CELEX: 31996R0477
Language: en
Date: 1996-03-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 477/96 of 18 March 1996 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

19 . 3 . 96           I EN I             Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 68/3
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 477/96
                                                           of 18 March 1996
                                             on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          destinations of the supplies, provision should be made for
                                                                        the possibility for tenderers to indicate two ports of
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                loading, where necessary not belonging to the same port
   Community,                                                           area,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86
   of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
   No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1 ) (c) thereof,                                Article 1
   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21
                                                                       Vegetable oil shall be mobilized in the Community, as
   May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation
                                                                        Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
  (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid
   management (3) lays down the list of countries and organ­
                                                                        the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
  izations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the
                                                                       Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
  general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the
  fob stage;                                                           The supply shall cover the mobilization of vegetable oil
                                                                       produced in the Community. Mobilization may not
  Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions               involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under
  on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has
                                                                       inward processing arrangements.
  allocated to certain recipients 2 560 tonnes of vegetable
  oil;                                                                 For lot A notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation
                                                                       (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indicate two ports of
  Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                    shipment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.
  accordance with the rules laid down by Commission
  Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down              The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
  general rules for the mobilization in the Community of              accepted all the general and specific conditions
  products to be supplied as Community food aid (4), as               applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (*); whereas it is            his tender is deemed unwritten .
  necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of
  supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the                                      Article 2
  resultant costs;
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 Whereas, for a given lot, given the small quantities to be           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 supplied, the packaging methods and the large number of              European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                      States.
                      Done at Brussels, 18 March 1996.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(■)  OJ   No   L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
0    OJ   No   L 174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6.
(3)  OJ   No   L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1 .
(<)  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 Nos ('): 744/95 (Al ); 745/95 (A 2)
             2. Programme: 1995
             3. Recipient ^): Euronaid, PO Box 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: A 1 : Madagascar; A 2: Rwanda
             6. Product to be mobilized: refined rape seed oil
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q: OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under III A ( 1 ) (a))
             8. Total quantity: 165 tonnes net
             9. Number of lots: one in 2 parts (A 1 : 15 tonnes; A 2: 1 50 tonnes)
           10. Packaging and marking (6) (8): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIIA (2) (1 ), IILA(2)(3) and
                  IIIA (3))
                  — five-litre metal canisters, without cardboard cross-pieces
                  — language to be used for the markings: French
           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 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: 22. 4 — 12. 5. 1996
          18. Deadline for the supply: —
          19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: tendering
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 2. 4.
                  1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 16. 4. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment 6 — 26. 5. 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 1 aide 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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                                                                  LOT B
                1 . Operation No ('): 1840/93
                2. Programme: 1993
                3. Recipient ^): Ecuador
                4. Representative of the recipient:
                      Europe Ambassade de l'Equateur, chaussée de Charleroi, 70, B-1060 Bruxelles; tel: (32-2) 537 91 30, telex
                     63292 B
                     Ecuador: SENAPS, av. America 1805 y la Gasea, AP 1701 , Quito; tel: (593) 52 45 68/55 34 67, fax:
                     50 14 29, telex: 2427
                5. Place or country of destination (*): Ecuador
               6. Product to be mobilized: refined sunflower oil
               7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IILA ( 1 ) (b))
               8. Total quantity: 180 tonnes net
               9. Number of lots: one
              10. Packaging and marking ('): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IILA (2)(1 ), IIIA (2) (3) and
                     III-A (3)):
                    — five-litre metal canister, without cardboard crosspieces
                    — markings in Spanish, supplementary markings: 'DISTRIBUClON GRATUITA'
             11 . Method of mobilization: mobilization of refined sunflower 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 port of landing — landed
             13. Port of shipment: —
             14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
             15. Port of landing: Guayaquil
             16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: —
             1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                    the port of shipment stage: 29. 4 — 12. 5. 1996
             18 . Deadline for the supply: 9. 6. 1996
             19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: tendering
            20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on
                    2. 4 . 1996
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                   (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 16. 4. 1996
                   (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                         port of shipment stage: 13 — 26. 5. 1996
                   (c) deadline for the supply: 23. 6. 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 1 aide alimentaire, à
                   l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat,
                   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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                                                               LOT C
             1 . Operation No ('): 749/95
             2. Programme: 1995
             3. Recipient (2): Rwanda
             4. Representative of the recipient: programme de sécurité alimentaire de 1 Union européenne au
