CELEX: 31999R0190
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 190/1999 of 27 January 1999 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilisation of pigmeat on the Community market with a view to its subsequent delivery to Russia

L 21/14               EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                               28. 1. 1999
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 190/1999
                                                     of 27 January 1999
                  opening an invitation to tender for the mobilisation of pigmeat on the
                        Community market with a view to its subsequent delivery to Russia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas, pursuant to Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                  111/1999, the successful tenderer must undergo any
                                                                  controls requested and conducted by agents designated by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the recipient country on Community territory;
Community,
                                                                  Whereas the Management Committee for Pigmeat has
                                                                  not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 of            chairman,
17 December 1998 on a programme to supply agricultural
products to the Russian Federation (1), and in particular
Article 4(2) thereof,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 (2)
lays down general rules for the application of Regulation
(EC) No 2802/98; whereas Article 2(3) of that Regulation
lays down that the invitation to tender may cover the                                       Article 1
determination of the costs of the supply of products to be
mobilised on the Community market; whereas the costs              An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the
of such supply include in particular the price of the             costs of supplying 30 000 tonnes (carcase equivalent) of
product and the costs of packaging and labelling the              pigmeat, presenting the characteristics and qualities indi-
products to be delivered to the delivery stage laid down in       cated in Annex I, for delivery as a supply operation
the notice of invitation to tender;                               covered by Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999,
                                                                  in accordance with that Regulation and this Regulation.
Whereas, for the supply operations decided by Regulation
(EC) No 2802/98, these provisions should be applied for
the supply of 30 000 tonnes of pigmeat, split into 31 lots;                                 Article 2
                                                                  For a given lot, supply shall comprise:
Whereas, to make a speedy start to this measure and to
comply with competition requirements, a limited number            (a) the purchase of the products listed in Annex I, to be
of lots should make use of products governed by a                     mobilised on the Community market and, in the case
contract under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2042/98                  of fresh products, their processing into frozen prod-
of 25 September 1998 on special conditions for the                    ucts;
granting of private storage aid for pigmeat (3), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2619/98 (4), and which are                  (b) the packaging and labelling of the products in accord-
removed from storage either after the contractual storage             ance with the instructions in Annex I;
period or pursuant to Article 9(4) of Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3444/90 of 27 November 1990 laying                  (c) the supply of the products at the ex-cold store stage in
down detailed rules for granting private storage aid for              the Community, at the place indicated by the
pigmeat (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3533/                   successful tenderer in his tender, loaded on a means
93 (6);                                                               of transport and within the time limit laid down in
                                                                      Annex II.
Whereas, in addition to the provisions adopted in Regula-             The tender shall contain the exact place of taking over
tion (EC) No 111/1999, the specific conditions applying               (cold store) where all the products making up a single
to these supply operations should be laid down, especially            lot must be held. This place must be easily accessible
as regards quality, packaging and labelling, and provision            for take over by the transporter.
should be made for the immediate entry into force of this
Regulation;
(1) OJ  L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12.
                                                                                            Article 3
(2) OJ  L 14, 19. 1. 1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ  L 263, 26. 9. 1998, p. 12.                                The supply of 30 000 tonnes shall be divided into 20 000
(4) OJ  L 329, 5. 12. 1998, p. 9.
(5) OJ  L 333, 30. 11. 1990, p. 22.                               tonnes of half-carcases and 10 000 tonnes of fore-ends,
(6) OJ  L 321, 23. 12. 1993, p. 9.                                split into 31 lots as defined in Annex II.
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The first five lots shall consist of products governed by a        4. The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 8
private storage aid contract under Regulation (EC) No              February 1999 at 5 p.m. (Brussels time).
2042/98. The tenders relating to these lots shall be
accompanied by a declaration from the tenderer that the            Should a lot not be successfully tendered for by the end of
products were governed by private storage contracts.               this period, tenders may be submitted for a second period
                                                                   expiring on 15 February 1999 at 5 p.m. (Brussels time).
