COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 649/91 of 15 March 1991 on the supply of various consignments 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 1930/90 (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 number of decisions on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated to certain countries and beneficiary organizations 15 000 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 recipients listed in the Annex in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex. Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.

The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.

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, 15 March 1991.

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) 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.

ANNEX

LOT A

1. Operation No (1): 1188/90

2. Programme: 1990

3. Recipient: Ethiopia

4. Representative of the recipient (2) (Europe): Ambassade de l'Ethiopie, Bd. St. Michel 32, B-1040 Bruxelles; telex 62285 ETH BRU B. (Ethiopia): Agricultural Marketing Corporation PO Box 3321 Addis Abeba; tel. 65 24 36 / 16 64 38; telex 21165

5. Place or country of destination: Ethiopia

6. Product to be mobilized: common wheat

7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3): see list published in OJ No C 216, 14. 8. 1987, p. 3 (under II.A.1)

8. Total quantity: 15 000 tonnes

9. Number of lots: one

10. Packaging (4): see list published in OJ No C 216, 14. 8. 1987, p. 3 (under II.B.1.a)

- marking on the bags, in letters at least 5 cm high, the month and the year of shipment, followed by:

'ACTION No 1188/90 / WHEAT / FOOD AID OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA'

11. Method of mobilization: the Community market (7)

12. Stage of supply: free at port of landing - landed

13. Port of shipment: -

14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: -

15. Port of landing: Assab

16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: -

17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the port of shipment stage: 25. 4 - 15. 5. 1991

18. Deadline for the supply: 31. 5. 1991.

19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: tendering

20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 12 noon on 9. 4. 1991

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

(a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon on 16. 4. 1991

(b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the port of shipment stage: 2. 5 - 22. 5. 1991

(c) deadline for the supply: 7. 6. 1991

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 (5): 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 or 25670 B

25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (6): refund applicable on 30. 3. 1991, fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 484/91 (OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1991, p. 30)

Notes:

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

(2) Commission delegate to be contacted by the successful tenderer: M. Haffner, P.O. Box 5570, Addis-Ababa; telex 21135 DELEGEUR.

(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 aplicable, 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) 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'.

(5) In order not to overload the telex, tenderers are requested to provide, before the date and time laid down in point 20 of this 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 this Annex,

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

235 01 32

236 10 97

235 01 30

236 20 05

(6) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 (OJ No L 210, 1. 8. 1987, p. 56), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2226/89 (JO 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.

(7) The following should be included in the charter party: 'Food-aid consignment from the European Economic Community: since the freight charges do not include coordination or supervision costs, the US $ 1,50 tax normally paid must not be applied in the case of this ship.'