CELEX: 31999R0155
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 155/1999 of 22 January 1999 on the supply of wholly milled rice to a Community port with a view to its being forwarded to Russia

23. 1. 1999           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 18/19
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 155/1999
                                                     of 22 January 1999
                  on the supply of wholly milled rice to a Community port with a view to its being
                                                    forwarded to Russia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 in accordance with
                                                                   both that Regulation and this Regulation.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                                              Article 2
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 of
17 December 1998 on a programme to supply agricultural
products to the Russian Federation (1), and in particular          1.    For a given lot, supply shall comprise:
Article 4(2) thereof,                                              (a) delivery of the product defined in Annex I, free-on-
                                                                       board, stowed on ocean-going vessel, to a port in the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 ( )          2
                                                                       region indicated; the rate of loading at the port
lays down the general rules for the application of Regula-             proposed in the tender shall be a minimum 1 000
tion (EC) No 2802/98; whereas Article 2(2) of that Regula-             tonnes per day;
tion provides that the tender may cover the quantity of
products to be removed physically from intervention                (b) packaging and labelling of the product in accordance
stocks as payment for the supply of processed products                 with Annex I.
belonging to the same group of products; whereas this
provision should be applied to the supply of three sepa-           2. For lot No 3, held by the Greek intervention agency,
rate lots of wholly milled rice to be delivered to a               supply shall cover processing of the rice taken over in
Community port with a view to their being forwarded to             that agency’s stores.
Russia;
                                                                   3. The product must be kept available for embarkation
Whereas under the conditions of such a tender the supply           for a period of at least 10 days starting on the dates set out
costs cover the processing of paddy rice into wholly               in Annex I. After the end of that period the tenderer shall
milled rice and the packaging and labelling of the                 be entitled to the amount indicated in the tender
finished product to be delivered to a Community port;              pursuant to Article 5(1)(f)(4) of Regulation (EC) No 111/
                                                                   1999.
Whereas the specific conditions applying to this supply
should be laid down, in addition to the provisions
adopted in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, and provision
should be made for their immediate entry into force;                                          Article 3
Whereas, for the purposes of packaging and labelling, the          1. Tenders shall be lodged with the intervention agency
rules used for food aid supplies as published in the Offi-         holding the lot to be removed in payment for the supply
cial Journal of the European Communities C 114 (3) and             as mentioned in Annex II. That intervention agency shall
C 267 (4) should be applied;                                       also be responsible for paying for the supply.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are           The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire at 12 p.m.
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                   (Brussels time) on 2 February 1999.
Committee for Cereals,
                                                                   If no tender is awarded for the supply of a lot by the end
                                                                   of that period a second time limit for lodging tenders
                                                                   shall run until 12 p.m. (Brussels time) on 9 February
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                       1999.
                                                                   In that event all dates fixed in Annex I shall be post-
                            Article 1                              poned by seven days.
An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the          2. The tender shall indicate the quantity of paddy rice
costs of supplying three separate lots of wholly milled rice       to be taken over at the stores referred to in Annex II
of the characteristics and quality set out in Annex I              needed to cover all the supply costs up to the delivery
hereto, to be delivered as a supply as referred to in Article      stage set out in Article 2 as payment for that supply.
(1) OJ L  349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12.                                The tender shall be in tonnes of paddy rice (net weight) to
(2) OJ L  14, 19. 1. 1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ C  114, 29. 4. 1991, p. 1.                                  be removed in return for the supply of a tonne of finished
(4) OJ C  267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1.                                  product (net weight).
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3. The quantities awarded must be removed from inter-                                    Article 5
vention stocks within 45 days of notification of the award
of the supply tender.                                            The intervention agencies shall take all necessary steps to
                                                                 enable samples to be taken by tenderers and to permit
                        Article 4                                removal of the goods by the successful tenderer within
                                                                 the prescribed time limits.
1. The tendering security is set at EUR 25 per tonne of
paddy rice tendered for.