                          Article 4                                In this case, all the dates in Annex II shall be extended by
1. The tender established in accordance with Regula-               seven days.
tion (EC) No 111/1999 shall be lodged with the interven-
tion agency of the Member State in whose territory the                                        Article 5
place of take over referred to in Article 2 is located, and
the address of which is given in Annex III.                        1. The tendering security shall be EUR 25/tonne for
                                                                   the half-carcases and the fore-ends.
2. Tenders relating to half-carcases must specify
whether they are with or without head. Tenders that do             2. The supply security shall be lodged in accordance
not include this information will not be entertained.              with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.
When sending the tenders to the Commission in accord-
ance with Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999,                                        Article 6
the intervention agencies shall indicate separately the
tenders relating to the lots of half-carcases with and             Before submitting a tender, the tenderer must acquaint
without head.                                                      himself with the health and veterinary conditions of the
                                                                   recipient country.
3. In the case of lots for the supply of the same quan-
tity of products with the same characteristics, tenders
shall be deemed to have been lodged for any one of them.                                      Article 7
To allow comparison with the prices of half-carcases               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
without head, a coefficient of 1,045 shall be applied to           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
tenders for half-carcases with head.                               European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 27 January 1999.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
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                                                       ANNEX I
        1. Products to be supplied
            ex 0203 21 10    half-carcases with or without head, but without flare fat, foreleg, tail, kidneys or
                             kidney fat, skirt or spinal cord.
            The lot must comprise either half-carcases with head or half-carcases without head.
            ex 0203 29 11     fore-ends, without foot but with the knuckle, rind and subcutaneous fat.
        2. Characteristic and qualities of the goods
            The products:
            — cannot come from the slaughter of breeding sows or boars,
            — must comply with Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting
                intra-Community trade in fresh meat (1),
            — must be of sound, fair and merchantable quality and come from animals reared in the
                Community of the previous two months at least.
        3. Packaging
            The products shall be individually packaged in polyethylene or polypropylene, suitable for the
            packaging of foods, which is at least 0,04 mm thick and, in the case of half-carcases, in sufficiently
            resistant cotton or synthetic stockinettes, so that the products are fully covered by the said
            packaging. The fore-ends shall be packed in boxes.
        4. Labelling
            Each individual piece of meat shall be visibly marked ‘EU-2802/98'.
            Where the products have come from the private storage aid scheme, the packages shall carry a label
            with this same text, placed in such a way that it cannot be disturbed without damaging it.
        (1) OJ 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64.
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                                                         ANNEX II
                                                   Description of the lots
            Lot No 1:     1 000 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 2:     1 000 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 3:     1 000 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 4:     1 000 tonnes of fore-ends
            Lot No 5:     1 000 tonnes of fore-ends
            The products in lots 1 to 5 shall have been governed by a contract for private storage aid in accordance
            with Regulation (EC) No 2042/98; the time limit for delivery shall expire on 7 March 1999.
            Lot No 6:     1 500 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 7:     1 500 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 8:     1 500 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 9:     1 500 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 10:    1 500 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 11:    1 500 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 12:    1 000 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 13:    1 000 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 14:    1 000 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 15:    1 000 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 16:    1 000 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 17:    1 000 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 18:      500 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 19:      500 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 20:      500 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 21:      500 tonnes of half-carcases
            Lot No 22:    1 000 tonnes of fore-ends
            Lot No 23:    1 000 tonnes of fore-ends
            Lot No 24:    1 000 tonnes of fore-ends
            Lot No 25:    1 000 tonnes of fore-ends
            Lot No 26:    1 000 tonnes of fore-ends
            Lot No 27:    1 000 tonnes of fore-ends
            Lot No 28:      500 tonnes of fore-ends
            Lot No 29:      500 tonnes of fore-ends
            Lot No 30:      500 tonnes of fore-ends
            Lot No 31:      500 tonnes of fore-ends
            The time limit for delivering lots 6 to 31 shall expire on 14 March 1999.
