CELEX: 31996R0997
Language: en
Date: 1996-06-04 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 997/96 of 4 June 1996 on the transport for the free supply to Turkmenistan of common wheat flour

5. 6 . 96            I EN I              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 134/ 1
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                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 997/96
                                                           of 4 June 1996
                        on the transport for the free supply to Turkmenistan of common wheat flour
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          2. The supply costs shall relate to the take-over at the
                                                                      stage laid down in paragraph 3 and transport by the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                appropriate means to the places of destination and within
 Community,                                                           the time limits indicated in Annex I.
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1 975/95 of              3. The flour will be made available for loading, free on
 4 August 1995 on actions for the free supply of agricul­             board, stowed on the ship or wagon, during a maximum
 tural products to the people of Georgia, Armenia, Azer­              period of 10 days from the dates indicated, in the follo­
 baijan, Kyrgzystan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan ('), as             wing manner:
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 686/96 (2), and in par­                Lot
 ticular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                     — 3 000 tonnes (net), made available with effect from 1
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2009/95 (3), as                    July 1996.
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 723/96 (4), established               — 3 000 tonnes (net), made available with effect from 4
 the detailed rules applicable to the free supply of agricul­             July 1996.
 tural products provided for by Regulation (EC) No                   — 3 000 tonnes (net), made available with effect from 10
 1975/95; whereas it is appropriate to open a tendering                   July 1996.
 procedure for the supply of 9 000 tonnes of common
wheat flour intended for Turkmenistan;                               After the expiry of 10 days following the dates mentioned
                                                                     above, the successful tenderer shall be required to reim­
Whereas, in view of the present difficulties in this Repu­           burse to the Commission the costs which it will have
blic and the specific problems of forwarding aid to this             borne to cover the costs (waiting, insurance, security,
region, it is appropriate to organize the supply of the              guarantees, etc.) referred to at Article 6 (1 ) (e) (4) of Regu­
abovementioned product in one lot;                                   lation (EC) No 2009/95.
                                                                     The total quantity may vary by a maximum of plus or
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are             minus 20 % compared to the tonnages mentioned above.
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                     The precise quantity will be communicated to the
Committee for Cereals,                                               successful tenderer at the same time as the notice of
                                                                     award of the supply.
                                                                     The delivery stage (free on board ship or wagon) and the
                                                                     place of take-over will be available on request to the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                     Commission services on 17 June 1996 (Tel. (32 2)
                                                                     295 12 81 or 296 29 36, fax (32 2) 296 64 46).
                              Article 1
                                                                                               Article 2
1.      A tendering procedure is hereby initiated for the
supply costs of 9 000 tonnes (net) of common wheat flour             1 . In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
as indicated in Annex I, in accordance with the provisions           2009/95 the offers shall be presented to the following
of Regulation (EC) No 2009/95, and in particular Article             address:
2 (1 ) (b) thereof. The invitation to tender relates to one lot.
                                                                     Commission of the European Communities,
                                                                     EAGGF-Guarantee,
(') OJ   No  L  191 , 12. 8. 1995, p. 2.                             Division VI/G.2 (Office 10/5 or 10/8),
(2) OJ   No  L  97, 18 . 4. 1996, p. 1 .                             Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 130,
0   OJ   No  L  196, 19. 8. 1995, p. 4.
0   OJ   No  L  100, 23. 4. 1996, p. 9.                              B-1049 Brussels.
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 The closing date for the lodgement of tenders shall be 19        4. The security referred to in Article 8 (2) of Regulation
 June 1996 at 12 noon (Brussels time).                            (EC) No 2009/95 is fixed at ECU 380 per tonne of flour.
 In the case of non-acceptance of offers on 19 June, a                                      Article 3
 second closing date for the lodgement of offers shall be
 28 June 1996 at 12 noon (Brussels time).                        The take-over certificate referred to in the second indent
                                                                 of Article 10 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EC) No 2009/95 shall
 In this case all of the dates referred to in Article 1 and
                                                                 be established at the places and by the authorities referred
Annex I shall be carried forward by 10 days.                     to in Annex II, on the basis of the model in Annex IV.
2. The offer shall relate to the supply of the total quan­                                  Article 4
 tities of the lot referred to in Article 1 (3).
                                                                 For the payment provided for at Article 13 of Regulation
In the case of transport by rail, the tenderer must submit       (EC) No 2009/95, the designated control agency shall
a letter of guarantee issued by the rail authorities of the      deliver, upon completion of that operation, a certificate
country of first entry into the CIS certifying the avail­        certifying the total removal of the quantities for each
ability of the means of transport as well as the wagons          destination, countersigned by the producer of the flour or
necessary for the proper execution of the operation.             his representative, in accordance with the model in
Article 1 2 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2009/95 is applicable      Annex III.
also in the case of non-payment to the railway authorities
of the different Republics of the CIS crossed.                                             Article 5
3. The tendering security referred to in Article 6 (1 ) (f)      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
of Regulation (EC) No 2009/95 is fixed at ECU 25 per             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
tonne of flour.                                                  European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 4 June 1996.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX I
         Lot
         TURKMENISTAN: 9 000 tonnes (net) of common wheat flour.
         Delivery stage:
         Frontier point to be designated by the tenderer (goods not unloaded).
         Final delivery date at the frontier point:
         — 3 000 tonnes by 14 August 1996,
         — 3 000 tonnes by 1 9 August 1 996,
         — 3 000 tonnes by 23 August 1 996.
                                                            ANNEX II
         Place of take-over in Turkmenistan
         1 . Frontier point to be designated by the tenderer — goods not unloaded.
             However, for the wagons of which the seals affixed by the representatives of the Commission are not
             intact at the designated frontier points, the take-over certificate may not be issued until after unloading
             and the quantitative and qualitative control of the goods to be effected at the first station inside the
             country at which unloading is possible.
         2. Authority entitled to deliver the take-over certificate:
             Association for Bread Production of Turkmenistan ,
             (Turkmenchleboproduct),
             Ashkabad,
             Kemine Str. 102,
             Mr Nuriev, Chairman .
             Tel . 7 3632 25 15 28 .
             Fax 7 3632 25 58 79 .
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                                                           ANNEX III
                                                    Regulation (EC) No 997/96
                                                  CERTIFICATE OF REMOVAL
           I, the undersigned
                                                               (name/first name/position)
          acting on behalf of
          certify that the following goods have been taken over:
             Product:
             Packaging:
             Total quantity in tonnes (net):
                                         (gross):
                          of sacks:
             Number
                          of 'Big-Bags':
             Place and date of takeover:
             Name of boat:
             Name and address of transport company:
                                Name and address of the monitoring agency:
                                Name and signature of its on-the-spot representative:
         Observations or remarks:
                                                                                        Signature and stamp
                                                                                          of the producer
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                                                                ANNEX IV
                                                        Regulation (EC) No 997/96
                                                          Train No
            TAKEOVER           CERTIFICATE        ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE                        RAIL-WAGONS          IN     THE
                                                  COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION
            I, the undersigned
                                                                    (name/first name/position)
            acting on behalf of
            certify that the goods indicated below have been taken over:
            Type of product:
            Place and date of takeover:
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                                                                                                frontier       Signature and
                  numbers             numbers          (net weight)           packets           crossed           remarks
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           (') To be completed only for the wagons which have been the subject of a check, inserting the weight found.
            Name and address of the transport company:
           Name and address of the monitoring agency:
           Observations and remarks :
                    Representative of monitonng agency                           Name, signature and stamp of the beneficiary
                        Name, signature and stamp