CELEX: 31997R2608
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-22 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2608/97 of 22 December 1997 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2608/97
                                                     of 22 December 1997
                                       on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      oil; whereas the contract for the supply of each such lot is
                                                                 to be awarded to the tenderer submitting the lowest
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           tender,
 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                                      Article 1
security ('), and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,
                                                                 Vegetable oil shall be mobilized in the Community, as
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the              Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid        the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
operations and specifies the general criteria on the
transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                      Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
                                                                 The supply shall cover the mobilization of vegetable oil
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions           produced in the Community. In case of mobilization of
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                sunflower oil mobilization may not involve a product
allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;                manufactured and/or packaged under inward processing
                                                                 arrangements.
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                Tenders shall cover either soya-bean oil or sunflower oil .
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down           Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of
general rules for the mobilization in the Community of           oil to which they relate.
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 f);                        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
out for a given lot, provision should be made for tenderers      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
to be able to mobilize either soya-bean oil or sunflower         European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 22 December 1997.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
 4 OJ L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 1 OJ L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                                 LOT A
              1 . Operation No ('): 1513/95 (Al ); 523/96 (A2); 524/96 (A3); 525/96 (A4)
              2. Programme: 1995 and 1996
              3. Recipient (2): Angola
              4. Representative of the recipient: UTA/ACP/UE, Rua Rainha Jinga No 6, Luanda, Angola tei: (244-2)
                  39 13 39; fax : 39 25 31 ; telex: 0991 /3397 DELCEE AN
              5. Place or country of destination (s): Angola
              6. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil: refined soya-bean oil or refined sunflower oil
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (5) Q (8): see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A ( 1 ) (b))
              8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 1 800
              9. Number of lots: one in four parts (Al : 800 tonnes; A2: 200 tonnes; A3: 500 tonnes; A4: 300 tonnes)
            10. Packaging and marking (*): see OJ C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 (10.1 A, B and C.2)
                  see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A(3))
                  Language to be used for the marking: Portuguese
            1 1 . Method of mobilization: mobilization of refined vegetable oil produced in the Community. In case of
                  mobilization of sunflower oil, mobilization may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged
                  under inward-processing arrangements
            12. Stage of supply: free at destination (') (l0)
            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: Al and A2: Somatrading (off port
                  of Luanda)
                  A3: A.M.I (off port of Lobito)
                  A4: Socosul, Lubango ( 180 km from Namibe)
            17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                  the port of shipment stage: 9 to 22. 2. 1998
            18 . Deadline for the supply: 22. 3. 1998 (")
            19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
            20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 6. 1 . 1998 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                  time))
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 20. 1 . 1998 (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: 23. 2 to 8 . 3. 1998
                  (c) deadline for the supply: 5. 4. 1998 (")
            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.
           f) 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 C 114, point IIIJ\(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.
           (s) Refined soya-bean oil meeting the following criteria:
                — appearance, at room temperature: clear and brilliant,
                — flavour and odour: bland,
                — free fatty acids: maximum 0,1 % ,
                —   water and impurities: maximum 0,05 % ,
                —   colour, Lovibond 5 '//' (red/yellow): maximum 1,5/ 15,
                —   peroxide value (meq/kg): maximum 2,0,
                —   specific gravity at 20 °C: 0,91 to 0,93 g/cm\
                — refractive index at 20 °C: 1,470 to 1,476,
                — iodine value (Wijs): 125 to 140 g/ 100 g.
           (9) In addition to the dispositions of Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, vessels chartered shall
                not appear on any of the four most recent quarterly lists of detained vessels as published by the Paris
                Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21 /EC (OJ L 157, 7. 7.
                1995, p. 1 )).
          (10) The successful tenderer shall bear the port costs and charges (EP-13, EP-14, EP-15 and EP-17, etc.).
                Notwithstanding the second paragraph of Article 15 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87, the costs and
                charges relating to customs formalities on importation are borne by the successful tenderer and are
                deemed to be included in the tender.
          (") Compliance with the deadline is determined by the proof of arrival at one of the destinations.