COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3162/89 of 23 October 1989 on the supply of a consignment of cereals as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1750/89 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1) (c) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (3) lays down the list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;

Whereas following the taking of a Decision on the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated to Euronaid 104 tonnes of cereals;

Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission 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); whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the resultant costs,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the Annex in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex. Supply shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 October 1989.

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 172, 21. 6. 1989, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1.

ANNEX

1. Operation No (1): 577/89

2. Programme: 1989

3. Recipient: Euronaid, Rhijngeestersstratweg 40, PO Box 77, NL-2340 AB Oegstgeest

4. Representative of the recipient (2): see OJ No C 103, 16. 4. 1987

5. Place or country of destination: Rwanda

6. Product to be mobilized: rolled oats

7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3): see list published in OJ No C 216, 14. 8. 1987, p. 3 (under II. A. 9)

8. Total quantity: 60 tonnes (104 tonnes of cereals)

9. Number of lots: one

10. Packaging and marking (5) (6) (7) (9) (10) (11): see list published in OJ No C 216, 14. 8. 1987, p. 3 (under II.B.3)

- marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high:

'ACTION No 577/89 / FLOCONS D'AVOINE / 90266 / EURONAID / DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE / POUR DISTRIBUTION GRATUITE'

11. Method of mobilization: the Community market

12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment

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 at the port of shipment: 1 - 15. 12. 1989

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: 7. 11. 1989, 12 noon

21. In the case of a second invitation to tender:

(a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 21. 11. 1989, 12 noon

(b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 15 - 30. 12. 1989

(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 (4): Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, à l'attention de Monsieur N. Arend, bâtiment Loi 120, bureau 7/58, 200 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Bruxelles; telex AGREC 22037 B

25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (8): refund applicable on 1. 10. 1989 fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2936/89 (OJ No L 281, 30. 9. 1989, p. 37)

Notes:

(1) The operation number is to be quoted in all correspondence.

(2) Commission delegate to be contacted by the successful tenderer: see list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 227 of 7 September 1985, page 4.

(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 levels.

(4) In order not to overload the telex, tenderers are requested to provide, before the date and time laid down in point 20 of the Annex, evidence that the tendering security referred to in Article 7 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 has been lodged, preferably:

- either by porter at the office referred to in point 24 of the Annex,

- or by telecopier on one of the following numbers in Brussels:

235 01 32

236 10 97

235 01 30

236 20 05

(5) The successful tenderer shall give the beneficiaries' representatives a health certificate at the time of delivery.

(6) The successful tenderer shall give the beneficiaries' representatives a certificate of origin at the time of delivery.

(7) The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient as soon as possible to establish which consignment documents are required and how they are to be distributed.

(8) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 (OJ No L 210, 1. 8. 1987, p. 56), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2226/89 (OJ No L 214, 24. 7. 1989, p. 10) is applicable as regards the export refund and, where appropriate, the monetary and accession compensatory amounts, the representative rate and the monetary coefficient. The date referred to in Article 2 of the abovementioned Regulation is that referred to in point 25 of the Annex.

(9) 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'.

(10) The successful tenderer has to submit to the recipient's agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying the number of bags belonging to each shipping number as specified in the invitation to tender.

The successful tenderer has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer, the number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary's forwarder.

Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, conditions FCL/LCL. The supplier shall be responsible for the cost of making the containers available in the stack position of 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 provision of the second subparagraph of Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not apply.

(11) The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to:

MM De Keyzer & Schuetz BV,

Postbus 1438,

Blaak 16,

NL-3000 BK Rotterdam.

Amendments and corrections
December 30, 1989	See Annex
October 25, 1989	Entry into force - Date pub. + 1 See Art 2

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3162/89 of 23 October 1989 on the supply of a consignment of cereals as food aid