No L56/20 Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities 27.2.74
REGULATION (EEC )No 472/74OFTHE COMMISSION
of26February 1974
onaninvitation totender forthesale forexport ofhindquarters ofbeef and veal
held bytheIrish intervention agency
release from storage andexport ;therefore inthiscase
theintervention agencies areallowed totake theneces­
sary measures ;
Whereas themeasures provided forinthisRegulation
areinaccordance with theOpinion oftheManage­
ment Committee forBeef and Veal ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Hindquarters ofbeef and veal bought-in bytheIrish
intervention agency under Article 6(1)ofRegulation
(EEC )No805/68,shall besold .
Article 2THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ;
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No
805/68(J)of27June 1968 onthecommon organiza­
tion ofthemarket inbeef and veal ,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC )No187/73(2),and inparticular
Article 7(3)thereof ;
Whereas thepossibility ofpermanent intervention has
ledtothebuild-up ofcertain stocks particularly in
Ireland ;itistherefore necessary toarrange forthe
sale ofthese stocks inorder tofree thecold stores ;
Whereas inthepresent market situation which ischar­
acterized byrelatively low and unstable prices ,itis
not desirable todistribute the meat onthe Commu­
nity market ,therefore itisnecessary tolink thesaleto
anobligation toexport thegoods ;
Whereas under these conditions the release from
storage canbemade according toArticle 1(2)(a)of
Council Regulation (EEC )No98/69(3)of16January
1969 ,laying down general rules forthedisposal of
frozen beef and veal bought-in bytheintervention
agencies ;
Whereas forthispurpose itappears necessary tomake
arrangement forsale bytender inorder toallow the
release from storage inthemost economical condi­
tions aslaid down inCommission Regulation (EEC )
No216/69(4)of4February 1969 ondetailed rules for
thedisposal offrozen beef and veal bought-in bythe
intervention agencies ;whereas there iscause tomake
provision ,inthese circumstances ,foradeposit ofan
amount covering ,besides theamount fixed inArticle
10ofRegulation (EEC )No216/69,therefund appli­
cable tothemeat inquestion ,inorder toensure its
export ;
Whereas ,however ,force majeure asdefined bythe
Court ofJustice ofthe European Communities in
cases 4-68 (5)and 11-70(6)may occur during theThe sale shall take place bytendering procedure as
provided forbyRegulation (EEC )No216/69,and in
particular Articles 6to14thereof ,andbythisRegula­
tion .
Article 3
Atender shall notbevalid unless accompanied bya
written statement inwhich thetenderer undertakes to
take outandtoexport themeat within eight weeks of
thedayonwhich heisinformed that histender has
been accepted .
Article 4
1.Bywayofderogation from Article 10(1)ofRegu­
lation (EEC )No216/69,thedeposit shall be52units
ofaccount per 100kgoftheproduct . 
2.Inaddition tothecircumstances specified in
Article 14(2)ofRegulation (EEC )No 216/69,the
deposit shall beforfeit inrespect ofanyquantities of
meat inrespect ofwhich thesuccessful tenderer does
notprovide proof ofimportation into athird country .
3.Proof ofimportation into athird country shall
beprovided inthesame way asforthepurposes of
export refunds .(')OJNo L148 ,28.6.1968 ,p.24.
(2)OJNo L25,30.1.1973 ,p.23.
P)OJNo L14,21.1.1969 ,p.2.
(4)OJNo L28,5.2.1969 ,p.10.
(5)Case-book 1968 ,549 .
(6)Case-book 1970 ,1125 .

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Article 5 The intervention agencies shall inform theCommis­
sion ofeach case offorce majeure andofthemeasures
taken inrespect ofit.No refund shall begranted inrespect ofmeat
exported pursuant tothisRegulation .
Article 6Article 7
Incase offorce majeure ,theintervention agencies
shall adopt themeasures which appear warranted by
the circumstances invoked .This Regulation shall enter into force on4March
1974 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels ,26February 1974 .
For the Commission
The President
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI