CELEX: 31996R0778
Language: en
Date: 1996-04-29
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 778/96 of 29 April 1996 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

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                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 778/96
                                                          of 29 April 1996
                                          on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
                                                                      resultant costs,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86
  of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid
  management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                        Article 1
  No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1 ) (c) thereof,
                                                                     Vegetable oil shall be mobilized in the Community, as
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21                   Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation              the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
 (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid
 management (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­           Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
 izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the
 general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the            The supply shall cover the mobilization of vegetable oil
 fob stage;                                                          produced in the Community. Mobilization may not
                                                                     involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under
                                                                     inward processing arrangements.
 Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
 on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                   The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
 allocated to certain recipients 2 500 tonnes of vegetable           accepted all the general and specific conditions
 oil;                                                                applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in
                                                                     his tender is deemed unwritten .
 Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
 accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                                           Article 2
 Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down
 general rules for the mobilization in the Community of
 products to be supplied as Community food aid (4), as              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (*); whereas it is           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of              European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 29 April 1996.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No   L 370,  30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 174,  7. 7. 1990, p. 6.
0   OJ No   L 136,  26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No   L 204,  25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 4 OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                                   ANNEX
                                                               LOTS A and B
              1 . Operation No ('): 858/95 (A): 859/95 (B)
              2. Programme: 1995
             3. Recipient (2): Mozambique
             4. Representative of the recipient: Commercial Bank of Mozambique, av. 25 de Setembro 1 657, Maputo
                   Tel: (258 1 ) 42 81 57; telex: 6 240 / 6 244 / 6 551 . Contact: Mr Alfaika
             5. Place or country of destination (*): Mozambique
             6. Product to be mobilized: refined rape seed oil
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIIA. ( 1 ) (a))
             8 . Total quantity (tonnes net): 2 500
             9. Number of lots: two (lot A: 1 500 tonnes; lot B: 1 000 tonnes)
            10. Packaging and marking (6) f): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIIA (2) (2), IIIA(2)(3) and
                   III.A (3)):
                   — one litre PET bottles, without cardboard crosspieces
                   — Markings in Portuguese
            11 . Method of mobilization: mobilization of rape seed 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 landing — landed
           13. Port of shipment: —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
           15. Port of landing: A: Beira; B: Nacala
           16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing:
           17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                  the port of shipment stage: 17 — 30. 6. 1996
           18. Deadline for the supply: 28 . 7. 1996
           19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
           20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on
                  14. 5. 1996
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 28. 5. 1996
                  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                       port of shipment stage: 1 — 14. 7. 1995
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 11 . 8 . 1996
           22. Amount of the 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, à
                 l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                  B-1049 Brussels (Attention! New numbers! telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04)
           25. Refund payable on request 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 Staje
               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.
           (*) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer: OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33.
          (6) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point IIIA (3) (c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
               Community"'.
          P) Placed in 20-foot containers. The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days.