31992R2961
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2961/92 of 13 October 1992 opening an invitation to tender for the free supply of tinned beef to the victims of the conflict in what was formerly Yugoslavia (Croatia)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and Regulation (EEC) No 2344/92. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2344/92 notwith standing, the aforementioned products shall be delivered under the conditions defined in Annex II . Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2066/92 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof, Article 2
1 . Tenders shall be for a quantity, in tonnes, of fore Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2344/92 of quarters or boned meat according to the proportion table 10 August 1992 laying down detailed rules applicable to given in Annex III, stored by the intervention agency the free supply of agricultural products to the victims of concerned, which covers the processing, transport and the conflict in the former Yugoslavia provided for in other related costs, up to the delivery stage laid down for Council Regulation (EEC) No 2139/92 (3), provides for the the entire quantity of tinned meat awarded. contract for the supply of tinned beef under Regulation (EEC) No 2139/92 (4) to be awarded by invitation to tender ; whereas the invitations to tender for the free Only intervention meat may be used for the production of the tinned beef referred to in Article 1 . supply of processed products cover the quantities of basic products to be taken from intervention stocks as payment in kind for these supplies, and for transport and other 2. Tenders shall relate to a minimum of 100 tonnes of related costs ; tinned meat.
Whereas an invitation to tender should be opened for the 3 . Notwithstanding Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) supply of 4 860 tonnes of tinned beef to be delivered to No 2344/92, tenders the Community representative in Zagreb ; (a) shall be valid only if submitted by a natural or legal person who, for at least 12 months, has been engaged Whereas, in order to ensure proper execution of the in the processing of products containing beef and who operation and bearing in mind the controls required, is entered in a public register of a Member State ; provision should be made for special detailed rules regar ding in particular the minimum quantity which may be (b) may be refused if submitted by a natural or legal tendered for and the criteria for participation ; person in respect of whom pertinent information exists raising doubts as to his ability to carry out the processing and/or export operations properly ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management (c) must be accompanied by : Committee for Beef and Veal, — a written undertaking by the applicant to process on his own premises the meat awarded into the products specified in Annex II, — precise details of the establishment or establish HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ments where the meat which has been awarded will be processed, — a written declaration authorizing the application of Article 1 any control measures deemed appropriate by the competent authorities in the Member States concerned. The intervention agencies referred to in Annex I shall open an invitation to tender for the supply of 4 860 tonnes of tinned beef, as set out in Annex I, and in 4. Immediately after the expiry of the deadline referred to in paragraph 7, operators shall send a copy of the tender by telex or telefax to the Commission of the Euro (') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24. pean Communities, DG VI/D.2, 130, rue de la Loi, (4 OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 49. 0 OJ No L 227, 11 . 8. 1992, p. 18. B-1049 Brussels (telex 220 37 AGREC B ; telefax (32-2) (4) OJ No L 214, 30. 7. 1992, p. 8. 296 60 27).
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5. The quantity of meat from intervention awarded as — shall be lodged by the successful tenderer prior to payment in kind for the supply shall be made available taking over the products as payment in kind. from the intervention stocks designated for this purpose in the notice of invitation to tender. 2. Notwithstanding Article 12 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2344/92, the products awarded as payment in 6. The tendering security shall be set at ECU 100 per kind may be removed from intervention stores once the tonne of tinned beef. security referred to above has been lodged.
7. Only tenders which reach the intervention agency 3. Notwithstanding Article 12 (3) of Regulation (EEC) concerned by 12 noon (Brussels time) on 19 October No 2344/92, proof that the tinned meat in question has 1992, at the latest, shall be taken into consideration. been produced solely from intervention meat awarded as payment in kind and presentation to the intervention Notwithstanding Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) agency of the customs exportation document shall also be No 2344/92, the intervention agency concerned shall primary requirements for the release of the security. publish a notice of invitation to tender at least three days before that date. The Member States concerned shall take all appropriate measures to verify the proof, in particular by marking the meat prior to processing in the warehouse, by permanent Article 3 monitoring during processing and by taking samples and performing bacteriological analyses of the tinned meat 1 . The intervention agencies concerned shall forward produced, if necessary appointing a monitoring enterprise the tenders to the Commission in accordance with the at the cost of the successful tenderer. schedule specified in Annex IV.
