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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1955/1999
of 13 September 1999
on the transport of pigmeat to Russia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 of 17
December 1998 on a programme to supply agricultural prod-ucts to the Russian Federation (
1), and in particular Article 4(2)
thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 (2), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1125/1999 (3), lays
down general rules for the application of Regulation (EC)No 2802/98.
(2) An invitation to tender was opened by CommissionRegulation (EC) No 1135/1999 (
4), as amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1773/1999 (5), for the purpose of
awarding contracts for the supply of a number of lots ofpigmeat to be delivered to Community stores. A newinvitation to tender should be opened to award contractsfor the transport of that pigmeat from the Communitystores to Russia.
(3) The supply of 11 200 tonnes in three separate lotsshould be organised.
(4) The special conditions applicable to that supply opera-tion should be defined as a supplement to the provisionslaid down in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 and theentry into force of those conditions should beimmediate.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the costs
of supplying transport for a total of 11 200 tonnes net ofpigmeat in three separate lots as defined in Annex Ias a supplyoperation covered by Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No111/1999, in accordance with that Regulation and this Regula-tion.Article 2
1. For each of the lots, supply shall comprise:
— take-over at the stage laid down in paragraph 2, and— transport by suitable means to the destinations to arrive no
later than the dates laid down in Annex I. Sea transportmust be undertaken by a single vessel in the case of goodsto be delivered by a given date to a given port of destina-tion or transhipment.
For lots 2 and 3, transport shall be exclusively by land.2. The lots of pigmeat must be kept available for the
successful tenderers in the cold stores listed in Annex II.
Removal from each store must take place from the dates laid
down in Annex II in conformity with the minimum loadingrate.
After expiry of 10 working days after the above dates and of
the period required for removal from the stores taking intoaccount the minimum loading rates laid down in Annex II, thesuccessful tenderer shall be obliged to reimburse the Commis-sion for all costs incurred by the latter as a result of the delayin takeover (parking, insurance, security, securities, etc.) as laiddown in Article 7a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.
Article 3
1. Tenders shall be lodged with the intervention agencies,
whose addresses and lots are given in Annex II.
The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 21
September 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).
Should a lot not be successfully tendered for by the end of this
period, tenders may be lodged for a second period expiring on5 October 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).
In that case, all the dates in Article 2 and Annex I shall be
extended by 14 days.
2. Tenders shall cover the cost of transport of all the quant-
ities in one lot to be taken over at the cold stores laid down inArticle 2(2) and to be supplied to the destination laid down inAnnex I.
3. If the tenderer declares in writing on lodging his tender
that he will lodge a new tender if a second period for lodgingtenders is opened, the intervention agency shall retain theoriginals of the tendering security and the undertaking by thefinancial body to lodge a supply security as referred to inArticle 5(1)(h) and (i) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 until itreceives the Commission decision on the tenders lodged duringthe second period. In such a case, by derogation from theabove provision, the second tender shall not be accompaniedby the originals of the two documents.
(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 14, 19.1.1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 41.
(4) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 85.
(5) OJ L 211, 11.8.1999, p. 46.
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Article 4
1. The tendering security shall be EUR 25/tonne of pigmeat
to be delivered.
2. The supply security shall be EUR 1 718/tonne of pigmeat
to be delivered. It must be lodged in accordance with Article7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 in favour of the interven-tion agency indicated in Article 3 for the lot in question.
Article 5
The takeover certificate drawn up in accordance with Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 shall be issued at the destina-tions by the control body designated by the Commission andsigned by the authorities listed in Annex III.
Article 6
For the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No
111/1999, the payment on account shall be made on presenta-tion of a removal certificate covering the entire quantity to bedelivered to a given destination on a given date.Payment shall be made within 15 days of presentation of the
application for the payment accompanied by the requisitesupporting documents.
Article 7
The successful tenderer shall ensure that the special stamp
shown in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No385/1999 (
1) is inserted in the transport documents.
Article 8
If, during transport, it proves necessary to change the route
indicated in the tender, the successful tenderer must imme-diately inform the Commission, the control body and theintervention agency concerned thereof.
Article 9
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, 13 September 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 46, 20.2.1999, p. 48.
