COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 359/98 of 13 February 1998 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 197th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
Date: 1998-02-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, beef, carcase, intervention buying, maximum price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 359/98

of 13 February 1998

fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
under the 197th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

the maximum buying-in price and the quantities which
may be accepted into intervention for category C;

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 2634/97 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/
68 as regards the general and special intervention meas-
ures for beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2602/97 (4), an invitation to tender was opened pursuant
to Article 1 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying in of beef by
invitation to tender (5), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 72/98 (6);

in the light of

invitation to tender

Whereas, in accordance with Article 13 (1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be
fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each
partial
tenders
received; whereas, in accordance with Article 13 (2) of
that Regulation, a decision may be taken not to proceed
with the tendering procedure; whereas,
in accordance
with Article 14 of that Regulation, only tenders quoting
prices not exceeding the maximum buying-in price and
not exceeding the average national or regional market
price, plus the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of that
Article, are to be accepted;

Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 197th
partial
invitation to tender have been considered and
taking account, pursuant to Article 6 (1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh-
terings and prices, it has been decided not to proceed
with the tendering procedure for category A and to fix

Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the
quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing
coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the
differences in prices and the quantities tendered for,
several
should accordingly be
applied to the quantities which may be bought in in
accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
2456/93;

reducing coefficients

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

Under the 197th partial
pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89:

invitation to tender opened

(a)

for category A, it has been decided not to proceed
with the tendering procedure;

(b) for category C:

(cid:190) the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 251,4
per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality
R3,

(cid:190) the maximum quantity of carcases and half-

carcases accepted shall be 1 225 tonnes,

(cid:190) the quantities offered at a price less than or equal
to ECU 251,4 shall be multiplied by a coefficient
of 30 %,
in accordance with Article 13 (3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93.

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 20.
(5) OJ L 159, 10. 6. 1989, p. 36.
(6) OJ L 6, 10. 1. 1998, p. 24.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 February 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission