CELEX: 31998R1189
Language: en
Date: 1998-06-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1189/98 of 8 June 1998 on the supply of split peas as food aid

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                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1189/98
                                                       of 8 June 1998
                                         on the supply of split peas as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried
                                                                 out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            mobilise either green split peas or yellow split peas,
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 organisations 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;                                   Tenders shall cover either green split peas or yellow split
                                                                 peas. Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions
                                                                 type of peas to which they relate.
on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has
allocated split peas to certain beneficiaries;                   The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
                                                                 the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                unwritten.
Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying
down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be                                 Article 2
supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as
Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
resultant costs;                                                 European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 8 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
                                                         LOT A
          1. Action No: 161/97
          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): 684
          7. Number of lots: one
          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 (II.A(3))
             — Language to be used for the markings: English
             — Supplementary markings: —
         11. Method of mobilization of the product: 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: 23.6.1998
             — second deadline: 7.7.1998
         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, Bâtiment 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 B
          1. Action No: 708/96
          2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag
             (tel.: (31 70) 330 57 57; fax: 364 17 01; telex: 30960 EURON NL)
          3. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient
          4. Country of destination: Rwanda
          5. Product to be mobilized (8): split peas
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 377
          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 (II.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: 27.7 — 16.8.1998
             — second deadline: 10 — 30.8.1998
         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: 23.6.1998
             — second deadline: 7.7.1998
         20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 5 per tonne
         21. Address for submission of tenders and tendering guarantees (2): 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.
         ( ) Since the goods may be rebagged, the supplier must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same quality as
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             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) 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 (each containing 18 tonnes net).
             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.