Commission Regulation (EC) No 685/1999 of 29 March 1999 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
Date: 1999-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, Sudan, food aid, sunflower seed oil, vegetable oil

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 685/1999

of 29 March 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 manage-
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,

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 food aid, the Commission has al-
located vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;

Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in accord-
ance 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;

Whereas, 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
oil; whereas 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
the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 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

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, 29 March 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. Actions Nos: 130/98 (A1); 131/98 (A2)

2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma

tel.:

(39-6) 65 13 29 88; fax: 65 13 28 44/3; telex: 626675 WFP I

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

4. Country of destination: Sudan

5. Product to be mobilised: vegetable oil: refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 031

7. Number of lots: 1 in 2 parts (A1: 500 tonnes; A2: 531 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: 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 arrange-
ments

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: 3. — 23.5.1999
— second deadline: 17.5 — 6.6.1999

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: 13.4.1999
— second deadline: 27.4.1999

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. Vestergaard, B(cid:131)timent Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/
Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

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 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 oil to which they relate.

(7) The gross weight of the containers shall not exceed 22 tonnes.