COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2116/97 of 28 October 1997 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing within the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 (EC) No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Whereas the application of intervention measures in respect of beef has created stocks in several Member States; whereas, in order to prevent an excessive prolongation of storage, part of these stocks should be sold with a view to being processed within the Community;
Whereas in the light of the prevailing market circumstances it is appropriate to restrict the list of the eligible finished products to products which besides beef also contain pork provided that the proportion of pork vis-à-vis beef is significantly reduced;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of 5 September 1984 laying down detailed rules for certain sales of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (4), provides for the possibility of a two-stage procedure for the sale of beef from intervention;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the tendering procedure is consistent and uniform, measures should be adopted in addition to those laid down in Article 8 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95;
Whereas the measures must be applied as quickly as possible;
Whereas the sale should be conducted in accordance with Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84, (EEC) No 3002/92 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 770/96 (7), and (EEC) No 2182/77 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95, subject to certain special exceptions on account of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put;
Whereas, as specified in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, lodging of securities should be required;
Whereas it seems appropriate to provide for derogations from provisions of Article 8 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, taking into account the administrative difficulties which the application of this subparagraph raises in the Member States concerned;
Whereas meat plants in Denmark hold a special veterinary status for certain third country exports; whereas operators ought to tender separately for beef produced in such plants;
Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The sale shall take place of:
- approximately 400 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Portuguese intervention agency,
- approximately 2 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the German intervention agency,
- approximately 1 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Austrian intervention agency,
- approximately 1 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Danish intervention agency,
- approximately 1 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Belgian intervention agency,
- approximately 1 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the French intervention agency,
- approximately 1 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Italian intervention agency,
- approximately 1 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Dutch intervention agency,
- approximately 1 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Spanish intervention agency,
- approximately 100 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Swedish intervention agency,
- approximately 35 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Finnish intervention agency,
- approximately 400 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Irish intervention agency,
- approximately 2 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish intervention agency,
- approximately 2 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Danish intervention agency,
- approximately 2 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the French intervention agency,
- approximately 2 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency,
- approximately 153 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Spanish intervention agency.
2. For forequarters and for each product mentioned in Annex I the intervention agencies concerned shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest.
3. The sales shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84, (EEC) No 3002/92, (EEC) No 2182/77 and this Regulation.
4. The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in Annex I hereto.
5. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies concerned no later than 12 noon on 4 November 1997.
6. Particulars relating to the quantities and the place where the products are stored may be obtained by interested parties at the addresses given in Annex II.
7. By way of derogation from Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 a tender must be submitted to the intervention agency concerned in a closed envelope bearing the reference to the Regulation concerned. The closed envelope must not be opened by the intervention agency before the expiry of the tender deadline referred to in paragraph 5.
8. By way of derogation from Article 8 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders shall not indicate in which cold store or stores the products are held.
Article 2
1. A tender or purchase application shall be valid only if presented by a natural or legal person who for at least the last twelve months prior to the day of presentation has been engaged in the processing of products containing pork and who is entered in a national VAT register.
2. Notwithstanding Article 3 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77, the tender or the purchase application must be accompanied by:
- a written undertaking by the applicant to process the meat purchased into products specified in Article 3 within the period referred to in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77,
- a precise indication of the establishment or establishments where the purchased meat will be processed.
3. The applicants referred to in paragraph 1 may instruct an agent in writing to take delivery, on their behalf, of the products which they purchase. In this case the agent shall submit the tenders of the purchasers whom he represents together with the written instruction referred to above.
4. The purchasers and agents referred to in the foregoing paragraphs shall maintain and keep up to date an accounting system which permits the destination and use of the products to be ascertained with a view particularly to checking to ensure that the quantities of products purchased and manufactured tally.
Article 3
Meat purchased under this Regulation must be manufactured into processed products containing both beef and pork. Furthermore, proof must be provided to the satisfaction of the competent authority of the Member State in which processing takes place that the composition of the processed product concerned has been modified compared with the composition prior to the date of contract of sale leading to a reduction of the pork content of at least 10 percent and a corresponding increase of the beef content, such that the increased quantity of beef used is at least equivalent to the reduction in the quantity of pork used.
Article 4
Member States shall set up a system of physical and documentary supervision to ensure that all meat is processed into the products specified in Article 3.
The system must include physical checks of quantity and quality at the start of the processing, during the processing and after the processing operation is completed. To this end, processors shall at any time be able to demonstrate the identity and use of the purchased meat through appropriate production records.
Upon technical verification of the production method by the competent authority, allowance may be taken to the extent necessary for drip losses and trimmings.
Article 5
1. The security provided for in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be ECU 12 per 100 kilograms.
2. The security provided for in Article 5 (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be:
- ECU 135 per 100 kilograms for bone-in forequarters,
- ECU 170 per 100 kilograms for boneless meat.
Article 6
By way of derogation from Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77, in addition to the entries laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92:
- Section 104 of T5 control copies must be completed with one or more of the following:
- Para transformación [Reglamentos (CEE) n° 2182/77 y (CE) n° 2116/97]
- Til forarbejdning (forordning (EØF) nr. 2182/77 og (EF) nr. 2116/97)
- Zur Verarbeitung bestimmt (Verordnungen (EWG) Nr. 2182/77 und (EG) Nr. 2116/97)
- Ãéá ìåôáðïßçóç [êáíïíéóìïß (ÅÏÊ) áñéè. 2182/77 êáé (ÅÊ) áñéè. 2116/97]
- For processing (Regulations (EEC) No 2182/77 and (EC) No 2116/97)
- Destinés à la transformation [règlements (CEE) n° 2182/77 et (CE) n° 2116/97]
- Destinate alla trasformazione [regolamenti (CEE) n. 2182/77 e (CE) n. 2116/97]
- Bestemd om te worden verwerkt (Verordeningen (EEG) nr. 2182/77 en (EG) nr. 2116/97)
- Para transformação [Regulamentos (CEE) nº 2182/77 e (CE) nº 2116/97]
- Jalostettavaksi (Asetukset (ETY) N:o 2182/77 ja (EY) N:o 2116/97)
- För bearbetning (Förordningarna (EEG) nr 2182/77 och (EG) nr 2116/97)
- Section 106 of T5 control copies must be completed with the date of conclusion of the contract of sale.
Article 7
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, 28 October 1997.