CELEX: 31999R0156
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-22
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 156/1999 of 22 January 1999 on the transport of wholly milled rice to Russia

L 18/24               EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 23. 1. 1999
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 156/1999
                                                       of 22 January 1999
                                     on the transport of wholly milled rice to Russia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                     Article 2
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                1.    For each lot, supply shall comprise:
Community,
                                                                     — taking-over at the stage laid down in paragraph 2,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 of               — transport by appropriate means to the places of des-
17 December 1998 on a programme to supply agricultural                   tination within the time limits laid down in Annex I.
products to the Russian Federation (1), and in particular
Article 4(2) thereof,                                                2. The lots of wholly milled rice shall be held for the
                                                                     successful tenderers, for loading free on board, in accord-
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) 111/1999 (2) lays                 ance with the following:
down the general rules for application of Regulation (EC)
                                                                     (a) Lot 1: 5 000 tonnes of medium-grain wholly milled
No 2802/98;
                                                                         rice held for the successful tenderer at a Spanish port
                                                                         from 24 February 1999;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 155/1999 (3)
has opened a first invitation to tender for an initial               (b) Lot 2: 5 000 tonnes of round-grain wholly milled rice
delivery to Community ports of several lots of wholly                    held for the successful tenderer at an Italian port from
milled rice amounting to a total of 15 000 tonnes;                       24 February 1999;
whereas a new invitation to tender should be opened for
the supply of transport for this quantity of wholly milled           (c) Lot 3: 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled rice held for the
rice from Community ports to Russia;                                     successful tenderer at a Greek port from 25 March
                                                                         1999.
Whereas the total quantity of 15 000 tonnes should be
supplied in three separate lots;                                     Beyond ten days after the dates referred to above, the
                                                                     successful tenderer shall refund the Commission any
                                                                     costs incurred by it as a result of the delay in take-over
Whereas the specific conditions applying to this supply              (waiting, insurance, security, guarantees, etc.) as provided
should be laid down, in addition to the provisions                   for in Article 5(1)(f)(4) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.
adopted in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, and provision
should be made for their immediate entry into force;
                                                                                                Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Cereals,                                               1. Tenders shall be submitted to the following agencies
                                                                     whose addresses are listed in Annex II:
                                                                     — for lot No 1: the Spanish intervention agency;
                                                                     — for lot No 2: the Italian intervention agency;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                         — for lot No 3: the Greek intervention agency.
                                                                     The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 2
                                                                     February 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).
                           Article 1
                                                                     Should a lot not be successfully tendered for by the end of
An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the            this period, tenders may be submitted for a second period
costs of supplying transport for a total of 15 000 tonnes of         expiring on 9 February 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).
wholly milled rice in three separate lots of 5 000 tonnes
each (net weight), as described in Annex I, to be                    In this case, all the dates fixed in Article 2 and Annex I
conducted as a supply referred to in Article 2(1)(b) of              shall be extended by seven days.
Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, in accordance with both
that Regulation and this Regulation.
                                                                     2. The tender shall include the cost of transporting an
(1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12.
                                                                     entire consignment to be taken over at the port identified
(2) OJ L 14, 19. 1. 1999, p. 3.                                      in Article 2(2) and of supplying it to the destination laid
(3) See page 19 of this Official Journal.                            down in Annex I.
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                          Article 4                                                        Article 6
1. The tendering security shall be EUR 25 per tonne of            For the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No
wholly milled rice for delivery.                                  111/1999, the payment on account shall be made on
2. The supply security shall be EUR 632 per tonne of              presentation of a certificate of removal relating to the
wholly milled rice for delivery. The security must be             entire quantity to be delivered to a given destination on a
lodged for the relevant lot with the intervention agency          given date.
referred to in Article 3, in accordance with Article 7(1) of      Payment shall be made within 30 days of presenting the
Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.                                      application for a payment on account, together with the
                                                                  requisite supporting documents.
                          Article 5
The take-over certificate, drawn up in accordance with                                     Article 7
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 shall be issued
by the representative of the recipient country at the places      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
of destination and by the authorities indicated in Annex          following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
III.                                                              the 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
        Lot No I
        — 5 000 tonnes of medium-grain, wholly milled rice, for Murmansk, departing from a Spanish port.
        — Delivery stage: goods not unloaded.
        — Final date for arrival in the port of Murmansk: 14 March 1999.
        Lot No 2
        — 5 000 tonnes of round-grain, wholly milled rice, for Novorossiysk, departing from an Italian port.
        — Delivery stage: goods not unloaded.
        — Final date for arrival in the port of Novorossiysk: 10 March 1999.
        Lot No 3
        — 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled rice, for Novorossiysk, departing from a Greek port.
        — Delivery stage: goods not unloaded.
        — Final date for arrival in the port of Novorossiysk: 10 April 1999.
                                                     ANNEX II
        Lot No 1
        Address of intervention agency:
        FEGA
        Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria
        C/Beneficencia no 8
        E-28002 Madrid
        Tel.: (00-34) 913 47 65 40
        Fax: (00-34) 915 32 30 02
        Lot No 2
        Address of intervention agency:
        Ente Nazionale Risi
        Piazza Pio XI, 1
        I-20123 Milano
        Tel.: (00-39) 287 41 54
        Fax: (00-39) 286 13 72
        Lot No 3
        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
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                                                          ANNEX III
            Authority authorised to issue the take-over certificate:
            VAO ‘RAZNOIMPORT'
            43, Bld. 2, Lomonosovsky avenue
            113324 Moscow
            Russia
            1. Location of take-over: Murmansk
                Authorised person: Nikolai V. Demidov
            2. Location of take-over: Novorossiysk
                Authorised person: Pavel V. Kutuzov