CELEX: 31999R1135
Language: en
Date: 1999-05-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/1999 of 28 May 1999 opening a second invitation to tender for the mobilisation of pigmeat on the Community market with a view to its subsequent delivery to Russia.

29. 5. 1999            EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 135/85
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1135/1999
                                                        of 28 May 1999
                   opening a second invitation to tender for the mobilisation of pigmeat on the
                        Community market with a view to its subsequent delivery to Russia.
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 laid down, especially as regards quality, packaging
                                                                            and labelling, and provision should be made for the
                                                                            immediate entry into force of this Regulation;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                     (5)    Whereas, under Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                            111/1999, the successful tenderer must undergo
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 of                      any controls requested and conducted by agents
17 December 1998 on a programme to supply agricultural                      designated by the recipient country on Community
products to the Russian Federation (1), and in particular                   territory;
Article 4(2) thereof,
                                                                     (6)    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/                          tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
        1999 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1125/                    Management Committee for Pigmeat,
        1999 (3), lays down general rules for the application
        of Regulation (EC) No 2802/98; whereas Article
        2(3) of that Regulation lays down that the invitation
        to tender may cover the determination of the costs
        of the supply of products to be mobilised on the             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        Community market; whereas the costs of such
        supply include in particular the price of the
        product and the costs of packaging and labelling                                      Article 1
        the products to be delivered to the delivery stage
        laid down in the notice of invitation to tender;
                                                                     An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the
                                                                     costs of supplying 40 000 tonnes (carcase equivalent) of
(2)     Whereas, for the supply operations decided by                pigmeat, presenting the characteristics and qualities indi-
        Regulation (EC) No 2802/98, these provisions                 cated in Annex I, for delivery as a supply operation
        should be applied for the supply of 40 000 tonnes            covered by Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999,
        of pigmeat, split into 50 lots;                              in accordance with that Regulation and this Regulation.
(3)     Whereas, to make a speedy start to this measure
        and to comply with competition requirements, a                                        Article 2
        limited number of lots should make use of prod-
        ucts governed by a contract under Commission                 For a given lot, supply shall comprise:
        Regulation (EC) No 2042/98 of 25 September 1998
        on special conditions for the granting of private
        storage aid for pigmeat (4), as amended by Regula-           (a) the purchase of the products listed in Annex I, to be
        tion (EC) No 2619/98 (5), and which are removed                  mobilised on the Community market and, in the case,
        from storage either after the contractual storage                of fresh products, their processing into dozen prod-
        period or under Article 9(4) of Commission Regu-                 ucts;
        lation (EEC) No 3444/90 of 27 November 1990
        laying down detailed rules for granting private              (b) the packaging and labelling of the products in accord-
        storage aid for pigmeat (6), as amended by Regula-               ance with the instructions in Annex I;
        tion (EC) No 3533/93 (7);
                                                                     (c) the supply of the products at the ex cold store stage in
                                                                         the Community, at the place indicated by the
(4)     Whereas, in addition to the provisions adopted in                successful tenderer in his tender, loaded on a means
        Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, the specific condi-                 of transport and within the time limit laid down in
        tions applying to these supply operations should be              Annex II;
(1) OJ  L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 12.                                    (d) keeping of the product available for the carrier, before
(2) OJ  L 14, 19.1.1999, p. 3.                                           loading commences, for a minimum of ten working
(3) See page 41 of this Official Journal.                                days from the dates laid down in Annex II. Beyond
(4) OJ  L 263, 26.9.1998, p. 12.                                         that period the successful tenderer shall be entitled to
(5) OJ  L 329, 5.12.1998, p. 9.
(6) OJ  L 333, 30.11.1990, p. 22.                                        the amount laid down in Article 7a(1) of Regulation
(7) OJ  L 321, 23.12.1993, p. 9.                                         (EC) No 111/1999.
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    The tender shall contain the exact place of taking-            Should a lot not be successfully tendered for by the end of
    over (cold store) where all the products making up a           this period, tenders may be submitted for a second period
    single lot must be held. This place must be easily             expiring on 22 June 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).
    accessible for take-over by the carrier and must guar-
    antee a loading rate of 100 tonnes per working day.            In this case, all the dates in Annex Il shall be extended by
                                                                   14 days.
                          Article 3
                                                                                              Article 5
1.    The supply of 40 000 tonnes shall be divided into            1.    The tendering security shall be EUR 25/tonne for
28 000 tonnes of half-carcases and 12 000 tonnes of fore-          the half-carcases and the fore-ends.
ends, split into 50 lots as defined in Annex II.
                                                                   2.    The supply security shall be lodged in accordance
2.    The first six lots shall consist of products governed        with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.
by a private storage aid contract under Regulation (EC)
No 2042/98. The tenders relating to these lots shall be
accompanied by a declaration from the tenderer that the                                       Article 6
products were:
 removed from store after the contractual storage                 The successful tenderer shall take all necessary steps to
    period, or                                                     ensure that the following certificates are sent to the
                                                                   successful tenderer for the supply operation at the time of
 removed from store after the storage period of two               removal:
    months pursuant to the first indent of Article 9(4) of
    Regulation (EEC) No 3444/90. In such a case export              veterinary certificate,
    shall be deemed proven upon presentation of the                 certificate of origin,
    removal certificate drawn up in accordance with
    Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999.                         quality certificate, and
                                                                    health certificate.
