CELEX: 32000R2769
Language: en
Date: 2000-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2769/2000 of 18 December 2000 on the supply of white sugar as food aid

L 321/24               EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                   19.12.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2769/2000
                                                           of 18 December 2000
                                              on the supply of white sugar as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                        pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as
                                                                                   Community food aid (2). It is necessary to specify the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                   time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
Community,
                                                                                   resultant costs,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27
June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and
special operations in support of food security (1), and in partic-         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas:
(1)     The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of                White sugar shall be mobilised in the Community, as
        countries and organisations eligible for Community aid             Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the
        and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food        Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and
        aid beyond the fob stage.                                          under the conditions set out in the Annex.
(2)     Following the taking of a number of decisions on the               The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
        allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated               general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition
        white sugar to certain beneficiaries.                              or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
(3)     It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with                                       Article 2
        the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No
        2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied              publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 18 December 2000.
                                                                                         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: 11/00
            2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Rome; tel.: (39-
               06) 6513 2988; fax: 6513 2844/3; telex: 626675 WFP I
            3. Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the beneficiary
            4. Country of destination: North Korea (via China)
            5. Product to be mobilised: white sugar (‘A’ or ‘B’ sugar)
            6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 600
            7. Number of lots: 1
            8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 312, 31.10.2000, p. 1 (C.1)
            9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (11.2 A 1.b, 2.b and B.4)
           10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (V.A(3))
               — Language to be used for the markings: English
               — Supplementary markings: —
           11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
           12. Specified delivery stage: (9): free at port of landing — container terminal
           13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment
           14. a) Port of shipment: —
               b) Loading address: —
           15. Port of landing: Dalian
           16. Place of destination:
               — port or warehouse of transit: —
               — overland transport route: —
           17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
               — first deadline: 8.4.2001
               — second deadline: 22.4.2001
           18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
               — first deadline: 5-18.2.2001
               — second deadline: 19.2-4.3.2001
           19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
               — first deadline: 9.1.2001
               — second deadline: 23.1.2001
           20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 per tonne
           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 13.12.2000, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2671/2000 (OJ L
               306, 7.12.2000, p. 16)
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                                                                  LOT B
          1. Action Nos: 418/98 (B1); 289/99 (B2); 290/99 (B3); 299/99 (B4); 300/99 (B5)
          2. Beneficiary (2): EuronAid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, Netherlands; tel.: (31-70) 33 05 757; fax: 36 41 701;
             telex: 30960 EURON NL
          3. Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the beneficiary
          4. Country of destination: B1 + B2: India; B3: Haiti; B4 + B5: Madagascar
          5. Product to be mobilised: white sugar (‘A’ or ‘B’ sugar)
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 300
          7. Number of lots: 1 in 5 parts (B1: 40 tonnes: B2: 60 tonnes; B3: 60 tonnes; B4: 120 tonnes; B5: 20 tonnes)
          8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 312, 31.10.2000, p. 1 (C.1)
          9. Packaging (7) (8): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (11.2 A 1.b, 2.b and B.4)
         10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (V.A(3))
             — Language to be used for the markings: B1 + B2: English; B3-B5: French
             — Supplementary markings: —
         11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
         12. Specified delivery stage: (10): 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: 29.1-18.2.2001
             — second deadline: 12.2-4.3.2001
         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: 9.1.2001
             — second deadline: 23.1.2001
         20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 per tonne
         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 13.12.2000, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2671/2000 (OJ L
             306, 7.12.2000, p. 16)
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           Notes:
            (1) Supplementary information: Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2) 299 30 50), fax (32-2) 296 20 05)
            (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:
                 — health certificate.
            (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114 of 29.4.1991, point V.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.
            (9) In addition to the provisions of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, vessels chartered shall not appear on
                any of the four most recent quaterly lists of detained vessels as published by the Paris Memorandum of Under-
                standing on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).
           (10) The tenderer's attention is drawn to the second subparagraph of Article 7(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97.