Commission Regulation (EC) No 158/1999 of 22 January 1999 on the supply of beef to Russia
Date: 1999-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, award of contract, beef, food aid, intervention stock, supply

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 158/1999

of 22 January 1999

on the supply of beef to Russia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

intervention storage of these products applicable when
this Regulation was published.

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
products to the Russian Federation (1), and in particular
Article 4(2) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 (2)
lays down general rules for the application of Regulation
(EC) No 2802/98;

Whereas, for the supply operations decided by Regulation
(EC) No 2802/98, an invitation to tender should be
opened to allocate the supply of various lots of beef in
intervention storage;

Whereas the specific conditions applying to this supply
operation should be laid down, in addition to the provi-
sions adopted in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, and
provision should be made for their immediate entry into
force;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the
costs of supplying transport, from intervention stocks, of
20 000 tonnes (net weight) of deboned beef and 10 000
tonnes of beef carcases (net weight) for delivery to the
places of destination listed in Annex I, as a supply opera-
tion covered by Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No
111/1999.

Supply shall be carried out in accordance with the provi-
sions of both that Regulation and this Regulation.

The invitation to tender shall cover the supply of three
lots of deboned beef and one lot of beef carcases, as
defined in Annex I, meeting the requirements on the

(1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 14, 19. 1. 1999, p. 3.

Article 2

Supply shall comprise:

(a)

the taking-over of the goods from the warehouses of
the intervention agencies listed in Annex II, at the
loading bay, and

(b) transport, by appropriate means, to the places of des-
tination and within the time limts laid down in
Annex I. Sea transport must be undertaken by a single
vessel in the case of goods to be delivered by a given
date to a given port of destination or transhipment.

Article 3

Each tender shall cover an entire lot as indicated in

1.
Annex I.

The tenders are to be presented to the intervention
2.
agency storing the product for delivery, the address of
which is given in Annex II.

The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 2

3.
February 1999 at 12.00 noon (Brussels time).

Should a lot not be successfully tendered for by the end of
this period, tenders may be submitted for a second period
expiring on 9 February 1999 at 12.00 noon (Brussels
time). In this case, all the dates fixed in Annex I shall be
extended by seven days.

Article 4

1.

The tendering security shall be EUR 25/tonne.

2.
The supply security shall be EUR 2 780/tonne for
the beef carcases and EUR 4 100/tonne for the deboned
beef. It must be lodged in accordance with Article 7 of
Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.

Article 5

The take-over certificate, drawn up in accordance with
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, shall be issued
by the beneficiary’s representative and at the place of
destination indicated in Annex III.

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Article 6

For the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, the payment on account
shall be made upon presentation of a removal certificate covering the entire quantity to be
delivered to a given destination on a given date.

Payment shall be made within 30 days after presentation of the application for the
payment on account accompanied by the required documentary evidence.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Communities.

Article 7

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

A. DEBONED BEEF

Lot No 1

— 4 000 tonnes of deboned beef for St Petersburg

— Delivery stage: goods not unloaded

— Final date for arrival in St Petersburg port: 6 March 1999

— 4 000 tonnes of deboned beef for St Petersburg

— Delivery stage: goods not unloaded

— Final date for arrival in St Petersburg port: 17 March 1999

Lot No 2

— 4 000 tonnes of deboned beef for St Petersburg

— Delivery stage: goods not unloaded

— Final date for arrival in St Petersburg port: 10 March 1999

— 4 000 tonnes of deboned beef for St Petersburg

— Delivery stage: goods not unloaded

— Final date for arrival in St Petersburg port: 21 March 1999

Lot No 3

— 4 000 tonnes of deboned beef for St Petersburg

— Delivery stage: goods not unloaded

— Final date for arrival in St Petersburg port: 27 March 1999

B. BONE-IN BEEF

Lot No 4

— 10 000 tonnes of beef, bone-in

Republic of Karelia

Republic of Komi

Arkhangel’sk Region

Murmansk Region

Bryansk Region

Vladimir Region

Ivanovo Region

Kaluga Region

Kostroma Region

Ryazan’ Region

Smolensk Region

final destinations

(in tonnes)

300

400

300

400

300

300

200

200

300

300

300

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Tver’ Region

Tula Region

Yaroslavl’ Region

Kirov Region

Nizhniy Novgorod Region

Republic of Dagestan

Republic of Ingushetia

Kabardino-Balkar Republic

Republic of North Ossetia

Chechen Republic

Udmurt Republic

Perm’ Region

Sverdlovsk Region

Chelyabinsk Region

Kemerovo Region

Kaliningrad Region

300

300

300

300

600

300

200

200

200

200

300

300

1 300

800

700

400

Total

10 000

— Delivery stage: goods not unloaded at the Krasnoye frontier crossing points

— Means of transport: land

If some regions of final destination are served by rail and others by truck, the tender must be accompanied
by two information sheets drawn up in accordance with Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 and the
amount offered must correspond to the weighted average of the costs per tonne.

