CELEX: 31999R0685
Language: en
Date: 1999-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 685/1999 of 29 March 1999 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

30. 3. 1999          EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 86/7
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 685/1999
                                                     of 29 March 1999
                                      on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        to be awarded to the tenderer submitting the lowest
                                                                   tender,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid manage-
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),                               Article 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 2519/
list of countries and organisations eligible for Community
                                                                   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 al-              inward processing arrangements.
located vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;
                                                                   Tenders shall cover either rape-seed oil or sunflower oil.
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in accord-          Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of
ance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation             oil to which they relate.
(EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down
general rules for the mobilisation of products to be               The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as               the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify         condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the          unwritten.
resultant costs;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried
out for a given lot, provision should be made for tenderers        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
to be able to mobilise either rape-seed oil or sunflower           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
oil; whereas the contract for the supply of each such lot is       European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 29 March 1999.
                                                                              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. Actions Nos: 130/98 (A1); 131/98 (A2)
        2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma
           tel.: (39-6) 65 13 29 88; fax: 65 13 28 44/3; telex: 626675 WFP I
        3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
        4. Country of destination: Sudan
        5. Product to be mobilised: vegetable oil: refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil
        6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 031
        7. Number of lots: 1 in 2 parts (A1: 500 tonnes; A2: 531 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: English
           — Supplementary markings: —
       11. Method of mobilisation of the product: mobilisation of refined vegetable oil produced in the
           Community.
           Mobilisation may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing arrange-
           ments
       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: 3. — 23.5.1999
           — second deadline: 17.5 — 6.6.1999
       18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
           — first deadline: —
           — second deadline: —
       19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (12 noon, Brussels time):
           — first deadline: 13.4.1999
           — second deadline: 27.4.1999
       20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 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 Bruxelles/Brussel
           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 of 29.4.1991, point III.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European
             5
                Community”'.
            (6) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.
            (7) The gross weight of the containers shall not exceed 22 tonnes.