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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 822/1999
of 20 April 1999
onthesale,atpricesfixedinadvance,ofbeefheldbycertaininterventionagencies,withaviewto
its processing in the Community for food-aid purposes
(OJ L 104, 21.4.1999, p. 9)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2754/1999 of 22 December 1999 L 331 36 23.12.1999
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 822/1999
of 20 April 1999
on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain
intervention agencies, with a view to its processing in the
Community for food-aid purposes
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 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article
7(3) thereof,
Whereas the introduction of intervention in beef has resulted in a
build-up of stocks in several Member States; whereas, in order toprevent storage being prolonged excessively, part of these stocks shouldbe sold for processing in the Community with a view to being takenover by approved charity organisations for the purposes of food aid;
Whereas this sale should be subject to the rules laid down in Commis-
sion Regulations (EEC) No 2173/79 (
3), as lastamended by Regulat ion
(EC) No 2417/95 (4), (EEC) No 3002/92 (5), as lastamended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 770/96 (6), and (EEC) No 2182/77 (7), as lastamended by
Regulation (EC) No 2417/95, subject to certain special exceptions onaccount of the particular use to which the products in question are to beput;
Whereas, in order to ensure regular and continuous sales, Title I of
Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in particular, should be applied;
Whereas, to ensure economic management of stocks, the intervention
agencies should give priority to selling the meat which has been storedthe longest;
Whereas provision should be made for derogations from the second
subparagraph of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 in viewof the administrative difficulties which the application of this rule iscreating in certain Member States;
Whereas, to ensure optimum monitoring of the destination of beef from
intervention stocks, control measures should be taken, in addition to themeasures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, based onphysical inspection of quantities and qualities;
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. For the purpose of natural food-aid operations, a sale shall take
place, for processing in the Community, of products bought into inter-vention under Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 amounting toapproximately 500 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Irish interventionagency.
(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1997, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 251, 5.10.1979, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 248, 14.10.1995, p. 39.
(5) OJ L 301, 17.10.1992, p. 17.
(6) OJ L 104, 27.4.1996, p. 13.
(7) OJ L 251, 1.10.1977, p. 60.
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Detailed information concerning the products and their selling prices is
given in Annex I.
2. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation the products referred
to in paragraph 1 shall be sold in accordance with Regulations (EEC)No 2173/79, and in particular Titles I and III thereof, (EEC) No 2182/77 and (EEC) No 3002/92.
3. Particulars of the quantities and the places where the products are
stored may be obtained by interested parties at the address given inAnnex II hereto.
4. For each product listed in Annex I hereto, the intervention agen-
cies shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest.
5. Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 2(2) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2173/79, purchase applications shall not indicate inwhich store or stores the meat is held.
Article 2
1. Purchase applications shall be valid only if presented by or on
behalf of a natural or legal person who, for the 12 months prior to theentry into force of this Regulation, has been engaged in the processingof products containing beef and who is entered in a national VATregister. In addition, applications must be presented by or on behalf of aprocessing establishment approved in accordance with Article 8 ofCouncil Directive 77/99/EEC (
1).
2. Notwithstanding Article 3(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
2182/77, applications shall be accompanied by:
— a written undertaking by the purchaser to process the meat into the
product as specified in Article 3(2) within the period referred to inArticle 5(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77,
— precise details of the establishment or establishments where the
meatpurchased is t o be processed.
3. The purchasers referred to in paragraph 1 may instruct an agent in
writing to take delivery, on their behalf, of the products which theypurchase. In this case agents shall submit the purchase application of thepurchaser whom they represent together with the written instructionreferred to above.
4. Notwithstanding Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79,
taking over must be completed within two months.
5. The purchasers and agents referred to in the preceding paragraphs
shall maintain and keep up to date an accounting system which permitsthe destination and use of the products to be ascertained with a view inparticular to ensuring that the quantities of products purchased andprocessed tally with each other.
Article 3
1. Meat purchased in accordance with this Regulation shall be
processed into products which comply with the definition for A prod-ucts set out in paragraph 2 below.
2. An ‘A' productmeans a processed productfalling wit hin CN code
1602 10 00, 1602 50 31, 1602 50 39 or 1602 50 80, notcont aining meatother than that of animals of the bovine species, with a collagen/proteinratio of no more than 0,45 % (
2) and cont aining by weightatleast
(1) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85.
(2) Determination of collagen content: the collagen content shall be taken to
mean the hydroxyproline content multiplied by the factor 8. The hydroxy-proline content must be determined according to ISO method 3496-1994.
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2 0%(1) of lean meatexcluding offal (2) and fat, with meat and jelly
accounting for at least 85 % of the total net weight.
The product must be subjected to a heat treatment sufficient to ensure
the coagulation of meat proteins in the whole of the product, which maynot show any traces of a pinkish liquid on the cut surface when theproduct is cut along a line passing through its thickest part.
Article 4
1. Member States shall set up a system of physical and documentary
supervision to ensure that all meat is processed in accordance withArticles 2 and 3.
The system must include physical checks of quantity and quality at the
start of the processing, during the processing and after the processingoperation is completed. To this end, processors must at any time be ableto demonstrate the identity and use of the meat through appropriateproduction records.
Technical verification of the production method by the competent
authority may, to the extent necessary, make allowance for drip lossesand trimmings.
