CELEX: 31999R1770
Language: en
Date: 1999-08-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1770/1999 of 10 August 1999 on the transport of wholly milled rice to Russia

11. 8. 1999            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 211/35
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1770/1999
                                                           of 10 August 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.    Supply should comprise:
Community,
                                                                         — taking-over at the stage laid down in paragraph 2, and
                                                                         — transport by appropriate means to the place of destination
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 of 17                    within the time limits laid down in Annex I,
December 1998 on a programme to supply agricultural prod-
ucts 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 tenderer, for loading free on board, in accordance
                                                                         with the following:
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 (2),
        as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1125/1999 (3), lays
        down the rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No         Lot No 1:
        2802/98;                                                         — 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled long-grain A rice held for
                                                                             the successful tenderer at an Italian port from 20
                                                                             September 1999;
(2)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1769/1999 (4)
        has opened a first invitation to tender for an initial           — 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled medium-grain rice held for
        delivery to Community ports af four lots of wholly                   the successful tenderer at an Italian port from 4 October
        milled rice amounting to a total of 19 750 tonnes;                   1999.
        whereas a new invitation to tender should be opened for
        the supply of transport for this quantity of wholly milled       Lot No 2:
        rice from Community ports to Russia;
                                                                         — 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled medium-grain rice held for
                                                                             the successful tenderer at an Italian port from 11 October
(3)     Whereas the total quantity of 19 750 tonnes should be                1999;
        supplied as two lots;
                                                                         — 4 750 tonnes of wholly milled long-grain A rice for the
                                                                             successful tenderer at an Italian port from 25 October
(4)     Whereas the specific conditions applying to this supply              1999.
        should be laid down, in addition to the provisions
        adopted in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, and provision            Beyond ten days after the dates referred to above and until
        should be made for their immediate entry into force;             loading commences, the successful tenderer shall refund the
                                                                         Commission any costs incurred by it as a result of the delay in
                                                                         take-over (waiting, insurance, security, securities, etc.) as
(5)     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation             provided for in Article 7a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.
        are in accordance wit the opinion of the Management
        Committee for Cereals,
                                                                                                        Article 3
                                                                         1.    Tenders shall be submitted to the Italian intervention
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                             agency whose address is listed in Annex II.
                                                                         The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 19 August
                               Article 1                                 1999 at 12.00 noon (Brussels time) for lot No 1 and on 7
                                                                         September at 12.00 noon (Brussels time) for lot No 2.
An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the costs
of supplying transport for a total of 19 750 tonnes of wholly            Should a lot not be successfully tendered for by the end of this
milled rice in two separate lots (net weight) as described in            period, tenders may be submitted for a second period expiring
Annex I, to be conducted as a supply operation referred to in            on 7 September 1999 at 12.00 noon (Brussels time) for lot No
Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, in accordance            1 and on 21 September 1999 at 12.00 noon (Brussels time) for
whith both that Regulation and this Regulation.                          lot No 2.
(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 12.                                         In this case, all the dates fixed in Article 2 and Annex I shall be
(2) OJ L 14, 19.1.1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 41.                                          extended by twenty days for lot No 1 and by fourteen days for
(4) See page 30 of this Official Journal.                                lot No 2.
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2.    The tender shall include the cost of transporting the                                           Article 5
entire lot to be taken over at the port(s) identified in Article
2(2) and of supplying it to the destination laid down in Annex           The take-over certificate, draw up in accordance with Annex I
I.                                                                       to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, shall be issued at the place of
                                                                         destination by the control body designated by the Commission
                                                                         and signed by the authorities indicated in Annex III.
3.    If tenderers declare in writing when submitting their
tenders that they will submit new tenders if a second period for
                                                                                                      Article 6
the submission of tenders is opened, intervention agencies shall
keep the originals of the tendering security and the undertaking         For the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 111/
by the financial institution to lodge the supply security referred       1999, the payment on account shall be made on presentation
to in Article 5(1)(h) and (i) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999             of a removal certificate covering the entire quantity to be
until receipt of the Commission's decision on the tenders intro-         delivered to a given destination on a given date.
duced during the second period. In such a case, by derogation
from the above provision, the second tender shall not be                 Payment shall be made within 15 days of presenting the
accompanied by the original of those two documents.                      application for a payment on account, together with the requi-
                                                                         site supporting documents.
                                                                                                      Article 7
                             Article 4
                                                                         The successful tenderer shall have the special stamp illustrated
                                                                         in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/1999 (1),
1.    The tendering security shall be EUR 25 per tonne of
                                                                         inserted in the transport documents.
wholly milled rice for delivery.
                                                                                                      Article 8
2.    The supply security shall be EUR 632 per tonne of
wholly milled rice for delivery. The security must be lodged             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
with the intervention agency referred to in Article 3, in accord-        of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communi-
ance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.                   ties.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                     Done at Brussels, 10 August 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                    Monika WULF-MATHIES
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                                         (1) OJ L 46, 20.2.1999, p. 48.
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                                                                 ANNEX I
            Lot No 1
            — 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled long-grain A rice, for Murmansk, departing from an Italian port.
            — Delivery stage: goods not unloaded.
            — Final date for arrival in the port of Murmansk: 22 October 1999.
            — 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled medium-grain rice, for Murmansk, departing from an Italian port.
            — Delivery stage: goods not unloaded,
            — Final date for arrival in the port of Murmansk: 6 November 1999.
            Lot No 2
            — 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled medium-grain rice, for St Petersburg, departing from an Italian port.
            — Delivery stage: goods not unloaded.
            — Final date for arrival in the port of St Petersburg: 12 November 1999.
            — 4 750 tonnes of wholly milled long-grain A rice, for St Petersburg, departing from an Italian port.
            — Delivery stage: goods not unloaded.
            — Final date for arrival in the port of St Petersburg: 26 November 1999.
                                                                ANNEX II
            Address of intervention agency:
            Ente nazionale risi
            Piazza Pio XI, 1,
            I-20123 Milan
            Tel.: (00-39) 2 87 41 54
            Fax: (00-39) 2 86 13 72
                                                                ANNEX III
            Authority empowered to sign the take-over certificate:
            Vao ‘Raznoimport’
            43, Bld 2, Lomonosovsky Avenue
            113324 Moscow
            Russia
            Place of take-over: Murmansk and St-Petersburg.