CELEX: 31993R2173
Language: en
Date: 1993-08-04
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/93 of 2 August 1993 laying down detailed rules for the free supply of beef pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 330/92 on action for the supply of agricultural products to the people of Moscow

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2173/93
                                                      of 2 August 1993
                 laying down detailed rules for the free supply of beef pursuant to Council
                 Regulation (EEC) No 330/92 on action for the supply of agricultural products to
                                                   the people of Moscow
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas products held by intervention agencies and
                                                                 intended for export are subject to the provisions of
                                                                 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 (3), as last
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1938/93 (4); whereas,
Economic Community,                                              furthermore, proof that the beef concerned has been
                                                                 taken over by the Moscow authorities is to be provided by
                                                                 way of a special certificate ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 330/92 of
 10 February 1992 on action for the supply of agricultural
products to the people of Moscow and St Petersburg ('),          Whereas, in order to minimize the transport costs, the
and in particular Article 5 thereof,                             goods should be removed from cold stores which are
                                                                 close to each other, and a minimum quantity to be
                                                                 removed from each cold store should be laid down ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the
conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the           Whereas, in application of Article 2 (5) of Regulation
common agricultural policy (2), and in particular Article 6      (EEC) No 330/92, no export refund shall be granted in
(2) thereof,                                                     respect of the meat which is the subject of the supply ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 330/92 provides for the              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
free supply of agricultural products to the people of            in accordance with the opinion of the Committee
Moscow and St Petersburg ; whereas the delivery costs of         provided for in Article 5 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC)
these goods are to be paid by the European Community ;           No 598/91 (5),
whereas, with a view to implementing that measure,
detailed rules of application should be laid down for the
beef sector ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in view of the size and location of the Commu­
nity intervention stocks of beef it is appropriate to release
 1 5 000 tonnes of forequarters and hindquarters stored in
France and Germany for the purpose of this measure ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas, in view of the experience gained and the
evident difficulties previously encountered with the              1 . A tendering procedure is hereby opened for fixing
execution of operations of the same type, it is appropriate      the delivery costs of 1 5 000 tonnes of beef in three lots as
                                                                 set out in Annex I.
to provide that the award of the supply should not be
determined systematically and uniquely on the basis of
the lowest monetary offer, but may take into considera­          2. In order to ensure that this measure is applied at the
tion other fundamental elements proposed for the execu­          lowest possible cost, the intervention agencies concerned
tion of the supply which offer guarantees in particular for      shall organize for each lot referred to in Annex I the
the proper conservation and hygienic condition of the            removal of a minimum of 500 tonnes of product from
products and for the terms of their transport to the desti­      each cold store, selecting cold stores conveniently located
nation laid down ; whereas, for this purpose the offers          with regard to the final destination. The list of cold stores
must include all information necessary to evaluate the           and the respective quantities are indicated in Annex II .
execution of the supply to the proposed requirements ;
                                                                 3.    The meat shall be delivered to the cold stores
Whereas, all the complementary terms and conditions              referred to in Annex III in accordance with Regulations
necessary to assure the proper execution of the operations       (EEC) No 330/92, (EEC) No 3002/92 and the provisions
and to define the obligations of the tenderer should be          of this Regulation.
adopted ;
                                                                 (') OJ No L 301 , 17. 10. 1992, p. 17.
(') OJ No L 36, 13 . 2. 1992, p. 1 .                             (4) OJ No L 176, 20. 7. 1993, p. 12.
(2) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                           O OJ No L 67, 14. 3 . 1991 , p. 19 .
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                            Article 2                             4. Except in cases of force majeure the successful
                                                                  tenderer shall bear all risk related to the transport and
 1 . Tenders shall be presented in writing to the                 delivery of the lot in question, in particular in respect of
 Commission before 12 noon (Brussels time) on 9 August            loss and deterioration of the products.
 1993 at the following address :
 Commission of the European Communities,                                                     Article 3
 Division VI/D.2,
 rue de la Loi 130 (Office 8 /20),                                 1.    On the basis of the tenders forwarded, the Commis­
 B-1049 Brussels.
