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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 431/90

of 20 February 1990

on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for importation into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2993/89

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 571/89 (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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2824/85 of 9 October 1985 laying down detailed rules for the sale of frozen boned beef from intervention stocks for export, either in the same state or after cutting and/or repacking (5) has provided for repackaging under certain conditions;

Whereas certain intervention agencies hold large stocks of 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 in view of the special supply needs of the russian population, part of that meat should be put up for sale in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84 and (EEC) No 2824/85 in order to be imported into the Soviet Union;

Whereas, in view of certain special features of the sale and in particular for the purposes of control, a minimum quantity should be set per offer or purchase application;

Whereas quarters 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 limit 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 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 252/90 (7);

Whereas in order to ensure that beef sold is exported to the intended destination the lodging of security, as specified in of Article 5 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, should be required;

Whereas it is appropriate to specify that, in view of the prices which have been fixed in the context of this sale in order to permit the disposal of certain cuts, exports of such cuts should not be eligible for the refunds periodically fixed in the beef and veal sector;

Whereas products held by intervention agencies and intended for export are subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 243/90 (9); whereas the Annex to the said Regulation setting out the entries to be made should be expanded;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 243/90 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. A sale shall be organized of approximately:

- 10 000 tonnes of hindquarters, and

- 10 000 tonnes of forequarters

held by the German intervention agency and bought in before 1 December 1989,

and 30 000 tonnes of boneless beef

held by the Irish intervention agency and bought in before 1 January 1990.

2. This meat must be imported into the Soviet Union.

3. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 and (EEC) No 2824/85.

The provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 (1) shall not apply to this sale. However, the competent authorities 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.

4. An offer shall be valid only if it relates to:

- a minimum quantity of 5 000 tonnes in respect of bone-in beef. The offer shall relate to an equal weight of forequarters and hindquarters and shall contain a single price per 100 kilograms for the whole quantity specified in the offer,

- a minimum quantity of 3 500 tonnes in respect of boneless beef. The offer shall relate to a lot comprising all the cuts referred to in Annex I in the percentages stated therein and shall contain a single price per 100 kilograms of the lot made up in this fashion.

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

6. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies concerned not later than 12 noon on 27 february 1990.

7. Particulars of the qualities and the places where the products are stored may be obtained by interested parties at the addresses given in Annex III.

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 ECU 100 per 100 kilograms.

2. The security provided for in Article 5 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be:

- ECU 160 per 100 kilograms of bone-in beef,

- ECU 400 per 100 kilograms of boneless beef.

Article 4

No export refund shall be granted on meat referred to under (b) in Annex I.

Article 5

In part I of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 569/88, '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:

'56. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 432/90 of 20 February 1990 on the sale by procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for import into the Soviet Union (56).

(56) OJ No L 45, 21. 2. 1990, p. 18.'

Article 6

Regulation (EEC) No 243/90 is hereby repealed.

Article 7

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 february 1990.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 February 1990.

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 61, 4. 3. 1989, p. 43.

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

(4) OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 23.

(5) OJ No L 268, 10. 10. 1985, p. 14.

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

(7) OJ No L 27, 31. 1. 1990, p. 34.

(8) OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 1.

(9) OJ No L 27, 31. 1. 1990, p. 8.

(1) OJ No L 99, 10. 4. 1981, p. 38.

ANNEX I

Repartition of the lot meant in the second subparagraph of article 1 (4)

1.2 // Cuts // Weight percentage // a) Striploins // 5,5 % // Insides // 9,1 // Outsides // 8,6 // Knuckles // 5,4 // Rumps // 5,8 // Cube-rolls // 2,6 // b) Briskets // 5,2 // Forequarters // 30,2 // Shins/shanks // 6,7 // Plates/Flanks // 20,9 // Total lot: // 100,0

