Commission Regulation (EC) No 190/1999 of 27 January 1999 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilisation of pigmeat on the Community market with a view to its subsequent delivery to Russia
Date: 1999-01-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU market, Russia, award of contract, delivery, pigmeat, supply

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 190/1999

of 27 January 1999

opening an invitation to tender for the mobilisation of pigmeat on the
Community market with a view to its subsequent delivery 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 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 Article 2(3) of that Regulation
lays down that the invitation to tender may cover the
determination of the costs of the supply of products to be
mobilised on the Community market; whereas the costs
of such supply include in particular the price of the
product and the costs of packaging and labelling the
products to be delivered to the delivery stage laid down in
the notice of invitation to tender;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No
tenderer must undergo any
111/1999,
controls requested and conducted by agents designated by
the recipient country on Community territory;

the successful

Whereas the Management Committee for Pigmeat has
not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the
costs of supplying 30 000 tonnes (carcase equivalent) of
pigmeat, presenting the characteristics and qualities indi-
cated in Annex I,
for delivery as a supply operation
covered by Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999,
in accordance with that Regulation and this Regulation.

Whereas, for the supply operations decided by Regulation
(EC) No 2802/98, these provisions should be applied for
the supply of 30 000 tonnes of pigmeat, split into 31 lots;

Article 2

Whereas, to make a speedy start to this measure and to
comply with competition requirements, a limited number
of
lots should make use of products governed by a
contract under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2042/98
of 25 September 1998 on special conditions for the
granting of private storage aid for pigmeat (3), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2619/98 (4), and which are
removed from storage either after the contractual storage
period or pursuant to Article 9(4) of Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3444/90 of 27 November 1990 laying
down detailed rules for granting private storage aid for
pigmeat (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3533/
93 (6);

Whereas, in addition to the provisions adopted in Regula-
tion (EC) No 111/1999, the specific conditions applying
to these supply operations should be laid down, especially
as regards quality, packaging and labelling, and provision
should be made for the immediate entry into force of this
Regulation;

(1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 14, 19. 1. 1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 263, 26. 9. 1998, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 329, 5. 12. 1998, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 333, 30. 11. 1990, p. 22.
(6) OJ L 321, 23. 12. 1993, p. 9.

For a given lot, supply shall comprise:

(a)

the purchase of the products listed in Annex I, to be
mobilised on the Community market and, in the case
of fresh products, their processing into frozen prod-
ucts;

(b) the packaging and labelling of the products in accord-

ance with the instructions in Annex I;

(c) the supply of the products at the ex-cold store stage in
the Community, at
the place indicated by the
successful tenderer in his tender, loaded on a means
of transport and within the time limit laid down in
Annex II.

The tender shall contain the exact place of taking over
(cold store) where all the products making up a single
lot must be held. This place must be easily accessible
for take over by the transporter.

Article 3

The supply of 30 000 tonnes shall be divided into 20 000
tonnes of half-carcases and 10 000 tonnes of fore-ends,
split into 31 lots as defined in Annex II.

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The first five lots shall consist of products governed by a
private storage aid contract under Regulation (EC) No
2042/98. The tenders relating to these lots shall be
accompanied by a declaration from the tenderer that the
products were governed by private storage contracts.

Article 4

1.
The tender established in accordance with Regula-
tion (EC) No 111/1999 shall be lodged with the interven-
tion agency of the Member State in whose territory the
place of take over referred to in Article 2 is located, and
the address of which is given in Annex III.

Tenders

relating to half-carcases must

specify
2.
whether they are with or without head. Tenders that do
not include this information will not be entertained.

When sending the tenders to the Commission in accord-
ance with Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999,
the intervention agencies shall
indicate separately the
tenders relating to the lots of half-carcases with and
without head.

3.
In the case of lots for the supply of the same quan-
tity of products with the same characteristics, tenders
shall be deemed to have been lodged for any one of them.

The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 8

4.
February 1999 at 5 p.m.

(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 15 February 1999 at 5 p.m. (Brussels time).

In this case, all the dates in Annex II shall be extended by
seven days.

