CELEX: 31997R0811
Language: en
Date: 1997-05-05 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 811/97 of 5 May 1997 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 811 /97
                                                         of 5 May 1997
                                       on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       contract for the supply of such each lot is to be awarded
                                                                  to the tenderer submitting the lowest tender,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid                                               Article 1
management and special operations in support of food
security ('), and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,     Vegetable oil shall be mobilized in the Community, as
                                                                  Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the               the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid         2200 / 87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex .
operations and specifies the general criteria on the              Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                       The supply shall cover the mobilization of vegetable oil
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions            produced in the Community. Mobilization may not
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                 involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under
                                                                  inward processing arrangements .
allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;
                                                                  Tenders relating to the lots specified in the Annex shall
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                 cover either rapeseed oil or sunflower oil . Tenders shall be
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                 rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down            relate .
general rules for the mobilization in the Community of
products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as             The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (-1);                       accepted all the general and specific conditions
                                                                  applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in
Whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and            his tender is deemed unwritten .
conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to
determine the resultant costs;                                                              Article 2
Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
mobilize either rapeseed oil or sunflower oil; whereas the         European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 5 May 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
 I1) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 P) OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                               LOTS A and B
             1 . Operation Nos ('): 223/96 (A); 224/96 (B)
             2. Programme: 1996
             3. Recipient (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma
                 (tel .: (39 6) 579 71 ; telex : 626675 WFP I)
            4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination : A: Tajikistan ; B : Angola
             6. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil : refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods C) (5) Q: see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III. A ( 1 ) (a) or
                 (b))
            8 . Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 000
            9 . Number of lots: two (A: 200 tonnes ; B : 800 tonnes)
           10 . Packaging and marking ('): see OJ No C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 10.4 A, B and C (2))
                 see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A (3))
                 language to be used for the marking: A: English; B: Portuguese
           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
           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: 16. 6 — 6. 7. 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: 20 . 5. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                 time))
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 3. 6. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 30. 6 — 20. 7. 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 laide alimentaire,
                 Attn Mr T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B- 1 049 Bruxelles/
                 Brussel
                 (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 .
           C) 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) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a sanitary certific­
                 ate .
           (fc ) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point III.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words " European
                 Community"'.
           (7) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.