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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2600/88
of 17 August 1988
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 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2294/88
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 2248/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/87 (4), has provided for the possibility of applying a two-stage procedure when selling beef from intervention stocks;
Whereas certain intervention agencies are holding stocks of bone-in beef; whereas an extension of the period of storage should be avoided on account of the ensuing high costs; whereas, in the present market situation, there are outlets for such meat for processing in the Community;
Whereas such sales should be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2415/88 (6), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (8), subject to certain special exceptions on account of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2294/88 should be repealed (9);
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. The following approximate quantities of beef shall be put up for sale for processing within the Community:
- 1 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Belgian intervention agency and bought in before 1 October 1986,
- 3 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish intervention agency and bought in before 1 November 1986,
- 1 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Netherlands intervention agency and bought in before 1 October 1986,
- 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought in before 31 December 1987.
2. The intervention agencies referred to in paragraph 1 shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest.
3. The sales shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, Regulation (EEC) No 569/88, Regulation (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 23 August 1988.
6. Particulars relating to the quantities and the places where the products are stored may be obtained by interested parties at the addresses given in Annex II.
Article 2
1. Notwithstanding Article 3 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77, the tender or, application to purchase:
(a) shall be valid only if presented by a natural or legal person who, for at least 12 months, has been engaged in the processing of products containing beef and who is entered in a public register of a Member State;
(b) must be accompained by:
- a written undertaking by the applicant to process the meat purchased into products specified in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77 within the period referred to in Article 5 (1) of the abovementioned Regulation,
- a precise indication of the establishment or establishments where the meat which has been purchased will be processed.
2. The applicants referred to in paragraph 1 may instruct an agent to take delivery, on their behalf, of the products which they purchase. In this case the agent shall submit the tenders or applications to purchase of the purchasers whom he represents.
3. 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
The period of two months set out in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 for taking over meat is replaced by one month.
Article 4
1. The security provided for in Article 5 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be 5 ECU per 100 kilograms.
2. The security provided for in Article 5 (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be 125 ECU per 100 kilograms of hindquarters as indicated in Article 1 (1), intended for manufacture of the products specified in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77.
Article 5
For the purpose of this Regulation 100 kilograms of bone-in hindquarters equals 64 kilograms of boneless meat after removal of the fillet and the striploin.
Article 6
Regulation (EEC) No 2294/88 is hereby repealed.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 August 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 August 1988.