2. Pursuant to Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) Article 8 No 2344/92, for the purposes of comparing tenders, 100 kg of five ribs forequarters shall be equivalent to 95 kg of The takeover certificate referred to in Article 9 (3) of eight ribs forequarters or to 68 kg of boned meat. Regulation (EEC) No 2344/92 shall be as set out in Annex V hereto.
Article 4 The certificate shall be issued after the goods have been taken over by the competent body referred to in Annex The successful tenderer shall undertake to provide the II. competent body referred to in Annex II with the docu ments required for the purposes of the supply as specified in the notice of invitation to tender issued by the inter Article 9 vention agency concerned. The Member States concerned shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that no refund or monetary compen Article 5 satory amount shall apply to this supply, in particular by specifying this on export licences, export customs docu For the purposes of booking the expenditure in the Euro ment, the transit document and any T5 document created. pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) accounts, the book value of the products concerned shall be ECU 785 per tonne for bone-in Article 10 quarters and ECU 1 150 per tonne for boned meat. 1 . The Member States concerned shall adopt all further provisions necessary for the implementation of this Regu Article 6 lation .
Notwithstanding Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) 2. The Member States concerned shall send the No 2344/92 the Commission shall fix the maximum Commission all information on the execution of the quantity of intervention products to be awarded as supply, in particular as regards to the award of the payment in kind or shall decide not to make any award. contract, delivery times and the actual date of takeover by the competent body referred to in Annex II.
Article 7 Article 11 1 . Notwithstanding Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2344/92, the supply security : This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day — shall be ECU 2 500 per tonne of intervention following its publication in the Official Journal of the products, European Communities.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 October 1992.
For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission
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ANEXO I — BILAG I — ANHANG I — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ I — ANNEX I — ANNEXE I — ALLEGATO I — BIJLAGE I — ANEXO I
Direcciones de los organismos de intervención — Interventionsorganernes adresser — Anschriften der Interventionsstellen — Διευθύνσεις των οργανισμών παρεμβάσεως — Addresses of the intervention agencies — Adresses des organismes d'intervention — Indirizzi degli organismi d'intervento — Adressen van de interventiebureaus — Endereços dos organismos de intervenção
IRELAND : Department of Agriculture and Food Agriculture House Kildare Street Dublin 2 Tel. (01 ) 78 90 11 Telex 93292 and 93607, telefax (01)616263 and (01)785214
DANMARK : EF-Direktoratet Frederiksborggade 18 DK- 1 360 København K Tlf. 33 92 70 00, telex 15137 EFDIR DK, telefax 33 92 69 48
ITALIA : Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA) Via Palestro 81 1-00185 Roma Tel . 47 49 91 Telex 61 30 03
UNITED KINGDOM : Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce Fountain House 2 Queens Walk Reading RGl 7QW Berkshire Tel. (0734) 58 36 26 Telex 848 302, telefax : (0734) 56 67 50
FRANCE : OFIVAL Tour Montparnasse 33 avenue du Maine F-75755 Paris Cedex 15 Tél. 45 38 84 00, télex 205476
ESPAÑA : Servicio Nacional de Productos Agrarios (SENPA) c/Beneficencia 8 E-28004 Madrid Tel . 347 63 10 / 347 65 00 Télex 23427 SENPA E Telefax 521 98 32 / 522 43 87
BUNDESREPUBLIK Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung (BALM) DEUTSCHLAND : Geschäftsbereich 3 (Fleisch und Fleischerzeugnisse) Postfach 180 107 — Adickesallee 40 D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 18 Tel. (069) 1 56 4772/3 ; Telex : 04 11 156 ; Telefax (069) 1 56 4791 ; Teletext 6990 732
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ANNEX II
Characteristics and quality of the goods (a) Tinned beef, of the type 'beef in jelly/own juice', 'viande en gelee', 'Fleisch in eigenem Saft', produced in the Community, with one of the following product codes : — 1602 50 90 195 ('), — 1602 50 90 395 ('), — 1602 50 90 495 ('). (b) The successful tenderer is to state in advance the product code corresponding to the thinned meat to be produced. (c) The tinned beef must be completely sterilized in accordance with the requirements laid down in Annex B, Chapter II, to Council Directive 77/99/EEC (2), so that it can be kept for at least three years. (d) The tinned meat must be produced solely from intervention products.
