CELEX: 31997R2281
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-17 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2281/97 of 17 November 1997 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

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                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2281 /97
                                                       of 17 November 1997
                                         on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       oil; whereas the contract for the supply of such each lot is
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             to be awarded 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                                       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
  operations and specifies the general criteria on the             2200 / 87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
  transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                      Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
 Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions            The supply shall cover the mobilization of vegetable oil
  on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                produced in the Community. Mobilization may not
  allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;                involve a product 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 rapeseed 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
                                                                   oil to which they 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
 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 rape-seed oil or sunflower          European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 17 November 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 .
H OJ L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108.
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                                                             ANNEX
                                                             LOT A
           1 . Operation Nos ('): 494/96 (Al ); 495/96 (A2)
          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 : Madagascar
          6. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil: refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil
          7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) (s) (*): see OJ C 1 14, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A ( 1 ) (a) or (b))
          8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 105
          9. Number of lots: one (in two parts) (Al : 75 tonnes; A2: 30 tonnes)
         10 . Packaging and marking ( 6 ) (s): 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: French
        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
        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: 29. 12. 1997 — 18 . 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: 2. 12. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
               time))
        21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
               (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 16. 12. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
               (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment: 12. 1 — 1 . 2. 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- 1 049 Bruxelles/
               Brussel (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 B
                1 . Operation Nos ('): 56/97 (Bl ); 57/97 (B2); 58/97 (B3); 59/97 (B4)
                2. Programme: 1997
                3. Recipient (2): CICR, 19 avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Genève (tel.: (41 22) 734 60 01 ; telex: 22269 CICR
                     CH)
                4. Representative of the recipient: ICRC Tbilissi, Dutu Megreli Road 1 , 380003 Tbilissi (tel.: (788 32)
                     93 55 11 ; fax: (788 32) 93 55 20)
                5. Place or country of destination : Bl — B3: Georgia; B4: Russia
                6. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil: refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil
               7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (-1) (s) Q: see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1 991 , p. 1 (III.A (1 ) (a) or (b))
               8 . Total quantity (tonnes net): 262
               9. Number of lots: one (in four parts) (Bl : 80 tonnes; B2: 72 tonnes; B3: 55 tonnes; B4: 55 tonnes)
              10. Packaging and marking ( 6 ) (9): 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 (IILA (3))
                     Language to be used for the marking: English
                    Supplementary markings: 'AM-0041 (Bl ); 'AZ-0057' (B2); 'GG-0103' (B3 + B4)
              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 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: B1+B2 + B3: see point 4
                    B4: ICRC warehouse, Castello Street 30A, Adler, Sochi/Russia
                    (Transport document should mention : ' Final destination Sukhumi: Humanitarian aid in transit through
                    Russia )
              17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                    the port of shipment stage: 29 . 12. 1997 — 11 . 1 . 1998
              18 . Deadline for the supply: 8 . 2. 1998
              19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
             20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 2. 12. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                    time))
             21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                    a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 16. 12. 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: 12 — 25. 1 . 1998
                    c) deadline for the supply: 22. 2. 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 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.
        (*) 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) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.
        (6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point III.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European Com­
            munity".'
        f) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a sanitary certi­
            ficate .
        (s) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, FCL/FCL.
            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 operation 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.
        (') Placed in 20-foot containers. The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days.