                                                                  sion may decide for each lot :
 Tenders must be submitted in two sealed envelopes, one           — to make no award, or
 inside the other. The inner envelopes shall, in addition to      — to award the supply on the basis of the price offered
 indicating the abovementioned address, bear the words :               and the other elements of the offer which present the
                                                                       best guarantee of delivery in good technical and hygi­
 'Regulation (EEC) No 2173/73 — Tender from (name of                   enic conditions and within the prescribed deadlines.
 firm) — This envelope must not be opened by the                       The Commission shall inform the intervention agen­
 internal mail department'.                                            cies of the successful offers .
 2.    To be deemed valid for consideration the tender            2. As soon as possible after the adoption of the Deci­
 must :
                                                                  sion taken in accordance with paragraph 1 , the Commis­
                                                                  sion shall inform all tenderers, by written telecommunica­
 (a) specify the name and address of the tenderer ;                tion if necessary, of the outcome of their participation in
 (b) relate to the total quantity of a lot referred to in          the tendering procedure, and shall notify the successful
     Article 1 ( 1 ) ;                                            tenderers of the supply which has been awarded to them.
 (c) supply proof of the constitution of a security of ECU
      100 per tonne in favour of the intervention agency ;
                                                                                             Article 4
 (d) be accompanied by a written undertaking from the
     tenderer to deliver to the cold stores referred to in
     Annex III, by, at the latest, the dates laid down for         1 . The security referred to in Article 2 (2) (c) shall be
     each lot, all of the lot taken over, in the same state as    released forthwith if the tender is not accepted. The
     taken over from the intervention cold store ;                primary requirements within the meaning of Article 20 of
                                                                  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (') shall be :
(e) specify the means of transport to be used indicating
     all technical details (capacity, type of refrigeration       (a) a requirement not to withdraw the tender ;
     equipment, age, etc.) ;                                      (b) lodging of the delivery security referred to in para­
(f) indicate the names and addresses of all forwarding                 graph 2 for the quantity provided for in Article 1 (1 )
     agents and sub-contractors to be used in the operation            of this Regulation for each lot for the stipulated
     on national territory as well as in third countries ;             period ;
(g) specify the route to be followed, including the frontier      (c) taking over of the quantity for which the security
     posts to be crossed, and indicate the possible points of          under (b) has been lodged.
     transfer from one means of transport to another ;
                                                                  2.     Before the meat is taken over the successful tenderer
(h) include a detailed calculation showing the composi­
     tion of the price offered ;                                  shall lodge with the intervention agency and in respect of
                                                                  each quantity which he takes over, a security of an
(i) specify the financial institution which will give the         amount equal to ECU 3 000 per tonne.
     guarantee referred to at Article 4 (2) ;
(j) specify the amount in ecus required for delivering the        The primary requirement within the meaning of
     meat from loading bay of the Community stores to             Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 shall be the
     the cold stores concerned, delivered at the unloading        supply of all the meat in accordance with the prescribed
     bay of that cold store.                                      terms .
The amount in ecus referred to in Article 1 (1 ) shall            3 . The successful tenderer shall take over the goods in
include any veterinary charges directly related to the            accordance with the rules of the intervention agency for
destocking operations as well as the handling costs for           release from storage.
loading the transport means concerned.
                                                                  4. The security specified at paragraph 2 and that
3. The amounts in ecus referred to in paragraph 2, in             provided for at Article 5 shall be released on presentation
Article 4 paragraph 2 and in Article 5 shall be converted         of proof that all the meat of a lot referred to in Article 1
into national currencies using the agricultural rate appli­
cable on the final date for submission of tenders.                (') OJ No L 205, 3. 8 . 1985, p. 5.
