CELEX: 31996R0713
Language: en
Date: 1996-04-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 713/96 of 19 April 1996 on the supply of milk products as food aid

20 . 4. 96         | EN |             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 99 /7
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 713/96
                                                        of 19 April 1996
                                       on the supply of milk products as food aid
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      790/91 (*); whereas it is necessary to specify the time
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
   Community,                                                       followed to determine the resultant costs,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86
   of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   management (l ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
   1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6(l)(c) thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21
  May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation           Milk products shall be mobilized in the Community, as
  (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid                 Community food aid, for supply to the recipients listed in
  management (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­        the Annex in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
  izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the      2200 / 87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
  general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the         Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
  fob stage;
                                                                   The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
  Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on         accepted all the general and specific conditions appli­
  the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated
                                                                   cable. Any other condition or reservation included in his
  to certain recipients 1 490 tonnes of milk powder,               tender is deemed unwritten .
  Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of
  this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by                                    Article 2
  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July
  1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 the Community of products to be supplied as Community             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 19 April 1996.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
i1) OJ No L 174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.
(3) OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                                ANNEX
                                                                 LOT A
             1 . Operation No ('): 760/95 (Al ); 761 /95 (A2)
             2. Programme: 1995
             3. Recipient (2): Solidaridad Internacional, Glorieta de Quevedo 7, 6-D, E-28015 Madrid (tel.: (34-1 )
                  593 1 1 13, fax: 448 44 69) / Oxfam Belgique, rue du Conseil 39, B-1050 Brussels (Tel.: (32-2) 517 99 90,
                  fax: 51 1 89 19)
            4. Representative of the recipient: Croissant Rouge Sahraoui, 17, rue Ben M Hidi Lardi, Oran (Tel.:
                  (213-6) 39 64 24, fax: 33 10 65) Contact: Mr Nanni Yamma
            5. Place or country of destination : Algeria
            6. Product to be mobilized: Vitaminized skimmed-milk powder
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3)(6): See OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (I.B ( 1 ))
            8 . Total quantity: 1 300 tonnes
            9. Number of lots: One in two parts (Al : 1 100 tonnes; A2: 200 tonnes)
           10. Packaging and marking Q (l0): See OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 . p. 1 (I.B (2), I.A. (2) (3) and I.B (3))
                  Language to be used for the marking: French
           11 . Method of mobilization : The Community market
                 The manufacture of the skimmed-milk powder, and the incorporation of vitamins, must be carried out
                  after the award of the tender
           12. Stage of supply: Free at port of landing — landed
           13. Port of shipment: —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
          15. Port of landing: Oran
          1 6. 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: 3 — 16. 6. 1996
          18 . Deadline for the supply: 30 . 6. 1996
          19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: Invitation to tender
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 6. 5.
                  1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 20. 5. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: 17 — 30. 6. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 14. 7. 1996
          22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 20 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 1 aide alimentaire, Attn. Mr T. Vestergaard
                 Batiment Loi 130 , bureau 7/46,
                Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels
                (Attention! New numbers!: telex: 2 56 70 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
          25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 15. 4. 1996,
                fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 653/96 (OJ No L 91 , 12. 4. 1996, p. 24)
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                                                                  LOT B
                1 . Operation No ('): 805/95
               2. Programme: 1995
               3. Recipient (2): Euronaid, Postbus 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland (tel. (31 70)33 05 757; fax
                     36 41 701 ; telex 30960 EURON NL)
               4. Representative of the recipient (9): to be designated by the recipient
               5. Place or country of destination : Cuba
               6. Product to be mobilized: whole milk powder
               7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (6): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (I.C.(1 ))
               8 . Total quantity: 135 tonnes
               9 . Number of lots : one
             1 0. Packaging and marking Q (8):
                    See OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (I.C.(2), IA(2) (3) and I.C.(3))
                    Language to be used for the marking: Spanish
            11 . Method of mobilization: the Community market
                    The whole milk powder must be manufactured after the award of the tender
            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: 27. 5 — 16. 6. 1996
            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: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 6. 5.