ANEXO II - BILAG II - ANHANG II - PARARTIMA II - ANNEX II - ANNEXE II -

ALLEGATO II - BIJLAGE II - ANEXO II

1.2.3 // Psategora // A: // Psanales de animales xoenes sin psastrar de menos de dos a6)XT'nð, // AEdª'naeAE // : // AETAEºð H AETOEÞAEºð ÞAElL'nð lAEðdaeAEH'nð. // AEdª'naeOE // : // ®ºAEªdOEae'nkk AEi LTª OEOEOE OEAEðdaeaeH LAETHhae k LTHae d'n ae, // AEdª'naeOE // : // ®ºAEªdOEae'nkk AEi OEAEðdaeaeH LAETHhae. // AEdª'naeOE // : // ®lLºAElLdOEaekae l'nT LTªT ÞTTºOElLT TOElLd OEAEðdaeOEaedT ©OEaeT l'nT oeTOEªae AEºð 2 AELaeT, // AEdª'naeOE // : // ®lLºAElLdOEaekae l'nT ÞTTºOElLT OEAEðdaeOEaedT ©OEaeT. // AEdLª'nae¢OEAE // : // ®i¢AEªOEAE TAEae¢lT ÞL hT'nhijOEðÞ¢TlT AEaeae¢TlT IJ¢llT OE¢AEdl dlT H¢h'n d¢lT, // AEdLª'nae¢OEAE // C: // Sfágia evnoychisménon arrénon zóon. // Category // A: // Carcases of uncastrated young male animals of less than two years of age, // Category // C: // Carcases of castrated male animals. // Catégorie // A: // Carcasses de jeunes animaux mâles non castrés de moins de 2 ans, // Catégorie // C: // Carcasses d'animaux mâles castrés. // Categoria // A: // Carcasse di giovani animali maschi non castrati di età inferiore a 2 anni, // Categoria // C: // Carcasse di animali maschi castrati. // Categorie // A: // Geslachte niet-gecastreerde jonge mannelijke dieren van minder dan 2 jaar oud, // Categorie // C: // Geslachte gecastreerde mannelijke dieren. // Categoria // A: // Carcaças de jovens animais machos não castrados de menos de dois anos, // Categoria // C: // Carcaças de animais machos castrados.

Precio mínimo expresado en ecus por 100 kg - Mindstepriser i ECU/100 kg - Mindestpreise, ausgedrueckt in ECU/100 kg - Eláchistes timés políseos ekfrazómenes se Ecu aná 100 kg - Minimum prices expressed in ecus per 100 kg - Prix minimaux exprimés en écus par 100 kg - Prezzi minimi espressi in ECU per 100 kg - Minimumprijzen uitgedrukt in ecu per 100 kg - Preço mínimo expresso em ecus por 100 kg

1.2 // BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND // // - Vorderviertel, auf 8 Rippen geschnitten, stammend von: // // Kategorie A, Klassen U und R / Kategorie C, Klassen O und R // 180,00 // - Hinterviertel auf 5 Rippen geschnitten, stammend von: // // Kategorie A, Klassen U und R / Kategorie C, Klassen O und R // 180,00 // - Vorderviertel, auf 5 Rippen geschnitten, mit Duennung am Vorderviertel eingeschlossen, stammend von: // // Kategorie A, Klassen U und R / Kategorie C, Klassen O und R // 180,00 // - Hinterviertel auf 8 Rippen geschnitten (Pistola), ohne Duennung stammend von: // // Kategorie A, Klassen U und R / Kategorie C, Klassen O und R // 180,00 // IRELAND // // - Boned cuts from Category C, classes U, R and O // 185,00 (1)

(1) Precio mínimo por cada 100 kilogramos de producto de acuerde con la distribución contemplada en el Anexo I.

(1) Minimumpris pr. 100 kg produkt efter fordelingen i bilag I.

(1) Mindestpreis je 100 kg des Erzeugnisses gemaess der in Anhang I angegebenen Zusammensetzung.

(1) Eláchisti timí aná 100 chiliógramma proïóntos sýmfona me tin katanomí poy anaféretai sto parártima I.

(1) Minimum price per 100 kg of products made up according to the percentages referred to in Annex I.

(1) Prix minimum par 100 kg de produit selon la répartition visée à l'annexe I.

(1) Prezzo minimo per 100 kg di prodotto secondo la ripartizione indicata nell'allegato I.

(1) Minimumprijs per 100 kg produkt volgens de in bijlage I aangegeven verdeling.

(1) Preço mínimo por 100 kg de produto segundo a repartição indicada no anexo I.

ANEXO III - BILAG III - ANHANG III - PARARTIMA III - ANNEX III - ANNEXE III - ALLEGATO III - BIJLAGE III - ANEXO III

Direcciones de los organismos de intervención - Interventionsorganernes adresser - Anschriften der Interventionsstellen - Diefthýnseis ton organismón paremváseos - Addresses of the intervention agencies - Adresses des organismes d'intervention - Indirizzi degli organismi d'intervento - Adressen van de interventiebureaus - Endereços dos organismos de intervenção

1.2 // BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND: // Bundesanstalt fuer landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung (BALM) Refernt 313 - Adickesallee 40 // // D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 18 // // Telex 411 156 / 411 727 / 41 38 90 // // Tel. 0 69 / 15 64(0) 7 04 / 7 05, Telefax 069-I 564 776, Teletext 6 990 732 // IRELAND: // Department of Agriculture and Food // // Agriculture House // // Kildare Street // // Dublin 2 // // Tel. (01) 78 90 11, ext. 22 78 // // Telex 4280 and 5118