CELEX: 32000R0392
Language: en
Date: 2000-02-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 392/2000 of 21 February 2000 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

22. 2. 2000            EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 49/27
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 392/2000
                                                            of 21 February 2000
                                              on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
                                                                                  resultant costs,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and
special operations in support of food security (1), and in partic-                                     Article 1
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,                                             Vegetable oil shall be mobilised in the Community, as
Whereas:                                                                   Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the
                                                                           Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and
(1)     The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of                under the conditions set out in the Annex.
        countries and organisations eligible for Community aid
        and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food        The supply shall cover the mobilisation of vegetable oil
        aid beyond the fob stage.                                          produced in the Community. Mobilisation may not involve a
                                                                           product manufactured and/or packaged under inward
(2)     Following the taking of a number of decisions on the               processing arrangements.
        allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated
        vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries.                            The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
                                                                           general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition
(3)     It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with          or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
        the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No
        2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general                                                Article 2
        rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied
        under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        Community food aid (2). It is necessary to specify the             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, 21 February 2000.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 166, 5.7.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 23.
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                         LOTS A, B, C, D, E
         1. Action Nos: 58/99 (A); 59/99 (B); 60/99 (C); 61/99 (D); 62/99 (E)
         2. Beneficiary (2): UNRWA, Supply division, Amman Office, PO Box 140157, Amman — Jordan telex 21170
            UNRWA JC; fax (962-6) 86 41 27
         3. Beneficiary's representative: UNRWA Field Supply and Transport Officer
            A+E:     PO Box 19149, Jerusalem, Israel [tel. (972-2) 589 05 55; telex 26194 UNRWA IL; fax 581 65 64]
            B:       PO Box 947, Beirut, Lebanon [tel. (961-1) 840 46 09; telefax 603 683]
            C:       PO Box 4313, Damascus, Syria [tel. (963-11) 613 30 35; telex 412006 UNRWA SY; fax 613 30 47]
            D:       PO Box 484, Amman, Jordan [tel. (962-6) 74 19 14/77 22 26; telex 23402 UNRWAJFO JO; telefax
                     74 63 61]
         4. Country of destination: A, E: Israel (A: Gaza; E: West Bank); B: Lebanon; C: Syria; D: Jordan
         5. Product to be mobilised: refined sunflower oil
         6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 957,6
         7. Number of lots: 5 (A: 288,8 tonnes; B: 182,4 tonnes; C: 136,8 tonnes; D: 212,8 tonnes; E: 136,8 tonnes)
         8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4) (9): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (III.A (1)(a) or (b))
         9. Packaging (7): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (10.7 A and B.3)
        10. Labelling or marking (5) (6): see OJ C 114 29.4.1991, p. 1 (III.A.(3))
            — language to be used for the markings: English
            — supplementary markings: NOT FOR SALE
                                          lot D: ‘Expiry date...’ (date of manufacture plus 2 years)
        11. Method of mobilisation of the product: mobilisation of refined vegetable oil produced in the Community.
            Mobilisation may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing arrangements.
        12. Specified delivery stage (8): A, C, E: free at port of landing — FAS landed, container terminal B and D: free at
            destination
        13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment
        14. a) Port of shipment: —
            b) Loading address: —
        15. Port of landing: A, E: Ashdod; C: Lattakia
        16. Place of destination: UNRWA warehouse in Beirut (B) and Amman (D)
            — port or warehouse of transit: —
            — overland transport route: —
        17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
            — first deadline: A, B, C, E: 30.4.2000; D: 14.5.2000
            — second deadline: A, B, C, E: 14.5.2000; D: 28.5.2000
        18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
            — first deadline: 3 to 16.4.2000
            — second deadline: 17 to 30.4.2000
        19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
            — first deadline: 7.3.2000
            — second deadline: 21.3.2000
        20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 per tonne
        21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (1): Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, Attn Mr T.
            Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel; telex 25670
            AGREC B; fax (32-2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively)
        22. Export refund: —
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            Notes:
            (1) Supplementary information: André Debongnie (tel. (32-2) 295 14 65),
                                                Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2) 299 30 50).
            (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 (including ‘production date:...’).
            (5) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point III.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Community”’
            (6) Marking has to be done on the side surface of the barrels (minimum size of the European flag: 150 × 225 mm).
            (7) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers: Lots A, C and E: the contracted shipping terms shall be considered full
                liner terms free port of landing container yard and is understood to cover 15 days — Saturdays, Sundays and official
                public and religious holidays excluded — free of container detention charges at the port of discharge taken from the
                day/time of the arrival of the vessel. The 15 day period should be clearly marked on the bill of lading. Bona fide
                detention charges levied in respect of container detention(s) in excess of the said 15 days as detailed above will be
                borne by UNRWA. UNRWA shall not pay/not be charged any container deposit fees.
                After take-over of the goods at the delivery stage, the recipient will bear all costs of shifting the containers for
                destuffing outside the port area and of returning them to the container yard.
                Ashdod: consignment to be stowed in 20-foot containers containing not more than 17 tonnes each, net.
            (8) In addition to the provisions of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, vessels chartered shall not appear on
                any of the four most recent quarterly lists of detained vessels as published by the Paris Memorandum of Under-
                standing on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).
            (9) Lot C: the health certificate and the certificate of origin must be signed and stamped by a Syrian Consulate, including
                the statement that consular fees and charges have been paid.