Commission Regulation (EC) No 1815/1999 of 18 August 1999 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to Russia
20. 8. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 220/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1815/1999 of 18 August 1999 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to Russia THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 of 17 December 1998 on a programme to supply agricultural prod- ucts to the Russian Federation (1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof, (1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1125/1999 (3), lays down general rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 2802/98; (2) Whereas, for the supply operations decided by Regula- tion (EC) No 2802/98, an invitation to tender should be opened to allocate the supply of skimmed-milk powder held in intervention storage; (3) Whereas the specific conditions applying to this supply operation should be laid down, in addition to the provi- sions adopted in Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, and provision should be made for their immediate entry into force; (4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 An invitation to tender is hereby opened to establish the costs of supplying transport, from intervention stocks, for 50 000 tonnes (net weight) of skimmed-milk powder for delivery to the places of destination listed in Annex I, as a supply opera- tion covered by Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999. Supply shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of both that Regulation and this Regulation. The invitation to tender relates to the supply of eight lots of skimmed-milk powder, as defined in Annex I, meeting the requirements laid down for intervention storage of such prod- ucts applicable at the time this Regulation is published. Article 2 Supply shall comprise: (a) the taking-over of the goods from the warehouses of the intervention agencies listed in Annex II, at the loading bay; and (1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 12. (2) OJ L 14, 19. 1. 1999, p. 3. (3) OJ L 135, 29. 5. 1999, p. 41. (b) transport, by appropriate means, to the places of destina- 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 to a given port of destination or transhipment. Article 3 Each tender must cover the entire lot as defined in 1. Annex I. 2. Tenders shall be submitted to the intervention agency holding the product to be delivered, whose address appears in Annex II. 3. The time limit for lodging tenders shall expire on 31 August 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time) for lot Nos 1 to 4 and on 14 September 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time) for lot Nos 5 to 8. Should a lot not be successfully tendered for by the end of this period, tenders may be submitted during a second period expiring on 14 September 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time) for lot Nos 1 to 4 and on 28 September 1999 at 12 noon (Brussels time) for lot Nos 5 to 8. In that event all dates fixed in Annex I shall be postponed by 14 days. If 4. 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- 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 derogation from the above provision, the second tender shall not be accompanied by the originals of the two documents. Article 4 1. The tendering security shall be EUR 25/t. The 2. supply security shall be EUR 2 467/t net of skimmed-milk powder. It must be lodged in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999. Article 5 The take-over certificate, drawn up in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, shall be issued by the control body designated by the Commission and signed by the repres- entative of the beneficiary at the places of destination indicated in Annex III. L 220/14 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 8. 1999 Article 6 Article 8 For the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 111/1999, the payment on account shall be made on presenta- tion of a certificate of removal relating to the entire quantity to be delivered to a given destination on a given date. Payment shall be made within 15 days of presenting the application for a payment on account together with the re- quisite supporting documents. If, in the course of transport, it proves necessary to change the route indicated in the tender, the successful tenderer must without delay inform the Commission, the control body and the intervention agency concerned thereof. Article 7 Article 9 The successful tenderer shall have the special stamp illustrated in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/1999 (1) inserted in the transport documents. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 18 August 1999. For the Commission Karel VAN MIERT Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 46, 20. 2. 1999, p. 48. 20. 8. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 220/15 ANNEX I SKIMMED MILK POWDER Final destinations Lot No 1 Lot No 2 Lot No 3 Lot No 4 Lot No 5 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 Republic of Karelia Arkhangelsk Region Republic of Komi Smolensk Region Tula Region Tver Region Volvograd Region Republic of Dagestan Republic of Kalmykia Republic of Ossetia Sverdlovsk Region Vologda Region Kemerovo Region Republic of Udmurtia Perm Region Chelyabinsk Region Novosibirsk Region Tomsk Region Republic of Mordvinia Samara Region Chuvash Region Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria Rostov Region Republic of Chechnya Republic of Tuva Kurgan Region Lot No 7 Lot No 8 Lot No 6 500 Total 2 000 500 2 000 600 1 100 500 500 500 500 1 000 1 000 4 000 500 500 1 000 1 000 3 000 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 200 500 500 500 500 500 1 000 1 000 1 200 2 000 500 2 000 500 2 000 300 1 000 700 3 000 500 500 500 100 100 570 1 070 500 2 500 2 000 30 30 2 000 1 000 1 500 500 2 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 1 000 1 000 500 500 1 500 1 500 500 500 500 500 500 3 000 2 000 1 000 3 000 2 000 2 000 2 000 Total 5 000 4 000 8 000 3 000 6 500 13 500 3 000 7 000 50 000 L 220/16 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 8. 