CELEX: 31997R1810
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1810/97 of 19 September 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1746/97 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

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                                                                I
                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1810/97
                                                     of 19 September 1997
                    amending Regulation (EC) No 1746/97 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       of vegetable oil; whereas some of the conditions specified
                                                                    in the Annex to that Regulation should be altered,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
  Community,
                                                                                             Article 1
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of           The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1746/97 is replaced by
  27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid manage­             the Annex to this Regulation.
  ment and special operations in support of food security ('),
  and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,                                            Article 2
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1746/97 (2)                publication in the Official Journal of the European
  issued an invitation to tender for the supply, as food aid,      Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 19 September 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ L 245, 9 . 9. 1997, p. 1 .
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                                                             ANNEX
                                                             LOT A
          1 . Operation Nof ): 403/96 (Al ); 421 /96 (A2)
          2. Programme: 1996
          3. Recipient ^): Euronaid, Postbus 12, NL-2501 , CA Den Haag (tel.: (31 70) 33 05 757; fax: 36 41 701 ;
               telex : 30960 EURON NL)
          4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
          5. Place or country of destination: Al : Nicaragua; A2: Madagascar
          6. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil: refined rape-seed oil or refined sunflower oil
          7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (5) Q: see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A ( 1 ) (a) or (b))
          8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 345
          9. Number of lots: one in two parts (Al : 330 tonnes; A2: 15 tonnes)
         10. Packaging and marking (*) f): see OJ C 267, 13 . 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 10.4. A, B and C(2))
               see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A. (3))
               Language to be used for the marking: Al : Spanish; A2: French
        11 . Method of mobilization : mobilization of refined vegetable oil produced in the Community
               Mobilization may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing
               arrangements
        12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment (9)
        13. Port of shipment: —
        14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
        15. Port of landing : —
        16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing : —
        17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 3 — 23. 11 . 1997
        18 . Deadline for the supply: —
        19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
        20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 7. 10. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
              time))
        21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
              (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 21 . 10. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
              (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 24. 11 — 14. 12. 1997
              (c) deadline for the supply: —
        22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 15 per tonne
        23. Amount of delivery security: 10 % of the amount of the tender in ecus
        24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities ('): Bureau de 1 aide alimentaire, Attn
              Mr T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B- 1 049 Brussels
              telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)
        25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): —
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             Notes:
            (') The operation number should be mentioned in all correspondence.
            (2) The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient as soon as possible to establish which consignment
                  documents are required.
            (3) The successful tenderer 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) Article 7 (3) (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not be applicable to tenders submitted.
            ( 5) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.
            (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point III .A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European Com­
                 munity".'
            Q The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a sanitary certi­
                 ficate .
            (8) 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 containers from the container terminal.
                 The provisions of Article 13 (2), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not apply.
                 The supplier must submit to the recipient's agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying
                 the number of metal canisters belonging to each operation number as specified in the invitation to
                 tender .
                 The supplier must seal each container with a numbered locktainer (Sysko locktainer 180 seal), the number
                 of which is to be provided to the recipient's forwarder.
            f) Notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indicate two ports of
                 shipment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.