2. The supply security is set at EUR 379 per tonne of                                    Article 6
paddy rice. It must be lodged in accordance with Article
7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 in favour of the             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
intervention agency holding the paddy rice to be removed         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
as payment for the supply.                                       European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 22 January 1999.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
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                                                                    ANNEX I
            1. Product to be supplied: wholly milled rice.
            2. Characteristics and quality of the product (1): rice of fair, sound and marketable quality, free of odour and
                 live pests, meeting the following conditions:
                 —   moisture content: 15 % maximum,
                 —   broken rice: 7 % maximum,
                 —   chalky grains: 5 % maximum,
                 —   grains striated with red: 3 % maximum,
                 —   spotted grains: 1,5 % maximum,
                 —   stained grains: 1 % maximum,
                 —   yellow grains: 0,050 % maximum,
                 —   amber grains: 0,20 % maximum,
                 —   tolerance of extraneous matter consisting of:
                     — inedible mineral and vegetable substances, provided they are not toxic: 0,01 % maximum,
                     — edible extraneous grains or parts thereof: 0,10 % maximum.
            3. Total quantity: 15 000 tonnes wholly milled rice (net weight) comprising three separate lots of 5 000
                 tonnes.
                 Each supply shall relate to a single lot.
            4. Description:
                 Lot No 1:      5 000 tonnes of wholly milled medium-grain rice to be delivered to and kept available from
                                24 February 1999 in a Spanish port.
                 Lot No 2:      5 000 tonnes of wholly milled round-grain rice to be delivered to and kept available from 24
                                February 1999 in an Italian port.
                 Lot No 3:      5 000 tonnes of wholly milled rice to be delivered to and kept available from 25 March 1999
                                in a Greek port.
            5. Packaging (2):
                 The lot must be packed in new mixed jute/polypropylene sacks with a net content of 50 kilograms.
                 OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (point I.A.b).
            6. Labelling: OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1.
                 The labelling of the sacks (wording in Russian plus the European flag) must meet the requirements laid
                 down in OJ C 114, 29.4.1991, p. 1 (point II.B.3).
            7. Delivery stage: fob stowed.
            (1) The successful tenderer must issue the carrier with a certificate from an official body certifying that the standards in
                force on nuclear radiation have not been exceeded. The radioactivity certificate must indicate the levels of caesium 134
                and 137 and of iodine 131.
            ( ) With a view to possible repacking, the successful tenderer must supply 2 % empty sacks of the same quality as those
             2
                containing the product, with the inscription followed by a capital R.
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                                                           ANNEX II
        Lot No 1
                                                                                  Quantity of
                                              Storage locations                   paddy rice
                                                                                   (tonnes)
        FEGA silo                E-06111 Montijo (Badajoz)                          2 677
        FEGA silo                E-10020 Campo Lugar (Cáceres)                      1 852
        FEGA silo                E-26020 Fuenmayor (La Rioja)                       1 884
        FEGA silo                E-26050 Logroño (La Rioja)                         1 901
        FEGA silo                E-25060 Lérida                                     2 089
        Address of intervention agency:
        FEGA
        Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria
        C/Beneficencia no 8
        E-28002 Madrid
        Tel.: (0034) 913 47 65 40
        Fax: (0034) 915 32 30 02
        Lot No 2
                                                                                  Quantity of
                                              Storage locations                   paddy rice
                                                                                   (tonnes)
        General SpA                                                                 8 817
        Villa Roma Sud 50
        Villa Poma
        Magazzini Generali Raccordati                                               1 435
        Con Silos di cereali SRL
        Via G. Modena 3/A
        Novara
        Address of intervention agency:
        Ente Nazionale Risi
        Piazza Pio XI, 1
        I-20123 Milano
        Tel.: (00-39) 02 87 41 54
        Fax: (00-39) 02 86 13 72
        Lot No 3
                                                                                  Quantity of
                                              Storage locations                   paddy rice
                                                                                   (tonnes)
        Omospondia                                                                  5 712
        Epanomi, Thessaloniki
        Kourkouta Co. Ltd
        Tel.: (00-30) 39 24 23 66
        Fax: (00-30) 39 22 41 07
        Omospondia                                                                  4 539
        Serres
        G. Karababas S.A.
        Tel.: (00-30) 31 81 85 55
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            Address of intervention agency:
            GEDIDAGEP
            Directorate General for the Administration of Purchases of Agricultural Produce
            Acharnon Street 241
            GR-10466 Athens
            Tel.: (00-30) 1 862 22 48
            Fax: (00-30) 1 867 05 03