3.8.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 203/25 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1725/1999 of 2 August 1999 on the supply of split peas as food aid THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 129296 of 27 June 1996 on food aid policy and food aid management and special operations in support of food security ('), and in par- ticular Article 24(1)(b) thereof, (1)  Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of countries and organisations eligible for Community aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage; 2)  Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has al- located split peas to certain beneficiaries; (3)  Whereas it is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation of prod- ucts to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid (?); whereas it is neces- sary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the resultant costs; (4)  Whereas, in order to ensure that the supplies are carried out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to mobilise either green split peas or yellow split peas, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Split peas shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 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 August 1999. () O] L 166, 5.7.1996, p. 1. () O] L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 23. For the Commission Monika WULF-MATHIES Member of the Commission