Commission Regulation (EC) No 2042/1999 of 27 September 1999 on the transport of pigmeat to Russia
Date: 1999-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, award of contract, carriage of goods, freight rate, pigmeat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2042/1999

of 27 September 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 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 an invitation to tender was opened by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/1999 (4), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1773/1999 (5), for the
purpose of awarding contracts for the supply of a
number of
to be delivered to
Community stores; whereas a new invitation to tender
should be opened to award contracts for the transport of
that pigmeat from the Community stores to Russia;

lots of pigmeat

(3) Whereas the supply of 3 500 tonnes should be organ-

ised in one single lot;

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

(5) 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 3 500 tonnes net of
pigmeat in one single lot, 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.

Article 2

The 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

(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.

to be delivered by a given date to a given port of destina-
tion or transhipment.

The pigmeat lot shall be kept available for the successful

2.
tenderer in the coldstores 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 per day.

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 take-over (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 Spanish intervention

1.
agency, whose address is given at Annex II.

The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 5 October
1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).

2.
Tenders shall cover the cost of transport of all the quant-
ities 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.

Article 4

The tendering security shall be EUR 25/t of pigmeat to

1.
be delivered.

2.
The supply security shall be EUR 1 718/t 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 intervention
agency indicated in Article 3 for the lot in question.

Article 5

The take-over certificate drawn up in accordance with Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 shall be issued at the place of
destination 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 advance shall be paid on presentation of a removal certifi-
cate covering the entire quantity to be delivered to a given
destination on a given date.

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Payment shall be made within 15 days of presentation of the
application for the advance accompanied by the requisite docu-
mentary evidence.

Article 7

Article 8

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.

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 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, 27 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 of selecting the means of
transport (railway wagons/trucks) in the event of transport by land. However, the price to be tendered must not take
account of the final destination, only the frontier point.

Region of Tambov

Region of Kemerovo

Region of Volgograd

Republic of Tatarstan

Region of Saratov

500

1 500

500

500

500

Total

3 500

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

— Transport means: the 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 be 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 point in the case of land transport: 6 December 1999,

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

— 1 750 tonnes 6 December 1999,

— 1 750 tonnes 14 December 1999.

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ANNEX II

Lot: 3 500 tonnes

Minimum daily
loading rate

200

100

Date available

11.10.1999

27.9.1999

Tonnes

3 000

500

SATN 1596 (NUFRI)
Ctra. Palau, km 1
E-25230 Mollerussa

Suministro Medina SA
Ctra. Nacional 1, km 32,3
E-28750 San Agustín de Guadalix

Address of the intervention agency:

FEGA (Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria)
Beneficencia, 8
E-28005 Madrid
Tel.: (34) 913 47 65 00/913 47 63 10
Fax: (34) 915 21 98 32/915 22 43 87

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