Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/2000 of 6 March 2000 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
Date: 2000-03-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU production, Eritrea, aid system, award of contract, food aid, vegetable oil

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 493/2000

of 6 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 and
special operations in support of food security (1), and in partic-
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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.

Following the taking of a number of decisions on the
allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated
vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries.

It is necessary to make these supplies 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). It is necessary to specify the
time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
resultant costs.

(4)

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 rapeseed 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 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
inward
processing arrangements.

packaged

and/or

under

Tenders shall cover either
rapeseed 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, 6 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, B

1. Action No: 267/98

2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland;

tel.

(31-70) 330 57 57;

fax (31-

70) 364 17 01; telex 30960 EURON NL

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

4. Country of destination: Eritrea

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

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 125

7. Number of lots: 2 (A: 562 tonnes; B: 563 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): A: see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (10.8, A, B and C(2)); B: 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: 17.4-7.5.2000
— second deadline: 1-21.5.2000

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: 21.3.2000
— second deadline: 4.4.2000

20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 per tonne

21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantee (1): Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, à l'attention de
Monsieur T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, Bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel; tlx
25670 AGREC B; fax (32-2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively)

22. Export refund: —

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Notes:

(1) Supplementary information: André 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
in the Member State concerned, have not been

delivered the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation,
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 rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.

(7) Shipment to take place in 20−foot containers, condition FCL/FCL.

The supplier shall be responsible for the cost of making the container available in the stack position at the container
terminal at the port of shipment. The beneficiary shall be responsible for all subsequent loading costs, including the
cost of moving the containers from the container terminal.

The supplier has to submit to the beneficiary's agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying the number
of bags belonging to each action number as specified in the invitation to tender.

The supplier has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (Oneseal, Sysko, Locktainer 180 or a similar
high-security seal) the number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary's representative.