COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 275/98 of 2 February 1998 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
Date: 1998-02-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, carrier, food aid, invitation to tender, sunflower seed oil, vegetable oil

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 275/98

of 2 February 1998

on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

oil; whereas the contract for the supply of each such lot is
to be awarded to the tenderer submitting the lowest
tender,

June

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
and food-aid
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management and special operations in support of food
security (1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,

on food-aid policy

1996

Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the
list of countries and organisations eligible for Community
aid 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
the Commission has
food aid,
allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;

it

is necessary to make these supplies

Whereas
in
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying
down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be
supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as
Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify
the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
resultant costs;

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
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
the Annex,
2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.

The supply shall cover the mobilisation of vegetable oil
produced in the Community. Mobilisation may not
involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under
inward processing arrangements.

Tenders shall cover either rape-seed oil or sunflower oil.
Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of
oil to which they relate.

The 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

Wheres, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried
out for a given lot, provision should be made for tenderers
to be able to mobilise either rape-seed oil or sunflower

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, 2 February 1998.

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 Nos: 582/96 (A1); 583/96 (A2); 596/96 (A3)

2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel.: (31 70) 33 05 757; fax: 36 41 701;

telex: 30960 EURON NL)

3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient

4. Country of destination: A1: North Korea; A2: Rwanda; A3: Guatemala

5. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil: refined rape-seed oil or refined sunflower oil

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 000

7. Number of lots: 1 in 3 parts (A1: 355 tonnes; A2: 195 tonnes; A3: 450 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 (7): 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: English; A2: French; A3: Spanish

— Supplementary markings: —

11. Method of mobilization of the product: mobilization of refined vegetable oil produced in the

Community

Mobilization may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing ar-
rangements

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: 23.3 — 12.4.1998

— second deadline: 6 — 26.4.1998

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: 17.2.1998

— second deadline: 3.3.1998

20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 20 per tonne

21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (1): Bureau de l’aide alimentaire, Attn
Mr T. Vestergaard, B(cid:131)timent Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels telex:
25670 AGREC B; fax:

(32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)

22. Export refund: —

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Notes:

(1) Supplementary information: Andr(cid:130) Debongnie (Tel.:

(32 2) 295 14 65).

Torben Vestergaard (Tel.:

(32 2) 299 30 50).

(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 been exceeded. 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, point III. A (3) (c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Com-

munity”’.

(6) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.

(7) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, FCL/FCL. The supplier will be responsible for the cost of
making the containers available in the stack position at the container terminal at the port of shipment.
The beneficiary will be responsible for all subsequent loading costs, including the cost of moving the
container from the container terminal.

The supplier must submit to the beneficiary’s agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying
the number of metal canisters belonging to each action number as specified in the tender notice.

The supplier must seal each container with a numbered locktainer (sysko locktainer 180 seal), the number
of which is to be provided to the beneficiary’s representative.