31987R3399

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3399/87 of 12 November 1987 on the supply of semi-refined palm oil to Nicaragua as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in the Community of products to be supplied as Community Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European food aid (3) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time Economic Community, limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 followed to determine the resultant costs, of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management ('), and in particular Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid man­ agement (2) lays down the list of countries and organiz­ A tendering procedure is hereby initiated for the award of ations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the a contract for the supply of semi-refined palm oil to general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the Nicaragua in accordance with the provisions of Regula­ fob stage ; tion (EEC) No 2200/87 and with the conditions laid down in the Annex hereto . Whereas, by its Decision of 5 June 1987 on the supply of food aid to Nicaragua the Commission allocated to the latter country 1 500 tonnes of semi-refined palm oil ; Article 2 Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by following its publication in the Official Journal of the Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 12 November 1987 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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

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ANNEX

1 . Operation No (') : 899/87 2. Programme : 1987 3 . Recipient : Nicaragua 4. Representative of the recipient (2) : Enabas — Sr Waskar Lanzas, Salida Carretera Norte, Managua, Nicaragua , Tel . : 22680 , 23082, Telex 1314 5. Place or country of destination : Nicaragua 6 . Product to be mobilized : semi-refined palm oil 7. Characteristics and quality of the goods : The semi-refined palm oil must be of sound, fair and merchantable quality and must meet the following criteria : — water and impurities : maximum 0,25 % ; — free fatty acids : not more than 0,25 % ; — colour (Lovibond 1 cm cell) : red 9 maximum , yellow maximum 35 ; — phosphor : maximum 4 ppm ; — iodine number (Wijs) : 50 to 60 ; — palmitic acid : 41 to 45 % of total fatty acids present ; — cholesterol : maximum 4 % of total sterol content ; — oleic acid : 36 to 41 % of total fatty acids present. 8 . Total quantity : 1 500 tonnes net 9 . Number of lots : one 10 . Packaging and marketing : in bulk 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 : Corinto 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 : 15 January to 15 February 1988 18 . Deadline for the supply : 15 March 1988 19 . Procedure for determing the costs of supply (3) : tendering 20 . Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders : 1 December 1987, not later than 12 noon . Tenders shall be valid until 12 midnight (Belgian time) on 2 December 1987 21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender : (a) deadline for the submission of tenders : 15 December 1987 not later than 12 noon (Belgian time). Tenders shall be considered valid until 12 midnight on 16 December 1987 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the port of shipment stage : 1 to 28 February 1988 (c) deadline for the supply : 31 March 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 (4) : Bureau de 1 aide alaimentaire, à 1 attention de Monsieur N. Arend, bâtiment Berlaymont, bureau 6/73, 200 , rue de la Loi , B - 1 049 Bruxelles, Telex : AGREC 22037 B 25 . Refund payable on request by the successful tenderer : —

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Note : (') The operation number is to be quoted in all correspondence . (2) Commission delegate to be contacted by the successful tenderer : M. Cerini, Bureau CEE, Apartado 836, Centro Colong, 1007 San Jose , Costa Rica, Tel . : 33 27 55, Telex : 3482 CEEAC. (3) Point (g) of Article 7 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not be applicable to tenders submitted. (4) 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 .