COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 54/88 of 7 January 1988 on the supply of refined palm oil to Peru as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (1), and in particular Article 6 (1) (c) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (2) lays down the list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;

Whereas, by its Decision of 30 June 1987 on the supply of food aid to Peru, the Commission allocated to the latter country 600 tonnes of refined palm oil;

Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in the Community of products to be supplied as Community food aid (3); whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the resultant costs,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

A tendering procedure is hereby initiated for the award of a contract for the supply of refined palm oil to Peru in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and with the conditions laid down in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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, 7 January 1988

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 and corrigendum OJ No L 42, 12. 2. 1987, p. 54.

(2) OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1.

ANNEX 1. Operation No (1): 1059

2. Programme: 1987

3. Recipient: Peru

4. Representative of the recipient (2):

Oficina Nacional de Apoyo Alimentario (ONAA),

Natalio Sanchez no 220, Piso 14,

Jesus Maria, Lima, Peru, Tel: 24 24 64

5. Place or country of destination: Peru

6. Product to be mobilized: refined palm oil

7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3):

See list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 216 of 14 August 1987, page 3 (under III. A3)

8. Total quantity: 600 tonnes net

9. Number of lots: one

10. Packaging and marking:

See list published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 216 of 14 August 1987, page 3 (under III.B):

- metal cans of 10 litres or 10 kilograms

- the cans must carry the following wording:

'ACCIÓN No 1059 / ACEITE DE PALMA / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA A PERÚ / DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA'

11. Method of mobilization: Community market

12. Stage of supply: free at port of landing - landed

13. Port of shipment: -

14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: -

15. Port of landing: Callao (Lima)

16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: -

17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the port of shipment stage: 1 to 15 April 1988

18. Deadline for the supply: 15 May 1988

19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply (4): tendering

20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders:

26 January 1988, not later than 12 noon (Belgian time).

Tenders shall be valid until 12 midnight on 27 January 1988 21. In the case of a second invitation to tender:

(a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 9 February 1988, not later than 12 noon. Tenders shall be considered valid until 12 midnight on 10 February 1988

(b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the port of shipment stage: 15 to 30 April 1988

(c) deadline for the supply: 31 May 1988

22. Amount of the tendering security: 15 ECU/tonne

23. Amount of the delivery security: 10 % of the amount of the tender in ECU

24. Address for submission of tenders (5):

Bureau de l'aide alimentaire, à l'attention de Monsieur N. Arend, bâtiment Berlaymont, bureau 6/73, 200, rue de la Loi, B-1049 Bruxelles, Telex: AGREC 22037 B

25. Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer: -

Notes:

(1) The operation number is to be quoted in all correspondance.

(2) Commission delegate to be contacted by the successful tenderer:

M. Boselli, Délégacion CEE, Quinta Bienvenida, Calle Colibrí, Valle Arriba, Apartado 67076, Las Américas, Caracas (telex 27298 COMEU VC).

(3) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary a certficate 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 radioactivy certificate must indicate the caesium-134 and -137 level.

The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following documents:

- phytosanitary certificate,

- certificate of origin.

(4) Point (g) of Article 7 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not be applicable to tenders submitted.

(5) In order not to overload the telex, tenderers are requested to provide, before the date and time laid down in point 20 of this Annex, evidence that the tendering security referred to in Article 7 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 has been lodged, preferably:

- either by porter at the Office referred to in point 24 of this Annex,

- or by telecopier on one of the following numbers in Brussels:

235 01 32,

236 10 97,

235 01 30,

236 20 05.