CELEX: 31997R1895
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-29 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1895/97 of 29 September 1997 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1895 /97
                                                     of 29 September 1997
                                       on the supply of Vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      mobilize either rape seed oil or sunflower oil; whereas the
                                                                 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,
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
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                 inward processing arrangements.
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down           The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
general rules for the mobilization in the Community of            accepted all the general and specific conditions
products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as             applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (3);                        his tender is deemed unwritten .
Whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and
conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to                                   Article 2
determine the resultant costs;
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to         European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 29 September 1997.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 3 OJ L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                                LOTS A, B
              1 . Operation No ('): 22/97 (A); 23/97 (B)
              2. Programme: 1997
              3. Recipient ^): 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: to be designated by the recipient
              5. Place or country of destination: North Korea
              6. Product to be mobilized: refined rape seed oil
              7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3)(5): see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III. A ( 1 ) (a))
              8. Total quantity (tonnes net): 2 400
              9. Number of lots: two (A: 1 200 tonnes; B: 1 200 tonnes)
            10. Packaging and marking (6) Q: 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: English and Korean
                  supplementary markings: 'FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION'
            1 1 . Method of mobilization: Mobilization of refined rape seed 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
            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: 24. 11 — 14. 12. 1997; B: 22.
                   12. 1997 — 11 . 1 . 1998
            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: 14. 10. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                  time))
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                  (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 28 . 10. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                  (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: A: 8 — 28. 12. 1997; B: 5 — 25. 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-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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                                                             LOT C
           1 . Operation No ('): 1863/94
          2. Programme: 1994
          3. Recipient (2): Honduras
          4. Representative of the recipient: Ministro de la Secretaria Técnica y de Cooperacion Intern. (Setco), Dr
               Guillermo Molica Chocano, Edificio Plaza Flores, Av. de la Paz, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (tel.:
               (504 37)66 16; fax: 85 87)
           5. Place or country of destination (s): Honduras
           6. Product to be mobilized: refined sunflower oil
           7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (s): see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III. A ( 1 ) (b))
           8 . Total quantity (tonnes net): 80
           9. Number of lots: one
         10 . Packaging and marking f): see OJ C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 10.4.A, B and C (2))
               see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A (3))
               language to be used for the marking: Spanish
         1 1 . Method of mobilization : mobilization of refined sunflower 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 destination
         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: Almacenes de Deposito SA
               (Aldesa), San Pedro Sula, Cortes, frente a Unitec, Honduras CA
         17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
               the port of shipment stage: 3 — 16 . 11 . 1997
         18 . Deadline for the supply: 14. 12. 1997
         19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
         20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 14. 10. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                time))
         21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
               (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 28 . 10. 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: 17 - 30. 11 . 1997
               (c) deadline for the supply: 28 . 12. 1997
         22. Amount of the tendering security: ECU 15 per tonne
         23. Amount of the delivery security: 10 % of the amount of the tender in ecus
         24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities        ­  O.
                Bureau de l'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 certific­
                ate .
            (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point III.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European Com­
                munity"'.
            f) The marking in Korean must be made as follows on the reverse side of the packaging:
                 European Community:
                 Rape seed oil:
                 For free distribution :