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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 536/2000
of 13 March 2000
on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27
June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management andspecialoperationsinsupportoffoodsecurity(
1),andinpartic-
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of
countries and organisations eligible for Community aidandspecifiesthegeneralcriteriaonthetransportoffoodaid beyond the fob stage.
(2)Following the taking of a number of decisions on theallocation of food aid, the Commission has allocatedvegetable oil to certain beneficiaries.
(3)Itisnecessarytomakethesesuppliesinaccordancewiththe rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down generalrules for the mobilisation of products to be suppliedunder Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 asCommunity food aid(
2). It is necessary to specify the
time limits and conditions of supply to determine theresultant costs.
(4)Inordertoensurethatthesuppliesarecarriedoutforagiven lot, provision should be made for tenderers to beable to mobilise either rape-seed oil or sunflower oil.The contract for the supply of each such lot is to be
awarded to the tenderer submitting the lowest tender,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Vegetable oil shall be mobilised in the Community, as
Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in theAnnex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 andunder the conditions set out in the Annex.
The supply shall cover the mobilisation of vegetable oil
produced in the Community. Mobilisation may not involve aproduct manufactured and/or packaged under inwardprocessing arrangements.
Tenders shall cover either rape-seed oil or sunflower oil.
Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil towhich they relate.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
generalandspecificconditionsapplicable.Anyotherconditionor 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, 13 March 2000.
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
LOTS A and B
1.Action Nos: 70/99 (A1), 71/99 (A2), 63/99 (A3), 64/99 (A4), 65/99 (A5); 66/99 (B1), 67/99 (B2)
2.Beneficiary(2):WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma, tel. (39-06)
65132988; fax 65132844/3; telex 626675 WFP I
3.Beneficiary'srepres entative: to be designated by the recipient
4.Country of destination: see(7)
5.Product to be mobilised: refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil
6.Total quantity (tonnesnet): 3260
7.Number of lots: 2 (A: 1422 tonnes; B: 1838 tonnes)
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(4)(6):see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (III.A(1)(a) or (b))
9.Packaging:see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (10.4, A, 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: A1+A2+A3: French; A4+A5+B1+B2: English— supplementary markings: —
11.Method of mobilisation 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 or warehouse of transit: —— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: 24.4-14.5.2000— second deadline: 8-28.5.2000
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: 28.3.2000— second deadline: 11.4.2000
20.Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 per tonne
21.Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (
1):Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, Attn. Mr T.
Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, Bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel; telex 25670AGREC 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 State concerned, have not beenexceeded. The radioactivity certificate must indicate the caesium-134 and -137 and iodine-131 levels.
(
4) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
— health certificate.
(5) Notwithstanding OJ C 114 of 29.4.1991, point III.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European
Community”’.
(6) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of peas to which they relate.
(7)
Lot Partiallot ActionNo Destination Quantity(t)
A A1 70/99 Chad 266
A2 71/99 Mauritania 266
A3 63/99 Senegal 266
A4 64/99 SierraLeone 324
A5 65/99 Tajikistan 300
Total 1422
B B1 66/99 Ethiopia 500
B2 67/99 Eritrea 1338
Total 1838