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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 385/1999
of 19 February 1999
on the submission of tenders for the award of contracts to supply agricultural
products to Russia in application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 and
postponing the deadlines for such supplies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 of
17 December 1998 on a programme to supply agriculturalproducts to the Russian Federation (
1), and in particular
Article 4(2) thereof,
Whereas, for the purpose of applying Regulation (EC) No
2802/98, the Commission opened invitations to tender toestablish the costs of supplying wholly milled rice,skimmed-milk powder, beef, pigmeat, and commonwheat and rye of bread-making quality by Regulations(EC) No 155/1999 (
2), (EC) No 156/1999 (3), (EC) No 157/
1999 (4), (EC) No 158/1999 (5), (EC) No 190/1999 (6) and
(EC) No 159/1999 (7) respectively;
Whereas, by Regulation (EC) No 282/1999 (8), the
Commission decided not to award contracts on the basisof the tenders mentioned above during the period endingon 2 February 1999; whereas it postponed the secondperiod for the submission of tenders as originallyprovided for and the two periods set for the invitation totender for the supply of pigmeat;
Whereas the additional measures taken in cooperation
with the Russian authorities to ensure the successfulexecution of the operations have been completed and it isnow possible to set new periods for the submission oftenders under the above invitations to tender and there-fore to postpone the deadlines initially set for supplyingthe products to the sea-ports and frontier points of desti-nation; whereas, also, information has been disseminateddesigned to improve operators’ awareness of the condi-tions governing the admissibility of the tenders;
Whereas the relevant management committees have not
delivered opinions within the time limits set by theirchairmen,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. In respect of the invitations to tender opened by
Regulations (EC) No 155/1999 and (EC) No 156/1999(wholly milled rice), (EC) No 157/1999 (skimmed-milkpowder), (EC) No 158/1999 (beef) and (EC) No 159/1999(common wheat and rye of bread-making quality), theinitial period for the submission of tenders shall end at 12noon, Brussels time, on 2 March 1999.
The deadlines set for the supply of the various lots in the
above Regulations are postponed by four weeks.
2. If no contract is awarded for a lot at the end of the
first period a second period for the submission of tendersshall be opened and shall end at 12 noon, Brussels time,on 16 March 1999.
In that case the deadline for the supply of the lot
pursuant to the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 ispostponed by two weeks.
Article 2
1. In respect of the invitation to tender for the mobil-
isation of pigmeat on the Community market opened byRegulation (EC) No 190/1999, the initial period for thesubmission of tenders shall end at 12 noon, Brussels time,on 8 March 1999.
The deadlines set for the supply of the various lots in
Regulation (EC) No 190/1999 are postponed by fourweeks.
2. If no contract is awarded for a lot at the end of the
first period a second period for the submission of tendersshall be opened and shall end at 12 noon, Brussels time,on 22 March 1999.
In that case the deadline for the supply of the lot
pursuant to the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 ispostponed by two weeks.
(1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 19.
(3) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 24.
(4) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 28.
(5) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 33.
(6) OJ L 21, 28. 1. 1999, p. 14.
(7) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 42.
(8) OJ L 33, 6. 2. 1999, p. 18.
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Article 3
The successful tenderer shall ensure that the special stamp shown in the Annex hereto is
inserted in the transport documents established in accordance with the invitations totender opened by Regulations (EC) No 156/1999, (EC) No 157/1999, (EC) No 158/1999and (EC) No 159/1999.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 19 February 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
Special stamp to seal in transport documents