                                                                   The cost of obtaining such certificates shall be borne by
                          Article 4                                the successful tenderer for mobilisation of the product.
1.    The tender established in accordance with Regula-            The certificates shall be drawn up in accordance with the
tion (EC) No 111/1999 shall be lodged with the interven-           models sent to the operators by the Commission at the
tion agency of the Member State in whose territory the             formers’ request.
place where the product is held available as referred to in
Article 2 is located, and the address of which is given in
Annex III.                                                                                    Article 7
2.    Tenders relating to half-carcases must specify               1.    Within 15 days following the date of the Commis-
whether.they are with or without head. Tenders that do             sion decision awarding the supply contract, the successful
not include this information will not be entertained.              tenderer may request a payment on account equal to
                                                                   60 % of the total amount of his tender. The request must
                                                                   be accompanied by proof that a security equal to the
When sending the tenders to the Commission in accord-
                                                                   amount of the payment on account has been lodged and
ance with Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999,
                                                                   by a copy of the decision to award the supply contract.
the intervention agencies shall indicate separately the
tenders relating to the lots of half-carcases with and
without head.                                                      2.    The payment on account shall be made by the inter-
                                                                   vention agency indicated in Article 4(1) within 15 days of
                                                                   submission of the request.
3.    In the case of lots for the supply of the same
quantity of products with the same characteristics and             3.    The payment on account security shall be released
final delivery date, tenders shall be deemed to have been          once the conditions laid down for payment of the balance
lodged for any one of them.                                        of the supply have been met.
To allow comparison with the prices of half-carcases
without head, a coefficient of 1,045 shall be applied to                                      Article 8
tenders for half-carcases with head.
                                                                   Before submitting a tender, the tenderer must acquaint
4.    The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 8         himself with the health and veterinary conditions of the
June 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time).                              recipient country.
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                                                    Article 9
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its 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, 28 May 1999.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                       Franz FISCHLER
                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX I
         1. Products to be supplied
             CN code ex 0203 21 10         half-carcases with or without head, but without flare fat, foreleg, tail, kidneys or
                                           kidney fat, skirt or spinal cord.
             The lot must comprise either half-carcases with head or half-carcases without head.
             CN code ex 0203 29 11         fore-ends, without foot but with the knuckle, rind and subcutaneous fat.
         2. Characteristics and qualities of the goods
             The products:
              cannot come from the slaughter of breeding sows or boars,
              must comply with Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting
                 intra-Community trade in fresh meat (1),
              must be of sound, fair and merchantable quality and come from animals reared in the Community for
                 the previous two months at least,
              for lots Nos 7 to 50, must come from animals slaughtered after 10 June 1999. The slaughter date must
                 be indicated on the quality certificate mentioned in Article 6.
         3. Packaging
             The products shall be individually packaged in polyethylene or polypropylene, suitable for the packaging of
             foods, which is at least 0,04 mm thick and, in the case of half-carcases, in sufficiently resitant cotton or
             synthetic stockinettes, so that the products are fully covered by the said packaging. The fore-ends shall be
             packed in boxes.
         4. Labelling
             Each individual piece of meat shall be visibly marked ‘EU-000/1999'. No other marking indicating a
             geographical origin shall be allowed.
             Where the products have come from the private storage aid scheme, the packages shall carry a label with
             this same text, placed in such a way that it cannot be disturbed without damaging it.
         (1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64
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                                                                ANNEX II
            Description of the lots
             Lot  1:   1 000  tonnes  of  half-carcases
             Lot  2:   1 000  tonnes  of  half-carcases
             Lot  3:     500  tonnes  of  half-carcases
             Lot  4:     500  tonnes  of  half-carcases
             Lot  5:     500  tonnes  of  fore-ends
             Lot  6:     500  tonnes  of  fore-ends
              The products in lots 1 to 6 shall have been governed by a contract for private storage aid in accordance
              with Regulation (EC) No 2042/98; the time limit for delivery shall expire on 12 July 1999.
             Lots    7 to 10:   1 500  tonnes   of  half-carcases per lot
             Lots  11  to 14:   1 000  tonnes   of  half-carcases per lot
             Lots  15  to 18:     500  tonnes   of  half-carcases per lot
             Lots  19  to 21:   1 000  tonnes   of  fore-ends per lot
             Lots  22  to 25:     500  tonnes   of  fore-ends per lot
              The time limit for delivering lots 7 to 25 shall expire on 12 July 1999.
