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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 371/85

of 13 February 1985

on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76

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 the Act of Accession of Greece, 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 (2) has provided for the possibility of applying a two-stage procedure when selling beef from intervention stocks;

Whereas the Danish, Irish, Italian and United Kingdom intervention agencies are holding certain stocks of beef bought in before 1 April 1983; whereas an extension of the period of storage for the meat should be avoided on account of the ensuing high costs; whereas, in consequence, it is advisable to make use of the selling procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84;

Whereas it is necessary to lay down a time limit for export of the said meat; whereas this time limit should be fixed in 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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1994/84 (4);

Whereas the export of meat sold under this Regulation must be guaranteed by the lodging of a security, the amount of which may differ from that provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79; whereas such security shall be released when proof, as required by Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3443/84 (6), has been furnished within the time limit laid down in Article 31 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 202/82 (8);

Whereas products held by intervention agencies and intended for export are subject to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76; 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 3605/84 (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. The sale shall take place of approximately:

- 40 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency and put into store before 1 April 1983,

- 21 700 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian intervention agency and put into store before 1 April 1983,

- 435 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and put into store before 1 April 1983,

- 150 tonnes of boned beef held by the Danish intervention agency and put into store before 1 April 1983,

- 2 500 tonnes of boned beef held by the Irish intervention agency and put into store before 1 April 1983.

This meat is for export.

2. The sale shall take place in accordance with the provision of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84.

The provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 shall not apply to this sale.

3. The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in Annex I hereto.

4. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies concerned no later than 12 noon on 25 February 1985.

5. 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

The products referred to in Article 1 must be exported within six months from the date of conclusion of the contract of sale.

Article 3

1. The amount of security referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be:

- 140 ECU per 100 kilograms in respect of the meat referred to under indents 1 to 3 of Article 1 (1),

- 290 ECU per 100 kilograms in respect of the meat referred to under indents 4 and 5 of Article 1 (1).

2. Without prejudice to Article 15 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 the security referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released when the proof provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 is furnished.

3. The said proof shall be furnished within the time limit laid down in Article 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79.

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:

'16. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 371/85 of 13 February 1985 on the sale by procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export (16)

(16) OJ No L 44, 14. 2. 1985, p. 14.'

Article 5

Regulation (EEC) No 3605/84 is hereby repealed.

Article 6

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, 13 February 1985.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.

(2) OJ No L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13.

(3) OJ No L 241, 13. 9. 1980, p. 5.

(4) OJ No L 186, 13. 7. 1984, p. 17.

(5) OJ No L 190, 14. 7. 1976, p. 1.

(6) OJ No L 318, 7. 12. 1984, p. 31.

(7) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1.

(8) OJ No L 21, 29. 1. 1982, p. 23.

(9) OJ No L 333, 21. 12. 1984, p. 28.