Packaging (a) In cans of a maximum net content of 460 grams. (b) Cans must be hermetically sealed and show no signs of rust. (c) Cans must be packed in standard cartons for export, suitable for transport by land and sea. Each carton must be duly sealed after packing. Sealed cartons must be secured with a suitable tape made of fibre or other material and placed on disposable pallets, measuring 1,0 m x 1,1 m . Maximum height 1,0 m.
Marking (a) Each can must bear a label showing, in one of the official languages of the Community : — the ingredients, — the net weight in grams, — the date of manufacture and expiry date, — the name and address of the manufacturer, — the veterinary approval number of the processing plant. (b) The date of manufacture and expiry date must be embossed on the cans. (c) The outer packaging of each pallet must bear the following information in letters at least 3 cm high : — the inscription 'Humanitarian Aid — Regulation (EEC) No 2139/92', — the inscription 'European Economic Community', — the European flag, as defined in Annexes I and II to Commission communication No 91 /C 114/01 (3).
Conditions of supply (a) Stage of delivery : free at warehouse unloaded. (b) Authority responsible for the takeover : Echo-Zagreb (Dr. Paolini) Hotel 'Zagreb Remetinecka 106 41000 Zagreb Croatia telefax : (3841)-65 00 87. Warehouse : Pavilion 7, Zagrebadei Valesajam Avenue Dubrovnik — 41000 Zagreb. Delivery schedule : regular deliveries up to 31 December 1992 in agreement with the authority respon sible for takeover. On fully reasoned request that authority may grant a supplementary delivery period. Customs clearance : Office for refugees and displaced persons of the Government of Croatia — Brace Oreski, 41000 Zagreb.
(') OJ No L 101 , 15. 4. 1992, p. 12. 0) OJ No L 26, 31 . 1 . 1977, p. 85. 0) OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 , p. 1 .
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ANNEX III
Proportion key for boned meat as payment in kind :
DENMARK Bryst og slag 45,3 % Øvrigt kød af forfjerdinger 54,7 %
FRANCE Caisse A 57,5 % Caisse B 35,5 % Macreuse 7,0 /o
IRELAND Forequarters 60,0 % Shins & shanks 4,6 % Briskets 9,7 % Plates and flanks 25,7 %
ITALY Collo Sottospalla 1 6,3 % Spalla Garetto 29,3 % Pancia 24,0 /o Petto 17,1 % Sottospalla 6,3 % Collo 7,0 %
UNITED KINGDOM Clod and sticking 15,6% Pony 36,6 % Pony parts 1,7 % Shins and shanks 11,5% Brisket 9,6 % Thin flank 15,1 % Forequarter flank 9,9 %
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ANNEX IV
Invitation to tender for the free supply of tinned beef to the victims of the conflict in what was formerly Yugoslavia (Croatia)
(Regulation (EEC) No 2961 /92)
(in tonnes) Tenderer's number Quantity of forequarters/boned Quantity of tinned beef to be supplied meat (') required as payment in kind
1
2 I
3 I
4
5 I
Send to : DG VI-D-2 (beef and veal) For the attention of Mr Bennink Telefax (32-2) 296 60 27.
(') Delete as appropriate.
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ANNEX V
Takeover certificate
I, the undersigned, (name, first name and capacity)
acting on behalf of » hereby certify that the following goods have been taken over :
Product :
Total quantity in tonnes (net weight) :
Place and date of takeover :
Registration numbers of heavy goods vehicles :
Attestation of official sealing of the goods vehicle in the presence of the designated monitoring agency :
Number of cans sampled : ....
Name of monitoring agency :
Name and signature of its on-the-spot representative :
Observations or reservations :
Signature
(Stamp)