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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2320/1999
of 29 October 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 management andspecial operations in support of food security(
1), and in parti-
cular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)the abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of
countries and organisations eligible for Community aidandspecifiesthegeneralcriteriaonthetransportoffoodaid 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)itisnecessarytomakethesesuppliesinaccordancewiththe 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
SplitpeasshallbemobilisedintheCommunity,asCommunity
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.
Tendersshallcovereithergreensplitpeasoryellowsplitpeas.
Tendersshallberejectedunlesstheyspecifythetypeofpeastowhich they relate.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
generalandspecificconditionsapplicable.Anyotherconditionor 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, 29 October 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
LOT A
1.Action No: 1529/95
2.Beneficiary(2):Peru
3.Beneficiary's representative: ProgramaNacionaldeAsistenciaAlimentaria(PRONAA)AvenidaArgentina,3017,El
Callao, fax (511-4) 4265410
4.Country of destination: Peru
5.Product to be mobilised: (7):split peas
6.Total quantity (tonnes net): 1000
7.Number of lots: 1
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.4) (2.1 A 1.a, 2.a 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: Spanish— Supplementary markings: —
11.Method of mobilization of the product: the Community market
the product must originate from the Community
12.Specified delivery stage: free at destination(
9)
13.Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment — fob stowed
14. a)Port of shipment: —
b)Loading address: —
15.Port of landing: —
16.Place of destination: entrepôt PRONAA (see point 3)
— port or warehouse of transit: —— overland transport route: —
17.Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage:
— first deadline: 23.1.2000— second deadline: 6.2.2000
18.Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
— first deadline: 13-26.12.1999— second deadline: 27.12.1999-9.1.2000
19.Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time):
— first deadline: 16.11.1999— second deadline: 30.11.1999
20.Amount of tendering guarantee: EUR 5 per tonne
21.Address for submission of tenders and tendering quarantees (
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. (322) 2951465),
Torben Vestergaard (tel. (322) 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 documents:
— phytosanitary certificate (the phytosanitary certificate shall indicate that the product is free from trogoderma
granarium, bruchus sp, callosobruchus sp.)
(5) Sincethegoodsmayberebaggedthesuppliermustprovide2%ofemptybagsofthesamequalityasthosecontaining
the goods, with the marking followed by a capital ‘R’.
(6) NotwithstandingOJC114,pointIV.A(3)(c)isreplacedbythefollowing,‘thewords“EuropeanCommunity”’andpoint
IV.A(3)(b) by the following: ‘pois cassés’.
(7) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of peas to which they relate.
(8) Yelloworgreenpeas( Pisum sativum )forhumanconsumptionofthemostrecentcrop.Thepeasmustnothavebeen
colouredartifically.Thesplitpeasmustbesteam-treatedforatleasttwominutesorhavebeenfumigated(*)andmeetthe 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).
(
9) 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 quarterly lists of detained vessels as published by the Paris Memorandum of Under-standing on port State control (Council Directive 95/21/EC (OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1)).
(*) The successful tender shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery a fumigation certificate.