31994R0555

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 555/94 of 14 March 1994 on the supply of cereals as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, notably for logistical reasons, certain supplies are not awarded within the first and second deadlines for Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European submission of tenders ; whereas, in order to avoid republi­ Community, cation of the notice of invitation to tender, a third Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 deadline for submission of tenders should be opened, of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1 ) (c) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­ Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No fob stage ; 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex. Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure. on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated to certain beneficiaries 61 512 tonnes of cereals ; The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission his tender is deemed unwritten . Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in the Community of products to be supplied as Community food aid (4), as Article 2 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the following its publication in the Official Journal of the resultant costs : European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 14 March 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') 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

LOTS A and B

1 . Operation Nos ('): 1520/93 (Lot A) and 1521 /93 (Lot B) 2. Programme : 1993 3 . Recipient (2) : Egypt 4. Representative of the recipient : Ambassade de la Republique Arabe d'Egypte, section commerciale, 522 avenue Louise, B-1050 Bruxelles (tel . (32 2)647 32 27, telex 64809 COMRAU B, telefax (32 2) 646 45 09) 5. Place or country of destination Q : Egypt 6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat 7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.A ( 1 ) (a)) 8 . Total quantity : 60 000 tonnes net 9. Number of lots : two (Lot A : 30 000 tonnes ; Lot B : 30 000 tonnes) 10. Packaging and marking : in bulk 11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market 12. Stage of supply (6) : free at port of shipment — fob stowed 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 (fob stowed) at the port of shipment stage : — Lot A : 2 — 15 . 5. 1994 — Lot B : 30 . 5 — 12. 6 . 1994 18 . Deadline for the supply : — 19 . Procedure for determining the costs of supply : tendering 20 . Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 29 . 3 . 1994 21 . A. In the case of a second invitation to tender : (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 12. 4. 1994 (b) period for making the goods available (fob stowed) at the port of shipment : Lot A : 16 — 29 . 5 . 1994 Lot B : 13 — 26. 6 . 1994 (c) deadline for the supply : — B. In the case of a third invitation to tender : (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 26. 4. 1994 (b) period for making the goods available (fob stowed) at the port of shipment : Lot A : 30 . 5 — 12 . 6. 1994 Lot B : 27. 6 — 10 . 7. 1994 (c) deadline for the supply : — 22. Amount of the tendering security : ECU 5 per tonne 23. Amount of the 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, a l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, batiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46, 200 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brux­ elles (telex 22037 AGREC B / 25670 AGREC B ; telefax (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97 / 295 01 30 / 296 33 04) 25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : refund applicable on 25. 3. 1994, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 420/94 (OJ No L 55, 26. 2. 1994, p. 20)

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LOT C

1 . Operation No ('): 1491 /93 2. Programme : 1993 3. Recipient (2) : Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland (tel. (31 70) 33 05 757 ; telefax 36 41 701 ; telex 30960 euron nl) 4. Representative of the recipient (") : see OJ No C 103, 16. 4. 1987 5. Place or country of destination : Uganda 6 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat 7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (7) : see OJ No C 114, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under II.A (1 ) (a)) 8 . Total quantity : 1 512 tonnes 9 . Number of lots : one 10 . Packaging and marking (8) (9) (10) : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIA (2) (d) and II.A (3)) Markings in English 1 1 . Method of mobilization : the Community market 1 2. Stage of supply : free at port of shipment 13 . Port of shipment : — 14. Port of landing specified by the recipient : — 15 . Port of landing : — 1 6. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : — 17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 25. 4 — 15. 5. 1994 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 29.3 . 1994 21 . A. In the case of a second invitation to tender : (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 1 2 noon (Brussels time) on 1 2. 4. 1 994 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 9 — 29 . 5. 1994 (c) deadline for the supply : — B. In the case of a third invitation to tender : (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon (Brussels time) on 26. 4. 1994 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment : 23 . 5 — 12. 6. 1994 (c) deadline for the supply : — 22. Amount of the tendering security : ECU 5 per tonne 23 . Amount of the delivery security : 10 % of the amount of the tender in ecus 24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities (') : Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, a l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, batiment Loi 120, bureau 7/46, rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bru­ xelles (telex 22037 AGREC B / 25670 AGREG B ; telefax (32 2) 296 20 05 / 295 01 32 / 296 10 97 / 295 01 30 / 296 33 04) 25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4) : refund applicable on 25. 3. 1994, fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 420/94 (OJ No L 55, 26. 2. 1994, p. 20)

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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. Radiation certificate must be issued by official authorities and be legalized for the following country : Egypt. (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) shall not apply to this amount. (*) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer : see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33. (6) Notwithstanding Articles 7 (3) (f) and 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the price tendered must include all loading, handling, stowage and trimming costs. f) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document : — phytosanitary certificate. (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point IIA(3)(c) is replaced by the following : 'the words "European Community"'. (9) 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 bags belonging to each shipping number as specified in the invitation to tender. The succesful tenderer has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer, number of which to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder. (10) Since the goods may be rebagged, the succesful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R'. (") The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to : Willis Corroon Scheuer, PO Box 315, NL-1000 BH Amsterdam .