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
Date: 1999-02-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, agricultural product, award of contract, supply

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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,

of tenders and the dates initially set for the second period
should be postponed;

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/
1999 of 18 January 1999 laying down general rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98
on a programme to supply agricultural products to the
Russian 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 to
establish the costs of
supplying wholly milled rice,
skimmed-milk powder, beef, pigmeat, and common
wheat 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, it
may be decided, for each lot, not to award any contract for
supply or to award the supply contract as appropriate on
the basis of the price or quantity offered; whereas para-
graph 3 of that Article stipulates that the Commission
must notify the successful tenderer and the intervention
agency that received the accepted tender of the award of
the contract as soon as possible;

Whereas, because of the need to resolve in cooperation
with the Russian authorities certain problems which have
arisen in finalising the supply arrangements, it has been
found necessary to take the appropriate measures to
the
ensure
the operations;
execution of
whereas,
therefore, no contract should be awarded in
respect of the tenders communicated by the intervention
agencies at the end of the first period for the submission

successful

(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.

in the light of

Whereas
information received from
Member States it is deemed necessary to use the oppor-
tunity offered by the decision not to award contracts to
improve operators’ awareness of the conditions governing
the 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 Management
Committees 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
(EC) No 157/1999 (skimmed-milk
(wholly milled rice),
powder), (EC) No 158/1999 (beef) and (EC) No 159/1999
(common wheat and rye of bread-making quality), no
contract shall be awarded for
the tenders submitted
during 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 second
period ending on 9 February 1999.

In respect of the invitation to tender opened under
2.
Regulation (EC) No 190/1999, for the mobilisation of
pigmeat on the Community market, no tenders need to
be submitted for the two periods set in Article 4(4) of that
Regulation.

Article 3

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

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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