Commission Regulation (EC) No 1473/1999 of 5 July 1999 on the supply of beef to Russia
Date: 1999-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, beef, food aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1473/1999

of 5 July 1999

on the supply of beef to Russia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Article 2

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 prod-
ucts 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;

(2) Whereas, for the supply operations decided by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2802/98, an invitation to tender should be
opened to allocate the supply of a single lot of beef held
in intervention storage;

(3) Whereas the specific conditions applying to this supply
operation should be laid down, in addition to the provi-
sions adopted in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, and
provision should be made for their immediate entry into
force;

(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the costs
of supplying transport, from intervention stocks, for 5 000
tonnes (net weight) of beef carcases for delivery to the places of
destination listed in Annex I, as a supply operation covered by
Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.

Supply shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions
of both that Regulation and this Regulation.

The invitation to tender relates to the supply of one lot of beef,
as defined in Annex I, meeting the requirements laid down for
intervention storage of such products applicable at the time
this Regulation is published.

(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 14, 19.1.1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 41.

Supply shall comprise:

(a) the taking over of the goods from the loading bay of the
warehouses of the intervention agencies listed in Annex II;
and

(b) transport, by appropriate means, to the places of destina-
tion and no later than the dates laid down in Annex I. Sea
transport must be undertaken by a single vessel in the case
of goods to be delivered by a given date port of destination
or transhipment.

Article 3

Each tender must cover the entire lot as defined in

1.
Annex I.

2.
Tenders shall be submitted to the intervention agency
holding the product to be delivered, whose address appears in
Annex II.

The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 13 July

3.
1999 at 12 noon (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 27 July 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time). In that event all
dates fixed in Annex I shall be postponed by two weeks.

If

4.
the tenderer declares in writing on submitting his
tender that he will submit a new tender if a second period for
submitting tenders is opened, the intervention agency shall
retain the originals of the tendering security and the under-
taking by the financial body to lodge a supply security as
referred to in Article 5(1)(h) and (i) of Regulation (EC) No
111/1999 until it receives the Commission Decision on the
tenders submitted during the second period. In such a case, by
derogation from the above provision, the second tender shall
not be accompanied by the originals of the two documents.

Article 4

1.

The tendering security shall be EUR 25/tonne.

2.
The supply security shall be EUR 2 780/tonne net of beef
carcases. It must be lodged in accordance with Article 7 of
Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.

Article 5

The take-over certificate, drawn up in accordance with Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, shall be issued by the control
body designated by the Commission and signed by the repres-
entative of the beneficiary at the places of destination indicated
in Annex III.

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Article 6

Article 8

For the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 111/
1999, the payment on account shall be made on presentation
of a certificate of removal relating to the entire quantity to be
delivered to a given destination on a given date.

Payment shall be made within two weeks of presenting the
application for a payment on account together with the rquisite
supporting documents.

If during performance of the transport it proves necessary to
change the route indicated in the tender, the successful tenderer
must without delay inform the Commission, the control body
and the intervention agency concerned thereof.

Article 7

Article 9

The successful tenderer shall have the special stamp illustrated
in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/1999 (1)
inserted in the transport documents.

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, 5 July 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

BONE-IN BEEF

Final destinations

Total

Lot

300

400

500

300

200

200

200

2 400

500

5 000

Sole lot

Region of Tver

Region of Tula

Region of Yaroslavl'

Republic of Dagestan

Republic of Inguchetia

Republic of Ossetia

Republic of Chechnya

Region of Sverdlovsk

Region of Kemerovo

Delivery stage:

Product not unloaded either at Krasnoye frontier points or at the port of St. Petersburg.

Transport:

The lot must be transported in its entirety either by sea in accordance with Article 2(b) or entirely by land.

In the case of land transport, where certain final destination regions are served by rail and others by road, tenders must be
accompanied by two break-downs prepared in accordance with Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 and the
amount must be equivalent to the weighted average of the costs per tonne. The tender must indicate the quantities used to
determine the weighted average.

Final date for arrival at Krasnoye frontier points in the case of land transport: 10 September 1999

Final dates for arrival at the port of St. Petersburg in the case of sea transport:

— 2 500 t — 26 August 1999,

— 2 500 t — 10 September 1999.

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Sole lot: 5 000 tonnes beef carcases — Spain

ANNEX II

Storage location

Frioburgos
Alcade Martín Cobos s/n
E-09007 Burgos

Interfrisa
Muelle de San Beltrán s/n
E-08039 Barcelona

Fruicarn
Crta. N 11 Km 469,5
E-25080 Lérida

Leridanos
Cami de Picos s/n
E-25001 Lérida

Urgel
Crta. De Tarragona Km 90
E-25001 Lérida

Cía Leridana
Miralbo s/n
E-25660 Alcoletge

Nufri Sat 1596
Crta. Palau Km 1
E-25230 Mollerusa

Frig. Tarragona
Polig. Ind. Francolí, Parcela 4Y5
E-43006 Tarragona

Fimsa
Crta. Burgos Km 32,3
E-28750 San Agustín de Guadalix

Sumin Medina
Severo Ochao 25 — Polig. Ind. Leganés
E-28914 Leganés

Longrafer
Polig. Ind. Parcela 29
E-28400 Collado Villalva

Minimum daily
loading rate

Quantities
(tonnes net)
Forequarters

Quantities
(tonnes net)
Hindquarters

100

749

—

Total
(tonnes
net)

749

50

287

—

287

50

487

—

487

50

458

—

458

100

572

—

572

100

642

—

642

50

440

—

440

50

277

—

277

100

500

—

500

50

226

—

226

50

362

—

362

Total

5 000

—

5 000

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Address of intervention agency:

FEGA — Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria
Beneficencia 8
E-28001 Madrid
Tel.: (34) 913 47 65 00
Fax: (34) 915 21 98 32

The intervention agencies must organise removal of products from their stores so as to comply with the first-in-first-out
principle for each cut and store as far as possible.

Principle applying to removal from store

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ANNEX III

Place of take over: St Petersburg

Authority empowered to sign the take over certificate:

vo ‘prodintorg’
103084 Moscow
Mjasnitskays nl. 47

Places of take over: Sousemka, Krasnoye, Bryansk — for customs formalities for road transport:

Authorities empowered to sign the take over certificate:

vo ‘prodintorg’
103084 Moscow
Mjasnitskaya nl. 47

Place of take over: Smolensk — for customs formalities for road transport:

Authorities empowered to sign the take over certificate:

vo ‘prodintorg’
103084 Moscow
Mjasnitskaya nl. 47