29.5.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 135/41 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1125/1999 of 28 May 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 laying down general rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 on a programme to supply agricultural products to the Russian Federation 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 products to the Russian Federation ('), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof, ) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/ 1999 (3 lays down the general rules of application for the supply operations under the arrangements introduced by Regulation (EC) No 2802/98; Whereas changes need to be made to those general rules so as to take account of the technical arrange- ments made between the Russian Federation and the Commission after the entry into force of that Regulation, which relate in particular to the rules for the taking over of the products by the benefi- ciary country and to the control procedures imple- mented by the Commission to monitor execution of the supply operations; Whereas the provisions relating to certification of the conformity of the products processed from products originating in intervention stocks or mobilised on the Community market should be amended to take account of the organisation of the controls and the rules for take over of the product by the operator awarded the contract to transport the product outside the Community should be specified; Whereas, in order to facilitate operators’ participa- tion in the tendering procedure, it is advisable to relax some of the conditions initially stipulated for the submission of tenders and to specify some of the rules governing execution of the supply opera- tions; Whereas the immediate application of the changes resulting from the technical arrangements concluded with the Russian authorities concerning the taking over of the products as well as of certain control provisions relating to the removal of the products or the release of securities in favour of the operators should be provided for; 349, 24.12.1998, p. 12. 14, 19.1.1999, p. 3. = (6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula- tion are in accordance with the opinion of all the relevant Management Committees, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 4(3) is replaced by the following: ‘3. The intervention agencies shall satisfy them- selves that tenderers and the subcontractors, wholly- milled rice producers and slaughterhouses involved in the mobilisation of pigmeat indicated in their tenders have the technical and financial capacity to meet the obligations under the supply operations for which they submit tenders.’; 2. Article 5(1)(e)4) is replaced by the following: ‘4. the route, including border crossing points and indicating any points at which the goods are to be transferred from one means of transport to another outside the Community’s customs terri- tory; in such cases the tenderer undertakes to communicate in writing to the authorities and bodies indicated to the tenderer by the Commis- sion, at least three days in advance, the dates on which the transhipments are to take place and the probable dates of the principal operations, in particular loading and arrival at destination;’ 3. Article 5(1)(e)(6) is replaced by the following: ‘6. the undertaking by the tenderer to submit, in the event of his tender being successful, the original of the insurance policy taken out to cover all risks relating to transport; 4. Article 5(1)(f)3) is replaced by the following: ‘3. the name(s) and address(es) of the businesses producing the wholly-milled rice and of all subcontractors and forwarding agents to be used in the operation; 5. in Article 5(1)(f), point (4) is deleted;