COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 429/98 of 23 February 1998 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
L 53/10 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 2. 98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 429/98 of 23 February 1998 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, oil; whereas the contract for the supply of each such lot is to be awarded to the tenderer submitting the lowest tender, June Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of and food-aid 27 management and special operations in support of food security (1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof, on food-aid policy 1996 Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of countries and organisations eligible for Community aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage; Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of the Commission has food aid, allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries; it is necessary to make these supplies Whereas in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the resultant costs; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Vegetable oil shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in in accordance with Regulation (EC) No the Annex, 2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex. The supply shall cover the mobilisation of vegetable oil produced in the Community. Mobilisation may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward processing arrangements. Tenders shall cover either rape-seed oil or sunflower oil. Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of oil to which they relate. The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten. Article 2 Wheres, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried out for a given lot, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to mobilise either rape-seed oil or sunflower This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its 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 February 1998. 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. 24. 2. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 53/11 ANNEX LOT A 1. Action Nos: 617/96 (A1); 618/96 (A2) 2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag tel. (31-70) 330 57 57; fax 364 17 01; telex 30960 EURON NL 3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient 4. Country of destination: Madagascar 5. Product to be mobilised: vegetable oil: refined rapeseed oil or refined sunflower oil 6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 105 7. Number of lots: one in two parts (A1: 75 tonnes; A2: 30 tonnes) 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. Mobilization may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward-processing ar- rangements. 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: 30. 3 — 19. 4. 1998 — second deadline: 13. 4 — 3. 5. 1998 18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage: — first deadline: — — second deadline: — 19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (12 noon, Brussels time): — first deadline: 10. 3. 1998 — second deadline: 24. 3. 1998 20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 15 per tonne 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 Brussels telex 25670 AGREC B; fax (32-2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively) 22. Export refund: — L 53/12 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 2. 98 LOTS B, C 1. Action Nos: 620/96 (B); 106/97 (C) 2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma tel. (39 6) 65 13 29 88; fax 65 13 28 44/3; telex 626675 WFP 3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient 4. Country of destination: B: Ethiopia; C: Bangladesh 5. Product to be mobilised: vegetable oil: refined rape-seed oil or refined sunflower oil 6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 707 7. Number of lots: 2 (B: 382 tonnes; C: 1 325 tonnes) 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: 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: English — supplementary markings: — 11. Method of mobilisation 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 arrange- ments 12. Specified delivery stage: B: free at port of landing — landed (8) C: free at port of shipment 13. Alternative delivery stage: B: free at port of shipment 14. (a) Port of shipment: — (b) Loading address: — 15. Port of landing: B: Djibouti 16. Place of destination: — port or warehouse of transit: — — overland transport route: — 17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage: — first deadline: B: 3. 5. 1998; C: 6 — 26. 4. 1998 — second deadline: B: 17. 5. 1998; C: 20. 4 — 10. 5. 1998 18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage: — first deadline: B: 30. 3 — 12. 4. 1998 — second deadline: B: 13 — 26. 4. 1998 19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (12 noon, Brussels time): — first deadline: 10. 3. 1998 — second deadline: 24. 3. 1998 20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 15 per tonne 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 Brussels telex 25670 AGREC B; fax (32 2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively) 22. Export refund: — 24. 2. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 53/13 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, point III. A (3) (c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Com- munity”’. (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, 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 container from the container terminal. The supplier must submit to the beneficiary’s agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying the number of metal canisters belonging to each action number as specified in the tender notice. The supplier must seal each container with a numbered locktainer (sysko locktainer 180 seal), the number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary’s representative. (8) In addition to the provisions of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, vessels chartered shall not appear on any of the four most recent quarterly lists of detained vessels as published by the Paris Memo- randum of Understanding on Port State Control (Council Directive 95/21/EC (OJ L 157, 7. 7. 1995, p. 1))