CELEX: 31998R0712
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-30
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 712/98 of 30 March 1998 on the supply of split peas as food 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,                      the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            resultant costs;
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid
management and special operations in support of food                                      Article 1
security (1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                 Split peas shall be mobilized in the Community, as
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the              Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
list of countries and organizations eligible for Community       the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of       2519/97, and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
food aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions           The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
allocated split peas to certain beneficiaries;                   condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
                                                                 unwritten.
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                                         Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying
down general rules for the mobilization of products to be        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify       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, 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: André 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 cassés’.
          (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.