1999 — Delivery stage: product not unloaded either at Krasnoye frontier points or at the port of St Petersburg. — Transport: Each lot must be transported in its entirety either by sea in accordance with Article 2(b) or 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: — Lot No 1: 8 October 1999 — Lot No 2: 14 December 1999 — Lot No 3: 15 December 1999 — Lot No 4: 17 November 1999 — Lot No 5: 7 December 1999 — Lot No 6: 3 December 1999 — Lot No 7: 24 October 1999 — Lot No 8: 26 November 1999. Final dates for arrival at the port of St Petersburg in the case of sea transport: — Lot No 1: — 5 000 tonnes, 8 October 1999 — Lot No 2: — 4 000 tonnes, 14 December 1999 — Lot No 3: — 4 000 tonnes, 18 October 1999 — 4 000 tonnes, 15 December 1999 — Lot No 4: — 3 000 tonnes, 17 November 1999 — Lot No 5: — 3 500 tonnes, 9 November 1999 — 3 000 tonnes, 7 December 1999 — Lot No 6: — 5 000 tonnes, 3 November 1999 — 5 000 tonnes, 19 November 1999 — 3 500 tonnes, 3 December 1999 — Lot No 7: — 3 000 tonnes, 24 October 1999 — Lot No 8: — 3 500 tonnes, 28 October 1999 — 3 500 tonnes, 26 November 1999. To avoid congestion at the port, the tenderers must comply as far as possible with the above dates. 20. 8. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 220/17 ANNEX II Lot No 1: 5 000 tonnes SWEDEN Storage location Minimum daily loading rate 150 150 150 150 Total Svenska Lagerhusaktiebolaget Industrigatan Svenljunga Svenska Lagerhusaktiebolaget Vadstenavägen Skännige Svenska Lagerhusaktiebolaget Brovägen 35 Värmlandsbro/Säffle Svenska Lagerhusaktiebolaget Kontorsgatan Hasslarp Address of intervention agency: Statens Jordbruksverk Marknadsavdelningen Swedish Board of Agriculture S-55182 Jönköping Tel. : (46-36) 15 50 00 Fax: (46-36) 19 05 46 Lot No 2: 4 000 tonnes UNITED KINGDOM Storage location Minimum daily loading rate Eglinton Fast Freight 7 Upper Campsie Londonderry BT47 3XX Northern Ireland Vanguard Holdings Ltd Newpark Industrial Estate Greystone Road Antrim BT41 2AL Northern Ireland Total Quantity (net tonnes) 1 474 1 019 987 1 520 5 000 Quantity (net tonnes) 3 300 700 4 000 L 220/18 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 8. 1999 Lot No 3: 8 000 tonnes UNITED KINGDOM Storage location Minimum daily loading rate Skeg Grain Ltd Manor Park The Strand Steeple Ashton Trowbridge Wilts BA14 6EP Harman Warehousing Ltd The Old Airfield Crabtree Lane High Ercall Telford Shropshire TF6 6AP D J Davies & Son Goleufryn Pencader Dyfed SA39 9HL Border Holdings The Grove Craven Arms Shropshire SY7 8BD Total Lot No 4: 3 000 tonnes UNITED KINGDOM Storage location Minimum daily loading rate Quantity (net tonnes) 4 080 450 1 500 1 970 8 000 Quantity (net tonnes) 3 000 Total 3 000 Alpine Cold Storage Ltd Estate Road No 7 South Humberside Industrial Estate Grimsby DN31 2TP Address of intervention agency: Intervention Board Executive Agency Dairy Intervention Section Lancaster House Hampshire Court Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7YH United Kingdom Tel. : (44-191) 2 26 50 58 Fax: (44-191) 2 26 50 40 20. 8. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 220/19 Lot No 5: 6 500 tonnes IRELAND Storage location Minimum daily loading rate Bailie Engineeering Bailieborough County Cavan McCormack Milk Products Killeshandra County Cavan Hanlons Warehouse Muchgrange Greenore County Louth 100 100 100 Total Lot No 6: 13 500 tonnes IRELAND Storage location Minimum daily loading rate Golden Vale Engineering Charleville County Cork Munster Steel Bowl Road Macroom County Cork O'Connells Warehouse Brooklodge Glanmire County Cork Orchard Warehouse Brooklodge Glanmire County Cork Colso Enterprises (Southern Fruit) Lehenaghmore Togher County Cork O'Connells Warehouse Little Island County Cork Store All Kilcohan County Waterford 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Quantity (net tonnes) 2 000 1 500 3 000 6 500 Quantity (net tonnes) 3 000 938 367 1 000 703 2 000 3 000 L 220/20 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 8. 1999 Storage location Minimum daily loading rate Quantity (net tonnes) 1 000 1 000 492 100 100 100 Total 13 500 North Cork Co-Op Kanturk County Cork Munster Steel Ballydaheen Industrial Estate Mallow County Cork Store All Luffany Slieverue County Kilkenny Address of intervention agency: Department of Agriculture and Food Intervention Operations Division Johnstown Castle Estate County Wexford Ireland Tel. : (353-53) 63 400 Fax: (353-53) 42 843 Lot No 7: 3 000 tonnes GERMANY Storage location Minimum daily loading rate Alli Logistik Brachwitzer Straße 38 D-06118 Halle Kühlhaus Dahlenn Grunbesitz und Verwaltungsges. MbH Hainstraße 1 D-04774 Dahlen 200 100 Total Lot No 8: 7 000 tonnes GERMANY Storage location Minimum daily loading rate Röhlig & Co (GmbH & Co) Wrangelstraße 34 D-24539 Neumünster Röhlig & Co (GmbH & Co) Am Kommandantendeich 12 D-21680 Stade 150 250 Total Quantity (net tonnes) 1 785 1 215 3 000 Quantity (net tonnes) 3 000 4 000 7 000 20. 8. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 220/21 Address of intervention agency: BLE Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung Adickesallee 40 D-60322 Frankfurt am Main Postfach 18 0203 Tel. : (49-69) 15 64 704 Fax: (49-69) 15 64 790 ANNEX III Authorities empowered to sign the take-over certificate — Place of take-over: St Petersburg VO ‘PRODINTORG’ 103084 Moscow Mjasnitskaya nl. 47. — Places of take-over: Sousemka, Smolensk, Bryansk, for customs formalities for road transport: VO ‘PRODINTORG’ 103084 Moscow Mjasnitskaya nl. 47. — Place of take-over: Krasnoye, for customs formalities for rail transport: VO ‘PRODINTORG’ 103084 Moscow Mjasnitskaya nl. 47