CELEX: 31999R0553
Language: en
Date: 1999-03-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 553/1999 of 12 March 1999 on the supply of wholly milled rice to a Community port with a view to its being forwarded to Russia

15. 3. 1999          EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 68/1
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                                         (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 553/1999
                                                   of 12 March 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,                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                 Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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                                   Article 1
Article 4(2) thereof,
                                                                 An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the
                                                                 costs of supplying three separate lots of wholly milled rice
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 (2)               of the characteristics and quality set out in Annex I
lays down the general rules for the application of Regula-       hereto, to be delivered as a supply as referred to in Article
tion (EC) No 2802/98; whereas Article 2(2) of that Regula-       2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 in accordance with
tion provides that the tender may cover the quantity of          both that Regulation and this Regulation.
products to be removed physically from intervention
stocks as payment for the supply of processed products
belonging to the same group of products; whereas this
provision should be applied to the supply of three sep-                                     Article 2
arate lots of wholly milled rice to be delivered to a
Community port with a view to their being forwarded to           1.    For a given lot, supply shall comprise:
Russia;
                                                                 (a) delivery of the product defined in Annex I, free-on-
                                                                     board, stowed on ocean-going vessel, to a port in the
                                                                     Member State indicated; the rate of loading at the port
Whereas under the conditions of such a tender the supply             proposed in the tender shall be a minimum 1 000 t
costs cover the processing of paddy rice into wholly                 per day;
milled rice and the packaging and labelling of the
finished product to be delivered to a Community port;            (b) packaging and labelling of the product in accordance
                                                                     with Annex I.
Whereas the specific conditions applying to this supply          2. The product must be kept available for embarkation
should be laid down, in addition to the provisions               for a period of at least 10 days starting on the dates set out
adopted in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, and provision            in Annex I. After the end of that period the tenderer shall
should be made for their immediate entry into force;             be entitled to the amount indicated in the tender
                                                                 pursuant to Article 5(1)(f)(4) of Regulation (EC) No 111/
                                                                 1999.
Whereas, for the purposes of packaging and labelling, the
rules used for food aid supplies as published in the Offi-
cial Journal of the European Communities C 114 (3) and                                      Article 3
C 267 (4) should be applied;
                                                                 1. Tenders shall be lodged with the intervention agency
(1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12.                               holding the lot to be removed in payment for the supply
(2) OJ L 14, 19. 1. 1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ C 114, 29. 4. 1991, p. 1.                                 as mentioned in Annex II. That intervention agency shall
(4) OJ C 267, 13. 9. 1996, p. 1.                                 also be responsible for paying for the supply.
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The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire at 12 p.m.       that set out in Annex II for each lot, must remain in the
(Brussels time) on 23 March 1999.                                last store listed in that Annex.
If no tender is awarded for the supply of a lot by the end                                Article 4
of that period a second time limit for lodging tenders
shall run until 12 p.m. (Brussels time) on 6 April 1999.         1. The tendering security shall amount to EUR 25/t of
                                                                 wholly milled rice.
In that event all dates fixed in Annex I shall be post-
poned by 14 days.                                                2. The supply security shall amount to EUR 632/t of
                                                                 wholly milled rice. It must be lodged in accordance with
2. The tender shall indicate the quantity of paddy rice          Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 in favour of
to be taken over at the stores referred to in Annex II           the intervention agency holding the paddy rice to be
needed to cover all the supply costs up to the delivery          removed as payment for the supply.
stage set out in Article 2 as payment for that supply.
                                                                                          Article 5
The tender shall be in tonnes of paddy rice (net weight) to
be removed in return for the supply of a tonne of finished       The intervention agencies shall take all necessary steps to
product (net weight).                                            enable samples to be taken by tenderers and to permit
                                                                 removal of the goods by the successful tenderer within
3. The quantities awarded must be removed from inter-            the time limits laid down.
vention stocks within 45 days of notification of the award
of the contract.                                                                          Article 6
Once the quantities for removal under the contract               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
awarded have in fact been removed, the quantity left over,       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
representing the difference between that removed and             European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 12 March 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 t wholly milled rice (net weight) comprising three separate lots of 5 000 t.
                 Each supply shall relate to a single lot.
            4. Description:
                 Lot No 1:      5 000 t of wholly milled round-grain rice to be delivered to and kept available from 15 April
                                1999 in a Spanish port.
                 Lot No 2:      5 000 t of wholly milled round-grain rice to be delivered to and kept available from 26 April
                                1999 in an Italian port.
                 Lot No 3:      5 000 t of wholly milled round-grain rice to be delivered to and kept available from 3 May
                                1999 in an Italian port.
            5. Packaging (2):
                 The lot must be packed in new mixed jute/polypropylene sacks with a net content of 50 kg.
                 OJ C 267, 13.9.1996, p. 1 (point 1.0, A.(1)(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 paddy
                                           Storage locations                         rice
                                                                                      (t)
       Silo del FEGA          E-06111 Montijo (Badajoz)                            4 900
       Silo del FEGA          E-06101 Mérida (Badajoz)                             4 900
       Silo del FEGA          E-22010 Barbastro (Huesca)                           1 933
       Silo del FEGA          E-25031 Bellpuig (Lérida)                               841
       Silo del FEGA          E-25073 Mollerusa (Lérida)                           1 426
       Address of intervention agency
       FEGA
       Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria
       C/Beneficencia no 8
       E-28002 Madrid
       Tel. (34) 913 47 65 40
       Fax (34) 915 32 30 02
       Lot No 2
                                                                               Quantity of paddy
                                           Storage locations                         rice
                                                                                      (t)
       Magazzino Genal SpA                                                         3 500
       Via Roma Sud 49
       Villa Poma — MN
       Magazzino Ente Risi                                                         5 132
       Via Roma
       Formigliana — VC
       Magazzino Consorzio Agrario Vercelli                                        1 509
       Via Repubblica 24
       Stroppiana — VC
       Magazzino Genal SpA                                                         5 000
       Via Roma Sud 49
       Villa Poma — MN
       Magazzino Ente Risi                                                         1 506
       Via Roma
       Formigliana — VC
       Magazzino Consorzio Agrario Vercelli                                        1 501
       Via Elvo, 64
       Salussola — BI
       Magazzino Grandi Magazzini Piemontesi Srl                                   2 134
       Via Girivotto 59/61
       Racconigi — CN
       Address of intervention agency
       Ente Nazionale Risi
       Piazza Pio XI, 1
       I-20123 Milano
       Tel. (39) 02-87 41 54
       Fax (39) 02-86 13 72