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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 559/1999
of 15 March 1999
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 manage-ment and special operations in support of food security (
1),
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the
list of countries and organisations 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 has al-located split peas to certain beneficiaries;
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in accord-
ance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation(EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying downgeneral rules for the mobilisation of products to besupplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 asCommunity food aid (
2); whereas it is necessary to specify
the time limits and conditions of supply to determine theresultant costs;Whereas, 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 inthe Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
Tenders shall cover either green split peas or yellow split
peas. Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify thetype of peas to which they relate.
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, 15 March 1999.
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: 464/97 (A); 470/97 (B)
2.Beneficiary (2): Euronaid PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland
tel.: (31 70) 33 05 757; fax: 36 41 701; telex: 30960 EURON NL
3.Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
4.Country of destination: Haiti
5.Product to be mobilised (8): split peas
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 720
7.Number of lots: 2 (A: 360 t; B: 360 t)
8.Characteristics and quality of the product (3)(4)(7): —
9.Packaging (5)(9): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (2.1.A(1)(a), (2)(a) and B(4)) or (4.0 A 1.c, 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: A: 19.4 to 9.5.1999; B: 17.5 to 6.6.1999
— second deadline: A: 3 to 23.5.1999; B: 31.5 to 20.6.1999
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: 30.3.1999
— second deadline: 13.4.1999
20.Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 t
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/Wet-
straat 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 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 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 of 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 beenfumigated (*) 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).
(
9) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL.
The supplier shall be responsible for the cost of making the container available in the stack position at the
container terminal at the port of shipment. The beneficiary shall be responsible for all subsequent loadingcosts, including the cost of moving the containers from the container terminal.
The supplier has to submit to the recipient’s agent a complete packing list of each container, specifying the
number of bags belonging to each action number as specified in the invitation to tender.
The supplier has to seal each container with a numbered locktainer (Oneseal, Sysko, Locktainer 180 or a
similar high-security seal), the number of which is to be provided to the beneficiary’s representative.
(*) The successful tender shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery a fumigation certificate.