Article 5

The tendering security shall be EUR 25/tonne for

1.
the half-carcases and the fore-ends.

The supply security shall be lodged in accordance

2.
with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.

Article 6

Before submitting a tender, the tenderer must acquaint
himself with the health and veterinary conditions of the
recipient country.

Article 7

To allow comparison with the prices of half-carcases
without head, a coefficient of 1,045 shall be applied to
tenders for half-carcases with head.

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, 27 January 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

1. Products to be supplied

ex 0203 21 10 half-carcases with or without head, but without flare fat, foreleg, tail, kidneys or

kidney fat, skirt or spinal cord.

The lot must comprise either half-carcases with head or half-carcases without head.

ex 0203 29 11

fore-ends, without foot but with the knuckle, rind and subcutaneous fat.

2. Characteristic and qualities of the goods

The products:

— cannot come from the slaughter of breeding sows or boars,

— must comply with Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting

intra-Community trade in fresh meat (1),

— must be of sound,

fair and merchantable quality and come from animals reared in the

Community of the previous two months at least.

3. Packaging

The products shall be individually packaged in polyethylene or polypropylene, suitable for the
packaging of foods, which is at least 0,04 mm thick and, in the case of half-carcases, in sufficiently
resistant cotton or synthetic stockinettes, so that the products are fully covered by the said
packaging. The fore-ends shall be packed in boxes.

4. Labelling

Each individual piece of meat shall be visibly marked ‘EU-2802/98'.

Where the products have come from the private storage aid scheme, the packages shall carry a label
with this same text, placed in such a way that it cannot be disturbed without damaging it.

(1) OJ 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64.

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ANNEX II

Description of the lots

Lot No 1:

1 000 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 2:

1 000 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 3:

1 000 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 4:

1 000 tonnes of fore-ends

Lot No 5:

1 000 tonnes of fore-ends

The products in lots 1 to 5 shall have been governed by a contract for private storage aid in accordance
with Regulation (EC) No 2042/98; the time limit for delivery shall expire on 7 March 1999.

Lot No 6:

1 500 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 7:

1 500 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 8:

1 500 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 9:

1 500 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 10: 1 500 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 11: 1 500 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 12: 1 000 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 13: 1 000 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 14: 1 000 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 15: 1 000 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 16: 1 000 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 17: 1 000 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 18:

500 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 19:

500 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 20:

500 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 21:

500 tonnes of half-carcases

Lot No 22: 1 000 tonnes of fore-ends

Lot No 23: 1 000 tonnes of fore-ends

Lot No 24: 1 000 tonnes of fore-ends

Lot No 25: 1 000 tonnes of fore-ends

Lot No 26: 1 000 tonnes of fore-ends

Lot No 27: 1 000 tonnes of fore-ends

Lot No 28:

500 tonnes of fore-ends

Lot No 29:

500 tonnes of fore-ends

Lot No 30:

500 tonnes of fore-ends

Lot No 31:

500 tonnes of fore-ends

The time limit for delivering lots 6 to 31 shall expire on 14 March 1999.

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ANEXO III — BILAG III — ANHANG III — PAQAQTGLA III — ANNEX III — ANNEXE III —
ALLEGATO III — BIJLAGE III — ANEXO III — LIITE III — BILAGA III

Direcciones de los organismos de intervenci(cid:155)n — Interventionsorganernes adresser — Anschriften
der Interventionsstellen — Dieuh(cid:151)mseir tym oqcamisl(cid:150)m paqelb(cid:145)seyr — Addresses of the intervention
agencies — Adresses des organismes d’intervention — Indirizzi degli organismi d’intervento —
Adressen van de interventiebureaus — Endere(cid:135)os dos organismos de interven(cid:135)(cid:209)o — Interventio-
elinten osoitteet — Interventionsorganens adresser

BELGIQUE/BELGI(cid:220):

Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belge
Rue de Tr(cid:138)ves 82
B-1040 Bruxelles
Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau
Trierstraat 82
B-1040 Brussel
T(cid:130)l(cid:130)phone:

