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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 537/2000
of 13 March 2000
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-aid management andspecial operations in support of food security(
1), and in partic-
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of
countries and organisations eligible for Community aidand specifies the general criteria on the transport of foodaid beyond the fob stage.
(2)Following the taking of a number of decisions on theallocation of food aid, the Commission has allocatedsplit peas to certain beneficiaries.
(3)It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance withthe rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down generalrules for the mobilisation of products to be suppliedunder Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 asCommunity food aid(
2). It is necessary to specify the
time limits and conditions of supply to determine theresultant costs.(4)In order to ensure that the supplies are carried out,provision should be made for tenderers to be able tomobilise either green split peas or yellow split peas,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Split peas shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community
food aid for supply to the recipients listed in the Annex, inaccordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, and under theconditions set out in the Annex.
Tenders shall cover either green split peas or yellow split peas.
Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of peas towhich they relate.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
general and specific conditions applicable. Any other conditionor reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
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, 13 March 2000.
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
LOTS A and B
1.Action Nos: 68/99 (A); 69/99 (B)
2.Beneficiary (2):WFP, (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma, tel. (39-6)
65132988; fax 65132844/3; telex 626675 WFP I
3.Beneficiary'srepres entative: to be designated by the recipient
4.Country of destination: Rwanda
5.Product to be mobilised (7):split peas
6.Total quantity (tonnesnet): 3953
7.Number of lots: 2 (A: 1453 tonnes; B: 2500 tonnes)
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(4)(8):—
9.Packaging (5):see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (2.1,A(1.a and 2.a) and B(4)) or (4.0,A(1.c and 2.c) and B(4))
10.Labelling or marking (6):see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (IV.A(3))
— language to be used for the markings: French— supplementary markings: —
11.Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community market
The product must originate from the Community
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: 24.4-14.5.2000— second deadline: 8-28.5.2000
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadline: —— second deadline: —
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 28.3.2000— second deadline: 11.4.2000
20.Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 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 Bruxelles/Brussel; telex 25670AGREC B; fax (32-2)2967003/2967004 (exclusively)
22.Export refund: —
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Notes:
(1) Supplementary information: André Debongnie (tel. (32-2)2951465),
Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2)2993050).
(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 beenexceeded. 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:
— 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 following by a capital ‘R’.
(6) Notwithstanding OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, point IV. A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words European
Community’ and point IV.A(3)(b) by the following: ‘Split peas’.
(7) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of peas to which they relate.
(8) Yellow or green peas (Pisum sativum) for human consumption of the most recent crop. The peas must not have
been coloured artificially. The split peas must be steam-treated for at least two minutes or have been fumigated(*)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% (yellow peas), maximum 15% (green
peas),
— cooking time: maximum 45 minutes (after soaking for 12 hours) or maximum 60 minutes (without soaking).
(*) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a fumigation certificate.