CELEX: 31996R1654
Language: en
Date: 1996-08-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1654/96 of 19 August 1996 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

20. 8 . 96           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 210/ 1
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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1654/96
                                                        of 19 August 1996
                                         on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
                                                                    resultant costs,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  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 successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
  on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has
  allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;                accepted all the general and specific conditions
                                                                   applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in
 Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                 his tender is deemed unwritten .
 accordance with the rules laid down by Commission
 Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down                                     Article 2
 general rules for the mobilization in the Community of
 products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (3); whereas it is          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of            European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 19 August 1996.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Erkki LIIKANEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(■) OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
I1) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                                LOT A
             1 . Operation No ('): 1060/95
            2. Programme: 1995
            3. Recipient (2): Euronaid, Postbus 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 (4): to be designated by the recipient
            5. Place or country of destination: Haiti
            6. Product to be mobilized: refined rape seed oil
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) C): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under III.A(l)(a))
            8. Total quantity (tonnes): 240
            9 . Number of lots: one
           10. Packaging and marking (*) (6): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (under IILA(2)(1 ), IILA(2)(3) and
                 III A (3))
                 five-litre metal canister, without cardboard cross-pieces
                 Language to be used for the marking: French
          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 arran­
                 gements.
          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: 30. 9 — 20. 10. 1996
          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)) 3. 9.
                 1996
         21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: (12 noon (Brussels time)) 17. 9. 1996
                (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment 14. 10 to 3. 11 . 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, 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 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) 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 IIIJ\(3)(C) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
                Community"'.
            0 The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a sanitary certifi­
                cate .