CELEX: 31998R0275
Language: en
Date: 1998-02-02 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 275/98 of 2 February 1998 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 275/98
                                                     of 2 February 1998
                                       on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      oil; whereas the contract for the supply of each such 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 (1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                 Vegetable oil shall be mobilised in the Community, as
                                                                 Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the
                                                                 the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
list of countries and organisations eligible for Community
                                                                 2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of
food aid beyond the fob stage;                                   The supply shall cover the mobilisation of vegetable oil
                                                                 produced in the Community. Mobilisation 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 vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;
                                                                 Tenders shall cover either rape-seed oil or sunflower oil.
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                oil to which they relate.
Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying            The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be        the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as             condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify       unwritten.
the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
resultant costs;                                                                          Article 2
Wheres, 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 mobilise 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, 2 February 1998.
                                                                          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
                                                         LOT A
          1. Action Nos: 582/96 (A1); 583/96 (A2); 596/96 (A3)
          2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel.: (31 70) 33 05 757; fax: 36 41 701;
             telex: 30960 EURON NL)
          3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
          4. Country of destination: A1: North Korea; A2: Rwanda; A3: Guatemala
          5. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil: refined rape-seed oil or refined sunflower oil
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 000
          7. Number of lots: 1 in 3 parts (A1: 355 tonnes; A2: 195 tonnes; A3: 450 tonnes)
          8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4) (6): 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 (10.4.A, B and C (2))
         10. Labelling or marking (5): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (III.A (3))
             — Language to be used for the markings: A1: English; A2: French; A3: Spanish
             — Supplementary markings: —
         11. Method of mobilization of the product: mobilization of refined vegetable oil produced in the
             Community
             Mobilization may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing ar-
             rangements
         12. Specified delivery stage: free at port of shipment
         13. Alternative delivery stage: —
         14. (a) Port of shipment: —
             (b) Loading address: —
         15. Port of landing: —
         16. Place of destination:
             — port or warehouse of transit: —
             — overland transport route: —
         17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
             — first deadline: 23.3 — 12.4.1998
             — second deadline: 6 — 26.4.1998
         18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
             — first deadline: —
             — second deadline: —
         19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
             — first deadline: 17.2.1998
             — second deadline: 3.3.1998
         20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 20 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 Brussels 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.
        ( ) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point III. A (3) (c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Com-
         5
            munity”’.
        (6) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.
        (7) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, FCL/FCL. 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
            container from the container terminal.
            The supplier must submit to the beneficiary’s agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying
            the number of metal canisters belonging to each action number as specified in the tender notice.
            The supplier must seal each container with a numbered locktainer (sysko locktainer 180 seal), the number
            of which is to be provided to the beneficiary’s representative.