COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 274/98 of 2 February 1998 on the supply of split peas as food aid
3. 2. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 27/29 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 274/98 of 2 February 1998 on the supply of split peas as food aid THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to mobilize either green split peas or yellow split peas, June Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of and food-aid 27 management and special operations in support of food security (1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof, on food-aid policy 1996 Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of countries and organizations eligible for Community aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage; Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions the Commission has food aid, on the allocation of allocated split peas to certain beneficiaries; it is necessary to make these supplies Whereas in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general rules for the mobilization of products to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid (2); whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the resultant costs; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Split peas shall be mobilized in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in in accordance with Regulation (EC) No the Annex, 2519/97, and under the conditions set out in the Annex. Tenders shall cover either green split peas or yellow split peas. Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of peas to which they relate. The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its 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, 2 February 1998. 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. L 27/30 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 2. 98 ANNEX LOT A 1. Action No: 91/97 2. Beneficiary (2): WFP (World Food Programme), via Cristoforo Colombo 426, I-00145 Roma (tel. : (39 6) 6513 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: Angola 5. Product to be mobilized (8): split peas 6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 650 7. Number of lots: 1 8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4) (7): — 9. Packaging (5): see OJ C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 (4. 0. A (1) (c), (2) (c) and B (4)) 10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991, p. 1 (II. A (3)) — Language to be used for the markings: Portuguese — Supplementary markings: — 11. Method of mobilization of the product: the Community market 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: 23. 3 — 12. 4. 1998 — second deadline: 6 — 26. 4. 1998 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: 17. 2. 1998 — second deadline: 3. 3. 1998 20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 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: — 3. 2. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 27/31 1. Action No: 93/97 LOT B 2. Beneficiary (2): CICR, 19 avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Genève (tel. : (41 22) 734 60 01; telex: 22 269 CICR CH) 3. Beneficiary’s representative: ICRC, 40 Jalam-Ud-Din Afghani Road, GPO Box 418, University Town, Peshawar NWFP, Islamic Republic of Pakistan 4. Country of destination: Pakistan 5. Product to be mobilized (8): split peas 6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 2 000 7. Number of lots: 1 8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4) (7): — 9. Packaging (5): see OJ C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 (4. 0. A (1) (a), (2) (a) and B (4)) 10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991, p. 1 (II. A (3)) — Language to be used for the markings: English — Supplementary markings: ‘AF0018’ 11. Method of mobilization of the product: the Community market 12. Specified delivery stage: free at destination (9) 13. Alternative delivery stage: free at port of shipment 14. (a) Port of shipment: — (b) Loading address: — 15. Port of landing: — 16. Place of destination: see point 3 — port or warehouse of transit: — — overland transport route: — 17. Period or deadline of supply at the specified stage: — first deadline: 10. 5. 1998 — second deadline: 24. 5. 1998 18. Period or deadline of supply at the alternative stage: — first deadline: 23. 3 — 5. 4. 1998 — second deadline: 6 — 19. 4. 1998 19. Deadline for the submission of tenders (at 12 noon, Brussels time): — first deadline: 17. 2. 1998 — second deadline: 3. 3. 1998 20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 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: — L 27/32 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 2. 98 1. Action No: 593/96 LOT C 2. Beneficiary (2): Euronaid, PO Box 12, NL-2501 CA Den Haag (tel. : (31 70) 330 57 57; fax: 364 17 01; telex: 30960 EURON NL) 3. Representative of the recipient: to be designated by the recipient 4. Country of destination: Rwanda 5. Product to be mobilized (8): split peas 6. Total quantity (tonnes net): 1 435 7. Number of lots: 1 8. Characteristics and quality of the product (3) (4) (7): — 9. Packaging (5): see OJ C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1 (4. 0. A (1) (c), (2) (c) and B (4)) 10. Labelling or marking (6): see OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991, p. 1 (II. A (3)) — Language to be used for the markings: French — Supplementary markings: — 11. Method of mobilization of the product: the Community market 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: 23. 3 — 12. 4. 1998 — second deadline: 6 — 26. 4. 1998 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: 17. 2. 1998 — second deadline: 3. 3. 1998 20. Amount of tendering guarantee: ECU 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: — 3. 2. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 27/33 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 the 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, point II. A (3) (c) is replaced by the following: ‘the words “European Com- munity”’ and point II. A (3) (b) by the following: ‘pois cassés’. (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 artifically. 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). (9) Transport documents should mention: ‘Goods in transit to Kabul/Afghanistan’. (*) The successful tender shall supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery a fumigation certificate