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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 553/1999
of 12 March 1999
on the supply of wholly milled rice to a Community port with a view to its being
forwarded to Russia
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 (2)
lays down the general rules for the application of Regula-tion (EC) No 2802/98; whereas Article 2(2) of that Regula-tion provides that the tender may cover the quantity ofproducts to be removed physically from interventionstocks as payment for the supply of processed productsbelonging to the same group of products; whereas thisprovision should be applied to the supply of three sep-arate lots of wholly milled rice to be delivered to aCommunity port with a view to their being forwarded toRussia;
Whereas under the conditions of such a tender the supply
costs cover the processing of paddy rice into whollymilled rice and the packaging and labelling of thefinished product to be delivered to a Community port;
Whereas the specific conditions applying to this supply
should be laid down, in addition to the provisionsadopted in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, and provisionshould be made for their immediate entry into force;
Whereas, for the purposes of packaging and labelling, the
rules used for food aid supplies as published in the Offi-
cial Journal of the European Communities C 114 (
3) and
C 267 (4) should be applied;Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the
costs of supplying three separate lots of wholly milled riceof the characteristics and quality set out in Annex Ihereto, to be delivered as a supply as referred to in Article2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 in accordance withboth that Regulation and this Regulation.
Article 2
1. For a given lot, supply shall comprise:
(a) delivery of the product defined in Annex I, free-on-
board, stowed on ocean-going vessel, to a port in theMember State indicated; the rate of loading at the portproposed in the tender shall be a minimum 1 000 tper day;
(b) packaging and labelling of the product in accordance
with Annex I.
2. The product must be kept available for embarkation
for a period of at least 10 days starting on the dates set outin Annex I. After the end of that period the tenderer shallbe entitled to the amount indicated in the tenderpursuant to Article 5(1)(f)(4) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.
Article 3
1. Tenders shall be lodged with the intervention agency
holding the lot to be removed in payment for the supplyas mentioned in Annex II. That intervention agency shallalso be responsible for paying for the supply.
(1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 14, 19. 1. 1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991, p. 1.
(4) OJ C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1.
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The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire at 12 p.m.
(Brussels time) on 23 March 1999.
If no tender is awarded for the supply of a lot by the end
of that period a second time limit for lodging tendersshall run until 12 p.m. (Brussels time) on 6 April 1999.
In that event all dates fixed in Annex I shall be post-
poned by 14 days.
2. The tender shall indicate the quantity of paddy rice
to be taken over at the stores referred to in Annex IIneeded to cover all the supply costs up to the deliverystage set out in Article 2 as payment for that supply.
The tender shall be in tonnes of paddy rice (net weight) to
be removed in return for the supply of a tonne of finishedproduct (net weight).
3. The quantities awarded must be removed from inter-
vention stocks within 45 days of notification of the awardof the contract.
Once the quantities for removal under the contract
awarded have in fact been removed, the quantity left over,representing the difference between that removed andthat set out in Annex II for each lot, must remain in the
last store listed in that Annex.
Article 4
1. The tendering security shall amount to EUR 25/t of
wholly milled rice.
2. The supply security shall amount to EUR 632/t of
wholly milled rice. It must be lodged in accordance withArticle 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 in favour ofthe intervention agency holding the paddy rice to beremoved as payment for the supply.
Article 5
The intervention agencies shall take all necessary steps to
enable samples to be taken by tenderers and to permitremoval of the goods by the successful tenderer withinthe time limits laid down.
Article 6
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, 12 March 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX I
1. Product to be supplied: wholly milled rice.
2. Characteristics and quality of the product (1): rice of fair, sound and marketable quality, free of odour and
live pests, meeting the following conditions:
— moisture content: 15 % maximum,
— broken rice: 7 % maximum,— chalky grains: 5 % maximum,— grains striated with red: 3 % maximum,— spotted grains: 1,5 % maximum,— stained grains: 1 % maximum,— yellow grains: 0,050 % maximum,— amber grains: 0,20 % maximum,— tolerance of extraneous matter consisting of:
— inedible mineral and vegetable substances, provided they are not toxic: 0,01 % maximum,
— edible extraneous grains or parts thereof: 0,10 % maximum.
3. Total quantity: 15 000 t wholly milled rice (net weight) comprising three separate lots of 5 000 t.
Each supply shall relate to a single lot.
4. Description:
Lot No 1: 5 000 t of wholly milled round-grain rice to be delivered to and kept available from 15 April
1999 in a Spanish port.
Lot No 2: 5 000 t of wholly milled round-grain rice to be delivered to and kept available from 26 April
1999 in an Italian port.
Lot No 3: 5 000 t of wholly milled round-grain rice to be delivered to and kept available from 3 May
1999 in an Italian port.
5. Packaging (
2):
The lot must be packed in new mixed jute/polypropylene sacks with a net content of 50 kg.
OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (point 1.0, A.(1)(b)).
6. Labelling: OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1.
The labelling of the sacks (wording in Russian plus the European flag) must meet the requirements laid
down in OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (point II.B.3).
7. Delivery stage: fob stowed.
(1) The successful tenderer must issue the carrier with a certificate from an official body certifying that the standards in
force on nuclear radiation have not been exceeded. The radioactivity certificate must indicate the levels of caesium 134and 137 and of iodine 131.
(
2) With a view to possible repacking, the successful tenderer must supply 2 % empty sacks of the same quality as those
containing the product, with the inscription followed by a capital R.
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Storage locationsQuantity of paddy
rice
(t)
Storage locationsQuantity of paddy
rice
(t)ANNEX II
Lot No 1
Silo del FEGA E-06111 Montijo (Badajoz) 4 900
Silo del FEGA E-06101 Mrida (Badajoz) 4 900
Silo del FEGA E-22010 Barbastro (Huesca) 1 933
Silo del FEGA E-25031 Bellpuig (Lrida) 841
Silo del FEGA E-25073 Mollerusa (Lrida) 1 426
Address of intervention agency
FEGA
Fondo Espaol de Garanta AgrariaC/Beneficencia n
o8
E-28002 MadridTel. (34) 913 47 65 40Fax (34) 915 32 30 02
Lot No 2
Magazzino Genal SpA
Via Roma Sud 49Villa Poma — MN3 500
Magazzino Ente Risi
Via RomaFormigliana — VC5 132
Magazzino Consorzio Agrario Vercelli
Via Repubblica 24Stroppiana — VC1 509
Magazzino Genal SpA
Via Roma Sud 49Villa Poma — MN5 000
Magazzino Ente Risi
Via RomaFormigliana — VC1 506
Magazzino Consorzio Agrario Vercelli
Via Elvo, 64Salussola — BI1 501
Magazzino Grandi Magazzini Piemontesi Srl
Via Girivotto 59/61Racconigi — CN2 134
Address of intervention agency
Ente Nazionale Risi
Piazza Pio XI, 1I-20123 MilanoTel. (39) 02-87 41 54Fax (39) 02-86 13 72