Commission Regulation (EC) No 978/98 of 8 May 1998 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 202nd partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
Date: 1998-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, beef, intervention buying, maximum price, purchase price, quantitative restriction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 978/98

of 8 May 1998

fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
under the 202nd partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

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 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 896/
98 (6);

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
invitation to tender in the light of
tenders received;
whereas, in accordance with Article 13(2) of that Regula-
tion, 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 202nd
invitation to tender have been considered and
partial
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 slaughter-
ings and prices, it has been decided not to proceed with
the tendering procedure for category A and to fix the
maximum buying-in price and the quantities which may
be accepted into intervention for category C;

ences in prices and the quantities tendered for, several
reducing coefficients should accordingly be applied to the
quantities which may be bought in in accordance with
Article 13(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93;

Whereas the scale of the quantities awarded warrants the
application of the possibility provided for in Article 16(2)
of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 of extending the period
during which the intervention products are to be deliv-
ered;

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 202nd 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 249
per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality
R3,

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

carcases accepted shall be 978 tonnes,

(cid:190) the quantities offered at a price less than or equal
to ECU 249 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
10 %, in accordance with Article 13(3) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2456/93.

Article 2

Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the
quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing
coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the differ-

The first sentence of Article 16(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
2456/93 notwithstanding, the time limit for delivery to
intervention stores is extended by one week.

(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 126, 28. 4. 1998, p. 20.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 May 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission