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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1770/1999
of 10 August 1999
on the transport of wholly milled rice 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
December1998onaprogrammetosupplyagriculturalprod-uctstotheRussianFederation(
1),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
(1)WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No111/1999(2),
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1125/1999(3), lays
downtherulesfortheapplicationofRegulation(EC)No2802/98;
(2)WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1769/1999(4)
has opened a first invitation to tender for an initialdelivery to Community ports af four lots of whollymilled rice amounting to a total of 19750 tonnes;whereasanewinvitationtotendershouldbeopenedforthesupplyoftransportforthisquantityofwhollymilledrice from Community ports to Russia;
(3)Whereasthetotalquantityof19750tonnesshouldbesupplied as two lots;
(4)Whereasthespecificconditionsapplyingtothissupplyshould be laid down, in addition to the provisionsadoptedinRegulation(EC)No111/1999,andprovisionshould be made for their immediate entry into force;
(5)Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulationare in accordance wit the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Aninvitationtotenderisherebyopenedtoestablishthecosts
ofsupplyingtransportforatotalof19750tonnesofwhollymilled rice in two separate lots (net weight) as described inAnnexI,tobeconductedasasupplyoperationreferredtoinArticle2(1)(b)ofRegulation(EC)No111/1999,inaccordancewhith both that Regulation and this Regulation.Article 2
1. Supply should comprise:
— taking-over at the stage laid down in paragraph 2, and— transportbyappropriatemeanstotheplaceofdestination
within the time limits laid down in Annex I,
2. The lots of wholly milled rice shall be held for the
successful tenderer, for loading free on board, in accordancewith the following:
Lot No 1:
— 5000 tonnes of wholly milled long-grain A rice held for
the successful tenderer at an Italian port from 20September 1999;
— 5000tonnesofwhollymilledmedium-grainriceheldfor
the successful tenderer at an Italian port from 4 October1999.
Lot No 2:
— 5000tonnesofwhollymilledmedium-grainriceheldfor
thesuccessfultendereratanItalianportfrom11October1999;
— 4750 tonnes of wholly milled long-grain A rice for the
successful tenderer at an Italian port from 25 October1999.
Beyond ten days after the dates referred to above and until
loading commences, the successful tenderer shall refund theCommissionanycostsincurredbyitasaresultofthedelayintake-over (waiting, insurance, security, securities, etc.) asprovidedforinArticle7a(1)ofRegulation(EC)No111/1999.
Article 3
1. Tenders shall be submitted to the Italian intervention
agency whose address is listed in Annex II.
The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 19 August
1999 at 12.00 noon (Brussels time) for lot No 1 and on 7September at 12.00 noon (Brussels time) for lot No 2.
Shouldalotnotbesuccessfullytenderedforbytheendofthis
period,tendersmaybesubmittedforasecondperiodexpiringon7September1999at12.00noon(Brusselstime)forlotNo1andon21September1999at12.00noon(Brusselstime)forlot No 2.
Inthiscase,allthedatesfixedinArticle2andAnnexIshallbe
extendedbytwentydaysforlotNo1andbyfourteendaysforlot No 2.
(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) See page 30 of this Official Journal.
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2. The tender shall include the cost of transporting the
entire lot to be taken over at the port(s) identified in Article2(2)andofsupplyingittothedestinationlaiddowninAnnexI.
3. If tenderers declare in writing when submitting their
tendersthattheywillsubmitnewtendersifasecondperiodforthesubmissionoftendersisopened,interventionagenciesshallkeeptheoriginalsofthetenderingsecurityandtheundertakingbythefinancialinstitutiontolodgethesupplysecurityreferredto in Article 5(1)(h) and (i) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999untilreceiptoftheCommission'sdecisiononthetendersintro-ducedduringthesecondperiod.Insuchacase,byderogationfrom the above provision, the second tender shall not beaccompanied by the original of those two documents.
Article 4
1. The tendering security shall be EUR 25 per tonne of
wholly milled rice for delivery.
2. The supply security shall be EUR 632 per tonne of
wholly milled rice for delivery. The security must be lodgedwiththeinterventionagencyreferredtoinArticle3,inaccord-ance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.Article 5
Thetake-overcertificate,drawupinaccordancewithAnnexI
toRegulation(EC)No111/1999,shallbeissuedattheplaceofdestinationbythecontrolbodydesignatedbytheCommissionand signed by the authorities indicated in Annex III.
Article 6
For the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 111/
1999,thepaymentonaccountshallbemadeonpresentationof 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 presenting the
applicationforapaymentonaccount,togetherwiththerequi-site supporting documents.
Article 7
Thesuccessfultenderershallhavethespecialstampillustrated
intheAnnextoCommissionRegulation(EC)No385/1999(
1),
inserted in the transport documents.
Article 8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingthat
ofitspublicationinthe Official Journal of the European Communi-
ties.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 10 August 1999.
For the Commission
Monika WULF-MATHIES
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 46, 20.2.1999, p. 48.
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ANNEX I
Lot No 1
— 5000 tonnes of wholly milled long-grain A rice, for Murmansk, departing from an Italian port.
— Delivery stage: goods not unloaded.
— Final date for arrival in the port of Murmansk: 22 October 1999.
— 5000 tonnes of wholly milled medium-grain rice, for Murmansk, departing from an Italian port.
— Delivery stage: goods not unloaded,
— Final date for arrival in the port of Murmansk: 6 November 1999.
Lot No 2
— 5000 tonnes of wholly milled medium-grain rice, for St Petersburg, departing from an Italian port.
— Delivery stage: goods not unloaded.
— Final date for arrival in the port of St Petersburg: 12 November 1999.
— 4750 tonnes of wholly milled long-grain A rice, for St Petersburg, departing from an Italian port.
— Delivery stage: goods not unloaded.
— Final date for arrival in the port of St Petersburg: 26 November 1999.
ANNEX II
Address of intervention agency:
Ente nazionale risi
Piazza Pio XI, 1,
I-20123 Milan
Tel.: (00-39)2874154
Fax: (00-39)2861372
ANNEX III
Authority empowered to sign the take-over certificate:
Vao ‘Raznoimport’
43, Bld 2, Lomonosovsky Avenue
113324 Moscow
Russia
Place of take-over: Murmansk and St-Petersburg.