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(1 ) has been delivered in accordance with the terms of           the Member State in which the place of storage is located.
this Regulation to the cold stores mentioned in Article 1         Such verification shall relate to the quantity, hygienic
(3) before 15 October 1993 in the same state as taken over        state, quality and identity of the meat.
from the intervention cold store. They shall be forfeited
                                                                  On completion of verification, this agency shall issue a
in proportion to the quantities for which proof of delivery       certificate of conformity.
has not been presented.
                                                                  2. Verification of conformity of the meat supplied as
5. When delays in delivery occur, the security referred           regards quantity, hygienic state, quality and identity shall
to in Article 5 shall be forfeited in respect of the quanti­      be carried out in the country of destination by a control
ties delivered late, at a rate of ECU 1 per tonne for each        agency or company designated by the Commission. A
day of delay. From the 11th day of delay onwards, the             certificate of conformity shall be issued on completion of
amount forfeit shall be increased to ECU 1,5 per tonne            such verification and shall be forwarded direct to the
for each additional day. These provisions shall apply             intervention agency.
where the delay in delivery is attributable to the successful
tenderer.                                                         3. In the case of transport by land, the agency referred
                                                                  to in paragraph 1 shall affix seals to the means of trans­
6. The transport document, the certificate of confor­             port at the time of loading.
mity referred to at Article 6 (2) and the taking-over certifi­
cate in Annex IV duly completed, stamped and signed by            4. The costs of the inspection referred to in paragraph
a person representing the Moscow authorities, shall                1 shall be borne by the successful tenderer.
constitute the proof referred to in paragraph 4.
                                                                                           Article 7
                           Article 5                              The removal order referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 3002/92, the export declaration and any docu­
The amount retained at Article 2 (2) (j) shall be paid to         ment issued for these purposes shall bear the following
the successful tenderer on the date of take over of a total     ' additional words :
lot on presentation of proof of the constitution of a secu­
rity for an equivalent amount in favour of the interven­          'Action for Moscow. Intervention products on which
tion agency.                                                      no refund is payable. (Regulation (EEC) No 2173/93)'.
                                                                                           Article 8
                           Article 6
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 1 . Successful tenderers shall undergo any verifications         publication in the Official Journal of the European
conducted by or on behalf of the intervention agency of            Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 2 August 1993.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
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                                                 ANNEX I
             Lot 1 :          5 000 tonnes (50 % hindquarters, 50 % forequarters)
                              Final date for taking over : 31 August 1993
                              Final date for delivery to Moscow : 10 September 1993.
             Lot II :         5 000 tonnes (50 % hindquarters, 50 % forequarters)
                              Date for taking over 27 August to 15 September 1993
                               Final date for delivery to Moscow : 29 September 1993.
             Lot III :        5 000 tonnes (50 % hindquarters, 50 % forequarters)
                              Date for taking over : 1 5 September — 30 September 1 993
                              Final date for delivery to Moscow : 15 October 1993.
             Addresses of intervention agencies
             GERMANY                  Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung
                                      BALM, Abteilung 31
                                      Adickesallee 40
                                      D — 60322 Frankfurt am Main ;
                                      Tel. (069) 15 64-772/773
                                      Telefax (069) 15 64-790/791
                                      Telex 411727.
             FRANCE                   OFIVAL
                                      Tour Montparnasse
                                      33, avenue du Maine
                                      F — 75755 Paris Cedex 15 ;
                                      Tel. 45 38 84 00
                                      Telex 205476 F
                                      Telefax 45 38 36 77 .
