Commission Regulation (EC) No 2231/2000 of 9 October 2000 on the supply of split peas as food aid
Date: 2000-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Haiti, aid system, award of contract, food aid, invitation to tender, leguminous vegetable

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2231/2000

of 9 October 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 and
special operations in support of food security (1), and in partic-
ular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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.

Following the taking of a number of decisions on the
allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated
split peas to certain beneficiaries.

It is necessary to make these supplies 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). It is necessary to specify the

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

(4)

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,

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, 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, 9 October 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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1. Action No: 246/99

2. Beneficiary (2): EuronAid, PO Box 12, 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 beneficiary

4. Country of destination: Haiti

5. Product to be mobilised (7): split peas (green peas)

6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 612

7. Number of lots: 1

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

9. Packaging (5) (8): 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: 13.11-3.12.2000
— second deadline: 27.11-17.12.2000

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: 24.10.2000
— second deadline: 7.11.2000

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 25670
AGREC B; fax (32-2) 296 70 03/296 70 04 (exclusively)

22. Export refund: —

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Notes:

(1) Supplementary information: Torben Vestergaard (tel. (32-2) 299 30 50; fax (32-2) 296 20 05).

(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
in the Member State concerned, have not been

delivered the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation,
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 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) 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 15 %,
— cooking time: maximum 45 minutes (after soaking for 12 hours) or maximum 60 minutes (without soaking).

(8) 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.