Commission Regulation (EC) No 712/98 of 30 March 1998 on the supply of split peas as food aid
Date: 1998-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Angola, EU aid, aid system, food aid, leguminous vegetable, terms for aid

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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,

the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
resultant costs;

June

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
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and food-aid
management and special operations in support of food
security (1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,

on food-aid policy

1996

Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the
list of countries and organizations eligible for Community
aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of
food aid beyond the fob stage;

Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
on the allocation of
the Commission has
food aid,
allocated split peas to certain beneficiaries;

it

is necessary to make these supplies

in
Whereas
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying
down general rules for the mobilization of products to be
supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as
Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Split peas shall be mobilized in the Community, as
Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
the Annex,
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
2519/97, 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 other
condition or 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, 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(cid:131)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(cid:130) 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 State
concerned, have not been exceeded. 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 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(cid:130)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.