CELEX: 31996R2114
Language: en
Date: 1996-11-04 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2114/96 of 4 November 1996 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2114/96
                                                       of 4 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
 27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid                     Vegetable oil shall be mobilized in the Community, as
 management and special operations in support of food             Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
 security ('), and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,    the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  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;                Tenders relating to the lots specified in Annex shall cover
 Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                either rapeseed oil or sunflower oil. Tenders shall be
 accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they
                                                                  relate .
 Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down
 general rules for the mobilization in the Community of
                                                                  The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
 products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (3); whereas it is         accepted all the general and specific conditions
 necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of           applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
                                                                  his tender is deemed unwritten .
 supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
 resultant costs;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried                                  Article 2
 out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to
 mobilize either rapeseed oil or sunflower oil; whereas the       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 contract for the supply of such each lot is to be awarded        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 to the tenderer submitting the lowest tender,                    European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                   Done at Brussels, 4 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 .
M OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                                LOT A
              1 . Operation No ('): 1125/95
              2. Programme: 1995
              3. Recipient (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma; (tel.: (39-6)
                   57 971 ; telex: 62 6675 WFP I)
              4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
              5. Place or country of destination (5): Guatemala
              6. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil: refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f) (9): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III. A ( 1 ) (a) or
                   H
             8. Total quantity (tonnes): 300
             9 . Number of lots : 1
            10. Packaging and marking (*) (8): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III A. (2). ( 1 ), III A (2). (3) and
                   IIIA (3))
                  — five-litre metal canister, without cardboard cross-pieces
                  — language to be used for the marking: Spanish
            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 port of landing — landed
           13 . Port of shipment: —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
           15. Port of landing: Santo Tomas de Castilla
           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: 16 — 29 . 12. 1996
           18 . Deadline for the supply: 19 . 1 . 1997
           19 . Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 1 2 noon (Brussels time) on 19. 11 .
                  1996
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12 noon (Brussels time) on 3. 12. 1996
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: 30 . 12. 1996 — 12. 1 . 1997
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 2. 2. 1997
          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 Bruxelles/Brussel
                 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.
           (s) Commission delegation to be contacted by the successful tenderer: OJ No C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 33.
           (*) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point IIIA (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 .
           (8) Placed in 20-foot containers. The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days.
           H Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.