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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1301/1999
of 21 June 1999
on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No1292/96of
27 June 1996 on food aid policy and food aid manage-mentandspecialoperationsinsupportoffoodsecurity(
1),
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
(1)Whereas the abovementioned Regulation laysdownthelistofcountriesandorganisationseligiblefor Community aid and specifies the generalcriteriaonthetransportoffoodaidbeyondthefobstage;
(2)Whereas,followingthetakingofanumberofdeci-sions on the allocation of food aid, the Commis-sion has allocated vegetable oil to certain benefi-ciaries;
(3)Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies inaccordance with the rules laid down by Commis-sionRegulation(EC)No2519/97of16December1997layingdowngeneralrulesforthemobilisationofproductstobesuppliedunderCouncilRegula-tion (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid(
2);
whereas it is necessary to specify the time limitsandconditionsofsupplytodeterminetheresultantcosts;
(4)Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies arecarried out for a given lot, provision should bemade for tenderers to be able to mobilise eitherrapeseedoilorsunfloweroil;whereasthecontract
forthesupplyofeachsuchlotistobeawardedtothe tenderer submitting the lowest tender,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Vegetable oil shall be mobilised in the Community, as
CommunityfoodaidforsupplytotherecipientslistedintheAnnex,inaccordancewithRegulation(EC)No2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
The supply shall cover the mobilisation of vegetable oil
producedintheCommunity.Themobilisationmaynotinvolve a product manufactured and/or packaged underinward processing arrangements.
Tendersshallcovereitherrapeseedoilorsunfloweroil.
Tendersshallberejectedunlesstheyspecifythetypeofoil to which they relate.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
thegeneralandspecificconditionsapplicable.Anyotherconditionorreservationincludedinhistenderisdeemedunwritten.
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, 21 June 1999.
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:638/97
2.Beneficiairy(2):Euronaid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland
tel.: (31-70)3305757; fax: 3641701; telex: 30960 EURON NL
3.Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
4.Country of destination: Rwanda
5.Product to be mobilized: Refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil
6.Totalquantity (tonnes net): 133
7.Number of lots: One
8.Characteristics and qualitiy of the product (3)(4)(6):seeOJC114,29.4.1991,p.1(III.A.(1)(a)or(b))
9.Packaging(7):see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (10.4A, B and C.2)
10.Labelling or marking (5):see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (III.A.(3))
Language to be used for the markings: French
Supplementary markings: 
11.Method of mobilization of the product: mobilisation of refined vegetable oil produced in the
Community. Mobilisation may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing arrangements.
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 of warehouse of transit: 
overland transport route: 
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
first deadline: 26.7 to 15.8.1999
second deadline: 9 to 29.8.1999
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: 6.7.1999
second deadline: 20.7.1999
20.Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15/t
21.Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (
1):Bureaudel’aidealimentaire, Attn.
Mr T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brusseltlx: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2)2967003 / 2967004 (exclusively)
22.Export refund: 
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Notes:
(1) Supplementary information: André Debongnie (tel.: (32-2)2951465),
Torben Vestergaard (tel.: (32-2)2993050).
(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 Stateconcerned,havenotbeenexceeded.Theradioactivitycertificatemustindicatethecaesium-134and-137and iodine-131 levels.
(
4) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
health certificate.
(5) NotwithstandingOJC114of29.4.1991,pointIII.A(3)(c)isreplacedbythefollowing:‘thewords“European
Community”'.
(6) Tenders shall rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.
(7) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL.
Thesuppliershallberesponsibleforthecostofmakingthecontaineravailableinthestackpositionatthe
containerterminalattheportofshipment.Thebeneficiaryshallberesponsibleforallsubsequentloadingcosts, including the cost of moving the containers from the container terminal.
Thesupplierhastosubmittothebeneficiary’sagentacompletepackinglistofeachcontainer,specifying
the number of bags belonging to each action number as specified in the invitation to tender.
Thesupplierhastosealeachcontainerwithanumberedlocktainer(Oneseal,Sysko,Locktainer180ora
similar high-security seal) the number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary’s representative.