CELEX: 31997R1980
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-10 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1980/97 of 10 October 1997 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1980/97
                                                      of 10 October 1997
                                       on the supply of white sugar 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,
                                                                 White sugar 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 sugar 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, 10 October 1997.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
 (') OJ L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 0 OJ L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                              ANNEX
                                                               LOT A
            1 . Operation No ('): 38/97
            2. Programme: 1997
            3. Recipient (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma
                (tel.: (39 6)65 13 29 88; fax: 65 13 28 44/3; telex: 626675 WFP I)
            4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
            5. Place or country of destination : Tajikistan
            6. Product to be mobilized: white sugar
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (-1) (^ (8): see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VA(1 ))
            8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 200
            9 . Number of lots : one
           10. Packaging and marking (^ (6): see OJ C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 (1 1.2.A(1 ) (b) and B (4))
                see OJ C 114, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (VA(3))
                Language to be used for the marking: English
           11 . Method of mobilization: sugar produced in the Community in accordance with the sixth subpara­
                graph of Article 24 ( la) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 as follows:
                A or B sugar (points (a) and (b))
           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 making the goods available at the port of shipment: 17. 11 — 7. 12. 1997
           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: 27. 10. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                time))
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 10 . 11 . 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 1 — 21 . 12. 1997
                (c) deadline for the supply: —
           22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 15 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 l'aide alimentaire, Attn Mr T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/
                Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels (telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively))
           25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): periodic refund applicable to white
                sugar on 7. 10. 1997, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1914/97 (OJ L 270, 2. 10. 1997, 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.
             (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
                 and iodine- 131 levels .
             (4) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 (OJ L 210, 1 . 8 . 1987, p. 56), as last amended by Regulation
                 (EEC) No 2226/89 (OJ L 214, 25. 7. 1989, p. 10), is applicable as regards the export refund. The date
                 referred to in Article 2 of the abovementioned 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 L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106), as last amended by
                 Regulation (EC) No 1482/96 (OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22), shall not apply to this amount.
             (*) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point V.A (3) (c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European Com­
                 munity"'.
             (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 rule provided at the second indent of Article 18 (2) (a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77
                 (OJ L 246, 27. 9. 1977, p. 12) is binding for determination of the sugar category.
             (8) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                 document:
                 — health certificate.