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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1829/1999
of 23 August 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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27
June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management andspecial operations in support of food security(
1), and in par-
ticular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
(1)WhereastheabovementionedRegulationlaysdownthelist of countries and organisations eligible forCommunityaidandspecifiesthegeneralcriteriaonthetransport of food aid beyond the fob stage;
(2)Whereas,followingthetakingofanumberofdecisionson the allocation of food aid, the Commission hasallocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;
(3)Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies inaccordance with the rules laid down by CommissionRegulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997layingdowngeneralrulesforthemobilisationofprod-ucts to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No1292/96asCommunityfoodaid(
2);whereasitisneces-
sarytospecifythetimelimitsandconditionsofsupplyto determine the resultant costs;
(4)Whereas,inordertoensurethatthesuppliesarecarriedout for a given lot, provision should be made fortenderers to be able to mobilise either rape-seed oil orsunflower oil; whereas the contract for the supply ofeach such lot is to be awarded to the tenderer submit-
ting 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.
Tendersshallberejectedunlesstheyspecifythetypeofoiltowhich 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
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingits
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 23 August 1999.
For the Commission
Karel VAN MIERT
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:189/98 (A); 190/98 (B)
2.Beneficiary(2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma
tel.: (39−6)65132988; fax: 65132844/3; telex: 626675 WFP I
3.Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the recipient
4.Country of destination: North Korea
5.Product to be mobilised: refined rape-seed oil or refined sunflower oil
6.Totalquantity (tonnes net): 3541
7.Number of lots: 2 (A: 2000 tonnes; B: 1541 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: 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: 27.9 — 17.10.1999— second deadline: 11 — 31.10.1999
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadline: —— second deadline: —
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 7.9.1999— second deadline: 21.9.1999
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. VestergaardBâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brusseltelex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (322)2967003/2967004 (exclusively)
22.Export refund: —
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Notes:
(1) Supplementary information: André Debongnie (tel. (322)2951465),
Torben Vestergaard (tel. (322)2993050).
(2) The supplier shall contact the beneficiary or its representative as soon as possible to establish which consignment
documents are required.
(3) Thesuppliershalldelivertothebeneficiaryacertificatefromanofficialentitycertifyingthatfortheproducttobe
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 IV.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.