CELEX: 31996R2150
Language: en
Date: 1996-10-08 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2150/96 of 8 November 1996 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

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                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2150/96
                                                        of 8 November 1996
                                          on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,                                                                                 Article 1
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of            Vegetable oil shall be mobilized in the Community, as
  27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid                       Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
  management and special operations in support of food               the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
  security ('), and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,      2200 / 87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
  Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the               Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure .
  list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid
  operations and specifies the general criteria on the              The supply shall cover the mobilization of vegetable oil
  transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                       produced in the Community. Mobilization may not
                                                                    involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under
  Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions            inward processing arrangements.
  on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has
  allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;                 The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
                                                                    accepted all the general and specific conditions
  Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                 applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
  accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                 his tender is deemed unwritten .
  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 (2), as                                      Article 2
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (3); whereas it is
 necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 resultant costs,                                                   European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 8 November 1996 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
P) OJ No L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                                  LOT A
               1 . Operation No ('): 1158/95
               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 : El Salvador
              6. Product to be mobilized: refined rape seed oil
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3)0: see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III_A.(1 ) (a))
              8. Total quantity (tonnes): 75
              9 . Number of lots: 1
            10 . Packaging and marking (^ ('): see OJ No C 114, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (IIIJ\.(2).(1 ), IIIA.(2).(3) and III.A.(3))
                   five-litre metal canister, without cardboard cross-pieces
                   Language to be used for the marking: Spanish
            1 1 . 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
                   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. 12. 1996 to 5. 1 . 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: ( 12 noon (Brussels time)) 26. 11 .
                   1996
           21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: ( 12 noon (Brussels time)) 10. 12. 1996
                  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 30 . 12. 1996 to 19. 1 . 1997
                  (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, Attn.
                  Mr T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B- 1 049 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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              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.
            (5) 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
                 invitation 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.
            (6) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point IILA(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
                 Community"'.
            Q The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a sanitary certifi­
                 cate .