31993R2178
No L 195/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 8 . 93
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2178 /93 of 3 August 1993 opening a standing invitation to tender in Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France and Italy for the free supply of common wheat flour to Albania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Mangement Committee for Cereals, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3106/92 of 26 October 1992 on emergency action for the supply of agricultural products to the people of Albania ('), Article 1
Under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 No 309/93, the Belgian, German, Greek, Spanish, French, of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the and Italian intervention agencies shall open a standing market in cereals (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof, invitation to tender for the supply of 30 000 tonnes of common wheat flour as set out in Annex I and in accor Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 309/93 of dance with the provisions of this Regulation. 10 February 1993 laying down detailed rules for the free supply of agricultural products held in intervention stocks Article 2 to the people of Albania pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3106/92 (3), provides for allocation of the supply Tenders shall be for the quantity, in metric tonnes, of of cereals pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) common wheat or of durum wheat necessary to cover the No 3106/92 to be made by invitation to tender ; whereas supply, transport and other costs, up to the delivery stage the invitations to tender for the free supply of processed provided for, of the entire lot indicated in the notice of products cover the quantities of basic products to be invitation to tender as provided for in Article 1 5 of Regu taken from intervention stocks as payment in kind for lation (EEC) No 309 /93 . these supplies and for the processing, transport and other related costs ; The quantity of wheat awarded as payment in kind for the supply shall be made available, at the successful tenderer's Whereas a standing invitation to tender should be opened choice, from the intervention stocks designated for this urgently in six Member States for the supply of 30 000 purpose in the abovementioned notice of invitation to tender. tonnes of common wheat flour ;
The tender security shall be set at ECU 15 per tonne. Whereas tenders may relate to common wheat and durum wheat ; whereas criteria must therefore be laid down to determine which is the most favourable tender ; whereas Article 3 to that end tenders should be compared on the basis of the value of the quantity of the basic product requested as 1 . For possible late deliveries Article 13 (4) of Regula payment in kind ; tion (EEC) No 309/93 applies.
2. Notwithstanding Article 1 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) Whereas experience has shown the need to be sure that No 309/93, the basic product awarded will not be made the scheduling of deliveries is respected ; whereas, there available until the original of the takeover certificate fore an amount should be deducted from the performance referred to in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) guarantee in certain cases of delayed delivery ; No 309/93 has been presented.
Whereas the common wheat flour for this emergency Article 4 operation must arrive within the deadline which has been set ; whereas, therefore, the basic product awarded in 1 . The time limit for submission of tenders for the first return should not be made available to the successful invitation to tender shall be 3 p.m. on 11 August 1993 tenderer until the takeover certificate has been presented ; (Brussels time).
2. The time limit for submission of tenders for the (') OJ No L 312, 29. 10. 1992, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 . following partial invitation to tender shall expire at 3 0 OJ No L 36, 12. 2. 1993, p. 30. p. m . each Wednesday (Brussels time).
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3 . The time limit for submission of tenders of the last (EAGGF), the book value of the products concerned shall be : partial invitation to tender shall expire at 3 p. m. on 25 August 1993 (Brussels time). — common wheat : ECU 52/tonne, — durum wheat : ECU 65/tonne . 4. The intervention agency concerned shall publish an invitation to tender at least three days before the date laid down for the first partial invitation to tender. Article 9
When scrutinizing tenders, the Commission departments Article 5 shall determine the value of the quantities of basic products requested as payment in kind on the basis of the Tenders shall be submitted to the intervention agency intervention price applicable in the month of the last day concerned. The intervention agencies concerned shall for submission of tenders. The tender offering the lowest forward the tenders to the Commission in accordance value for the quantity of the basic product requested as with the schedule specified in Annex II. payment in kind shall be selected.
Article6¶
A specimen of the takeover certificate referred to in The Member States concerned shall take all appropriate Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 309/93 shall be measures to ensure that no refund is applied within the issued after the goods have been taken over. framework of the supply, in particular by specifying this on the export licence. Article 7 Article 11 1 . The successful tenderer shall undertake to provide 1 . The Member States concerned shall adopt all ad the Albanian authorities with the documents required for ditional provisions necessary for implementation of this the purposes of the supply which shall be specified in the Regulation. invitation to tender issued by the intervention agency concerned . 2. The Member States concerned shall send to the Commission all information on the carrying out of the 2. The successful tenderer shall regularly inform the supply, in particular relating to the award of the contract, Albanian authorities, the intervention agency holding the delivery times and the actual date of takeover by the products involved and the Commission of the progress of Albanian authorities . the supply operation as far as the takeover stage. Article 12 Article 8 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its For the purposes of booking the expenditure by the Euro publication in the Official Journal of the European pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 3 August 1993.
For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission
No L 195/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 4 . 8 . 93
ANNEX I
1 . Common wheat flour — Albania 1.1 . Number of lots : six Lot No 1 : 5 000 tonnes to be delivered to Durres (in bags — slung) Lot No 2 : 5 000 tonnes to be delivered to Durres (in bags — slung) Lot No 3 : 5 000 tonnes to be delivered to Durres (in bags — slung) Lot No 4 : 5 000 tonnes to be delivered to Durres (in bags — slung) Lot No 5 : 5 000 tonnes to be delivered to Durres (in bags — slung) Lot No 6 : 5 000 tonnes to be delivered to Durres (in bags — slung) 1.2. Characteristics and quality of the goods ('): OJ No C 114, 29 . 4. 1991 (point II.B.l (a)) 1.3. Packaging : OJ No C 114, 29 . 4. 1991 (point II.B.2 (d))(2) 1 .4. Marking : (a) European flag : OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 (Annex I) (b) and inscriptions in Albanian 'COMMON WHEAT FLOUR / EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'
2. Conditions of supply 2.1 . Mobilization of the product : domestic market of the Community 2.2. Method of transport : by sea (rigged-up vessel) ; 2.3. Stage of delivery : cif (ex-ship) port of landing ; 2.4. Deadlines for delivery : Lot No 1 : 7 September 1993 Lot No 2 : 17 September 1993 Lot No 3 : 28 September 1993 Lot No 4 : 8 October 1993 Lot No 5:19 October 1993 Lot No 6 : 29 October 1993 If no tender is accepted on 11 August 1993 all the above dates are deferred by seven days . This shall also apply if there is no acceptance on 18 August 1993 . 2.5. The wheat shall be delivered by sea in regular instalments in line with a timetable to be agreed with the Albanian authorities. The final date for completion of deliveries shall be 30 October 1993.
(') The successul tenderer shall submit to the beneficiary a certificate issued by an official authority certifying that, for the product to be supplied, the standards relating to radioactivity levels have been complied with in the Member State concerned. The radioactivity certificate must specify the caesium-134 and - 137 and iodine-131 contents. (2) With a view to possible re-bagging, the successful tenderer shall supply 2 % of empty bags of the same quality as those containing the goods, bearing the inscription followed by a capital 'R\ (Point II.B.2 (d), amended by OJ No C 135, 26. 5 . 1992, p. 20).
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ANNEX II
Standing invitation to tender for the free supply of the common wheat flour to Albania
m « » XTNumber of the lot, t i « Quantity of common wheat• i Quantity of durum wheat- % Tenderers , t „ required as payment required as payment XT as referred to in • i • j • i • j No • * £ A T m kind in kind point 1.1 of Annex I (tonnes) (tonnes)
1 2 3 4
1
2
3
4 etc .