CELEX: 31999R0506
Language: en
Date: 1999-03-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 506/1999 of 8 March 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 340/1999 on the supply of cereals as food aid

9. 3. 1999           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 60/9
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 506/1999
                                                    of 8 March 1999
                  amending Regulation (EC) No 340/1999 on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid manage-             The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 340/1999 is replaced
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),     by the Annex to this Regulation.
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 340/1999 (2)                                      Article 2
issued an invitation to tender for the supply, as food aid,
of cereals; whereas some of the conditions specified in the      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Annex to that Regulation should be altered at the request        publication in the Official Journal of the European
of the beneficiary,                                              Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 8 March 1999.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 41, 16. 2. 1999, p. 6.
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                                                            ANNEX
                                                            LOT A
         1. Action Nos: 115/98 (A); 124/98 (B)
         2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma
            tel. (39-6) 65 13 29 88; fax 65 13 28 44/3; telex 626675 WFP I
         3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
         4. Country of destination: Somalia
         5. Product to be mobilised: maize
         6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 9 143
         7. Number of lots: one in two parts (A1: 5 000 t; A2: 4 130 t)
         8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A(1)(d))
         9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (1.0.A1.c, 2.c and B.3)
        10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.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: free at port of shipment — fob stowed
        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: 22.3 to 11.4.1999
            — second deadline: 12.4 to 2.5.1999
        18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
            — first deadline: —
            — second deadline: —
        19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (12 noon, Brussels time):
            — first deadline: 2.3.1999
            — second deadline: 23.3.1999
        20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5/t
        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 19.3.1999, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/1999
            (OJ L 52, 27.2.1999, p. 16)
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           Notes:
           (1) Supplementary information: André Debongnie (tel.: (32 2) 295 14 65),
                                             Torben Vestergaard (tel.: (32 2) 299 30 50).
           (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:
               — phytosanitary certificate.
           ( ) Notwithstanding OJ C 114 of 29 April 1991, point II.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words
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               “European Community”'.
           (7) 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'.