CELEX: 32000R2346
Language: en
Date: 2000-10-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2346/2000 of 23 October 2000 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

24.10.2000             EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 271/29
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2346/2000
                                                            of 23 October 2000
                                              on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       contract for the supply of each such lot is to be awarded
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                             to the tenderer submitting the lowest tender,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and
special operations in support of food security (1), and in partic-
                                                                                                       Article 1
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:                                                                   Vegetable oil shall be mobilised in the Community, as
                                                                           Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the
(1)     The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of                Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and
        countries and organisations eligible for Community aid             under the conditions set out in the Annex.
        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 involve a
(2)     Following the taking of a number of decisions on the
                                                                           product manufactured and/or packaged under inward
        allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated
                                                                           processing arrangements.
        vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries.
(3)     It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with          Tenders shall cover either rapeseed oil or sunflower oil.
        the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No               Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to
        2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general                    which they relate.
        rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied              The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
        under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as                        general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition
        Community food aid (2). It is necessary to specify the             or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
        time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
        resultant costs.
                                                                                                       Article 2
(4)     In order to ensure that the supplies are carried out for a
        given lot, provision should be made for tenderers to be            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        able to mobilise either rapeseed oil or sunflower oil. The         publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 23 October 2000.
                                                                                       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. Action No: 243/99
          2. Beneficiary (2): EuronAid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland; tel. (31-70) 330 57 57; fax 364 17 01; telex
             30960 EURON NL
          3. Beneficiary's representative: to be designated by the beneficiary
          4. Country of destination: Haiti
          5. Product to be mobilised: refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 180
          7. Number of lots: 1
          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: French
             — supplementary markings: —
         11. Method of mobilisation of the product: mobilisation of refined vegetable oil produced in the Community.
             The mobilisation may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing arrangements.
         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: 27.11-17.12.2000
             — second deadline: 11-31.12.2000
         18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
             — first deadline: —
             — second deadline: —
         19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
             — first deadline: 7.11.2000
             — second deadline: 21.11.2000
         20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15 per tonne
         21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantee (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: Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2) 299 30 50; fax (32-2) 296 20 05).
           (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.
           (5) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, point III.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European
               Community”’.
           (6) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.
           (7) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL.
               The supplier shall be responsible for the cost of making the container available in the stack position at the container
               terminal at the port of shipment. The beneficiary shall be responsible for all subsequent loading costs, including the
               cost of moving the containers from the container terminal.
               The supplier has to submit to the beneficiary's agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying the number
               of cans belonging to each action number as specified in the invitation to tender.
               The supplier has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (Oneseal, Sysko, Locktainer 180 or a similar
               high-security seal) the number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary's representative.