Deadline for the supply : 15 April 1988
          19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 23 February 1988 , at 12 noon
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 8 March 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 : 25 March to 15 April 1988
                 (c) deadline for the supply : 30 April 1988
          22. Amount of the tendering security : 5 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 1 attention de Monsieur N. Arend, bâtiment Berlaymont, bureau 6/73,
                 200, rue de la Loi, B- 1 049 Bruxelles, Telex : AGREC 22037 B
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (6) :
                 Refund applicable on 3 February 1988 fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 283/88 in Official Journal of the
                 European Communities No L 26 of 30 February 1988, p. 79
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          Notes :
          (') The operation number is to be quoted in all correspondence.
          (2) Commission delegate to contact by the successful tenderer : EEC Delegate to Sierra Leone, 4 George
              Street, PO Box 1399, Sierra Leone, (telex 3203 DELFED)
          (3) The successful tenderer shall deliver to the beneficiary a certificate from an offical entiry certifying the 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 level.
          (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 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 this Annex,
              — or by telecopier and one of the following numbers in Brussels :
              235  01 32
              236  10 97
              235  01 30
              236  20 05
          (*) Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 (OJ No L 210, 1 . 8 . 1987) 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 this Annex.