Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/1999 of 19 February 1999 on the submission of tenders for the award of contracts to supply agricultural products to Russia in application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 and postponing the deadlines for such supplies
Date: 1999-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, agricultural product, award of contract, food aid, supply, transport document

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 385/1999

of 19 February 1999

on the submission of tenders for the award of contracts to supply agricultural
products to Russia in application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 and
postponing the deadlines for such supplies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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, 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 (2), (EC) No 156/1999 (3), (EC) No 157/
1999 (4), (EC) No 158/1999 (5), (EC) No 190/1999 (6) and
(EC) No 159/1999 (7) respectively;

the
Whereas, by Regulation (EC) No 282/1999 ( 8),
Commission decided not to award contracts on the basis
of the tenders mentioned above during the period ending
on 2 February 1999; whereas it postponed the second
tenders as originally
period for
provided for and the two periods set for the invitation to
tender for the supply of pigmeat;

the submission of

Whereas the additional measures taken in cooperation
with the Russian authorities to ensure the successful
execution of the operations have been completed and it is
now possible to set new periods for the submission of
tenders under the above invitations to tender and there-
fore to postpone the deadlines initially set for supplying
the products to the sea-ports and frontier points of desti-
nation; whereas, also, information has been disseminated
designed to improve operators’ awareness of the condi-
tions governing the admissibility of the tenders;

Whereas the relevant management committees have not
delivered opinions within the time limits set by their
chairmen,

(1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 19.
(3) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 24.
(4) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 28.
(5) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 33.
(6) OJ L 21, 28. 1. 1999, p. 14.
(7) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 42.
(8) OJ L 33, 6. 2. 1999, p. 18.

1.
In respect of the invitations to tender opened by
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), the
initial period for the submission of tenders shall end at 12
noon, Brussels time, on 2 March 1999.

The deadlines set for the supply of the various lots in the
above Regulations are postponed by four weeks.

2.
If no contract is awarded for a lot at the end of the
first period a second period for the submission of tenders
shall be opened and shall end at 12 noon, Brussels time,
on 16 March 1999.

In that case the deadline for the supply of
the lot
pursuant to the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 is
postponed by two weeks.

Article 2

1.
In respect of the invitation to tender for the mobil-
isation of pigmeat on the Community market opened by
Regulation (EC) No 190/1999, the initial period for the
submission of tenders shall end at 12 noon, Brussels time,
on 8 March 1999.

The deadlines set for the supply of the various lots in
Regulation (EC) No 190/1999 are postponed by four
weeks.

If no contract is awarded for a lot at the end of the
2.
first period a second period for the submission of tenders
shall be opened and shall end at 12 noon, Brussels time,
on 22 March 1999.

In that case the deadline for the supply of
the lot
pursuant to the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 is
postponed by two weeks.

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Article 3

The successful tenderer shall ensure that the special stamp shown in the Annex hereto is
inserted in the transport documents established in accordance with the invitations to
tender opened by Regulations (EC) No 156/1999, (EC) No 157/1999, (EC) No 158/1999
and (EC) No 159/1999.

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

Article 4

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 19 February 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Special stamp to seal in transport documents