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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2519/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2519/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1997/2519",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2519",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The provisions of paragraphs 2 to 11 shall apply in the case of delivery free at destination either by sea and by land, or by land only.\n2. The supplier shall arrange transport at his own expense by the route most appropriate having regard to the deadline referred to in paragraph 9, from the port of shipment or loading quay indicated in his tender to the final place of destination specified in the tender notice.\nHowever, at the supplier's written request the Commission may authorize the port of shipment or the loading quay to be changed, provided any costs this entails are borne by the supplier.\nThe supplier shall bear all the costs until the goods are made available at the warehouse of destination.\nIn the case of goods delivered in containers, the supplier shall bear all the costs of rental, carriage and delivery to the warehouse of the containers and their return empty. Except where containers have been used on the supplier's own initiative, but this was not specified in the tender notice, the supplier shall not bear the costs of detention charges beyond a 15-day period running from the date the goods are made available at the warehouse.\n3. The provisions of Article 14 (3), (4), (6) and (8) shall apply mutatis mutandis.\n4. The tender notice may specify a port of landing or transit point for the supply.\n5. Without prejudice to paragraph 9, the supply shall be complete when all the goods have actually been made available at the warehouse of destination. The supplier shall not be responsible for the unloading of the means of transport.\n6. The supplier shall bear all risks, including loss or deterioration, to which the goods may be subject until completion of supply at the stage defined in paragraph 2 and recording of that fact by the monitor in the final certificate of conformity.\n7. In the event of a discrepancy between the dates and quantities entered in the taking-over certificate and the final certificate of conformity, the Commission may carry out further checks on the basis of which new documents may be issued.\n8. The supplier shall notify the beneficiary and the monitor promptly in writing of the means of transport used, the loading dates, the expected date of arrival at destination, and any incident occurring while the goods are in transit.\nThe supplier shall give the beneficiary and the monitor five days' advance confirmation by the swiftest means of the expected date of arrival at destination.\n9. All the goods must arrive at the place of destination by the deadline set in the tender notice. Where the tender notice specifies more than one place of destination with a single delivery deadline for the same lot, the goods must arrive at each place by the deadline. The tender notice may, where appropriate, specify a date before which any delivery will be considered premature, giving rise to a penalty under subparagraph (c) of Article 22 (4).\n10. Article 14 (15) shall apply.\n11. As soon as the goods are loaded, the supplier shall send the beneficiary with copy to the monitor:\n(a) in the case of transport by sea, a copy of the bill of lading, indicating the carrier;\n(b) a delivery note enabling the recipient to clear the goods through customs;\n(c) a copy of the provisional certificate of conformity;\n(d) a pro forma invoice indicating that the operation relates to a Community aid free of charge;\n(e) the packing list in case of supply in containers;\n(f) the waybill, in case of transport by land;\n(g) any document necessary for the customs clearance and taking-over by the beneficiary,\n(h) any other document specified in the tender notice.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1997/2519/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:58:32.016847+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}