Commission Regulation (EC) No 1288/98 of 22 June 1998 on the supply of split peas as food aid
Date: 1998-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, Ethiopia, Haiti, aid system, food aid, leguminous vegetable

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1288/98

of 22 June 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,

Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried
out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to
mobilise either green split peas or yellow split peas,

June

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27
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 organisations 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
the Commission has
food aid,
on the allocation of
allocated split peas to certain beneficiaries;

it

is necessary to make these supplies

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

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, 22 June 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

LOTS A, B, C

1. Action Nos: 179/97 (A); 182/97 (B); 192/97 (C)

2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma; tel.: (39 6)

6513 2988; fax: 6513 2844/3; telex: 626675 WFP I

3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient

4. Country of destination: Ethiopia

5. Product to be mobilized (8): split peas

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 3 220

7. Number of lots: 3 (A: 2 000 tonnes; B: 1 000 tonnes; C: 220 tonnes)

8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4) (7): —

9. Packaging (5): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (4.0.A(1)(c),

(2)(c) and B(4))

10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (VI.A.(3))

— Language to be used for the markings: A + B: French; C: English

— 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 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: 10 — 30.8.1998; B + C: 3 — 23.8.1998

— second deadline: A: 24.8 — 13.9.1998; B + C: 17.8 — 6.9.1998

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: 7.7.1998

— second deadline: 20.7.1998

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

tlx: 25670 AGREC B; fax:

(32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively)

22. Export refund: —

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LOT D

1. Action No: 187/97

2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland

tel.:

(31 70) 330 57 57; fax: 364 17 01; telex: 30960 EURON NL

3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient

4. Country of destination: Haiti

5. Product to be mobilized (8): split peas

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 340

7. Number of lots: one

8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4) (7): —

9. Packaging (5) (9): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (4.0.A(1)(c),

(2)(c) and B(4))

10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (VI.A.(3))

— Language to be used for the markings: French

— 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 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: 3 — 23.8.1998

— second deadline: 17.8 — 6.9.1998

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: 7.7.1998

— second deadline: 20.7.1998

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) 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 artifically. 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).

(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
loading costs, 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.