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                                                              ANNEX II
                   Cold stores referred to in Article 1 (2) and actual quantities to be taken over
                                                              GERMANY
                                                                Lot No I
                                                                                                   (in tonnes)
                            Cold stores referred to at Article 1 (2)             Forequarters Hindquarters
          Manfred Janßen GmbH                                                        250,0        250,0
          26180 Rastede-Liethe
          Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG                                250,0        250,0
          Im Gewerbegebiet
          Heidmühle 22
          26419 Schortens
          Kühlhaus Chemnitz GmbH                                                     250,0        250,0
          Landgraben
          09358 Wüstenbrand
          Kühlhaus Kalthoff                                                          250,0        250,0
          Uferstraße 73 — 101
          45881 Gelsenkirchen
          Vereinigte Molkereizentralen GmbH & Co. KG                                 250,0        250,0
          Goltzstraße 18 — 20
          12307 Berlin
          Frigotransit Gefrierhaus GmbH & Co. KG                                     250,0        250,0
          Magdeburger Str. 6
          20457 Hamburg
          Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG                                250,0        250,0
          Thielebachstraße 6
          24568 Kaltenkirchen
          Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus                                              250,0        250,0
          Im Gewerbegebiet
          Heidmühle 22
          34346 Hann. Münden-Volkmarshausen
          Frigoscandia GmbH                                                          250,0        250,0
          Beckerfelder Straße 96
          47269 Duisburg (Großenbaum)
          Frigoscandia GmbH                                                          250,0        250,0
          Emscherstraße 43                                               <
          45861 Gelsenkirchen-Buer
                                                                           Total   2 500,0      2 500,0
                                                               Lot No II
                                                                                                   (in tonnes)
                            Cold stores referred to at Article 1 (2)             Forequarters Hindquarters
          Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG                                250,0        250,0
          Im Gewerbegebiet
          Heidmühle 22
          26419 Schortens
          Frisch- u. Gefrierdienst GmbH                                              250,0        250,0
          Brachwitzer Straße 38
          06118 Halle
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                                                                                                    (in tonnes)
                             Cold stores referred to at Article 1 (2)            Forequarters Hindquarters
            Berliner Kühlhaus GmbH Frankfurt/Oder                                    250,0         250,0
            Schubertstraße
            15234 Frankfurt/Oder
            Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG                              250,0         250,0
            Bredowstraße 21
            22113 Hamburg
            Kühl- und Lagerhaus Rüdiger Thomsen                                      250,0         250,0
            Bösterredder 23
            24601 Wankendorf
            Manfred Janßen GmbH                                                      250,0        250,0
            26180 Rastede-Liethe
            Kühlhaus Bocholt                                                         250,0        250,0
            Im Industriepark
            Ruenhorst 11
            46395 Bocholt
            Flensburger Kühl- und Lagerhaus H. Redlefsen GmbH & Co. KG               250,0        250,0
            Brauereiweg 20
            24939 Flensburg
            Kühlhaus Kuhlke GmbH & Co. KG                                            250,0        250,0
           Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 5
            24568 Kaltenkirchen
           Kühlhaus Wittrock GmbH                                                    250,0        250,0
           Albaxer Straße 42
           37621 Höxter
                                                                           Total   2 500,0      2 500,0
                                                                Lot No III
                                                                                                    (in tonnes)
                             Cold stores referred to at Article 1 (2)            Forequarters Hindquarters
           Thüringer Kühlhaus Erfurt                                                 252,2        247,8
           Industriegebiet
           99713 Ebeleben
           Kühlhäuser GmbH                                                           250,0        250,0
           Nord-Ost Neustrelitz
           17109 Demmin
           Nordfrost Kühl- und Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG                               223,9        276,1
           Im Gewerbegebiet
           Heidmühle 22
           26419 Schortens
           Erwin Gooß GmbH & Co. KG                                                 266,6        233,4
           Tiefkühlhäuser
           Cuxhavener Straße 36 — 40
           21762 Otterndorf
           Kühlhaus Bocholt                                                          —           500,0
           Im Industriepark
           Ruenhorst 11
           46395 Bocholt
           Manfred Janßen GmbH                                                      500,0         —
           26180 Rastede-Liethe
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                                                                                                  (in tonnes)
                            Cold stores referred to at Article 1 (2)            Forequarters Hindquarters
          MUK Kühlhaus GmbH & Co. KG                                                257,3        242,7
          Falderbaumstraße 37
          34123 Kassel-Waldau
          Kühltransit-AG                                                            250,0        250,0
          Nehlsstraße 12
          20457 Hamburg
          KLM Kühl- und Lagerhaus Münsterland GmbH                                  250,0        250,0
          Emsdettener Straße 227
          48484 Neuenkirchen
