Commission Regulation (EC) No 1955/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the transport of pigmeat to Russia
Date: 1999-09-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, award of contract, carriage of goods, delivery, pigmeat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1955/1999

of 13 September 1999

on the transport of pigmeat 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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

as
Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 (2),
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1125/1999 (3),
lays
down general rules for the application of Regulation (EC)
No 2802/98.

An invitation to tender was opened by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1135/1999 (4), as amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1773/1999 (5),
the purpose of
awarding contracts for the supply of a number of lots of
pigmeat to be delivered to Community stores. A new
invitation to tender should be opened to award contracts
for the transport of that pigmeat from the Community
stores to Russia.

for

The supply of 11 200 tonnes in three separate lots
should be organised.

The special conditions applicable to that supply opera-
tion should be defined as a supplement to the provisions
laid down in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 and the
entry into force of
should be
those
immediate.

conditions

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 11 200 tonnes net of
pigmeat in three separate lots as defined in Annex I as a supply
operation covered by Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
111/1999, in accordance with that Regulation and this Regula-
tion.

(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.
(4) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 85.
(5) OJ L 211, 11.8.1999, p. 46.

For each of the lots, supply shall comprise:

1.
— take-over at the stage laid down in paragraph 2, and
— transport by suitable means to the destinations to arrive 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 destina-
tion or transhipment.

For lots 2 and 3, transport shall be exclusively by land.

The lots of pigmeat must be kept available for the

2.
successful tenderers in the cold stores listed in Annex II.

Removal from each store must take place from the dates laid
down in Annex II in conformity with the minimum loading
rate.

After expiry of 10 working days after the above dates and of
the period required for removal from the stores taking into
account the minimum loading rates laid down in Annex II, the
successful tenderer shall be obliged to reimburse the Commis-
sion for all costs incurred by the latter as a result of the delay
in takeover (parking, insurance, security, securities, etc.) as laid
down in Article 7a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.

Article 3

Tenders shall be lodged with the intervention agencies,

1.
whose addresses and lots are given in Annex II.

The time limit
September 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).

lodging tenders

for

shall expire on 21

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

In that case, all the dates in Article 2 and Annex I shall be
extended by 14 days.

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

3.
If the tenderer declares in writing on lodging his tender
that he will lodge a new tender if a second period for lodging
tenders is opened, the intervention agency shall retain the
originals of the tendering security and the undertaking 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 lodged 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.

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Article 4

The tendering security shall be EUR 25/tonne of pigmeat

1.
to be delivered.

2.
The supply security shall be EUR 1 718/tonne of pigmeat
to be delivered. It must be lodged in accordance with Article
7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 in favour of the interven-
tion agency indicated in Article 3 for the lot in question.

Article 5

The takeover certificate drawn up in accordance with Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 shall be issued at the destina-
tions by the control body designated by the Commission and
signed by the authorities listed in Annex III.

Article 6

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

Payment shall be made within 15 days of presentation of the
application for the payment accompanied by the requisite
supporting documents.

Article 7

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

Article 8

If, during transport, it proves necessary to change the route
indicated in the tender, the successful tenderer must imme-
the control body and the
diately inform the Commission,
intervention agency concerned thereof.

Article 9

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, 13 September 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 selecting the means of
transport (railway wagons/trucks) in the event of transport by land. However, the tendered price must be based not on the
final destination but on the frontier point.

Lot 1

Lot 2

Lot 3

Region of Pskov

Region of Smolensk

Region of Tver

Region of Tula

Region of Yaroslavl'

Region of Ryazan

Region of Nizhniy-Novgorod

Region of Belgorod

Region of Samara

Republic of Marii El

Region of Sverdlovsk

Region of Kemerovo

Region of Kurgan

Territory of Krasnoyarsk

500

500

500

500

500

500

180

500

520

1 000

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

350

350

350

750

350

350

Total

3 000

5 200

3 000

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

— Means of transport: each lot must be transported either in its entirety by sea in accordance with the second indent of

Article 2(1) or in its entirety by land.

In the latter event, if 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. The tender must indicate the
quantities used to determine the weighted average.

— Time limits for arrival at Krasnoye frontier point in the case of land transport:

— Lot No 1: 20 November 1999

— Lot No 2: 10 December 1999

— Lot No 3: 5 December 1999.

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

— Lot No 1: 18 November 1999.

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ANNEX II

Lot 1: 3 000 tonnes

SFD Lebensmittel Vertriebs GmbH
Hafenstr. 30
D-18439 Stralsund

Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG
Roßlauerstraße 51
D-39261 Zerbst

MUK Logistik GmbH
Westring 6
D-49201 Dissen T.W.

Lot 2: 5 200 tonnes

Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG
Im Gewerbegebiet Heidmühle 1
D-26419 Schortens

Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG
Roßlauerstr. 51
D-39261 Zerbst

Loblein Fleischzentrum Kiel GmbH
Edisonstr. 20
D-24145 Kiel

Hindelang Spedition GmbH — Kühlhaus Wörnitz
Bastenauerstr. 14
D-91637 Wörnitz

Lot 3: 3 000 tonnes

Daalimpex Coldstore BV
Velserkade 3
1951 NK Velsen
Nederland

Grolleman Exploitatie Maatschappĳ BV
Industrieweg 23
8121 BZ Olst
Nederland

Vrieshuis de Groene
Gemaalweg 3
8313 PP Rutten
Nederland

E.F.F
ZI de l'Aumaillerie
F-35300 Fougères

Tonnes

500

2 000

500

Tonnes

3 500

1 000

300

400

Tonnes

1 000

1 000

500

500

Minimum daily
loading rate

Date
available

100

200

100

11.10.1999

11.10.1999

11.10.1999

Minimum daily
loading rate

Date
available

300

100

100

100

25.10.1999

25.10.1999

25.10.1999

25.10.1999

Minimum daily
loading rate

Date
available

100

11.10.1999

100

25.10.1999

100

25.10.1999

100

25.10.1999

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Addresses of intervention agencies:

Lots 1 and 2

BLE
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
Adickesallee 40
Postfach 18 0203
D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
Tel. (49-69) 15 64 704/755
Fax (49-69) 15 64 790/791

Lot 3

Laser Regio Zuidoost
Slachthuisstraat 72
Postbus 965
6040 AZ Roermond
Nederland
Tel. (31) 475 35 54 44
Fax (31) 475 31 89 39

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ANNEX III

Place of takeover: In accordance with the delivery stage resulting from the means of transport used by the tenderer, in
accordance with Annex I.

Authorities empowered to sign the takeover certificates:

(a) St Petersburg

VO Prodintorg
103084 Moscow
Ul. Mjasnitskaya, 47

(b) Susemka, Bryansk and Smolensk for customs formalities for trucks

VO Prodintorg
103084 Moscow
Ul. Mjasnitskaya, 47

(c) Krasnoye for customs formalities for railway wagons

VO Prodintorg
103084 Moscow
Ul. Mjasnitskaya, 47