(32-2) 287 24 11;

t(cid:130)lex: BIRB. BRUB/24076-65567;

t(cid:130)l(cid:130)copieur:

(32-2) 230 2533/280 03 07

BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND:

Bundesanstalt f(cid:129)r Landwirtschaft und Ern(cid:132)hrung (BLE)
Postfach 180203, D-60083 Frankfurt am Main
Adickesallee 40
D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.:

(49) 69 1564-704/755; Telex: 411727; Telefax:

(49) 69 15 64-790/791

DANMARK:

Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri
EU-direktoratet
Kampmannsgade 3
DK-1780 København V
Tlf.

(45) 33 92 70 00; telex 151317 DK; fax (45) 33 92 69 48,

(45) 33 92 69 23

EKKADA

Jtgmotqovij(cid:147)
Stad(cid:148)ou 33
GR-Ah(cid:147)ma 33
Tgk(cid:146)vymo: 321 23 59, t(cid:146)ken: 221 683

ESPA(cid:158)A

FEGA (Fondo Espa(cid:157)ol de Garant(cid:146)a Agraria)
Beneficencia, 8
E-28005 Madrid
Tel.:
fax:

(34) 913 47 65 00/913 47 63 10; t(cid:130)lex: FEGA 23427 E/FEGA 41818 E;
(34) 915 21 98 32/915 22 43 87

FRANCE:

OFIVAL
80, avenue des Terroirs-de-France
F-75607 Paris Cedex 12
T(cid:130)l(cid:130)phone:

(33 1) 44 68 50 00; t(cid:130)lex: 215330; t(cid:130)l(cid:130)copieur:

(33 1) 44 68 52 33

IRELAND:

Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Agriculture House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel.
Telex 93292 and 93607, telefax (353 1) 661 62 63,

(353 1) 678 90 11, ext. 2278 and 3806

(353 1) 678 52 14 and (353 1) 662 01 98

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ITALIA:

AIMA (Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo)
Via Palestro 81
I-00185 Roma
Tel.

(39-06) 49 49 91; telex 61 30 03; fax:

(39-06) 445 39 40/(39-06) 445 19 58

LUXEMBOURG:

Service d’(cid:130)conomie rurale, section — cheptel et viande
113-115, rue de Hollerich
L-1741 Luxembourg
T(cid:130)l(cid:130)phone:

(352) 478/443; t(cid:130)l(cid:130)copieur: 2537

NEDERLAND:

Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij, Voedselvoorzieningsin- en verkoopbureau
p/a LASER, Zuidoost
Slachthuisstraat 71
Postbus 965
6040 AZ Roermond
Tel.

(31-475) 35 54 44; telex 56396 VIBNL; fax (31-475) 31 89 39.

(cid:153)STERREICH:

AMA-Agrarmarkt Austria
Dresdner Straße 70
A-1201 Wien
Tel.:

(431) 33 15 12 20; Telefax:

PORTUGAL

(431) 33 15 1297

Instituto Nacional de Interven(cid:135)(cid:209)o e Garantia Agr(cid:146)cola
Rua Fernando Curado Ribeiro, nº 4-G
P-1600 Lisboa
Tel.:

(351-1) 751 85 00; telefax:

(351-1) 751 86 15

SUOMI/FINLAND:

maa- ja mets(cid:132)talousministeri(cid:148)
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Department of Agricultural Policy/Intervention Unit
Mariankatu 23, PL 232
FIN-00171 Helsinki
Puh:

(358) 0160 01; faksi:

(358) 0160 9790

SVERIGE:

Statens jordbruksverk — Swedish Board of Agriculture
Vallgatan 8
S-551 82 J(cid:148)nk(cid:148)ping
Tfn (46-36) 15 50 00; telex 70991 SJV-S; fax (46-36) 19 05 46

UNITED KINGDOM

Intervention Board Executive Agency
Kings House
33 Kings Road
Reading RG1 3BU
Berkshire
United Kingdom
Tel.
(44 11 89) 58 36 26
Fax (44 11 89) 56 67 50