CELEX: 31999R1220
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1220/1999 of 14 June 1999 on the supply of cereals as food aid

15. 6. 1999          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 148/17
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1220/1999
                                                     of 14 June 1999
                                         on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   and conditions of supply to determine the resultant
Community,                                                              costs,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid manage-              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,                                               Article 1
(1)    Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays                 Cereals shall be mobilised in the Community, as
       down the list of countries and organisations eligible      Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
       for Community aid and specifies the general for            the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/
       Community aid and specifies the general criteria           97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
       on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;
(2)    Whereas, following the taking of a number of deci-         The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
       sions on the allocation of food aid, the Commis-           the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
       sion has allocated cereals to certain beneficiaries;       condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
                                                                  unwritten.
(3)    Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
       accordance with the rules laid down by Commis-                                     Article 2
       sion Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December
       1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
       of products to be supplied under Council Regula-           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
       tion (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid (2);            European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 14 June 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 159/98
          2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma
             tel.: (39 6) 65 13 2988; fax: 6513 2844/3; telex: 626 675 WFP I
          3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
          4. Country of destination: Sudan
          5. Product to be mobilized: common wheat
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 5 000
          7. Number of lots: One
          8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(1)(a))
          9. Packaging: see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0 A.1.c, 2.c and B.2)
         10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(3))
              Language to be used for the markings: English
              Supplementary markings: 
         11. Method of mobilization of the product: the Community market
         12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of shipment  fob stowed and trimmed
         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: 12.7 to 1.8.1999
              second deadline: 26.7 to 15.8.1999
         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: 29.6.1999
              second deadline: 13.7.1999
         20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5/t
         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/Brussel
             telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)
         22. Export refund (4): Refund applicable on 25.6.1999, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1131/1999
             (OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 60)
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                                                                  LOT B
             1. Action Nos: 617/97 (B1); 618/97 (B2)
             2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland
                tel. (31-70) 33 05 757; fax 36 41 701; telex 30960 EURON NL
             3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
             4. Country of destination: Rwanda
             5. Product to be mobilised: milled              rice  (product  code  1006 30 92 9900,    1006 30 94 9900,
                1006 30 96 9900, 1006 30 98 9900)
             6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 2 998
             7. Number of lots: One in two parts (B1: 1 750 t; B2: 1 248 t)
             8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(1)(f))
             9. Packaging (7) (8): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0 A1.c, 2.c and B.6)
            10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(3))
                 Language to be used for the markings: French
                 Supplementary markings: 
            11. Method of mobilization of the product: the Community market
            12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of shipment
            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: 19.7 to 8.8.1999
                 second deadline: 2 to 22.8.1999
            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: 29.6.1999
                 second deadline: 13.7.1999
            20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5/t
            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/Brussel
                telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)
            22. Export refund (4): Refund applicable on 25.6.1999, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1131/1999
                (OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 60)
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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,
         (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114 of 29.4.1991, point II.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European
             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'.
         (8) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL.
             The supplier shall be responsible for the cost of making the container available in the stack position at the
             container terminal at the port of shipment. The beneficiary shall be responsible for all subsequent loading
             costs, including the cost of moving the containers from the container terminal.
             The supplier has to submit to the beneficiary’s agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying
             the number of bags belonging to each action number as specified in the invitation to tender.
             The supplier has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (Oneseal, Sysko, Locktainer 180 or a
             similar high-security seal) the number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary’s representative.