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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 155/1999
of 22 January 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 sepa-rate 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 with
both 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 theregion indicated; the rate of loading at the portproposed in the tender shall be a minimum 1 000tonnes per day;
(b) packaging and labelling of the product in accordance
with Annex I.
2. For lot No 3, held by the Greek intervention agency,
supply shall cover processing of the rice taken over inthat agency’s stores.
3. 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.
The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire at 12 p.m.
(Brussels time) on 2 February 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 9 February1999.
In that event all dates fixed in Annex I shall be post-
poned by seven 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).
(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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3. The quantities awarded must be removed from inter-
vention stocks within 45 days of notification of the awardof the supply tender.
Article 4
1. The tendering security is set at EUR 25 per tonne of
paddy rice tendered for.
2. The supply security is set at EUR 379 per tonne of
paddy rice. It must be lodged in accordance with Article7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 in favour of theintervention agency holding the paddy rice to be removedas 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 prescribed time limits.
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, 22 January 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 tonnes wholly milled rice (net weight) comprising three separate lots of 5 000
tonnes.
Each supply shall relate to a single lot.
4. Description:
Lot No 1: 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled medium-grain rice to be delivered to and kept available from
24 February 1999 in a Spanish port.
Lot No 2: 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled round-grain rice to be delivered to and kept available from 24
February 1999 in an Italian port.
Lot No 3: 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled rice to be delivered to and kept available from 25 March 1999
in a Greek port.
5. Packaging (
2):
The lot must be packed in new mixed jute/polypropylene sacks with a net content of 50 kilograms.
OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (point I.A.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
(tonnes)
Storage locationsQuantity of
paddy rice
(tonnes)
Storage locationsQuantity of
paddy rice
(tonnes)ANNEX II
Lot No 1
FEGA silo E-06111 Montijo (Badajoz) 2 677
FEGA silo E-10020 Campo Lugar (Cceres) 1 852
FEGA silo E-26020 Fuenmayor (La Rioja) 1 884
FEGA silo E-26050 Logroo (La Rioja) 1 901
FEGA silo E-25060 Lrida 2 089
Address of intervention agency:
FEGA
Fondo Espaol de Garanta AgrariaC/Beneficencia n
o8
E-28002 MadridTel.: (0034) 913 47 65 40Fax: (0034) 915 32 30 02
Lot No 2
General SpA
Villa Roma Sud 50Villa Poma8 817
Magazzini Generali Raccordati
Con Silos di cereali SRLVia G. Modena 3/ANovara1 435
Address of intervention agency:
Ente Nazionale Risi
Piazza Pio XI, 1I-20123 MilanoTel.: (00-39) 02 87 41 54Fax: (00-39) 02 86 13 72
Lot No 3
Omospondia
Epanomi, ThessalonikiKourkouta Co. LtdTel.: (00-30) 39 24 23 66Fax: (00-30) 39 22 41 075 712
Omospondia
SerresG. Karababas S.A.Tel.: (00-30) 31 81 85 554 539
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Address of intervention agency:
GEDIDAGEP
Directorate General for the Administration of Purchases of Agricultural ProduceAcharnon Street 241GR-10466 AthensTel.: (00-30) 1 862 22 48Fax: (00-30) 1 867 05 03