CELEX: 31999R1830
Language: en
Date: 1999-08-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1830/1999 of 23 August 1999 on the supply of split peas as food aid

L 223/22               EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                    24. 8. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1830/1999
                                                          of 23 August 1999
                                             on the supply of split peas as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             (4)    Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried
                                                                               out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                          to mobilise either green split peas or yellow split peas,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27
June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
special operations in support of food security (1), and in par-
ticular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,                                                                   Article 1
(1)     Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the             Split peas shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community
        list of countries and organisations eligible for                food aid for supply to the recipients listed in the Annex, in
        Community aid and specifies the general criteria on the         accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, and under the
        transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;                     conditions set out in the Annex.
(2)     Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions          Tenders shall cover either green split peas or yellow split peas.
        on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has               Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of peas to
        allocated split peas to certain beneficiaries;                  which they relate.
(3)     Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in               The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the
        accordance with the rules laid down by Commission               general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition
        Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997                  or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
        laying down general rules for the mobilisation of prod-
        ucts to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No                                        Article 2
        1292/96 as Community food aid (2); whereas it is neces-
        sary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        to determine the resultant costs;                               publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                     Done at Brussels, 23 August 1999.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                      Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                                 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: 185/186 (A); 186/98 (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): 2 125
             7. Number of lots: 2 (A: 1 125 tonnes; B: 1 000 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: 27.9-17.10.1999
                — second deadline: 11–31.10.1999
            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: 7.9.1999
                — second deadline: 21.9.1999
            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/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 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.
              (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 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) or maximum 60 minutes (without soaking).
         (*) The successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, a fumigation certificate.