Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/1999 of 28 May 1999 opening a second invitation to tender for the mobilisation of pigmeat on the Community market with a view to its subsequent delivery to Russia.
Date: 1999-05-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, award of contract, freight rate, pigmeat, single market

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1135/1999

of 28 May 1999

opening a second 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,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/
1999 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1125/
1999 (3), 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
the
supply include in particular
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;

the price of

(2) Whereas,

for the supply operations decided by
Regulation (EC) No 2802/98,
these provisions
should be applied for the supply of 40 000 tonnes
of pigmeat, split into 50 lots;

(3) Whereas, to make a speedy start to this measure
and to comply with competition requirements, a
limited number of lots should make use of prod-
ucts 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 (4), as amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2619/98 (5), and which are removed
from storage either after the contractual storage
period or under Article 9(4) of Commission Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3444/90 of 27 November 1990
laying down detailed rules for granting private
storage aid for pigmeat (6), as amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 3533/93 (7);

(4) Whereas, in addition to the provisions adopted in
Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, the specific condi-
tions applying to these supply operations should be

(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 14, 19.1.1999, p. 3.
(3) See page 41 of this Official Journal.
(4) OJ L 263, 26.9.1998, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 329, 5.12.1998, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 333, 30.11.1990, p. 22.
(7) OJ L 321, 23.12.1993, p. 9.

laid down, especially as regards quality, packaging
and labelling, and provision should be made for the
immediate entry into force of this Regulation;

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

the successful

(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion 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 40 000 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.

Article 2

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 dozen 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;

(d) keeping of the product available for the carrier, before
loading commences, for a minimum of ten working
days from the dates laid down in Annex II. Beyond
that period the successful tenderer shall be entitled to
the amount laid down in Article 7a(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 111/1999.

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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 carrier and must guar-
antee a loading rate of 100 tonnes per working day.

Should a lot not be successfully tendered for by the end of
this period, tenders may be submitted for a second period
expiring on 22 June 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).

In this case, all the dates in Annex Il shall be extended by
14 days.

Article 3

Article 5

1.
The supply of 40 000 tonnes shall be divided into
28 000 tonnes of half-carcases and 12 000 tonnes of fore-
ends, split into 50 lots as defined in Annex II.

2.
The first six 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:

(cid:190) removed from store after

the contractual

storage

period, or

(cid:190) removed from store after the storage period of two
months pursuant to the first indent of Article 9(4) of
Regulation (EEC) No 3444/90. In such a case export
shall be deemed proven upon presentation of the
removal certificate drawn up in accordance with
Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.

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

The successful tenderer shall take all necessary steps to
ensure that
to the
successful tenderer for the supply operation at the time of
removal:

the following certificates are sent

(cid:190) veterinary certificate,

(cid:190) certificate of origin,

(cid:190) quality certificate, and

(cid:190) health certificate.

Article 4

The cost of obtaining such certificates shall be borne by
the successful tenderer for mobilisation of the product.

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 where the product is held available as 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.

In the case of

lots for the supply of

3.
the same
quantity of products with the same characteristics and
final delivery date, tenders shall be deemed to have been
lodged for any one of them.

The certificates shall be drawn up in accordance with the
models sent to the operators by the Commission at the
formers’ request.

Article 7

1. Within 15 days following the date of the Commis-
sion decision awarding the supply contract, the successful
tenderer may request a payment on account equal to
60 % of the total amount of his tender. The request must
be accompanied by proof that a security equal to the
amount of the payment on account has been lodged and
by a copy of the decision to award the supply contract.

2.
The payment on account shall be made by the inter-
vention agency indicated in Article 4(1) within 15 days of
submission of the request.

3.
The payment on account security shall be released
once the conditions laid down for payment of the balance
of the supply have been met.

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.

Article 8

The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 8

4.
June 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).

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

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

Article 9

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

Done at Brussels, 28 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

1. Products to be supplied

CN code 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.

CN code ex 0203 29 11

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

2. Characteristics and qualities of the goods

The products:

(cid:190) cannot come from the slaughter of breeding sows or boars,

(cid:190) must comply with Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting

intra-Community trade in fresh meat (1),

(cid:190) must be of sound, fair and merchantable quality and come from animals reared in the Community for

the previous two months at least,

(cid:190) for lots Nos 7 to 50, must come from animals slaughtered after 10 June 1999. The slaughter date must

be indicated on the quality certificate mentioned in Article 6.

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 resitant 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-000/1999'. No other marking indicating a
geographical origin shall be allowed.

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

(cid:190) Lot 1: 1 000 tonnes of half-carcases
(cid:190) Lot 2: 1 000 tonnes of half-carcases
500 tonnes of half-carcases
(cid:190) Lot 3:
500 tonnes of half-carcases
(cid:190) Lot 4:
500 tonnes of fore-ends
(cid:190) Lot 5:
500 tonnes of fore-ends
(cid:190) Lot 6:

The products in lots 1 to 6 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 12 July 1999.

(cid:190) Lots
7 to 10:
(cid:190) Lots 11 to 14:
(cid:190) Lots 15 to 18:
(cid:190) Lots 19 to 21:
(cid:190) Lots 22 to 25:

1 500 tonnes of half-carcases per lot
1 000 tonnes of half-carcases per lot
500 tonnes of half-carcases per lot

1 000 tonnes of fore-ends per lot
500 tonnes of fore-ends per lot

The time limit for delivering lots 7 to 25 shall expire on 12 July 1999.

(cid:190) Lots 26 to 29:
(cid:190) Lots 30 to 33:
(cid:190) Lots 34 to 37:
(cid:190) Lot 38:
(cid:190) Lots 39 and 40:
(cid:190) Lots 41 to 43:
(cid:190) Lots 44 to 47:
(cid:190) Lot 48:
(cid:190) Lots 49 and 50:

1 500 tonnes of half-carcases per lot
1 000 tonnes of half-carcases per lot
500 tonnes of half-carcases per lot
400 tonnes of half-carcases
300 tonnes of half-carcases per lot

1 000 tonnes of fore-ends per lot
500 tonnes of fore-ends per lot
400 tonnes of fore-ends
300 tonnes of fore-ends per lot

The time limit for delivering lots 26 to 50 shall expire on 26 July 1999.

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ANEXO III (cid:190) BILAG III (cid:190) ANHANG III (cid:190) PAQAQTGLA III (cid:190) ANNEX III (cid:190) ANNEXE III (cid:190)
ALLEGATO III (cid:190) B(cid:246)LAGE III (cid:190) ANEXO III (cid:190) LIITE III (cid:190) BILAGA III

Direcciones de los organismos de intervenci(cid:155)n (cid:190) Interventionsorganernes adresser (cid:190) Anschriften
der Interventionsstellen (cid:190) Dieuh(cid:151)mseir tym oqcamisl(cid:150)m paqelb(cid:145)seyr (cid:190) Addresses of the intervention
agencies (cid:190) Adresses des organismes d’intervention (cid:190) Indirizzi degli organismi d’intervento (cid:190)
Adressen van de interventiebureaus (cid:190) Endere(cid:135)os dos organismos de interven(cid:135)(cid:209)o (cid:190) Interventio-
elinten osoitteet (cid:190) 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
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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
Dublin2
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 (cid:190) 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 Visser¶, 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, n.o 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 01faksi:

(358) 0160 9790

SVERIGE:

Statens jordbruksverk (cid:190) 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