CELEX: 31995R0596
Language: en
Date: 1995-03-17 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 596/95 of 17 March 1995 on the supply of cereal-based weaning food as food aid

18 . 3. 95           ΓΕΝ                   Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 60/ 15
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 596/95
                                                          of 17 March 1995
                                   on the supply of cereal-based weaning food as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           destinations of the supplies, provision should be made for
                                                                      the possibility for tenderers to indicate two ports of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 loading, where necessary not belonging to the same port
Community,                                                            area,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid
management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1 ) (c) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21                                              Article 1
May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation
(EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid                      Cereal-based weaning food shall be mobilized in the
management (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­             Community as Community food aid for supply to the
izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the           recipients listed in the Annex, in accordance with
general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the              Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and under the conditions
fob stage ;                                                           set out in the Annex. Supplies shall be awarded by the
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions                tendering procedure.
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has
allocated    to     certain    beneficiaries    108   tonnes   of     Notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
cereal-based weaning food ;                                           2200/87, the tender may indicate two ports of shipment
                                                                      not necessarily belonging to the same port area.
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                     The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down                accepted all the general and specific conditions
general rules for the mobilization in the Community of                applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in
products to be supplied as Community food aid (4), as                 his tender is deemed unwritten .
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (*) ; whereas it
is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of
                                                                                               Article 2
supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
resultant costs ;
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas, for a given lot, given the small quantities to be            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
supplied, the packaging methods and the large number of               European Communities.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 17 March 1995.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
0)  OJ   No L  370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2) 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 Nos (') : 1297/94 (Al ), 1298/94 (A2)
              2. Programme : 1994
              3. Recipient (2) :
                   Euronaid, Postbus 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel. (31 70) 33 05 757 ; fax 36 41 701 ; telex 30960
                   EURON NL)
              4. Representative of the recipient (*) : to be designated by the recipient
              5. Place or country of destination : Angola (Al ) ; Peru (A2)
              6. Product to be mobilized : cereal-based weaning food
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods f) f) (8) : see OJ No C 34, 6. 2. 1993, p. 3 (II. C. (1 ) (b))
                  — Energy : minimum 480 kcal/ 100 g
              8 . Total quantity : 108 tonnes
              9. Number of lots : one (Al : 90 tonnes ; A2 : 18 tonnes)
            10. Packaging and marking (6) : OJ No C 34, 6. 2. 1993, p. 3 (II. C. (2)(b) and II. C. (3))
                  Markings in Portuguese (Al ) and Spanish (A2)
            1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
            12. Stage of supply : free at port of shipment (9)
            1 3. Port of shipment : —
            14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : —
            1 5. 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 : 8 — 28 . 5. 1995
            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 3. 4.
                   1995
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender :
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 18 . 4. 1995
                  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 22. 5 — 11 . 6. 1995
                  (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 laide alimentaire, à
                  l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46, 200 rue de la Loi , B- 1 049 Brux­
                  elles (telex 22037 AGREC B ; fax (32 2)296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97)
            25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): refunds applicable on 31 . 3. 1995
                  (fixed in accordance with Article 4 (2), first subparagraph of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80) (OJ No L
                  323, 29. 11 . 1980, p. 27)
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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.
           (J) The successful tenderer shall deliver to the beneficiary a certificate from an official entity certifiying 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 157/95 (OJ No L 24, 1 . 2. 1995, p. 1 ) shall not apply to this amount.
           (5) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to : Willis Corroon Scheuer, PO box 1315,
               NL-1000 BH Amsterdam .
           (6) 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 number of small packages belonging to each shipping number as specified in the invitation to
               tender.
               The succesful tenderer has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (sysko locktainer 1 80 seal),
               the number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.
           f7) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
               documents :
               — health certificate .
           (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 34 of 6. 2. 1993, the fourth paragraph of point (b) is replaced by the follo­
               wing : 'The product shall be prepared principally from one or more milled cereal products. It shall also
               contain a high-protein food, such as milk or soya concentrate.'
           (9) Notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indicate two ports of
               shipment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.