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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2813/89
of 19 September 1989
on the sale at prices fixed at a standard rate in advance of certain bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency and intended for export to Poland and amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 571/89 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Whereas the German intervention agency has a stock of bone-in intervention meat;
Whereas, in view of the special supply needs of the Polish population, part of that meat should be put up for sale at a price fixed at a standard rate in advance in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/87 (4), for export to Poland;
Whereas, in view of the present situation on the Polish market and in particular of the abovementioned supply problems, the sale must be made subject to the presentation of contracts concluded with the sole body acting on behalf of the Polish Government; whereas, in view of the urgency and the specific nature of the operation and of the need for controls, special detailed rules must be laid down in particular as regards the minimum quantity which may be purchased;
Whereas products held by intervention agencies and intended for export are subject to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2669/89 (6); whereas the Annex to the said Regulation should be extended as regards the endorsements to be entered on the control copy;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. A sale shall be organized of approximately:
- 5 000 tonnes of hindquarters, and
- 5 000 tonnes of forequarters,
held by the German intervention agency and bought in before 1 June 1989.
The qualities and selling price are laid down in Annex I.
2. This meat must be exported to Poland.
3. The sale shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 985/81, subject to the provisions of this Regulation.
4. To be admissible, purchase applications must:
(a) relate to an equal quantity of forequarters and hindquarters, such quantity being at least 2 500 tonnes of each of the two presentations in question;
(b) be accompanied by a copy of a sales contract for a quantity of beef equal to the quantity applied for, concluded by the applicant with PHZ Animex (7).
5. Interested parties may obtain information on the quantities and the places where the products stored are located at the address indicated in Annex II.
Article 2
1. The security provided for in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 shall be ECU 10 per 100 kilograms.
2. The security provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 shall be ECU 160 per 100 kilograms.
Article 3
The following item 49 and the relevant footnote are hereby added to Part I of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 569/88, entitled 'Products to be exported in the same state as that in which they were removed from intervention stock':
'49. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2813/89 on the sale at prices fixed at a standard rate in advance of certain bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency and intended for export to Poland (49).
(49) OJ No L 271, 20. 9. 1989, p. 16.'
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September 1989.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 September 1989.