CELEX: 31997R2232
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-10 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2232/97 of 10 November 1997 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

11 . 11 . 97       \ EN~\             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 306/3
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2232/97
                                                      of 10 November 1997
                                        on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      oil; whereas the contract for the supply of such each lot is
                                                                  to be awarded to the tenderer submitting the lowest
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           tender,
  Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid
 management and special operations in support of food                                      Article 1
 security ('), and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,
                                                                  Vegetable oil shall be mobilized in the Community, as
 Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the              Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
 list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid        the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
 operations and specifies the general criteria on the             2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
 transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                      Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
 Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions           The supply shall cover the mobilization of vegetable oil
 on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                produced in the Community. For lot B mobilization may
 allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;                not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged
                                                                  under inward processing arrangements.
 Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                Tenders relating to lot B shall cover either rape-seed oil
 accordance with the rules laid down by Commission
                                                                  or sunflower oil. Tenders shall be rejected unless they
 Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down           specify the type of oil to which they relate.
 general rules for the mobilization in the Community of
 products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as            The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (3);                       accepted all the general and specific conditions
                                                                  applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
 Whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and           his tender is deemed unwritten .
 conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to
 determine the resultant costs;                                                            Article 2
 Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 out for a given lot, provision should be made for tenderers      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 to be able to mobilize either rape-seed oil or sunflower         European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 10 November 1997 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
0 OJ L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
O OJ L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                           ANNEX
                                                           LOT A
          1 . Operation No ('): 458/96
          2. Programme: 1996
          3. Recipient (2): 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 : Ecuador
          6. Product to be mobilized: refined soya-bean oil
          7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (*) (*): —
         8 . Total quantity (tonnes net): 120
         9 . Number of lots: one
        10 . Packaging and marking (6) (8): see OJ C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 10.4 A, B and C(2))
              see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A (3))
               Language to be used for the marking: Spanish
        11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
        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: 15. 12. 1997 — 4. 1 . 1998
        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: 25. 11 . 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
              time))
        21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
              (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 9. 12. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
              (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 29. 12. 1997 — 18 . 1 . 1998
              (c) deadline for the supply: —
        22. Amount of 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 1 aide alimentaire, Attn
              Mr T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment 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 (exclusively))
        25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): —
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                                                                    LOT B
               1 . Operation No ('): 447/ 96
               2. Programme: 1996
               3. Recipient (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma
                    (tel.: (39-6) 6513 2988 ; fax: 6513 2844/3; telex: 626675 WFP I)
               4. Representative of the recipient: WFP Head of Sub-Office, House No LK103, Chilomoni King Road,
                    Namiwawa, Blantyre, Malawi
               5. Place or country of destination : Malawi
               6. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil: refined rape-seed oil or refined sunflower oil
               7. Characteristics and quality of the goods f) Q f): see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III . A ( 1 ) (a) or (b))
               8 . Total quantity (tonnes net): 61
               9 . Number of lots: one
             10 . Packaging and marking f): see OJ C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 10.4.A, B and C(2))
                   see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A (3))
                    Language to be used for the marking: English
             11 . Method of mobilization: mobilization of refined vegetable 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: see point 4
             1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                   the port of shipment stage: 15 — 28 . 12 . 1997
             18 . Deadline for the supply: 7. 2. 1998
             19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
             20 . Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 25. 11 . 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                   time))
             21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                   (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 9. 12. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                   (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                         port of shipment stage: 29. 12. 1997 — 10 . 1 . 1997
                   (c) deadline for the supply: 21 . 2. 1998
             22. Amount of 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 1 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 (exclusively))
             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.
        f) 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.
            Refined soya-bean oil meeting the following criteria:
            — appearance, at room temperature: clear and brilliant,
            — flavour and odour: bland,
            —   free fatty acids: maximum 0,1 % ,
            —   water and impurities: maximum 0,05 % ,
            —   colour, Lovibond 5'/4 (red/yellow): maximum 1,5/ 15,
            —   peroxide value (meq/kg): maximum 2,0,
            —   specific gravity at 20 °C: 0,91 to 0,93 g/cm3,
            — refractive index at 20 °C: 1,470 to 1,476,
            — iodine value (Wijs): 125 to 140 g/ 100 g.
        (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point III.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European Com­
            munity"'.
            The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a sanitary
            certificate .
        (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 supplier must submit to the recipient's agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying
            the number of metal canisters belonging to each operation number as specified in the invitation to
            tender.
            The supplier 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) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.