CELEX: 31999R1299
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-21
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1299/1999 of 21 June 1999 on the supply of split peas as food aid

22. 6. 1999          EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 155/17
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1299/1999
                                                       of 21 June 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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    to be able to mobilise either green split peas or
Community,                                                               yellow split peas,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of
27 June 1996 on food aid policy and food aid manage-               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
ment and special operations in support of food security (1),
and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
(1)    Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays
                                                                   Split peas shall be mobilised in the Community, as
       down the list of countries and organisations eligible
                                                                   Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in
       for Community aid and specifies the general
                                                                   the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/
       criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob
                                                                   97, and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
       stage;
                                                                   Tenders shall cover either green split peas or yellow split
(2)    Whereas, following the taking of a number of deci-          peas. Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the
       sions on the allocation of food aid, the Commis-            type of peas to which they relate.
       sion has allocated split peas to certain beneficiaries;
                                                                   The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all
(3)    Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in           the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other
       accordance with the rules laid down by Commis-              condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed
       sion Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December              unwritten.
       1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation
       of products to be supplied under Council Regula-                                     Article 2
       tion (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid (2);
       whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
       and conditions of supply to determine the resultant         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
       costs;                                                      European Communities.
                 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
(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, B
          1. Actions No: 641/97 (A); 643/97 (B)
          2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, 2501 CA Den Haag, Nederland
             tel.: (31-70) 33 05 757; fax: 36 41 701; telex: 30960 EURON NL
          3. Beneficiary’s representative: to be designated by the recipient
          4. Country of destination: Rwanda
          5. Product to be mobilised (8): split peas
          6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 908
          7. Number of lots: 2 (A: 1 000 tonnes; B: 908 tonnes)
          8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4) (7): 
          9. Packaging (5) (9): see OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (2.1 A1.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: French
              Supplementary markings: 
         11. Method of mobilisation of the product: the Community marketThe 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: 26.7  15.8.1999
              second deadline: 9  29.8.1999
         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: 6.7.1999
              second deadline: 20.7.1999
         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.
             Monsieur T. Vestergaard Bâtiment Loi 130, bureau 7/46, Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bruxelles tlx: 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).
            (9) Shipment to take place in 20-foot containers, condition FCL/FCL (each containing maximum 17,5 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.