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        ANEXO III — BILAG III — ANHANG III — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ III — ANNEX III — ANNEXE III —
                   ALLEGATO III — BIJLAGE III — ANEXO III — LIITE III — BILAGA III
        Direcciones de los organismos de intervención — Interventionsorganernes adresser — Anschriften
        der Interventionsstellen — ∆ιευθνσειr των οργανισµν παρεµβσεωr — Addresses of the intervention
        agencies — Adresses des organismes d’intervention — Indirizzi degli organismi d’intervento —
        Adressen van de interventiebureaus — Endereços dos organismos de intervenção — Interventio-
                                   elinten osoitteet — Interventionsorganens adresser
        BELGIQUE/BELGIË:
        Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belge
        Rue de Trèves 82
        B-1040 Bruxelles
        Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau
        Trierstraat 82
        B-1040 Brussel
        Téléphone: (32-2) 287 24 11; télex: BIRB. BRUB/24076-65567; télécopieur: (32-2) 230 2533/280 03 07
        BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND:
        Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)
        Postfach 180203, D-60083 Frankfurt am Main
        Adickesallee 40
        D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
        Tel.: (49) 69 1564-704/755; Telex: 411727; Telefax: (49) 69 15 64-790/791
        DANMARK:
        Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri
        EU-direktoratet
        Kampmannsgade 3
        DK-1780 København V
        Tlf. (45) 33 92 70 00; telex 151317 DK; fax (45) 33 92 69 48, (45) 33 92 69 23
        ΕΛΛΑ∆Α
        Κτηνοτροφικ
        Σταδου 33
        GR-Αθνα 33
        Τηλφωνο: 321 23 59, τλεξ: 221 683
        ESPAÑA
        FEGA (Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria)
        Beneficencia, 8
        E-28005 Madrid
        Tel.: (34) 913 47 65 00/913 47 63 10; télex: FEGA 23427 E/FEGA 41818 E;
        fax: (34) 915 21 98 32/915 22 43 87
        FRANCE:
        OFIVAL
        80, avenue des Terroirs-de-France
        F-75607 Paris Cedex 12
        Téléphone: (33 1) 44 68 50 00; télex: 215330; télécopieur: (33 1) 44 68 52 33
        IRELAND:
        Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
        Agriculture House
        Kildare Street
        Dublin 2
        Ireland
        Tel. (353 1) 678 90 11, ext. 2278 and 3806
        Telex 93292 and 93607, telefax (353 1) 661 62 63, (353 1) 678 52 14 and (353 1) 662 01 98
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            ITALIA:
            AIMA (Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo)
            Via Palestro 81
            I-00185 Roma
            Tel. (39-06) 49 49 91; telex 61 30 03; fax: (39-06) 445 39 40/(39-06) 445 19 58
            LUXEMBOURG:
            Service d’économie rurale, section — cheptel et viande
            113-115, rue de Hollerich
            L-1741 Luxembourg
            Téléphone: (352) 478/443; télécopieur: 2537
            NEDERLAND:
            Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij, Voedselvoorzieningsin- en verkoopbureau
            p/a LASER, Zuidoost
            Slachthuisstraat 71
            Postbus 965
            6040 AZ Roermond
            Tel. (31-475) 35 54 44; telex 56396 VIBNL; fax (31-475) 31 89 39.
            ÖSTERREICH:
            AMA-Agrarmarkt Austria
            Dresdner Straße 70
            A-1201 Wien
            Tel.: (431) 33 15 12 20; Telefax: (431) 33 15 1297
            PORTUGAL
            Instituto Nacional de Intervenção e Garantia Agrícola
            Rua Fernando Curado Ribeiro, nº 4-G
            P-1600 Lisboa
            Tel.: (351-1) 751 85 00; telefax: (351-1) 751 86 15
            SUOMI/FINLAND:
            maa- ja metsätalousministeriö
            Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
            Department of Agricultural Policy/Intervention Unit
            Mariankatu 23, PL 232
            FIN-00171 Helsinki
            Puh: (358) 0160 01; faksi: (358) 0160 9790
            SVERIGE:
            Statens jordbruksverk — Swedish Board of Agriculture
            Vallgatan 8
            S-551 82 Jönköping
            Tfn (46-36) 15 50 00; telex 70991 SJV-S; fax (46-36) 19 05 46
            UNITED KINGDOM
            Intervention Board Executive Agency
            Kings House
            33 Kings Road
            Reading RG1 3BU
            Berkshire
            United Kingdom
            Tel. (44 11 89) 58 36 26
            Fax (44 11 89) 56 67 50