CELEX: 31997R1344
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-14 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1344/97 of 14 July 1997 on the supply of split peas as food aid

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1344/97
                                                         of 14 July 1997
                                         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             mobilize either green split peas or yellow split peas,
 Community,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 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                                       Article 1
 security ('), 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 recipient listed in
 list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid         the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   2200/ 87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
 operations and specifies the general criteria on the
 transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                       Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
                                                                   Tenders shall cover either green split peas or yellow split
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions             peas. Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the
 on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has                 type of peas to which they relate .
 allocated split peas to certain beneficiaries;
                                                                   The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and
Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in                  accepted all the general and specific conditions
 accordance with the rules laid down by Commission                 applicable . Any other condition or reservation included in
                                                                   his tender is deemed unwritten .
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down
general rules for the mobilization in the Community of
 products to be supplied as Community food aid (2), as                                      Article 2
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (3); whereas it is
necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
supply and the procedure to be followed 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, 14 July 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 3 OJ No L 81 , 28. 3. 1991 , p. 108 .
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                             LOTS A and B
             1 . Operation Nos ('): 124/96 (A); 125/96 (B)
             2. Programme: 1996
            3. Recipient (2): Rwanda
            4. Representative of the recipient: WFP, BP 1150 Kigali, Rwanda
                  Tel . (250)876 11 / 12/ 13/ 14, fax 876 21
            5. Place or country of destination ( 5): Rwanda
            6. Product to be mobilized: split peas
            7. Characteristics and quality of the goods (3) Q (') (10): —
            8 . Total quantity (tonnes): 5 000
            9. Number of lots: two (A: 2 500 tonnes; B: 2 500 tonnes)
           10. Packaging and marking (*) f) ("): see OJ No C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 ( 1.0.A ( l)(c), (2)(c) and B (6))
                  see OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 (II.A(3))
                  Language to be used for the marking: French
           11 . Method of mobilization : the Community market
           12. Stage of supply: free at destination
           13. Port of shipment: —
           14. Port of landing specified by the recipient: —
           15. Port of landing : —
           16. Address of the warehouse and, if appropriate, port of landing: Entrepot WFP/PAM a Kigali:
                  Oprovia, Kicukiro
          17. Period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at
                 the port of shipment stage: A: 1 — 14. 9. 1997; B: 15 — 28 . 9. 1997
          18 . Deadline for the supply: A: 26. 10 . 1997; B: 27. 10 — 9. 11 . 1997
          19. Procedure for determining the costs of supply: invitation to tender
          20. Date of expiry of the period allowed for submission of tenders: 29. 7. 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels
                 time))
          21 . In the case of a second invitation to tender:
                 (a) deadline for the submission of tenders: 12. 8 . 1997 ( 12 noon (Brussels time))
                 (b) period for making the goods available at the port of shipment where the supply is awarded at the
                      port of shipment stage: A: 15 — 28 . 9. 1997; B: 29. 9 — 12. 10. 1997
                (c) deadline for the supply: A: 9. 11 . 1997; B: 10 — 23. 11 . 1997
          22. Amount of tendering security: ECU 5 per tonne
          23. Amount of delivery security: 10 % of the amount of the tender in ecus
          24. Address for submission of tenders and tendering securities ('): Bureau de 1 aide alimentaire, à
                 l'attention de Mr T. Vestergaard, Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049
                 Brussels (telex 25670 AGREC B; fax (32 2) 296 70 03 / 296 70 04 (exclusively))
         25. Refund payable on application by the successful tenderer (4): —
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             Notes:
              (') The operation number should be mentioned in all correspondence.
              (2) The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient as soon as possible to establish which consignment
                   documents are required.
              (•') The successful tenderer 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) Article 7 (3) (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 shall not be applicable to tenders submitted.
             (5) Programme de Sécurité Alimentaire de 1 Union Européenne au Rwanda, BP 515, Kigali; tel.
                   (250)756 92/770 21 , fax 731 46.
             (s) Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 /o of empty bags of the same
                   quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R'.
             I7) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the following
                   document:
                   — phytosanitary certificate.
             (8) Notwithstanding OJ No C 114, point II.A(3)(c) is replaced by the following: 'the words "European
                   Community"' and point II.A (3) (b) by the following: 'pois casses'.
             (9) Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of peas to which they relate.
           (10) Yellow or 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 1,5 % (yellow peas), maximum
                       15 % (green peas),
                  — cooking time: maximum 60 minutes, without soaking.
           (") The free holding period for containers must be at least 15 days.
          (') The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a fumigation certificate.