COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1683/98 of 29 July 1998 on the sale at prices fixed in advance of beef held by certain intervention agencies
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 organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2634/97 (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;
Whereas subject to certain special exceptions which are necessary, the sale should be made subject to the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (4), and in particular Titles I and III thereof;
Whereas, to ensure economic management of stocks, the intervention agencies should give priority to selling the meat which has been stored the longest;
Whereas provision should be made for derogations from Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in view of the administrative difficulties which application of this point creates in the Member States concerned;
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 sale shall take place, of products bought into intervention under Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 amounting to:
- approximately 200 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Belgian intervention agency,
- approximately 200 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Danish intervention agency,
- approximately 200 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the German intervention agency,
- approximately 200 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Spanish intervention agency,
- approximately 200 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the French intervention agency,
- approximately 400 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Italian intervention agency,
- approximately 200 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Irish intervention agency,
- approximately 200 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Dutch intervention agency,
- approximately 200 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Austrian intervention agency,
- approximately 400 tonnes of boneless beef held by the French intervention agency,
- approximately 2 100 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish intervention agency,
- approximately 2 100 tonnes of boneless beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency,
- approximately 1 tonne of boneless beef held by the Danish intervention agency.
Detailed information concerning quantities and their selling prices is given at Annex I.
2. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation the products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sold in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in particular Titles I and III thereof.
Article 2
1. Interested parties may obtain the details of the quantities available and the places where the products are stored from the addresses listed in Annex II to this Regulation.
2. For each product mentioned in Annex I the intervention agencies concerned shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest.
3. Notwithstanding Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, purchase applications shall not indicate in which cold store or stores the products are held.
Article 3
The security provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 shall be ECU 120 per tonne.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 29 July 1998.