CELEX: 31997R1612
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-11 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1612/97 of 11 August 1997 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1612/97
                                                         of 11 August 1997
                                         on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       contract for the supply of such each lot is to be awarded
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             to the tenderer submitting the lowest tender,
  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                                               Article 1
  management and special operations in support of food             Vegetable oil shall be mobilized in the Community, as
  security ('), and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,     Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
 Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the                the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   2200 / 87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
  list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid
 operations and specifies the general criteria on the              Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure .
 transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                       The supply shall cover the mobilization of vegetable oil
 Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions            produced in the Community. Mobilization may not
 on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                 involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under
 allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;                 inward processing arrangements.
                                                                   Tenders relating to the lots specified in the Annex shall
 Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
                                                                   cover 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
 Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down            relate .
 general rules for the mobilization in the Community of
 products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as             The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (3);                        accepted all the general and specific conditions
                                                                   applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
 Whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and            his tender is deemed unwritten .
 conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to
 determine the resultant costs;                                                             Article 2
 Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 but, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 mobilize either rapeseed oil or sunflower oil; whereas the        European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 11 August 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                Emma BONINO
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
                                                                  LOT A
             1 . Operation No ('): 389/96
             2. Programme: 1996
             3. Recipient (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, 1-00145 Roma
                  (tel .: (39-6) 5228 2988; fax: 5228 2844/3; telex: 626675 WFP I)
             4. Representative of the recipient: WFP Yemen, Attn . Country Director, Khorashi Building, Siteen
                  Street, Sana'a
             5. Place or country of destination: Yemen
             6. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil: refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil
             7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (5) C): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III. A (1 ) (a) or
                  (b))
             8 . Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 750
             9 . Number of lots: 1
           10. Packaging and marking (6) (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: English
                  Supplementary markings: ' Expiry date . . .'
           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: Hodeidah
           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: 22. 9 — 5 . 10. 1997
           18 . Deadline for the supply: 26. 10 . 1997
           19 . Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 26. 8. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                 time))
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 9. 9. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                       port of shipment stage: 6 — 19. 10 . 1997
                 (c) deadline for the supply: 9. 11 . 1997
          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,
                 Batiment 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.
           (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
               certificate .
           (6) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point III A (3) (c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
               Community"'.
           Q Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.
           f) The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days.