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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 160/88
of 20 January 1988
on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of bone-in beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export, amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3816/87
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 3905/87 (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 hold substantial stocks of bone-in intervention meat; whereas an extension of the period of storage for the meat bought in should be avoided on account of the ensuing high costs; whereas outlets exist in certain third countries for the products in question; whereas it is appropriate therefore to offer this meat for sale in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84;
Whereas forequarters and hindquarters from intervention stocks may in certain cases have been handled a number of times; whereas, in order to help with the presentation and marketing of such meat, its repackaging should be authorized, subject to the observance of precise conditions;
Whereas it is necessary to lay down a time limit for export of the said meat; whereas this time should be fixed by taking into account Article (5) (b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the beef and veal sector (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3434/87 (6);
Whereas in order to ensure that beef sold is exported the lodging of security, as specified at (a) of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, should be required;
Whereas products held by intervention agencies and intended for export are subject to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 5/88 (8); whereas, however, Annex I of the said Regulation setting out the entries to be made in control copies should be expanded;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3816/87 (9) should be repealed;
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. Part of the stocks of bone-in intervention beef held by certain intervention agencies shall be sold.
This meat shall be for export.
Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84.
The provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 (10), shall not apply to this sale. However, the competent authortities may allow bone-in forequarters and hindquarters the packaging material of which is torn or soiled, to be placed in new packaging of the same type under their supervision before presentation for consignment at the customs office of departure.
2. The qualitites and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in Annex I hereto.
3. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies concerned not later than 12 noon on 27 January 1988.
4. Particulars of the qualities and the places where the products are stored may be obtained by interested parties at the addresses given in Annex II.
Article 2
The products referred to in Article 1 must be exported within five months from the date of conclusion of the contract of sale.
Article 3
1. The security provided for in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be 10 ECU per 100 kilograms.
2. The security provided for in Article 5 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be 140 ECU per 100 kilograms.
Article 4
Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 is hereby amended as follows:
In part I of the Annex, 'Products to be exported in the same state as that in which they were when removed from intervention stock', the following item and footnote are added:
'39. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 160/88 of 20 January 1988 on the sale by procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export (39).
(39) OJ No L 18, 22. 1. 1988, p. 23.'
Article 5
Regulation (EEC) No 3816/87 is hereby repealed.
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 January 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 January 1988.