             Lots 26   to 29:    1 500  tonnes   of  half-carcases per lot
             Lots 30   to 33:    1 000  tonnes   of  half-carcases per lot
             Lots 34   to 37:      500  tonnes   of  half-carcases per lot
             Lot 38:               400  tonnes   of  half-carcases
             Lots 39   and 40: 300      tonnes   of  half-carcases per lot
             Lots 41   to 43: 1 000     tonnes   of  fore-ends per lot
             Lots 44   to 47:      500  tonnes   of  fore-ends per lot
             Lot 48:               400  tonnes   of  fore-ends
             Lots 49   and 50: 300      tonnes   of  fore-ends per lot
              The time limit for delivering lots 26 to 50 shall expire on 26 July 1999.
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         ANEXO III  BILAG III  ANHANG III  ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ ΙΙΙ  ANNEX III  ANNEXE III 
                    ALLEGATO III  BöLAGE III  ANEXO III  LIITE III  BILAGA III
         Direcciones de los organismos de intervención  Interventionsorganernes adresser  Anschriften
         der Interventionsstellen  ∆ιευθνσειr των οργανισµν παρεµβσεωr  Addresses of the intervention
         agencies  Adresses des organismes d’intervention  Indirizzi degli organismi d’intervento 
         Adressen van de interventiebureaus  Endereços dos organismos de intervenção  Interventio-
                                    elinten osoitteet  Interventionsorganens adresser
         BELGIQUE/BELGIË:
         Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belge
         Rue de Trèves 82
         B-1040 Bruxelles
         Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau
         Trierstraat 82
         B-1040 Brussel
         Téléphone: (32-2) 287 24 11; télex: BIRB. BRUB/24076-65567; télécopieur: (32-2) 230 2533/280 03 07
         BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND:
         Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)
         Postfach 180203, D-60083 Frankfurt am Main
         Adickesallee 40
         D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
         Tel.: (49) 69 1564-704/755; Telex: 411727; Telefax: (49) 69 15 64-790/791
         DANMARK:
         Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri
         EU-direktoratet
         Kampmannsgade 3
         DK-1780 København V
         Tlf. (45) 33 92 70 00; telex 151317 DK; fax (45) 33 92 69 48, (45) 33 92 69 23
         ΕΛΛΑ∆Α
         Κτηνοτροφικ
         Σταδου 33
         GR-Αθνα 33
         Τηλφωνο: 321 23 59 τλεξ: 221 683
         ESPAÑA
         FEGA (Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria)
         Beneficencia, 8
         E-28005 Madrid
         Tel.: (34) 913 47 65 00/913 47 63 10; télex: FEGA 23427 E/FEGA 41818 E;
         fax: (34) 915 21 98 32/915 22 43 87
         FRANCE:
         OFIVAL
         80, avenue des Terroirs-de-France
         F-75607 Paris Cedex 12
         Téléphone: (33 1) 44 68 50 00; télex: 215330; télécopieur: (33 1) 44 68 52 33
         IRELAND:
         Department of Agriculture. Food and Forestry
         Agriculture House
         Kildare Street
         Dublin2
         Ireland
         Tel. (353 1) 678 90 11, ext. 2278 and 3806
         Telex 93292 and 93607, telefax (353 1) 661 62 63, (353 1) 678 52 14 and (353 1) 662 01 98
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            ITALIA:
            AIMA (Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo)
            Via Palestro 81
            I-00185 Roma
            Tel. (39-06) 49 49 91; telex 61 30 03; fax: (39-06) 445 39 40/(39-06) 445 19 58
            LUXEMBOURG:
            Service d’économie rurale, section  cheptel et viande
            113-115, rue de Hollerich
            L-1741 Luxembourg
            Téléphone: (352) 478/443; télécopieur: 2537
            NEDERLAND:
            Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserĳ, Voedselvoorzieningsin- en verkoopbureau
            p/a LASER, Zuidoost
            Slachthuisstraat 71
            Postbus 965
            6040 AZ Roermond
            Tel. (31-475) 35 54 44; telex 56396 VIBNL; fax (31-475) 31 89 39.
            ÖSTERREICH:
            AMA-Agrarmarkt Austria
            Dresdner Straße 70
            A-1201 Wien
            Tel.: (431) 33 15 12 20; Telefax: (431) 33 15 1297
            PORTUGAL
            Instituto Nacional de Intervenção e Garantia Agrícola
            Rua Fernando Curado Ribeiro, n.o 4-G
            P-1600 Lisboa
            Tel.: (351-1) 751 85 00; telefax: (351-1) 751 86 15
            SUOMI/FINLAND:
            maa- ja metsätalousministeriö
            Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
            Department of Agricultural Policy/Intervention Unit
            Mariankatu 23,
            PL 232
            FIN-00171 Helsinki
            Puh: (358) 0160 01faksi: (358) 0160 9790
            SVERIGE:
            Statens jordbruksverk  Swedish Board of Agriculture
            Vallgatan 8
            S-551 82 Jönköping
            Tfn (46-36) 15 50 00; telex 70991 SJV-S; fax (46-36) 19 05 46
            UNITED KINGDOM
            Intervention Board Executive Agency
            Kings House
            33 Kings Road
            Reading RG1 3BU
            Berkshire
            United Kingdom
            Tel. (44 11 89) 58 36 26
            Fax (44 11 89) 56 67 50