CELEX: 31998R1351
Language: en
Date: 1998-06-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1351/98 of 26 June 1998 on the supply of fishery products as food aid

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                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1351/98
                                                      of 26 June 1998
                                    on the supply of fishery products as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            resultant costs,
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 (1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                 Fishery products shall be mobilised 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 organisations eligible for Community       the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of       2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
food aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions           The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
allocated fishery products to certain beneficiaries;             condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
                                                                 unwritten.
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                                         Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying
down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify       European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 26 June 1998.
                                                                          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: 190/97
           2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland
              tel.: (31 70) 330 57 57; fax: 364 17 01; telex: 30960 EURON NL
           3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
           4. Country of destination: Haiti
           5. Product to be mobilised: sardines (sardina pilchardus Walbaum)
           6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 30
           7. Number of lots: one
           8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4): tinned headless sardines in vegetable oil, 1997 or
              1998 fishing, CN code 1604 13 19
           9. Packaging (6): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (14.0.A, B and C(2))
          10. Labelling or marking (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (VIII.A(3))
              — Language to be used for the markings: French (‘maquereaux’ must be replaced by ‘sardines’)
              — Supplementary markings: ‘Date d’expiration: . . .’ (date of manufacture plus two years)
              In case the required markings cannot be printed on the tins, they must be printed either on an outer
              packaging of each tin or on self-adhesive labels fixed on the tins. The expiry date and the date of manu-
              facture shall be printed on the tins and not on the self-adhesive labels
          11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
              The products must originate from the Community.
          12. Specified delivery stage: 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: 10 — 30.8.1998
              — second deadline: 24.8 — 13.9.1998
          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: 13.7.1998
              — second deadline: 27.7.1998
          20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 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: —
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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) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
             — health certificate (+expiry date).
         (5) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point VIII.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Com-
             munity”’.
         (6) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, FCL/FCL. The supplier will be responsible for the cost of
             making the containers available in the stack position at the container terminal at the port of shipment.
             The beneficiary will be responsible for all subsequent loading costs, including the cost of moving the
             container from the container terminal.
             The supplier must submit to the beneficiary’s agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying
             the number of metal canisters belonging to each action number as specified in the invitation to tender
             notice.
             The supplier must 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.