CELEX: 31997R0141
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 141/97 of 27 January 1997 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid

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                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 141/97
                                                          of 27 January 1997
                                          on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   Community,                                                                                  Article 1
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
   27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid                       Vegetable oil shall be mobilized in the Community, as
   management and special operations in support of food               Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in
   security ('), and in particular Article 24 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,      the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
   Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the                Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
   list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid
   operations and specifies the general criteria on the               The supply shall cover the mobilization of vegetable oil
   transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                        produced in the Community. Mobilization may not
   Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
                                                                      involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under
   on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has
                                                                      inward processing arrangements.
   allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries;                 Tenders relating to the lots specified in the Annex shall
  Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                  cover either rapeseed oil or sunflower oil . Tenders shall be
   accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                 rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they
                                                                     relate .
  Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down
  general rules for the mobilization in the Community of
                                                                     The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
  products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as
  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (3); whereas it is           accepted all the general and specific conditions
  necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of             applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
                                                                     his tender is deemed unwritten .
  supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the
  resultant costs;
  Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried                                   Article 2
  out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to
  mobilize either rapeseed oil or sunflower oil; whereas the         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 contract for the supply of such each lot is to be awarded           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
  to the tenderer submitting the lowest tender,                      European Communities.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 27 January 1997.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 81 , 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
                                                                   LOT A
                 1 . Operation No ('): 1166/95
                 2. Programme: 1995
                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 Megrelli Road 1 , 380003 Tbilissi (tel.: (78832)
                       935511 ; fax: (78832) 935520)
                5. Place or country of destination: Georgia
                6. Product to be mobilized: vegetable oil : refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil
                7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) f) (8): see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A.(1 ) (a) or
                      (b))
                8 . Total quantity (tonnes net): 200
                9 . Number of lots : 1
              10. Packaging and marking (s) ( 6 ): see OJ No C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 10.2 A, B and C.2)
                      see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (III.A.(3))
                      Language to be used for the marking: English
                      Supplementary markings 'ZZC-267'
              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 arran­
                     gements .
              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: see point 4
             1 7. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                     the port of shipment stage: 10 . — 23 . 3. 1997
             18 . Deadline for the supply: 13. 4. 1997
             19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
             20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: ( 12 noon (Brussels time)) 11 . 2.
                     1997
            21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                    (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: (12 noon (Brussels time)) 25. 2. 1997
                    (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                         port of shipment stage: 24. 3. — 6. 4. 1997
                   (c) deadline for the supply: 27. 4. 1997
            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 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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             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.
            (*) The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days.
           (6) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point IILA(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
                Community"'.
                The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a sanitary certifi­
                cate .
           (8) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate.