Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/1999 of 17 March 1999 on the transport of pigmeat to Russia
Date: 1999-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, award of contract, carriage of goods, pigmeat, supply

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 581/1999

of 17 March 1999

on the transport of pigmeat 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 an initial invitation to tender was opened by
Regulation (EC) No 190/1999 (3), as amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 439/1999 (4), for the purpose of awarding
contracts for the supply of a number of lots of pigmeat to
be delivered to Community warehouses; whereas a new
invitation to tender should be opened to award contracts
for the transport of that pigmeat from the Community
warehouses to Russia;

Whereas the supply of 8 000 tonnes in two separate lots
should be organised;

Whereas the special conditions applicable to that supply
should be defined as a supplement to the provisions laid
down in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999; whereas the entry
of force of those conditions should be immediate;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the
costs of supplying transport for a total of 8 000 tonnes net
of pigmeat in two separate lots as defined in Annex I as a

(1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 14, 19. 1. 1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 21, 28. 1. 1999, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 52, 27. 2. 1999, p. 33.

supply operation covered by Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation
(EC) No 111/1999, in accordance with that Regulation
and this Regulation.

Article 2

1.

For each of the lots, supply shall comprise:

— take-over at the stage laid down in paragraph 2, and

— transport by suitable means to the destinations and
within the time limits laid down in Annex I.

The pigmeat lots must be kept available for the
2.
successful tenderers in the coldstores listed in Annex II.

Removal must take place from 12 April 1999.

the above date,

from 10 days after

the
With effect
successful
tenderer shall be obliged to reimburse the
Commission for all costs incurred by the latter as a result
of a delay in take-over (parking, insurance, security, secur-
ities, etc) as laid down in Article 5(1)(f)(4) of Regulation
(EC) No 111/1999.

Article 3

Tenders shall be lodged with the following agencies,

1.
whose addresses are given in Annex II:

— for lot No 1: the German intervention agency,

— for lot No 2: the Dutch intervention agency.

The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 24
March 1999 at 12 p.m.

(Brussels time).

Should a lot not be successfully tendered for by the end of
this period, tenders may be lodged for a second period
expiring on 7 April 1999 at 12 p.m.

(Brussels time).

In that case, all the dates in Article 2 and Annex I shall
be extended by two weeks.

Tenders shall cover the cost of transport of all the
2.
quantities in one lot to be taken over at the coldstores laid
down in Article 2(2) and to be supplied to the destination
laid down in Annex I.

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Article 4

The tendering security shall be EUR 25/tonne of

1.
pigmeat to be delivered.

The supply security shall be EUR 1718/tonne of
2.
pigmeat to be delivered. It must be lodged in accordance
with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 in
favour of the intervention agency indicated in Article 3
for the lot in question.

Article 5

The take-over certificate drawn up in accordance with
Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 shall be issued
by the beneficiary country at the destinations and by the
authorities listed in Annex III.

take-over certificate covering the entire quantity to be
delivered to a given destination on a given date.

Payment shall be made within 30 days of presentation of
the application for the advance accompanied by the
requisite documentary evidence.

Article 7

The successful tenderer shall insert in the transport docu-
ments the special stamp established in the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/1999 (1).

Article 8

Article 6

For the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No
111/1999 the advance shall be paid on presentation of a

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, 17 March 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 46, 20. 2. 1999, p. 48.

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ANNEX I

PIGMEAT

Final destinations

These destinations are indicated for the purposes of drawing up the transport documents and of selecting the
means of transport (railway wagons/trucks). However, the price to be tendered must not take account of the
final destination, only the frontier point.

Lot No 1

Lot No 2

Republic of Karelia

Republic of Komi

Arkhangelskaya oblast

Murmanskaya oblast

Bryanskaya oblast

Vladimirskaya oblast

Ivanovskaya oblast

Smolenskaya oblast

Tverskaya oblast

Tulskaya oblast

Yaroslavskaya oblast

Kirovskaya oblast

Nizhegorodskaya oblast

Astrakhanskaya oblast

Samarskaya oblast

Republic of Dagestan

Republic of Udmurtia

Permskaya oblast

Sverdlovskaya oblast

Chelyabinskaya oblast

Kemerovskaya oblast

200

200

200

200

200

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

200

100

300

200

400

400

800

500

900

Total

4 500

3 500

— Delivery stage: product not unloaded at frontier point Krasnoye or Susemka.
— Transport means: by land.

In the event that certain final destination regions are supplied by rail and others by truck, tenders must be
accompanied by two breakdowns drawn up in accordance with Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999
and the sum tendered must be equivalent to the weighted average of the costs per tonne.

— Time limits for arrival at frontier points:

Lot No 1: 26 May 1999
Lot No 2: 15 May 1999

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Lot No 1

3 000 t:

1 500 t:

Lot No 2

1 000 t:

500 t:

500 t:

500 t:

500 t:

500 t:

ANNEX II

Nordfrost K(cid:129)hl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG
Roßlauerstr. 51
D-39261 Zerbst

Nordfrost K(cid:129)hl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG
Postfach 1340
D-26412 Schortens

Nordfrost K(cid:129)hl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG
Im Gewerbegebiet Heidm(cid:129)rle
D-26419 Schortens

Nordfrost K(cid:129)hl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG
Thielebachstr. 6
D-34346 Hann M(cid:129)nden

Nordfrost K(cid:129)hl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG
Max-Plank-Str. 14
D-27283 Verden

Horafrost NV
Voermanstraat 5
B-8840 Staden

Grolleman Exploitatie Maatschappij B.V.
Industrieweg 23
NL-8121 B2 Olst

Daalimpex Coldstores B.V.
Noorderkade 36 B
NL-1948 NR Beverwijk

Addresses of intervention agencies:

Lot No 1

BLE
Bundesanstalt f(cid:129)r Landwirtschaft
und Ern(cid:132)hrung
Adickesallee 40
D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
Postfach 18 02 03
Tel.:
Fax:

(49 228) 68 20
(49 228) 682 72 72

Lot No 2

Laser Regio Zuidoost
Slachthuisstraat 72
Postbus 965
6040 AZ Roermond
Nederland
Tel.:
Fax:

(31 475) 35 54 44
(31 475) 31 89 39

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ANNEX III

Place of take-over: Susemka, Krasnoye

Bryansk and Smolensk for customs formalities.

Authority empowered to issue the take-over certificates:

V.O. Prodintorg
103084 Moscow
Mjasnitskaya nl 47

M. Belokopytov
M. Perekatev