                  Rwanda, B.P. 515, Kigali, Rwanda
             5. Place or country of destination (*): Rwanda
             6. Product to be mobilized: refined rape seed oil
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q: see OJ No C 114, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IIIA(l)(a))
             8 . Total quantity: 400 tonnes net
             9 . Number of lots: one
            10. Packaging and marking ( 6 ) (l0): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under III-A (2) (1 ), III.A(2)(3) and
                  IIIA (3)):
                 — five-litre metal canister, without cardboard crosspieces
                 — Markings in French
           1 1 . 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 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: Entrepot du prog, de securite
                 alimentaire de l'UE au Rwanda, zone ind. Gikondo, Kigali Tel: (250)7 56 92, fax: 7 31 46
           17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                 the port of shipment stage: 29. 4 — 12. 5. 1996
           18 . Deadline for the supply: 23. 6. 1996
           19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: tendering
           20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on
                 2 . 4. 1996
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 16. 4. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: 13 — 26. 5. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 7. 7. 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 1 aide alimentaire, à
                 l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, 200 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat,
                 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 ^): —
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                                                                      LOT D
                1 . Operation No ('): 755/95
                2. Programme: 1995
               3. Recipient (2): Cape Verde
               4. Representative of the recipient: Empresa Publica de Abastecimento de Cabo Verde (EMPA), PO Box
                     107, Achada Grande (tel: (238) él 56 31 ; fax: (238) 61 14 60: telex: 6054; contact person: Mr Aguinaldo do
                     Rosario
               5. Place or country of destination (5): Cape Verde
               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 IILA ( 1 ) (a))
               8. Total quantity: 1 400 tonnes net
               9. Number of lots: one in two parts (Dl : 450 tonnes and D2: 950 tonnes)
             10. Packaging and marking (') (10): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IILA(2)(2), IILA(2)(3) and
                    III A (3)):
                    — five-litre plastic drums, without cardboard crosspieces
                    — Markings in Portuguese
             1 1 . 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: Dl : Mindelo; D2: Praia
             16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: —
             1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                    the port of shipment stage: 6 — 19. 5. 1996
             18 . Deadline for the supply: 9. 6. 1996
            19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: tendering
            20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on
                   2. 4. 1996
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                   (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 16. 4. 1996
                   (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                        port of shipment stage: 20. 5 — 2. 6. 1995
                   (c) deadline for the supply: 23. 6. 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 1 aide alimentaire, à
                   l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, 200 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat,
                   B-1049 Brussels ( Attention! New numbers: telex: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (322) 296 70 03/296 70 04)
            25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer (4): —
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                                                               LOT E
              1 . Operation No ('): 1839/93
             2. Programme: 1993
             3. Recipient (2): El Salvador
             4. Representative of the recipient: S.N.F, Division asistencia alimentaría, Casa Presidencial, Barrio San
                  Jacinto, Avenida Los Diplomáticos, San Salvador (El Salvador). Tel: (503 2) 71 02 28/32/42, fax: 710258
                  (att. Licenciados Carolina Ramirez/Oscar Toledo)
             5. Place or country of destination Is): El Salvador
             6. Product to be mobilized: refined sunflower oil
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3): see OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under III.A ( 1 ) (b))
             8 . Total quantity: 415 tonnes net
             9 . Number of lots : one
           10. Packaging and marking (6) (u): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IILA (2) (1 ), III.A (2) (3) and
                  III.A (3)):
                  — five-litre metal canister, without cardboard crosspieces
                  — markings in Spanish
           1 1 . Method of mobilization: mobilization of refined sunflower 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 port of landing — landed
           13. Port of shipment: —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
           15. Port of landing: Acajutla
           16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: —
           1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                  the port of shipment stage: 29. 4 — 12. 5. 1996
          18 . Deadline for the supply: 9. 6. 1996
          19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: tendering
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on
                  2. 4. 1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 16. 4. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: 13 — 26. 5. 1996
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 23. 6. 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 1 aide alimentaire, à
                 l'attention de Monsieur T. Vestergaard, bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat,
                 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 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.
              Is) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer: OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33 (B:
                   José Benito Prior, Torre B, Piso 11 , Santafé de Bogota (Colombia); fax: (57-1 ) 21 83 020; E: see Costa
                   Rica).
              (6) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point III J\(3)(C) IS replaced by the following: 'the words "European
                   Community"'.
             (^ 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 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 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 180 seal),
                  the number of which is to be provided to the recipient's forwarder.
             (9) For Lot A, 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.
            (10) Placed in 20-foot containers. The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days.
            (") The supplier should send a duplicate of the original invoice to: Willis Corroon Scheuer, PO Box 1315,
                  NL-1000 BH Amsterdam .
            (u) The cartons shall be stacked on wooden pallets (made of pine, fir, or poplar wood) measuring not more
                  than 1 200 x 1 400 mm, and with the following features:
                  — four-way entry, non-reversible, with wings,
                 — a top deck consisting of a minimum of seven planks (width: 100 mm; thickness: 22 mm),
                 — a bottom deck consisting of three planks (width: 100 mm; thickness: 22 mm),
                 — three bearers (width: 100 mm; thickness: 22 mm),
                 — nine dowels: 100        x  100  x 78 mm minimum .
                 The palletized load (max. 1 050 kg) shall be covered by a shrink film of a thickness of at least 150
                 microns. The whole of the above must be bound, in each direction, by two nylon straps of a width of not
                 less than 15 mm with plastic buckles.
                 The cartons must have reinforced protection consisting of four angles (35 x 35 mm) made of cardboard
                 at least 3 mm thick placed on the four upper edges;