          Markt- und Kühlhallen AG                                                  250,0        250,0
          Kleyerstraße 82
          60326 Frankfurt am Main
                                                                          Total   2 500,0      2 500,0
                                                                 FRANCE
                                                                 Lot No I
                                                                                                  (in tonnes)
                            Cold stores referred to at Article ( 1 ) 2          Forequarters Hindquarters
          Quimperlé, Finistère (29)                                                 220,0        280,0
          Morlaix, Finistère (29)                                                   200,0        300,0
          Carhaix, Finistère (29)                                                    —           500,0
          Concarneau EFN, Finistère (29)                                            320,0        180,0
          Bédée, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)                                               180,0        320,0
          Lorient, Morbihan (56)                                                    180,0        320,0
          Laval, Mayenne (53)                                                       100,0        400,0
          Nantes CEFO, Loire-Atlantique (44)                                        300,0        200,0
          La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime ( 17)                                      500,0         —
          Saint-Lô, Manche (50)                                                     500,0         —
                                                                          Total   2 500,0      2 500,0
                                                                Lot No II
                                                                                                  (in tonnes)
                            Cold stores referred to at Article 1 (2)            Forequarters Hindquarters
          Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor (22)                                              500,0         —
          Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor (22)                                           —           500,0
          Saint-Malo, Entrepôts frigorifiques, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)                  —           500,0
          Pontivy, Morbihan (56)                                                    500,0         —
          La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée (85)                                             500,0         —
          Loudéac, Côtes-d'Armor (22)                                                —           500,0
          Concarneau Nicot, Finistère (29)                                           —           500,0
          Lanvallay, Côtes-d'Armor (22)                                             200,0        300,0
          Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique (44)                                      500,0         —
          Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)                              300,0        200,0
                                                                          Total   2 500,0      2 500,0
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                                                                 Lot No III
                                                                                                           (in tonnes)
                              Cold stores referred to at Article 1 (2)              Forequarters     Hindquarters
           Paris Marne-la-Vallée, Seine-et-Marne (77)                                   —                 500,0
           Paris Plaine-Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis (93)                             340,0             160,0
           Bar-le-Duc, Meuse (55)                                                       160,0             340,0
           Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin (67)                                                    500,0             —
           Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)                                               500,0             —
           Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée (85)                                             —                 500,0
           Chamalières, Puy-de-Dome (63)                                                500,0             —
           Dun-le-Palestel, Creuse (23)                                                 500,0             —
           Brest, Finistère (29)                                                        —                 500,0
           Poullaouen, Finistère (29)                                                   —                 500,0
                                                                            Total     2 500,0           2 500,0
                                                                ANNEX III
               Cold stores situated in Moscow and quantities to be delivered
               1 . Cold stores :
                   No   7  =  Khoroshovskoye Shosse 25, Moscow.
                   No   9  =  Ogorodny proezd 16, Moscow.
                   No  12  =  Otkrytoye Shosse 1 /3, Moscow.
                   No  14  =  Riabinskaya ulitsa 47, Moscow.
                   No  15  =  Izhorskaya ulitsa 3, Moscow.
               2. The quantities to be delivered in respect of each lot are 1 000 tonnes per coldstore.
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                                                       ANNEX IV
                                               TAKEOVER CERTIFICATE
          I, the undersigned,
                                                    (name, first name, position of authority)
          acting on behalf of                                       »
          hereby certify that the following goods have been taken over :
               Product :
               Packaging :
              Total quantity in tonnes (net) :
               Place and date of takeover :
               Rail wagon numbers / name of boat / registration
               numbers of heavy goods vehicles (') :
               Name and address of transport company :
                          Name of monitoring agency :
                          Name and signature of its on-the-spot representative :
          Observations or reservations :
                                                                                              Signature
                                                                                               (Stamp)
          (') Delete where inapplicable.