CELEX: 31999R1955
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1955/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the transport of pigmeat to Russia

14. 9. 1999            EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                         L 242/13
                                         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                   1.      For each of the lots, supply shall comprise:
Community,                                                              — take-over at the stage laid down in paragraph 2, and
                                                                        — transport by suitable means to the destinations to arrive no
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 of 17                    later than the dates laid down in Annex I. Sea transport
December 1998 on a programme to supply agricultural prod-                    must be undertaken by a single vessel in the case of goods
ucts to the Russian Federation (1), and in particular Article 4(2)           to be delivered by a given date to a given port of destina-
thereof,                                                                     tion or transhipment.
Whereas:                                                                For lots 2 and 3, transport shall be exclusively by land.
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 (2), as                  2.      The lots of pigmeat must be kept available for the
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 1125/1999 (3), lays               successful tenderers in the cold stores listed in Annex II.
        down general rules for the application of Regulation (EC)
        No 2802/98.                                                     Removal from each store must take place from the dates laid
                                                                        down in Annex II in conformity with the minimum loading
(2)     An invitation to tender was opened by Commission                rate.
        Regulation (EC) No 1135/1999 (4), as amended by Regu-
        lation (EC) No 1773/1999 (5), for the purpose of                After expiry of 10 working days after the above dates and of
        awarding contracts for the supply of a number of lots of        the period required for removal from the stores taking into
        pigmeat to be delivered to Community stores. A new              account the minimum loading rates laid down in Annex II, the
        invitation to tender should be opened to award contracts        successful tenderer shall be obliged to reimburse the Commis-
        for the transport of that pigmeat from the Community            sion for all costs incurred by the latter as a result of the delay
        stores to Russia.                                               in takeover (parking, insurance, security, securities, etc.) as laid
                                                                        down in Article 7a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.
(3)     The supply of 11 200 tonnes in three separate lots
        should be organised.
                                                                                                      Article 3
(4)     The special conditions applicable to that supply opera-
        tion should be defined as a supplement to the provisions        1.      Tenders shall be lodged with the intervention agencies,
        laid down in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 and the                whose addresses and lots are given in Annex II.
        entry into force of those conditions should be
        immediate.                                                      The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 21
                                                                        September 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).
(5)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
        accordance with the opinion of the Management                   Should a lot not be successfully tendered for by the end of this
        Committee for Pigmeat,                                          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
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                            extended by 14 days.
                                                                        2.      Tenders shall cover the cost of transport of all the quant-
                                                                        ities in one lot to be taken over at the cold stores laid down in
                               Article 1                                Article 2(2) and to be supplied to the destination laid down in
                                                                        Annex I.
An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the costs
of supplying transport for a total of 11 200 tonnes net of              3.      If the tenderer declares in writing on lodging his tender
pigmeat in three separate lots as defined in Annex I as a supply        that he will lodge a new tender if a second period for lodging
operation covered by Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No              tenders is opened, the intervention agency shall retain the
111/1999, in accordance with that Regulation and this Regula-           originals of the tendering security and the undertaking by the
tion.                                                                   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
(1) OJ L  349, 24.12.1998, p. 12.                                       receives the Commission decision on the tenders lodged during
(2) OJ L  14, 19.1.1999, p. 3.                                          the second period. In such a case, by derogation from the
(3) OJ L  135, 29.5.1999, p. 41.
(4) OJ L  135, 29.5.1999, p. 85.                                        above provision, the second tender shall not be accompanied
(5) OJ L  211, 11.8.1999, p. 46.                                        by the originals of the two documents.
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                            Article 4                                  Payment shall be made within 15 days of presentation of the
                                                                       application for the payment accompanied by the requisite
1.    The tendering security shall be EUR 25/tonne of pigmeat          supporting documents.
to be delivered.
2.    The supply security shall be EUR 1 718/tonne of pigmeat                                       Article 7
to be delivered. It must be lodged in accordance with Article
7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 in favour of the interven-         The successful tenderer shall ensure that the special stamp
tion agency indicated in Article 3 for the lot in question.            shown in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No
                                                                       385/1999 (1) is inserted in the transport documents.
                            Article 5
The takeover certificate drawn up in accordance with Annex I                                        Article 8
to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 shall be issued at the destina-
                                                                       If, during transport, it proves necessary to change the route
tions by the control body designated by the Commission and
                                                                       indicated in the tender, the successful tenderer must imme-
signed by the authorities listed in Annex III.
                                                                       diately inform the Commission, the control body and the
                                                                       intervention agency concerned thereof.
                            Article 6
For the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No                                                Article 9
111/1999, the payment on account shall be made on presenta-
tion of a removal certificate covering the entire quantity to be       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
delivered to a given destination on a given date.                      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                                                                          500
            Region of Smolensk                                                                       500
            Region of Tver                                                                           500                 500
            Region of Tula                                                       500                 500                 350
            Region of Yaroslavl'                                                 500                 500                 350
            Region of Ryazan                                                                         500
            Region of Nizhniy-Novgorod                                                               180
            Region of Belgorod                                                                       500
            Region of Samara                                                     500                 520
            Republic of Marii El                                                                                         350
            Region of Sverdlovsk                                                 500               1 000
            Region of Kemerovo                                                   500                                     750
            Region of Kurgan                                                                                             350
            Territory of Krasnoyarsk                                             500                                     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
                                                                                   Minimum daily     Date
      Tonnes
                                                                                    loading rate   available
        500   SFD Lebensmittel Vertriebs GmbH                                          100       11.10.1999
              Hafenstr. 30
              D-18439 Stralsund
      2 000   Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG                              200       11.10.1999
              Roßlauerstraße 51
              D-39261 Zerbst
        500   MUK Logistik GmbH                                                        100       11.10.1999
              Westring 6
              D-49201 Dissen T.W.
                                                    Lot 2: 5 200 tonnes
                                                                                   Minimum daily     Date
      Tonnes
                                                                                    loading rate   available
      3 500   Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG                              300       25.10.1999
              Im Gewerbegebiet Heidmühle 1
              D-26419 Schortens
      1 000   Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG                              100       25.10.1999
              Roßlauerstr. 51
              D-39261 Zerbst
        300   Loblein Fleischzentrum Kiel GmbH                                         100       25.10.1999
              Edisonstr. 20
              D-24145 Kiel
        400   Hindelang Spedition GmbH — Kühlhaus Wörnitz                              100       25.10.1999
              Bastenauerstr. 14
              D-91637 Wörnitz
                                                    Lot 3: 3 000 tonnes
                                                                                   Minimum daily     Date
      Tonnes
                                                                                    loading rate   available
      1 000   Daalimpex Coldstore BV                                                   100       11.10.1999
              Velserkade 3
              1951 NK Velsen
              Nederland
      1 000   Grolleman Exploitatie Maatschappĳ BV                                     100       25.10.1999
              Industrieweg 23
              8121 BZ Olst
              Nederland
        500   Vrieshuis de Groene                                                      100       25.10.1999
              Gemaalweg 3
              8313 PP Rutten
              Nederland
        500   E.F.F                                                                    100       25.10.1999
              ZI de l'Aumaillerie
              F-35300 Fougères
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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