— Final date for arrival at the frontier crossing points: 30 March 1999

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ANNEX II

A. DEBONED BEEF

Lot No 1: Departure port of Waterford

First vessel: 4 000 tonnes

Storage locations

Quantities
(tonnes net)

Q.K. Grannagh
Grannagh
County Waterford

Q.K. Carroll’s Cross
Carroll’s Cross
County Waterford

Autozero Waterford
Christendom
Ferrybank
County Waterford

Norefreeze Kilkenny
Balliconra North
Ballyragget
County Kilkenny

Tallaght Cold Store
Cookstown Ind. Est.
Belgard Road
Dublin 24

500

500

1 250

500

1 250

Total

4 000

Loading of the second vessel: 4 000 tonnes; must begin after the first vessel has been loaded

Storage locations

Quantities
(tonnes net)

Q.K. Grannagh
Grannagh
County Waterford

Q.K. Carroll’s Cross
Carroll’s Cross
County Waterford

Autozero Waterford
Christendom
Ferrybank
County Waterford

Norefreeze Kilkenny
Balliconra North
Ballyragget
County Kilkenny

Tallaght Cold Store
Cookstown Ind. Est.
Belgard Road
Dublin 24

500

500

1 250

500

1 250

Total

4 000

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Lot No 2: Departure from a port other than Waterford

First vessel: 4 000 tonnes

Storage locations

Quantities
(tonnes net)

Bralca Coldstore
Newbridge Ind. Est.
County Kildare

Irish Ropes Limited
Newbridge
County Kildare

Lyonora Coldstore
Clonminam Ind. Est.
Portlaoise
County Laois

Molloy & Sherry
Bond Road
Dublin

Q.K. Naas
Mauldings
Naas
County Kildare

Trailercare Holdings
Unit 41-43
Robinhood Ind. Est.
Dublin 22

V.F. Cold Store
Unidare Ind. Est.
Jamestown Road
Finglas, Dublin 11

560

420

560

1 120

645

275

420

Total

4 000

Loading of the second vessel: 4 000 tonnes; must begin after the first vessel has been loaded

Storage locations

Quantities
(tonnes net)

Bralca Coldstore
Newbridge Ind. Est.
County Kildare

Irish Ropes Limited
Newbridge
County Kildare

Lyonora Coldstore
Clonminam Ind. Est.
Portlaoise
County Laois

Molloy & Sherry
Bond Road
Dublin

560

420

560

1 120

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Storage locations

Quantities
(tonnes net)

Q.K. Naas
Mauldings
Naas
County Kildare

Trailercare Holdings
Unit 41-43
Robinhood Ind. Est.
Dublin 22

V.F. Cold Store
Unidare Ind. Est.
Jamestown Road
Finglas, Dublin 11

Lot No 3: 4 000 tonnes

Q.K. Grannagh
Grannagh
County Waterford

Q.K. Carroll’s Cross
Carroll’s Cross
County Waterford

Autozero Waterford
Christendom
Ferrybank
County Waterford

Norefreeze Kilkenny
Balliconra North
Ballyragget
County Kilkenny

Tallaght Cold Store
Cookstown Ind. Est.
Belgard Road
Dublin 24

645

275

420

Total

4 000

Storage locations

Quantities
(tonnes net)

500

500

1 250

500

1 250

Total

4 000

Address of intervention agency:

DAF
Department of Agriculture and Food
Agriculture House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel.
(353-1) 607 20 00
Fax (353-1) 676 71 23

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The 20 000 tonnes shall be made up of the following quantities of cuts:

Topside

Silverside

Thick flank

Rump

Forerib

Shank

Flank

Shin

Brisket

Forequarter

Shoulder

(in tonnes)

1 800

1 800

1 200

1 200

900

1 000

3 800

400

1 300

3 400

3 200

Total

20 000

B. BEEF: BONE-IN (HINDQUARTERS)

Single lot: 10 000 tonnes, land transport

Storage locations

Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus
GmbH & Co. KG
Nordfrost Zerbst
Rosslauer Straße 51
D-39261 Zerbst

R. Thomsen
Butzower Fleischgroßhandel
GmbH & Co. KG
Bahnhofstr. 22
D-18246 Bützow

Alli Logistik GmbH & Co
Brachwitzerstraße 38
D-06118 Halle (Saale)

Muk Logistik GmbH
Kühlhaus Dissen
Westring 8
D-49201 Dissen A.T.W.

R. Thomson
EG Tiefkühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co
Bösterredder 23
D-24601 Wankendorf

Quantities
(tonnes net)

2 491

2 854

555

1 600

2 500

Total

10 000

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Address of intervention agency:

BLE
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
Adickesallee 40
D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
Postfach 18 0203
Tel.
(49-228) 6820
Fax (49-228) 682 72 72

C. REMOVAL FROM STORAGE

The intervention agencies must organise removal from storage in such a way that, as far as possible, the
first-in, first-out principle is complied with for each cut and for each storehouse.

ANNEX III

Place of take-over: St Petersburg

Authority authorised to issue take-over certificates:

VO ‘Prodintorg'
103084 Moscow
Mjasnitskaya nl. 47
M. Zykov

Place of take-over: Suzemka, Krasnoya and Bryansk — for customs formalities for trucks

VO ‘Prodintorg'
103084 Moscow
Mjasnitskaya nl. 47
M. Belokopytov

Place of take-over: Smolensk — for customs formalities for trucks

VO ‘Prodintorg'
103084 Moscow
Mjasnitskaya nl. 47
M. Perekatov