Commission Regulation (EC) No 1815/1999 of 18 August 1999 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to Russia
Date: 1999-08-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, food aid, skimmed milk powder

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1815/1999

of 18 August 1999

on the supply of skimmed-milk powder 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 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 skimmed-milk powder
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 Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the costs
of supplying transport, from intervention stocks, for 50 000
tonnes (net weight) of skimmed-milk powder for delivery to
the places of destination listed in Annex I, as a supply opera-
tion 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 eight lots of
skimmed-milk powder, as defined in Annex I, meeting the
requirements laid down for intervention storage of such prod-
ucts applicable at the time this Regulation is published.

Article 2

Supply shall comprise:

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

(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.

(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 to a given 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.

3.
The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 31
August 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time) for lot Nos 1 to 4 and
on 14 September 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time) for lot Nos
5 to 8.

Should a lot not be successfully tendered for by the end of this
period,
tenders may be submitted during a second period
expiring on 14 September 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time) for
lot Nos 1 to 4 and on 28 September 1999 at 12 noon
(Brussels time) for lot Nos 5 to 8. In that event all dates fixed in
Annex I shall be postponed by 14 days.

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/t.

The

2.
supply security shall be EUR 2 467/t net of
skimmed-milk powder. 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 presenta-
tion 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 15 days of presenting the
application for a payment on account together with the re-
quisite supporting documents.

If, in the course of 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, 18 August 1999.

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 46, 20.2.1999, p. 48.

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ANNEX I

SKIMMED MILK POWDER

Final destinations

Lot
No 1

Lot
No 2

Lot
No 3

Lot
No 4

Lot
No 5

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

Republic of Karelia

Arkhangelsk Region

Republic of Komi

Smolensk Region

Tula Region

Tver Region

Volvograd Region

Republic of Dagestan

Republic of Kalmykia

Republic of Ossetia

Sverdlovsk Region

Vologda Region

Kemerovo Region

Republic of Udmurtia

Perm Region

Chelyabinsk Region

Novosibirsk Region

Tomsk Region

Republic of Mordvinia

Samara Region

Chuvash Region

Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria

Rostov Region

Republic of Chechnya

Republic of Tuva

Kurgan Region

Lot
No 7

Lot
No 8

Lot
No 6

500

Total

2 000

500

2 000

600

1 100

500

500

500

500

1 000

1 000

4 000

500

500

1 000

1 000

3 000

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

200

500

500

500

500

500

1 000

1 000

1 200

2 000

500

2 000

500

2 000

300

1 000

700

3 000

500

500

500

100

100

570

1 070

500

2 500

2 000

30

30

2 000

1 000

1 500

500

2 500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

1 000

1 000

500

500

1 500

1 500

500

500

500

500

500

3 000

2 000

1 000

3 000

2 000

2 000

2 000

Total

5 000

4 000

8 000

3 000

6 500

13 500

3 000

7 000

50 000

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— Delivery stage: product not unloaded either at Krasnoye frontier points or at the port of St Petersburg.

— Transport: Each lot must be transported in its entirety either by sea in accordance with Article 2(b) or 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:

— Lot No 1: 8 October 1999

— Lot No 2: 14 December 1999

— Lot No 3: 15 December 1999

— Lot No 4: 17 November 1999

— Lot No 5: 7 December 1999

— Lot No 6: 3 December 1999

— Lot No 7: 24 October 1999

— Lot No 8: 26 November 1999.

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

— Lot No 1:

— 5 000 tonnes, 8 October 1999

— Lot No 2:

— 4 000 tonnes, 14 December 1999

— Lot No 3:

— 4 000 tonnes, 18 October 1999

— 4 000 tonnes, 15 December 1999

— Lot No 4:

— 3 000 tonnes, 17 November 1999

— Lot No 5:

— 3 500 tonnes, 9 November 1999

— 3 000 tonnes, 7 December 1999

— Lot No 6:

— 5 000 tonnes, 3 November 1999

— 5 000 tonnes, 19 November 1999

— 3 500 tonnes, 3 December 1999

— Lot No 7:

— 3 000 tonnes, 24 October 1999

— Lot No 8:

— 3 500 tonnes, 28 October 1999

— 3 500 tonnes, 26 November 1999.

To avoid congestion at the port, the tenderers must comply as far as possible with the above dates.

