EN Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 2. 1999 L 33/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 282/1999
of 5 February 1999
on the supply of agricultural products to Russia under Council Regulation (EC)
No 2802/98
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/
1999 of 18 January 1999 laying down general rules forthe application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98on a programme to supply agricultural products to theRussian Federation (
2) and, in particular, Article 6(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 (
3) and (EC) No 156/1999 (4), (EC) No
157/1999 (5), (EC) No 158/1999 (6), (EC) No 190/1999 (7)
and (EC) No 159/1999 (8) respectively;
Whereas Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999
stipulates that, on the basis of the tenders submitted, itmay be decided, for each lot, not to award any contract forsupply or to award the supply contract as appropriate onthe basis of the price or quantity offered; whereas para-graph 3 of that Article stipulates that the Commissionmust notify the successful tenderer and the interventionagency that received the accepted tender of the award ofthe contract as soon as possible;
Whereas, because of the need to resolve in cooperation
with the Russian authorities certain problems which havearisen in finalising the supply arrangements, it has beenfound necessary to take the appropriate measures toensure the successful execution of the operations;whereas, therefore, no contract should be awarded inrespect of the tenders communicated by the interventionagencies at the end of the first period for the submissionof tenders and the dates initially set for the second period
should be postponed;
Whereas in the light of information received from
Member States it is deemed necessary to use the oppor-tunity offered by the decision not to award contracts toimprove operators’ awareness of the conditions governingthe admissibility of the tenders;
Whereas this Regulation must enter into force on the day
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of all the ManagementCommittees concerned,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In respect of the invitations to tender opened under
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), nocontract shall be awarded for the tenders submittedduring the period ending on 2 February 1999.
Article 2
1. In respect of the invitations to tender mentioned in
Article 1, no tenders need to be submitted for the secondperiod ending on 9 February 1999.
2. In respect of the invitation to tender opened under
Regulation (EC) No 190/1999, for the mobilisation ofpigmeat on the Community market, no tenders need tobe submitted for the two periods set in Article 4(4) of thatRegulation.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.
(1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 14, 19. 1. 1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 19.
(4) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 24.
(5) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 28.
(6) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 33.
(7) OJ L 21, 28. 1. 1999, p. 14.
(8) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 42.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 5 February 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission