CELEX: 31999R0113
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 113/1999 of 18 January 1999 on the supply of split peas as food aid

L 14/20              EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               19. 1. 1999
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 113/1999
                                                     of 18 January 1999
                                        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 manage-
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),                               Article 1
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                   Split peas shall be mobilised 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 2519/
aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of         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
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 al-              type of peas to which they relate.
located 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 accord-          condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
ance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation             unwritten.
(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, 18 January 1999.
                                                                              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
                                                            LOTS A and B
             1. Action Nos: 94/98 (A); 95/98 (B)
             2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma
                tel. (39-6) 65 13 29 88; fax 65 13 28 44/3; telex 626675 WFP I
             3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
             4. Country of destination: North Korea
             5. Product to be mobilised (8): split peas
             6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 6 000
             7. Number of lots: two (A: 3 000 tonnes; B: 3 000 tonnes)
             8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4) (7): —
             9. Packaging (5): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (2.1, A(1)(a), (2)(a) and B(4)) or (4.0 A(1)(c), (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: English
                — 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: 8 — 28.3.1999
                — second deadline: 22.3 — 11.4.1999
            18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage:
                — first deadline: —
                — second deadline: —
            19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (12 noon, Brussels time):
                — first deadline: 2.2.1999
                — second deadline: 16.2.1999
            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/Wet-
                straat 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 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 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 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) 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 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 45 minutes (after soaking for 12 hours).
        (*) The successful tender shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery a fumigation certificate.