                    1996
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                   (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 20. 5. 1996
                   (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 10 — 30. 6. 1996
                   (c) deadline for the supply: —
           22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 20 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 1 aide alimentaire, à
                  l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                  B-1049 Brussels (Attention!: New numbers!: telex 25670 AGREC B; fax (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
           25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 15. 4. 1996
                  fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 653/96 (OJ No L 91 , 12. 4. 1996, p. 24)
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                                                                  LOT C
              1 . Operation No ('): 1837/94
              2. Programme: 1994
              3. Recipient (2): UNHCR (for the attention of Mme Seinet), case postale 2500, CH-1211 Genève 2 dépôt
                   (tel . (22) 739 81 37; telefax: 739 85 63)
              4. Representative of the recipient: UNHCR, BP 4405 Nouakchott (tel. (222) 25 63 27; telefax 25 61 76;
                   telex 57 29 MTN)
              5. Place or country of destination (*): Mauritania
             6. Product to be mobilized: whole milk powder
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (6): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under I.C ( 1 ))
             8 . Total quantity: 55 tonnes
             9 . Number of lots: one
            10. Packaging and marking f): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under I.C (2), LA (2) (3) and I.C (3))
                  Markings in French
            11 . Method of mobilization: the Community market
                  The whole milk powder must be manufactured after the award of the tender
           12. Stage of supply: free at port of landing — landed
           13. Port of shipment: —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
           15. Port of landing: Nouakchott
           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: 27. 5 — 9 . 6 . 1996
           18 . Deadline for the supply: 30. 6. 1996
           19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 6. 5.
                  1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 20. 5. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                       port of shipment stage: 10 — 23. 6. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 14. 7. 1996
          22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 20 per tonne
          23. Amount of the delivery security: 10 % of the tender in ecus
          24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities ('): Bureau de 1 aide alimentaire, à
                 l'attention Monsieur T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B- 1 049,
                 Brussels, (Attention!: New numbers!: telex 25670 AGREC B; fax (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
          25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4): refund applicable on 15. 4. 1996, fixed by
                 Commission Regulation (EC) No 653/96 (OJ No L 91 , 12. 4. 1996, p. 24)
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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 No L 210, 1 . 8 . 1987, p. 56), as last amended by Regula­
                   tion (EEC) No 2226/89 (OJ No L 214, 25. 7. 1989, p. 10), is applicable as regards the export refund. The
                   date referred to in Article 2 of the said 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 No L 108, 1.5. 1993, p. 106), as last
                   amended by Regulation (EC) No 2853/95 (OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 ), shall not apply to this
                   amount.
              (*) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer: OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33.
              (6) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                   documents :
                   — health certificate,
                   — lots A and B: veterinary certificate issued by an official entity stating that the product was processed
                       with pasteurized milk, coming from healthy animals, processed under excellent sanitary conditions
                       which are supervised by qualified technical personnel and that the area of production of raw milk had
                       not registered foot-and-mouth disease nor any other notifiable infectious/contagious disease during
                       the 12 months prior to the processing,
                      The veterinary certificate must state the temperature and duration of the pasteurization, the tempera­
                      ture and duration in the spray-drying tower and the expiry date for consumption.
             I7) Notwithstanding OJ No C 1 14, point I. B.3 (c) or I. C.3 (c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "Euro­
                  pean Community"'.
             (8) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL. The supplier shall be responsible for
                  the cost of making the containers available in the stack position at the container terminal at the port of
                  shipment. The recipient shall be responsible for all subsequent loading costs, including the cost of
                  moving the containers from the container terminal.
                  The provisions of Article 13 (2), second paragraph, of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not apply.
                  The successful tenderer has to submit to the recipient's agent a complete packing list of each container,
                  specifying the number of bags belonging to each shipping number as specified in the invitation to
                  tender.
                  The successful tenderer has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (Sysko locktainer 1 80 seal),
                  number of which to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.
            (9) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to: Willis Corroon Scheuer, Postbus 1315,
                  NL-1000 BH Amsterdam .
           (10) Placed in one-way 20-foot containers.