CELEX: 31997R0886
Language: en
Date: 1997-05-16 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 886/97 of 16 May 1997 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

No L 126/6           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                17. 5. 97
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 886/97
                                                        of 16 May 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. For lot A mobilization may
                                                                 not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                under inward processing arrangements.
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down           Tenders relating to lot A shall cover either rape-seed oil
general rules for the mobilization in the Community of           or sunflower oil . Tenders shall be rejected unless they
products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as            specify the type of oil to which they relate.
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (-1);                      For lot A, 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, 16 May 1997.
                                                                           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 Nos ('): 237/96 (Al ); 238/96 (A2); 259/96 (A3)
             2. Programme: 1996
             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: to be designated by the recipient
             5. Place or country of destination: Al : Niger; A2: Peru; A3: Mauritania
             6. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil: refined rape-seed oil or refined sunflower oil
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q (*): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III .A(l)(a) or
                  (b))
             8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 210
             9. Number of lots: 1 in 3 parts (Al : 180 tonnes; A2: 15 tonnes; A3: 15 tonnes)
           10. Packaging and marking (*) (8): see OJ No C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 10.4 A, B and C.2)
                  see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A (3))
                  Language to be used for the marking: Al + A3: French; A2: Spanish
           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 (5)
           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. 6 — 20 . 7. 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: 3. 6. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                 time))
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 17. 6. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 14. 7 — 3. 8 . 1997
                 (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-1049 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.
           (-1) 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) 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.
           (6) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point III.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
                Community"'.
           i7) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a sanitary certi­
                ficate (A2: + expiry date).
           (8) 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 supplier 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 supplier 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.
          H Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.