CELEX: 31997R1987
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1987/97 of 13 October 1997 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

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                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1987/97
                                                      of 13 October 1997
                                       on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      the possibility for tenderers to indicate two ports of
                                                                 loading, where necessary not belonging to the same port
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            area ,
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
security ('), and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,                             Article 1
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the              Vegetable oil shall be mobilized in the Community, as
list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid        Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
operations and specifies the general criteria on the             the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                      2200 / 87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex .
                                                                 Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure .
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
on the allocation of food aid , the Commission has               The supply shall cover the mobilization of vegetable oil
allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;                produced in the Community. Mobilization may not
                                                                 involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                inward processing arrangements .
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down           Tenders shall cover either rape-seed oil or sunflower oil.
general rules for the mobilization in the Community of           Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of
products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as            oil to which they relate .
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (3);
                                                                 For lot D, notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation
Whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and           (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indicate two ports of
                                                                 shipment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.
conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to
determine the resultant costs;                                   The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
                                                                 accepted all the general and specific conditions
Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried        applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
out for a given lot, provision should be made for tenderers      his tender is deemed unwritten .
to be able to mobilize either rape-seed oil or sunflower
oil; whereas the contract for the supply of such each lot is
to be awarded to the tenderer submitting the lowest                                       Article 2
tender;
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas, for a given lot, given the large number of              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
destinations of the supplies, provision should be made for        European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 13 October 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 .
b) OJ L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                                   ANNEX
                                                            LOTS A, B , C and D
             1 . Operation Nos ('): 32/97 (A); 33/97 (B); 34/97 (C); 35/97 (Dl ); 36/97 (D2)
             2. Programme: 1997
             3. Recipient (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma
                 (tel .: (39 6) 65 13 29 88 ; fax: 65 13 28 44/3; telex: 626675 WFP I)
             4. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination: A: Ethiopia; B: Angola; C: Tajikistan; Dl : Zambia; D2: Bangladesh
             6. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil: refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods ( 3 ) (5) (7): see OJ C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III .A ( 1 ) (a) or (b))
             8 . Total quantity (tonnes net): 4 888
             9. Number of lots: four (A: 904 tonnes; B: 2 675 tonnes; C: 714 tonnes; D: 595 tonnes (Dl : 95 tonnes; D2:
                 500 tonnes))
            10 . Packaging and marking (6): A and D: see OJ C 267, 13 . 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 10.4.A, B and C.2)
                 B and C: see OJ C 267, 13 . 9 . 1996, p. 1 ( 10.8 A B and C.2)
                 see OJ C 114, 29 . 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A (3))
                 language to be used for the marking: A, C, and D: English; B : Portuguese
            11 . Method of mobilization : mobilization of refined vegetable oil produced in the Community
                 Mobilization may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing
                 arrangements
            12. Stage of supply: free at port of shipment (8)
            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: A, C and D: 1 — 21 . 12. 1997;
                 B : 8 — 28 . 12 . 1997
            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: 28 . 10 . 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                 time))
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 10 . 11 . 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: A, C and D: 15. 12. 1997 — 4. 1 .
                        1998 ; B: 22. 12. 1997 — 11 . 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- 1 049 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 .
         (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.
         ( 5) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a sanitary certific­
              ate .
         (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point III.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European Commu­
                • .
              nity .
         (7) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.
         (s) For lot D, notwithstanding Article 7 (3) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the tender may indicate two
              ports of shipment not necessarily belonging to the same port area.