CELEX: 31996R1491
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-24 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1491/96 of 24 July 1996 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

30 . 7. 96              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 189/ 15
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1491/96
                                                             of 24 July 1996
                                              on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of
                                                                         supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 resultant costs,
   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
                                                                                                 Article 1
   management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
   No 1292/96 (2), and in particular Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) thereof,       Vegetable oil shall be mobilized in the Community, as
                                                                        Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21                     the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
  May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation                2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
  (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid                      Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
  management (3), lays down the list of countries and organ­
  izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the           The supply shall cover the mobilization of vegetable oil
  general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the              produced in the Community. Mobilization may not
  fob stage;                                                            involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under
                                                                        inward processing arrangements.
  Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions               The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
  on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has
                                                                       accepted all       the general and    specific   conditions
  allocated to certain recipients 311 tonnes of vegetable 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                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
  products to be supplied as Community food aid (4), as                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (*); whereas it is             European Communities.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directiy applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels, 24 July 1996.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(')  OJ   No  L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ   No  L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ   No L  136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(4)  OJ   No L  204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0    OJ   No L  81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                                LOT A
             1 . Operation No ('): 1028/95
            2. Programme: 1995
            3. Recipient ^): CICR, 19 avenue de la paix, CH-1202 Geneve (tel. (41-22) 734 60 01 ; telex 22269 CICR
                  CH)
            4. Representative of the recipient: ICRC Delegation, Hujnady street, Proyezd 2 House 3A, Douchanbe,
                  Tadjikistan
            5. Place or country of destination (*): Tadjikistan
            6. Product to be mobilized: refined rape seed oil
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III. A (1 ) (a))
            8. Total quantity (tonnes net): 71
            9. Number of lots: 1
          10. Packaging and marking (')('): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (IIIA (2)(1 ), IIIA (2) (3) and IIIA (3))
                  Five-litre metal canister, without cardboard cross-pieces
                 Language to be used for the marking: English
                 Supplementary markings TJ-0052'
          1 1 . Method of mobilization: mobilization of refined rape seed oil produced in the Community. Mobiliza­
                 tion may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing arrangements.
          12. Stage of supply: free at destination
          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: ICRC warehouse, Douchanbe
          17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                 the port of shipment stage: 2. to 15. 9. 1996
          18. Deadline for the supply: 27. 10. 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)
                 13. 8 . 1996
         21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) 27. 8. 1996
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                     port of shipment stage: 16 to 29. 9. 1996
                (c) deadline for the supply: 10. 11 . 1996
         22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 15 per tonne
         23. Amount of the delivery security: 10 % of the amount of the tender in ecus
         24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities ('):
                Bureau de l'aide alimentaire,
                Attn. Mr T. Vestergaard,
                Batiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46,
                Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                B-1049 Brussels
                telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04
         25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): —
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                                                               LOT B
             1 . Operation No ('): 1024/95
             2. Programme: 1995
             3. Recipient (2): Euronaid, Postbus 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland (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: Haiti
             6. Product to be mobilized: refined rape seed oil
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (IIIA (1 ) (a))
             8. Total quantity (tonnes net): 240
             9. Number of lots: 1
            10. Packaging and marking (6) (8): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (IILA(2)(1 ), IILA(2)(3) and IIIA (3))
                 Five-litre metal canister, without cardboard cross-pieces
                 Language to be used for the marking: French
           11 . Method of mobilization: mobilization of refined rape seed oil produced in the Community.
                 Mobilization may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing arran­
                 gements
           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: 9 to 29. 9. 1996
           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: 12 noon (Brussels time) 13. 8.
                 1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) 27. 8. 1996
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 23. 9 to 13. 10. 1996
                (c) deadline for the supply: —
          22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 15 per tonne
          23. Amount of the delivery security: 10 % of the amount of the tender in ecus
          24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities ('):
                Bureau de l'aide alimentaire,
                Attn . Mr T. Vestergaard,
                Batiment Loi 130 , bureau 7/46,
                Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
                B-1049 Bruxelles
                telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04
          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.
           0 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 IILA(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
               Community'".
           0 The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a sanitary certifi­
               cate.
          (8) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, FCL/FCL (each containing 15 tonnes net). 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 Hie 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 successful tenderer must submit to the recipient's agent a complete packing list of each container,
               specifying the number of metal canisters belonging to each shipping number as specified in the invita­
               tion to tender. The successful tenderer must stow the cartons in the containers in such a way that any
               empty spaces are filled; he must stabilize the final row of cartons using stowage belts.
               The successful tenderer must seal each container with a numbered locktainer (sysko locktainer 1 80 seal),
               the number of which is to be provided to the recipient's forwarder.
          (s) Placed in 20-foot containers. The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days.