# 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, Article 17

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. For goods supplied in bulk, there shall be a tolerance of 3 % by weight below the quantity requested. For goods supplied in packings, there shall be a tolerance of 1 %. The quantities taken by the monitor as samples shall be additional to the tolerances.
Where the tolerances are exceeded, the Commission may require the supplier to make an additional delivery on the same financial terms as the initial delivery within a second deadline specified by the Commission. Article 22 (4), (5) and (7) shall apply, as appropriate.
2. The taking-over certificate or the delivery certificate shall establish the net quantity actually delivered.
3. A taking-over certificate containing the particulars set out in Annex III shall be issued by the beneficiary to the supplier without delay after the goods have been supplied at the stage of delivery specified and the supplier has provided the beneficiary with the original of the final certificate of conformity and certificate of origin, the pro forma invoice establishing the value of the goods and their transfer to the beneficiary free of charge and, where appropriate, the documents referred to in Articles 14 and 15.
The monitor shall offer every assistance for the obtaining of the said certificate.
4. Where the beneficiary fails to issue a taking-over certificate within 15 days of receipt of the documents referred to in paragraph 3, the monitor shall, at the supplier's written and justified request, with the agreement of the Commission, issue to the supplier within five working days a delivery certificate containing the particulars set out in Annex III.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1997/2519/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2519/article-17
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