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ANNEX II

Lot No 1: 5 000 tonnes

SWEDEN

Storage location

Minimum daily loading rate

150

150

150

150

Total

Svenska Lagerhusaktiebolaget
Industrigatan
Svenljunga

Svenska Lagerhusaktiebolaget
Vadstenavägen
Skännige

Svenska Lagerhusaktiebolaget
Brovägen 35
Värmlandsbro/Säffle

Svenska Lagerhusaktiebolaget
Kontorsgatan
Hasslarp

Address of intervention agency:

Statens Jordbruksverk
Marknadsavdelningen
Swedish Board of Agriculture
S-55182 Jönköping
Tel.: (46-36) 15 50 00
Fax: (46-36) 19 05 46

Lot No 2: 4 000 tonnes

UNITED KINGDOM

Storage location

Minimum daily loading rate

Eglinton Fast Freight
7 Upper Campsie
Londonderry BT47 3XX
Northern Ireland

Vanguard Holdings Ltd
Newpark Industrial Estate
Greystone Road
Antrim BT41 2AL
Northern Ireland

Total

Quantity
(net tonnes)

1 474

1 019

987

1 520

5 000

Quantity
(net tonnes)

3 300

700

4 000

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Lot No 3: 8 000 tonnes

UNITED KINGDOM

Storage location

Minimum daily loading rate

Skeg Grain Ltd
Manor Park
The Strand
Steeple Ashton
Trowbridge
Wilts BA14 6EP

Harman Warehousing Ltd
The Old Airfield
Crabtree Lane
High Ercall
Telford
Shropshire TF6 6AP

D J Davies & Son
Goleufryn
Pencader
Dyfed SA39 9HL

Border Holdings
The Grove
Craven Arms
Shropshire SY7 8BD

Total

Lot No 4: 3 000 tonnes

UNITED KINGDOM

Storage location

Minimum daily loading rate

Quantity
(net tonnes)

4 080

450

1 500

1 970

8 000

Quantity
(net tonnes)

3 000

Total

3 000

Alpine Cold Storage Ltd
Estate Road No 7
South Humberside Industrial Estate
Grimsby DN31 2TP

Address of intervention agency:

Intervention Board Executive Agency
Dairy Intervention Section
Lancaster House
Hampshire Court
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 7YH
United Kingdom
Tel.: (44-191) 2 26 50 58
Fax: (44-191) 2 26 50 40

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Lot No 5: 6 500 tonnes

IRELAND

Storage location

Minimum daily loading rate

Bailie Engineeering
Bailieborough
County Cavan

McCormack Milk Products
Killeshandra
County Cavan

Hanlons Warehouse
Muchgrange
Greenore
County Louth

100

100

100

Total

Lot No 6: 13 500 tonnes

IRELAND

Storage location

Minimum daily loading rate

Golden Vale Engineering
Charleville
County Cork

Munster Steel
Bowl Road
Macroom
County Cork

O'Connells Warehouse
Brooklodge
Glanmire
County Cork

Orchard Warehouse
Brooklodge
Glanmire
County Cork

Colso Enterprises (Southern Fruit)
Lehenaghmore
Togher
County Cork

O'Connells Warehouse
Little Island
County Cork

Store All
Kilcohan
County Waterford

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Quantity
(net tonnes)

2 000

1 500

3 000

6 500

Quantity
(net tonnes)

3 000

938

367

1 000

703

2 000

3 000

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Storage location

Minimum daily loading rate

Quantity
(net tonnes)

1 000

1 000

492

100

100

100

Total

13 500

North Cork Co-Op
Kanturk
County Cork

Munster Steel
Ballydaheen Industrial Estate
Mallow
County Cork

Store All
Luffany
Slieverue
County Kilkenny

Address of intervention agency:

Department of Agriculture and Food
Intervention Operations Division
Johnstown Castle Estate
County Wexford
Ireland
Tel.: (353-53) 63 400
Fax: (353-53) 42 843

Lot No 7: 3 000 tonnes

GERMANY

Storage location

Minimum daily loading rate

Alli Logistik
Brachwitzer Straße 38
D-06118 Halle

Kühlhaus Dahlenn
Grunbesitz und Verwaltungsges. MbH
Hainstraße 1
D-04774 Dahlen

200

100

Total

Lot No 8: 7 000 tonnes

GERMANY

Storage location

Minimum daily loading rate

Röhlig & Co (GmbH & Co)
Wrangelstraße 34
D-24539 Neumünster

Röhlig & Co (GmbH & Co)
Am Kommandantendeich 12
D-21680 Stade

150

250

Total

Quantity
(net tonnes)

1 785

1 215

3 000

Quantity
(net tonnes)

3 000

4 000

7 000

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Address of intervention agency:

BLE
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
Adickesallee 40
D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
Postfach 18 0203
Tel.: (49-69) 15 64 704
Fax: (49-69) 15 64 790

ANNEX III

Authorities empowered to sign the take-over certificate

— Place of take-over: St Petersburg

VO ‘PRODINTORG’
103084 Moscow
Mjasnitskaya nl. 47.

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

VO ‘PRODINTORG’
103084 Moscow
Mjasnitskaya nl. 47.

— Place of take-over: Krasnoye, for customs formalities for rail transport:

VO ‘PRODINTORG’
103084 Moscow
Mjasnitskaya nl. 47.