CELEX: 31999R1473
Language: en
Date: 1999-07-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1473/1999 of 5 July 1999 on the supply of beef to Russia

6. 7. 1999            EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 170/33
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1473/1999
                                                             of 5 July 1999
                                                   on the supply of beef to Russia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                           Article 2
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    Supply shall comprise:
Community,                                                                (a) the taking over of the goods from the loading bay of the
                                                                              warehouses of the intervention agencies listed in Annex II;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 of 17                     and
December 1998 on a programme to supply agricultural prod-
ucts to the Russian Federation (1), and in particular Article 4(2)       (b) transport, by appropriate means, to the places of destina-
thereof,                                                                      tion and no later than the dates laid down in Annex I. Sea
                                                                              transport must be undertaken by a single vessel in the case
                                                                              of goods to be delivered by a given date port of destination
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 (2),                   or transhipment.
        as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1125/1999 (3), lays
        down general rules for the application of Regulation (EC)
        No 2802/98;                                                                                   Article 3
(2)     Whereas, for the supply operations decided by Regula-            1.     Each tender must cover the entire lot as defined in
        tion (EC) No 2802/98, an invitation to tender should be          Annex I.
        opened to allocate the supply of a single lot of beef held
        in intervention storage;                                         2.     Tenders shall be submitted to the intervention agency
                                                                         holding the product to be delivered, whose address appears in
                                                                         Annex II.
(3)     Whereas the specific conditions applying to this supply
        operation should be laid down, in addition to the provi-
                                                                         3.     The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 13 July
        sions adopted in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, and
                                                                         1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).
        provision should be made for their immediate entry into
        force;
                                                                         Should a lot not be successfully tendered for by the end of this
                                                                         period, tenders may be submitted for a second period expiring
(4)     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation             on 27 July 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time). In that event all
        are in accordance with the opinion of the Management             dates fixed in Annex I shall be postponed by two weeks.
        Committee for Beef and Veal,
                                                                         4.     If the tenderer declares in writing on submitting his
                                                                         tender that he will submit a new tender if a second period for
                                                                         submitting tenders is opened, the intervention agency shall
                                                                         retain the originals of the tendering security and the under-
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                         taking by the financial body to lodge a supply security as
                                                                         referred to in Article 5(1)(h) and (i) of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                         111/1999 until it receives the Commission Decision on the
                                                                         tenders submitted during the second period. In such a case, by
                              Article 1                                  derogation from the above provision, the second tender shall
                                                                         not be accompanied by the originals of the two documents.
An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the costs
of supplying transport, from intervention stocks, for 5 000                                           Article 4
tonnes (net weight) of beef carcases for delivery to the places of
destination listed in Annex I, as a supply operation covered by          1.     The tendering security shall be EUR 25/tonne.
Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.
                                                                         2.     The supply security shall be EUR 2 780/tonne net of beef
Supply shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions            carcases. It must be lodged in accordance with Article 7 of
of both that Regulation and this Regulation.                             Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.
The invitation to tender relates to the supply of one lot of beef,
as defined in Annex I, meeting the requirements laid down for                                         Article 5
intervention storage of such products applicable at the time
this Regulation is published.                                            The take-over certificate, drawn up in accordance with Annex I
                                                                         to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, shall be issued by the control
(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 12.
                                                                         body designated by the Commission and signed by the repres-
(2) OJ L 14, 19.1.1999, p. 3.                                            entative of the beneficiary at the places of destination indicated
(3) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 41.                                          in Annex III.
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                             Article 6                                                              Article 8
For the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 111/
1999, the payment on account shall be made on presentation              If during performance of the transport it proves necessary to
of a certificate of removal relating to the entire quantity to be       change the route indicated in the tender, the successful tenderer
delivered to a given destination on a given date.                       must without delay inform the Commission, the control body
Payment shall be made within two weeks of presenting the                and the intervention agency concerned thereof.
application for a payment on account together with the rquisite
supporting documents.
                             Article 7                                                              Article 9
The successful tenderer shall have the special stamp illustrated
in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/1999 (1)              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
inserted in the transport documents.                                    publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                     Done at Brussels, 5 July 1999.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 46, 20.2.1999, p. 48.
