CELEX: 31999R2042
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2042/1999 of 27 September 1999 on the transport of pigmeat to Russia

28. 9. 1999            EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                          L 253/3
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2042/1999
                                                        of 27 September 1999
                                              on the transport of pigmeat to Russia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  to be delivered by a given date to a given port of destina-
                                                                             tion or transhipment.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                              2.      The pigmeat lot shall be kept available for the successful
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 of 17               tenderer in the coldstores listed in Annex II.
December 1998 on a programme to supply agricultural prod-
ucts to the Russian Federation (1), and in particular Article 4(2)      Removal from each store must take place from the dates laid
thereof,                                                                down in Annex II in conformity with the minimum loading
                                                                        rate per day.
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 (2),
        as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1125/1999 (3), lays            After expiry of 10 working days after the above dates and of
        down general rules for the application of Regulation (EC)       the period required for removal from the stores taking into
        No 2802/98;                                                     account the minimum loading rates laid down in Annex II, the
                                                                        successful tenderer shall be obliged to reimburse the Commis-
(2)     Whereas an invitation to tender was opened by
                                                                        sion for all costs incurred by the latter as a result of the delay
        Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/1999 (4), as
                                                                        in take-over (parking, insurance, security, securities, etc.) as laid
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 1773/1999 (5), for the
                                                                        down in Article 7a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.
        purpose of awarding contracts for the supply of a
        number of lots of pigmeat to be delivered to
        Community stores; whereas a new invitation to tender
        should be opened to award contracts for the transport of                                      Article 3
        that pigmeat from the Community stores to Russia;
                                                                        1.      Tenders shall be lodged with the Spanish intervention
(3)     Whereas the supply of 3 500 tonnes should be organ-             agency, whose address is given at Annex II.
        ised in one single lot;
(4)     Whereas the special conditions applicable to that supply        The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 5 October
        operation should be defined as a supplement to the              1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).
        provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999;
        whereas the entry into force of those conditions should         2.      Tenders shall cover the cost of transport of all the quant-
        be immediate;                                                   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
(5)     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation            Annex I.
        are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
        Committee for Pigmeat,
                                                                                                      Article 4
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                            1.      The tendering security shall be EUR 25/t of pigmeat to
                                                                        be delivered.
                               Article 1
                                                                        2.      The supply security shall be EUR 1 718/t of pigmeat to
An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the costs         be delivered. It must be lodged in accordance with Article 7(1)
of supplying transport for a total of 3 500 tonnes net of               of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 in favour of the intervention
pigmeat in one single lot, as defined in Annex I, as a supply           agency indicated in Article 3 for the lot in question.
operation covered by Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
111/1999, in accordance with that Regulation and this Regula-
tion.                                                                                                 Article 5
                               Article 2                                The take-over certificate drawn up in accordance with Annex I
                                                                        to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 shall be issued at the place of
1.     The supply shall comprise:                                       destination by the control body designated by the Commission
— take-over at the stage laid down in paragraph 2, and                  and signed by the authorities listed in Annex III.
— 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                                        Article 6
(1) OJ L  349, 24.12.1998, p. 12.                                       For the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999
(2) OJ L  14, 19.1.1999, p. 3.                                          the advance shall be paid on presentation of a removal certifi-
(3) OJ L  135, 29.5.1999, p. 41.
(4) OJ L  135, 29.5.1999, p. 85.                                        cate covering the entire quantity to be delivered to a given
(5) OJ L  211, 11.8.1999, p. 46.                                        destination on a given date.
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Payment shall be made within 15 days of presentation of the                                         Article 8
application for the advance accompanied by the requisite docu-
mentary evidence.                                                       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 ensure that the special stamp
shown in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
1999 (1) is inserted in the transport documents.                        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                                         500
                                        Region of Kemerovo                                     1 500
                                        Region of Volgograd                                      500
                                        Republic of Tatarstan                                    500
                                        Region of Saratov                                        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
         Tonnes                                                                                                                     Date available
                                                                                                               loading rate
         3 000            SATN 1596 (NUFRI)                                                                       200               11.10.1999
                          Ctra. Palau, km 1
                          E-25230 Mollerussa
           500            Suministro Medina SA                                                                    100                27.9.1999
                          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