In order to verify the quality of the finished product and establish its
conformity with the processor’s recipe, Member States shall undertakerepresentative sampling and analysis of the product. The costs of suchoperations shall be borne by the processor concerned.
2. Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77 shall not apply.
Article 5
1. The security provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2173/79 shall be EUR 12 per 100 kilograms.
2. The security provided for in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2182/77 shall be EUR 700 per tonne:
3. Notwithstanding Article 5(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77,
the processing of all beef purchased into finished products as indicatedin the purchase application shall constitute a principal requirement.
The take over free of charge by a non-governmental organisation
approved by the Irish authorities for the purpose of humanitarian aid, ofall processed products produced shall equally constitute a principalrequirement. Proof of compliance with that requirement shall be furn-ished by way of a document issued and signed by the organisationconcerned indicating the quantity of processed products taken over freeof charge.
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4. Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No1445/95 (
3) the period of validity for export licences issued for products
produced under this Regulation shall be 12 months from the date ofissue within the meaning of Article 21(2) of Commission Regulation(EEC) No 3719/88 (
4).
(1) The lean bovine meatcont entexcluding fatis det ermined in accordance
with the procedure described in the Annex to Commission Regulation(EEC) No 2429/86 (OJ L 210, 1.8.1986, p. 39).
(
2) Offal includes the following: heads and cuts thereof (including ears), feet,
tails, hearts, udders, livers, kidneys, sweetbreads (thymus gland with panc-reas), brains, lungs, throats, thick skirts, spleens, tongues, caul, spinalcords, edible skin, reproductive organs (i.e. uteri, ovaries and testes),thyroid glands, pituitary glands.
(
3) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
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Article 6
Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77, in addition
to the entries provided for 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) no2182/77 y (CE) no
822/1999]
— Til forarbejdning (forordning (EØF) nr. 2182/77 og (EF) nr.
822/1999)
— Zur Verarbeitung bestimmt (Verordnungen (EWG) Nr. 2182/77
und (EG) Nr. 822/1999)
—Για µεταποίηση [κανονισµοί (ΕΟΚ )αριθ. 2182/77 και(ΕΚ)
αριθ. 822/1999]
— For processing (Regulations (EEC) No 2182/77 and (EC) No
822/1999)
— Destinés à la transformation [règlements (CEE) no2182/77 et
(CE) no822/1999]
— Destinate alla trasformazione [regolamenti (CEE) n. 2182/77 e
(CE) n. 822/1999]
— Bestemd om te worden verwerkt (Verordeningen (EEG) nr.
2182/77 en (EG) nr. 822/1999)
— Para transformação [Regulamentos (CEE) n.o2182/77 e (CE) n.o
822/1999]
— Jalostettavaksi (Asetukset (ETY) N:o 2182/77 ja (EY) N:o 822/
1999)
— För bearbetning (Förordningarna (EEG) nr 2182/77 och (EG) nr
822/1999).
— 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 publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
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Estado
miembro
Medlemsstat
Mitgliedstaat
Κράτος µέλος
Member State
État membre
Stato membro
Lidstaat
Estado-membro
Jäsenvaltio
MedlemsstatProductos
Produkter
Erzeugnisse
Προϊόντα
Products
Produits
Prodotti
Producten
Produtos
Tuotteet
ProdukterCantidad aproximada
(toneladas)
Tilnærmetmængde
(tons)
Ungefähre Mengen
(Tonnen)
Κατά προσέγγιση
ποσότητα
(τόνοι )
Approximate quantity
(tonnes)
Quantité approxima-
tive
(tonnes)
Quantità approssima-
tiva
(tonnellate)
Hoeveelheid bij bena-
dering
(ton)
Quantidade aproxi-
mada
(toneladas)
Arvioitu määrä
(tonneina)
Ungefärlig kvantitet
(ton)Precio de venta expresado en
euros por tonelada
Salgspriser i EUR/ton
Verkaufspreise, ausgedrücktin
EUR/Tonne
Tιµές πώλησης εκφραζόµενες
σε Ευρώ ανά τόνο
Selling prices expressed in EUR
per tonne
Prix de vente exprimés en euros
par tonne
Prezzi di vendita espressi in euro
per tonnellata
Verkoopprijzen uitgedrukt in euro
per ton
Preço de venda expresso em euros
por tonelada
Myyntihinta euroina tonnilta
Försäljningspris i euro per tonANEXOI—BILAGI—ANHANGI— ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ I—ANNEXI—ANNEXEI—ALLEGATOI
—BĲLAGE I — ANEXO I — LIITE I — BILAGA I
IRELAND — Intervention shank (INT
11)150 500
— Intervention shin (INT
21)150 500
— Intervention forequarter
(INT 24)200 750
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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II —
ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II — B ĲLAGE II — ANEXO II — LIITE II —
BILAGA II
Direcciones de los organismos de intervención — Interventionsorganernes
adresser — Anschriften der Interventionsstellen — ∆ιευθύνσεις των οργα -
νισµών παρεµβάσεως —Addressesoftheinterventionagencies—Adresses
des organismes d’intervention — Indirizzi degli organismi d’intervento —Adressen van de interventiebureaus — Endereços dos organismos de inter-
venção — Interventioelinten osoitteet — Interventionsorganens adresser
IRELAND
Department of Agriculture and Food
Johnstown Castle EstateCounty WexfordIrelandTel.: (353 53) 634 31Telefax: (353 53) 428 42