CELEX: 31999R0282
Language: en
Date: 1999-02-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/1999 of 5 February 1999 on the supply of agricultural products to Russia under Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98

L 33/18              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  6. 2. 1999
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 282/1999
                                                    of 5 February 1999
                 on the supply of agricultural products to Russia under Council Regulation (EC)
                                                        No 2802/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       of tenders and the dates initially set for the second period
                                                                  should be postponed;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas in the light of information received from
Community,                                                        Member States it is deemed necessary to use the oppor-
                                                                  tunity offered by the decision not to award contracts to
                                                                  improve operators’ awareness of the conditions governing
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 of            the admissibility of the tenders;
17 December 1998 on a programme to supply agricultural
products to the Russian Federation (1),
                                                                  Whereas this Regulation must enter into force on the day
                                                                  of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/               Communities;
1999 of 18 January 1999 laying down general rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
on a programme to supply agricultural products to the             in accordance with the opinion of all the Management
Russian Federation (2) and, in particular, Article 6(2)           Committees concerned,
thereof,
Whereas, for the purpose of applying Regulation (EC) No
2802/98, the Commission opened invitations to tender to           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
establish the costs of supplying wholly milled rice,
skimmed-milk powder, beef, pigmeat, and common
wheat and rye of bread-making quality by Regulations
(EC) No 155/1999 (3) and (EC) No 156/1999 (4), (EC) No                                      Article 1
157/1999 (5), (EC) No 158/1999 (6), (EC) No 190/1999 (7)
and (EC) No 159/1999 (8) respectively;                            In respect of the invitations to tender opened under
                                                                  Regulations (EC) No 155/1999 and (EC) No 156/1999
                                                                  (wholly milled rice), (EC) No 157/1999 (skimmed-milk
Whereas Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999               powder), (EC) No 158/1999 (beef) and (EC) No 159/1999
stipulates that, on the basis of the tenders submitted, it        (common wheat and rye of bread-making quality), no
may be decided, for each lot, not to award any contract for       contract shall be awarded for the tenders submitted
supply or to award the supply contract as appropriate on          during the period ending on 2 February 1999.
the basis of the price or quantity offered; whereas para-
graph 3 of that Article stipulates that the Commission
must notify the successful tenderer and the intervention
agency that received the accepted tender of the award of                                    Article 2
the contract as soon as possible;
                                                                  1.     In respect of the invitations to tender mentioned in
                                                                  Article 1, no tenders need to be submitted for the second
Whereas, because of the need to resolve in cooperation            period ending on 9 February 1999.
with the Russian authorities certain problems which have
arisen in finalising the supply arrangements, it has been         2.     In respect of the invitation to tender opened under
found necessary to take the appropriate measures to               Regulation (EC) No 190/1999, for the mobilisation of
ensure the successful execution of the operations;                pigmeat on the Community market, no tenders need to
whereas, therefore, no contract should be awarded in              be submitted for the two periods set in Article 4(4) of that
respect of the tenders communicated by the intervention           Regulation.
agencies at the end of the first period for the submission
(1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 14, 19. 1. 1999, p. 3.                                                             Article 3
(3) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 19.
(4) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 24.
(5) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 28.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(6) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 33.
(7) OJ L 21, 28. 1. 1999, p. 14.                                  publication in the Official Journal of the European
(8) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 42.                                  Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 5 February 1999.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                 Member of the Commission