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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 712/98
of 30 March 1998
on the supply of split peas as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aidmanagement and special operations in support of foodsecurity (
1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the
list of countries and organizations eligible for Communityaid and specifies the general criteria on the transport offood aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission hasallocated split peas to certain beneficiaries;
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
accordance with the rules laid down by CommissionRegulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 layingdown general rules for the mobilization of products to besupplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 asCommunity food aid (
2); whereas it is necessary to specifythe time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
resultant costs;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Split peas shall be mobilized in the Community, as
Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed inthe Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No2519/97, and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
the general and specific conditions applicable. Any othercondition or reservation included in his tender is deemedunwritten.
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, 30 March 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.
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ANNEX
LOT A
1.Action Nos : 526/96 (A1); 527/96 (A2); 528/96 (A3)
2.Beneficiary (2): Angola
3.Beneficiary’s representative : UTA/ACP/UE, rua Rainha Jinga 6, Luanda, Angola
tel. (244-2) 39 13 39; fax 39 25 31; telex 0991/3397 DELCEE AN
4.Country of destination : Angola
5.Product to be mobilised (7): split peas
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 2 500
7.Number of lots: 1 in 3 parts (A1: 1 500 tonnes; A2: 500 tonnes; A3: 500 tonnes)
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(4): —
9.Packaging (5): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (4.0 A 1.c, 2.c and B.1)
10.Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (II.A.(3))
— Language to be used for the markings: Portuguese— Supplementary markings: —
11.Method of mobilization of the product: the Community market
12.Specified delivery stage: free at destination (
8)(9)
13.Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment
14. (a) Port of shipment: —
(b)Loading address: —
15.Port of landing: —
16.Place of destination: A1: Somatrading (off port of Luanda); A2: A.M.I. (off port of Lobito); A3:
SOCOSUL — Lubango (180 km from Namibe)
— port or warehouse of transit: —— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: 12.7.1998— second deadline: 26.7.1998
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadline: 18-31.5.1998— second deadline: 1-14.6.1998
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 14.4.1998— second deadline: 28.4.1998
20.Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 5 per tonne
21.Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (
1): Bureau de l’aide alimentaire, Attn
Mr T. Vestergaard, Btiment 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)
22.Export refund: —
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Notes:
(1) Supplementary information: Andr Debongnie (Tel.: (32 2) 295 14 65).
Torben Vestergaard (Tel.: (32 2) 299 30 50).
(2) The supplier shall contact the beneficiary or the 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 Stateconcerned, have not been exceeded. The radioactivity certificate must indicate the caesium-134 and -137and iodine-131 levels.
(
4) The supplier shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following document:
— phytosanitary certificate.
(5) Since the goods may be rebagged, the supplier must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same quality as
those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital ‘R’.
(6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, point II.A (3) (c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Com-
munity”’ and point II.A (3) (b) by the following: ‘pois casss’.
(7) Yellow peas (Pisum sativum) for human consumption of the most recent crop. The peas must not have
been coloured artifically. The split peas must be steam-treated for at least two minutes or have been fu-migated (*) and meet the following requirements:
— moisture: maximum 15 %,
— foreign matters: maximum 0,1 %,— broken split peas: maximum 10 % (pea fragments passing through a sieve of circular mesh of 5 mm
diameter),
— percentage of discoloured seeds or of different colour: maximum 1,5 %— cooking time: maximum 45 minutes (after soaking for 12 hours).
(*) The successful tender shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery a fumigation certificate.
(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 quartery 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)).
(
9) The succesful tenderer shall bear the port costs and charges (EP-14, EP-15 and EP-17, etc.). Notwith-
standing Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, the costs and charges relating to customs formal-ities on importation are borne by the successful tenderer and are deemed to be included in the tender.