CELEX: 31999R1298
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1298/1999 of 21 June 1999 correcting Regulation (EC) No 1145/1999 on the supply of biscuits as food aid

22. 6. 1999              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               L 155/15
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1298/1999
                                                         of 21 June 1999
                     correcting Regulation (EC) No 1145/1999 on the supply of biscuits as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                   vitamin B2: minimum 0,8 mg,
                                                                              vitamin B6: minimum 0,8 mg,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                    vitamin B12: minimum 3,1 µg,
                                                                              folic acid: maximum 270 µg,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid manage-                          niacin: minimum 6,5 mg,
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),                  pantothenic acid: minimum 3,5 mg,
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                              calcium: minimum 260 mg,
(1)      Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1145/                          sodium: maximum 300 mg,
         1999 (2) issued an invitation to tender for the
         supply, as food aid, of biscuits;                                    iodine: minimum 50 µg,
                                                                              iron: minimum 4,2 mg.
(2)      Whereas a check has shown that an error appears
         in note 8 of the Annex to this Regulation; whereas
         the Regulation in question should accordingly be                The biscuits must be directly consumable and mixable
         corrected;                                                      with water, milk or another suitable liquid to form a
                                                                         homogeneous paste. The product must contain a
(3)      Whereas the deadlines of supply and for the                     protein-rich food such as milk or soya concentrate
         submission of tenders should accordingly be                     and an appetite-stimulating ingredient such as vanilla
         amended,                                                        suited to the recipients’ dietary habits.
                                                                         Conservation: minimum 12 months from manufac-
                                                                         ture.'
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                              Article 1                                                      Article 2
Note 8 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1145/1999 is                Points 17 and 19 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No
replaced by the following:                                            1145/1999 are replaced respectively by the following:
     ‘(8) Biscuits of a minimum nutritional value of 450
          Kcal/100 g meeting the requirements of Article                 ‘17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified
          1(2)(a)(iv), Article 3 and Article 4 of Commission                  stage:
          Directive 96/5/EC (OJ L 49, 28.2.1996, p. 17) and
          the following requirements:                                          first deadline: 5  25.7.1999
           protein: minimum 15 %,                                             second deadline: 26.7  15.8.1999
           carbohydrate: minimum 60 %,
           lipids: minimum 18 %.                                         19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (12
                                                                              noon, Brussels time):
          Essential vitamins and minerals (60 to 80 % of
                                                                               first deadline: 15.6.1999
          RDA/unit)/100 g:
                                                                               second deadline: 6.7.1999'.
           vitamin A: minimum 1 560 IU,
           vitamin D: minimum 160 IU,
           vitamin E: 3  9 mg,
           vitamin C: 20  45 mg,                                                           Article 3
           vitamin B1: minimum 0,8 mg,
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(1) OJ L 166, 5.7.1996, p. 1.                                         publication in the Official Journal of the European
(2) OJ L 137, 1.6.1999, p. 22.                                        Communities.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 21 June 1999.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission