Commission Regulation (EC) No 988/2001 of 21 May 2001 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
Date: 2001-05-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Niger, award of contract, food aid, invitation to tender, sunflower seed oil, vegetable oil

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 988/2001

of 21 May 2001

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, 21 May 2001.

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 No: 85/00 (A1); 86/00 (A2)

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

telex 30960 EURON NL

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

4. Country of destination: Niger

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

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 90

7. Number of lots: one in two parts (A1: 54 tonnes; A2: 36 tonnes)

8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4) (6): see OJ C 312, 31.10.2000, p. 1 (D.1 or D.2)

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: French
— Supplementary markings: —

11. Method of mobilisation of the product: mobilisation of refined vegetable oil produced in the Community.
The mobilisation may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing arrangements.

12. Specified delivery stage free at destination

13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment

14. a) Port of shipment: —

b) Loading address: —

15. Port of landing: —

16. Place of destination:

A1: Magasin SOS Sahel International

Quartier Karage, Commune 3, Niamey

A2: Concession SOS Sahel International

Zone Industrielle Nord, Route de Tanout, Zinder

— port or warehouse of transit: Massawa
— overland transport route: —

17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:

— first deadline: 12.8.2001
— second deadline: 26.8.2001

18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:

— first deadline: 25.6 to 8.7.2001
— second deadline: 9 to 22.7.2001

19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):

— first deadline: 5.6.2001
— second deadline: 19.6.2001

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; 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: Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2) 299 30 50; fax (32-2) 296 20 05).

(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, 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.