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                                                                     ANNEX I
                                                                  BONE-IN BEEF
                                                                Final destinations
           Sole lot
                                                                                                         Lot
           Region of Tver                                                                                300
           Region of Tula                                                                                400
           Region of Yaroslavl'                                                                          500
           Republic of Dagestan                                                                          300
           Republic of Inguchetia                                                                        200
           Republic of Ossetia                                                                           200
           Republic of Chechnya                                                                          200
           Region of Sverdlovsk                                                                        2 400
           Region of Kemerovo                                                                            500
                                                                 Total                                 5 000
           Delivery stage:
           Product not unloaded either at Krasnoye frontier points or at the port of St. Petersburg.
           Transport:
           The lot must be transported in its entirety either by sea in accordance with Article 2(b) or entirely by land.
           In the case of land transport, where certain final destination regions are served by rail and others by road, tenders must be
           accompanied by two break-downs prepared in accordance with Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 and the
           amount must be equivalent to the weighted average of the costs per tonne. The tender must indicate the quantities used to
           determine the weighted average.
           Final date for arrival at Krasnoye frontier points in the case of land transport: 10 September 1999
           Final dates for arrival at the port of St. Petersburg in the case of sea transport:
           — 2 500 t — 26 August 1999,
           — 2 500 t — 10 September 1999.
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                                                                 ANNEX II
         Sole lot: 5 000 tonnes beef carcases — Spain
                                                                                       Quantities   Quantities    Total
                                                                        Minimum daily
                                 Storage location                                     (tonnes net) (tonnes net) (tonnes
                                                                         loading rate
                                                                                      Forequarters Hindquarters   net)
         Frioburgos                                                         100            749         —           749
         Alcade Martín Cobos s/n
         E-09007 Burgos
         Interfrisa                                                           50           287         —           287
         Muelle de San Beltrán s/n
         E-08039 Barcelona
         Fruicarn                                                             50           487         —           487
         Crta. N 11 Km 469,5
         E-25080 Lérida
         Leridanos                                                            50           458         —           458
         Cami de Picos s/n
         E-25001 Lérida
         Urgel                                                              100            572         —           572
         Crta. De Tarragona Km 90
         E-25001 Lérida
         Cía Leridana                                                       100            642         —           642
         Miralbo s/n
         E-25660 Alcoletge
         Nufri Sat 1596                                                       50           440         —           440
         Crta. Palau Km 1
         E-25230 Mollerusa
         Frig. Tarragona                                                      50           277         —           277
         Polig. Ind. Francolí, Parcela 4Y5
         E-43006 Tarragona
         Fimsa                                                              100            500         —           500
         Crta. Burgos Km 32,3
         E-28750 San Agustín de Guadalix
         Sumin Medina                                                         50           226         —           226
         Severo Ochao 25 — Polig. Ind. Leganés
         E-28914 Leganés
         Longrafer                                                            50           362         —           362
         Polig. Ind. Parcela 29
         E-28400 Collado Villalva
                                                              Total                      5 000         —        5 000
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           Address of intervention agency:
           FEGA — Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria
           Beneficencia 8
           E-28001 Madrid
           Tel.: (34) 913 47 65 00
           Fax: (34) 915 21 98 32
                                               Principle applying to removal from store
           The intervention agencies must organise removal of products from their stores so as to comply with the first-in-first-out
           principle for each cut and store as far as possible.
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                                                              ANNEX III
         Place of take over: St Petersburg
         Authority empowered to sign the take over certificate:
         vo ‘prodintorg’
         103084 Moscow
         Mjasnitskays nl. 47
         Places of take over: Sousemka, Krasnoye, Bryansk — for customs formalities for road transport:
         Authorities empowered to sign the take over certificate:
         vo ‘prodintorg’
         103084 Moscow
         Mjasnitskaya nl. 47
         Place of take over: Smolensk — for customs formalities for road transport:
         Authorities empowered to sign the take over certificate:
         vo ‘prodintorg’
         103084 Moscow
         Mjasnitskaya nl. 47