CELEX: 31999R1301
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/1999 of 21 June 1999 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

22. 6. 1999          EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 155/23
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1301/1999
                                                      of 21 June 1999
                                       on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               rape seed oil or sunflower oil; whereas the contract
                                                                          for the supply of each such lot is to be awarded to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                          the tenderer submitting the lowest tender,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food aid policy and food aid manage-               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,                                                 Article 1
(1)    Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays                  Vegetable oil shall be mobilised in the Community, as
       down the list of countries and organisations eligible       Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
       for Community aid and specifies the general                 the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/
       criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob        97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
       stage;
                                                                   The supply shall cover the mobilisation of vegetable oil
(2)    Whereas, following the taking of a number of deci-          produced in the Community. The mobilisation may not
       sions on the allocation of food aid, the Commis-            involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under
       sion has allocated vegetable oil to certain benefi-         inward processing arrangements.
       ciaries;
                                                                   Tenders shall cover either rape seed oil or sunflower oil.
(3)    Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in           Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of
       accordance with the rules laid down by Commis-              oil to which they relate.
       sion Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December
       1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation         The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
       of products to be supplied under Council Regula-            the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
       tion (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid (2);             condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
       whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits          unwritten.
       and conditions of supply to determine the resultant
       costs;                                                                               Article 2
(4)    Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
       carried out for a given lot, provision should be            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
       made for tenderers to be able to mobilise either            European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 21 June 1999.
                                                                              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: 638/97
          2. Beneficiairy (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland
             tel.: (31-70) 33 05 757; fax: 36 41 701; telex: 30960 EURON NL
          3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
          4. Country of destination: Rwanda
          5. Product to be mobilized: Refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 133
          7. Number of lots: One
          8. Characteristics and qualitiy 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 mobilization of the product: mobilisation of refined vegetable oil produced in the
             Community. 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 of warehouse of transit:      
              overland transport route: 
         17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
              first deadline: 26.7 to 15.8.1999
              second deadline: 9 to 29.8.1999
         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: 6.7.1999
              second deadline: 20.7.1999
         20. Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 15/t
         21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (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
             tlx: 25670 AGREC B; fax: (32-2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)
         22. Export refund: 
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            Notes:
            (1) Supplementary information: André Debongnie (tel.: (32-2) 295 14 65),
                                              Torben Vestergaard (tel.: (32-2) 299 30 50).
            (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 of 29.4.1991, point III.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European
                Community”'.
            (6) Tenders shall 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 bags 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.