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Lot 1 Lot 2 Lot 3ANNEX I
PIGMEAT
Final destinations
These destinations are indicated for the purposes of drawing up the transport documents and selecting the means of
transport (railway wagons/trucks) in the event of transport by land. However, the tendered price must be based not on thefinal destination but on the frontier point.
Region of Pskov 500
Region of Smolensk 500
Region of Tver 500 500
Region of Tula 500 500 350
Region of Yaroslavl' 500 500 350
Region of Ryazan 500
Region of Nizhniy-Novgorod 180
Region of Belgorod 500
Region of Samara 500 520
Republic of Marii El 350
Region of Sverdlovsk 500 1 000
Region of Kemerovo 500 750
Region of Kurgan 350
Territory of Krasnoyarsk 500 350
Total 3 000 5 200 3 000
— Delivery stage: product not unloaded, either at the Krasnoye frontier point or at the port of St. Petersburg.
— Means of transport: each lot must be transported either in its entirety by sea in accordance with the second indent of
Article 2(1) or in its entirety by land.
In the latter event, if certain final destination regions are supplied by rail and others by truck, tenders must be
accompanied by two breakdowns drawn up in accordance with Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 and thesum tendered must be equivalent to the weighted average of the costs per tonne. The tender must indicate thequantities used to determine the weighted average.
— Time limits for arrival at Krasnoye frontier point in the case of land transport:
— Lot No 1: 20 November 1999
— Lot No 2: 10 December 1999— Lot No 3: 5 December 1999.
— Final dates for arrival at the port in the case of sea transport:
— Lot No 1: 18 November 1999.
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TonnesMinimum daily
loading rateDate
available
TonnesMinimum daily
loading rateDate
available
TonnesMinimum daily
loading rateDate
availableANNEX II
Lot 1 : 3 000 tonnes
500 SFD Lebensmittel Vertriebs GmbH
Hafenstr. 30D-18439 Stralsund100 11.10.1999
2 000 Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KGRoßlauerstraße 51D-39261 Zerbst 200 11.10.1999
500 MUK Logistik GmbHWestring 6D-49201 Dissen T.W. 100 11.10.1999
Lot 2 : 5 200 tonnes
3 500 Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG
Im Gewerbegebiet Heidmühle 1D-26419 Schortens300 25.10.1999
1 000 Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KGRoßlauerstr. 51D-39261 Zerbst 100 25.10.1999
300 Loblein Fleischzentrum Kiel GmbHEdisonstr. 20D-24145 Kiel 100 25.10.1999
400 Hindelang Spedition GmbH — Kühlhaus WörnitzBastenauerstr. 14D-91637 Wörnitz 100 25.10.1999
Lot 3 : 3 000 tonnes
1 000 Daalimpex Coldstore BV
Velserkade 31951 NK VelsenNederland100 11.10.1999
1 000 Grolleman Exploitatie Maatschapp ĳBV
Industrieweg 238121 BZ OlstNederland100 25.10.1999
500 Vrieshuis de GroeneGemaalweg 38313 PP RuttenNederland100 25.10.1999
500 E.F.FZIde l'AumaillerieF-35300 Fougères 100 25.10.1999
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Addresses of intervention agencies:
Lots1 and 2BLE
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und ErnährungAdickesallee 40Postfach 18 0203D-60322 Frankfurt am MainTel. (49-69) 15 64 704/755Fax (49-69) 15 64 790/791
Lot 3
Laser Regio Zuidoost
Slachthuisstraat 72Postbus 9656040 AZ RoermondNederlandTel. (31) 475 35 54 44Fax (31) 475 31 89 39
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ANNEX III
Place of takeover: In accordance with the delivery stage resulting from the means of transport used by the tenderer, in
accordance with Annex I.
Authorities empowered to sign the takeover certificates:
(a) St Petersburg
VO Prodintorg
103084 MoscowUl. Mjasnitskaya, 47
(b) Susemka, Bryansk and Smolensk for customs formalities for trucks
VO Prodintorg
103084 MoscowUl. Mjasnitskaya, 47
(c) Krasnoye for customs formalities for railway wagons
VO Prodintorg
103084 MoscowUl. Mjasnitskaya, 47