Commission Regulation (EC) No 1680/2002 of 23 September 2002 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
Date: 2002-09-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Guinea, Haiti, Niger, Sierra Leone, award of contract, food aid, invitation to tender, sunflower seed oil, vegetable oil

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1680/2002

of 23 September 2002

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), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1726/2001 of the European Parliament
and of the Council (2), and in particular 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 Commu-
nity food aid (3). It is necessary to specify the time limits
and conditions of supply to determine the resultant
costs.

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 Commu-
nity 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 proces-
sing arrangements.

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

(4)

In order to ensure that the supplies are carried out for a
given lot, provision should be made for tenderers to be

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, 23 September 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 166, 5.7.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 23.

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ANNEX

LOTS A AND B

1. Action Nos: 377/01 (A); 378/01 (B)

2. Beneficiary (2): World Food Programme (WFP), Via Cesare Giulio Viola 68,

I-00148 Roma;

tel.:

(39-

06) 6513 2988; fax: 6513 2844/3; telex: 626675 WFP I

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

4. Country of destination: A: Sierra Leone; B: Guinea

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

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 000

7. Number of lots: 2 (A: 700 tonnes; B: 300 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 (10.8 A, B and C.2)

Weight of the empty container 135 g minimum

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: the Community market.

The mobilisation may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing arrangements.

12. Specified delivery stage (8): 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: 4-24.11.2002
— second deadline: 18.11-8.12.2002

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: 8.10.2002
— second deadline: 22.10.2002

20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 per tonne

21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (1): M. Vestergaard, European Commission,

Bureau: L130 7/46, B-1049 Brussels; telex 25670 AGREC B; fax (32-2) 296 70 03/296 70 04

22. Export refund: —

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1. Action No: 369/01 (C1); 2002SSI003 (C2)

LOT C

2. Beneficiary (2): EuronAid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland; 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: C1: Haiti; C2: Niger

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

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 371

7. Number of lots: 1 in 2 parts (C1: 326 tonnes; C2: 45 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 (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (10.8 A, B and C.2)

Weight of the empty container: 135 g minimum

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: the Community market

The mobilisation may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing arrangements.

12. Specified delivery stage (8): 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: 28.10-17.11.2002
— second deadline: 11-30.11.2002

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: 8.10.2002
— second deadline: 22.10.2002

20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 per tonne

21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (1): M. Vestergaard, European Commission,

Bureau: L130 7/46, B-1049 Brussels; telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03/296 70 04

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
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, 29.4.1991, point

III.A(3)(c)

is replaced by the following:

‘the words “European

Community”’.

The containers may be marked by the application of labels.

(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, condition FCL/FCL (C2: each containing 15 tonnes net).

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 cans 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.

(8) The tenderer's attention is drawn to the second subparagraph of Article 7(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97.