Commission Regulation (EC) No 255/1999 of 3 February 1999 on the sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for the production of minced meat
Date: 1999-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, beef, intervention agency, meat processing industry, meat product, sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 255/1999

of 3 February 1999

on the sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended
for the production of minced meat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

1.

The sale shall take place of:

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 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,

Whereas the application of
intervention measures in
respect of beef has created stocks in several Member
States; whereas, in order to prevent an excessive prolonga-
tion of storage, part of these stocks should be sold by
tender
in the
Community;

the production of minced meat

for

Whereas to ensure efficient management of the markets,
sales of intervention stocks should be extended to produ-
cers of minced meat approved in accordance with Article
8 of Council Directive 94/65/EC of 14 December 1994
laying down the requirements for the production and
placing on the market of minced meat and meat prepara-
tions (3);

Whereas the sale should be made subject to the rules laid
down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (4),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (5), in
particular Titles II and III thereof, subject
to certain
special exceptions on account of the particular use to
which the products in question are to be put;

Whereas, with a view to ensuring a regular and uniform
tendering procedure, measures should be taken in addi-
tion to those laid down in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2173/79;

Whereas provision should be made for derogations from
Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in view of
the administrative difficulties which application of this
point creates in the Member States concerned;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 368, 31. 12. 1994, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 251, 5. 10. 1979, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39.

— approximately 650 tonnes of boneless beef held by
the Irish intervention agency, brought into interven-
tion pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 between December 1997 and March 1998
inclusive,

— approximately 1 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by
the United Kingdom intervention agency, brought
into intervention pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68 between February 1998 and
December 1999 inclusive.

Detailed information concerning quantities is given in
Annex I.

2.
Subject to the provisions of this Regulation the prod-
ucts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sold in accordance
with Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in particular Titles II
and III thereof.

Article 2

1. Notwithstanding Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2173/79, the provisions of and Annexes to this
Regulation shall serve as a general notice of invitation to
tender.

The intervention agencies concerned shall draw up a
notice of invitation to tender which shall include the
following:

(a)

the quantities of beef offered for sale;

and

(b) the deadline and place for submitting tenders.

2.
the
Interested parties may obtain the details of
quantities available and the places where the products are
stored from the addresses listed in Annex II to this Regu-
lation. The intervention agencies
in addition,
display the notice referred to in paragraph 1 at their head
offices and may publish it in other ways.

shall,

3.
For each product mentioned in Annex I the inter-
vention agencies concerned shall sell first the meat which
has been stored the longest. However, with a view to
and after notifying the
better
Commission,
the Member States may designate only
certain cold stores or parts thereof for deliveries of meat
sold under this Regulation.

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4. Only tenders which reach the intervention agencies
concerned by 12 noon on 8 February 1999 shall be
considered.

5. Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2173/79, a tender shall be submitted to the intervention
agency concerned in a closed envelope, bearing the refer-
ence to the Regulation concerned. The closed envelope
shall not be opened by the intervention agency before the
expiry of the tender deadline referred to in paragraph 4.

6. Notwithstanding Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2173/79, tenders shall not indicate in which cold
store or stores the products are held.

Article 3

1. Member States shall provide the Commission with
information concerning the tenders received not
later
than the working day following the deadline set for the
submission of tenders.

2. After the tenders received have been examined a
minimum selling price shall be set for each product or
the sale will not proceed.

Article 4

1. A tender shall be valid only if presented by or on
behalf of an establishment approved in accordance with
Article 8(1) of Directive 94/65/EC as a producer of
minced meat or minced meat preparations. Member
States shall consult with each other where necessary for
the application of this paragraph.

2.

Tenders shall be accompanied by:

— a written undertaking by the tenderer to use all the
meat concerned for the production of minced meat as
defined by Article 2(2)(a) and (b) of Directive 94/
65/EC within three months of the date of conclusion
of the contract of sale with the intervention agency,

— details of the exact location of the establishment or
establishments of the tenderer in which the minced
meat is to be produced.

3.
The tenderers referred to in paragraph 1 may instruct
an agent in writing to take delivery, on their behalf, of the
products which they purchase. In this case the agent shall
submit the bids of the tenderers whom he represents with
the written instruction referred to above.

The purchasers and agents

referred to in the
4.
preceding paragraphs shall maintain and keep up to date
an accounting system which permits the destination and
use of the products to be ascertained with a view in
particular to ensuring that
the quantities of products
purchased and the quantities of minced meat produced
correspond. For the purposes of administrative supervi-
sion, where appropriate the intervention agency holding
competent
the products

concerned shall

send the

authority of the Member State in which the minced meat
is to be produced a certified copy of the sales contract.

Article 5

1.
The mincing of meat purchased under this Regula-
tion shall be carried out within three months of the date
of conclusion of the contract of sale.

2. Documentation to prove
compliance with the
requirement referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided
to the competent authority of the Member State in which
the minced meat is produced within five months of the
date of conclusion of the contract of sale.

Article 6

Member States shall set up a system of physical and
documentary supervision to ensure that all meat
is
minced in accordance with Article 5(1).

To this end, processors shall at any time be able to
demonstrate the identity and use of the meat through
appropriate production records.

Article 7

The security provided for in Article 15(1) of Regula-
1.
tion (EEC) No 2173/79 shall be EUR 12 per 100 kilo-
grams.

2. A security intended to cover the mincing of the
products shall be lodged with the competent authority of
the Member State in which the mincing is to take place,
prior to taking over the meat.

The amount shall be the difference in euros between the
tender price per tonne and EUR 2 700.

The mincing of all meat purchased shall constitute a
primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (1).

Article 8

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

(1) OJ L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 February 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANEXO I — BILAG I — ANHANG I — PAQAQTGLA I — ANNEX I — ANNEXE I —
ALLEGATO I — B(cid:246)LAGE I — ANEXO I — LIITE I — BILAGA I

Estado miembro

Medlemsstat

Mitgliedstaat

Jq(cid:145)tor l(cid:146)kor

Member State

(cid:144)tat membre

Stato membro

Lidstaat

Estado-membro

J(cid:132)senvaltio

Medlemsstat

Productos (1)

Produkter (1)

Erzeugnisse (1)

Pqo(cid:152)(cid:149)mta (1)

Products (1)

Produits (1)

Prodotti (1)

Producten (1)

Produtos (1)

Tuotteet (1)

Produkter (1)

Cantidad aproximada
(toneladas)
Tilnærmet mængde
(tons)
Ungef(cid:132)hre Mengen
(Tonnen)
Jat(cid:145) pqos(cid:146)ccisg pos(cid:149)tgta
(t(cid:149)moi)
Approximate quantity
(tonnes)
Quantit(cid:130) approximative
(tonnes)
Quantit(cid:133) approssimativa
(tonnellate)
Hoeveelheid bij benadering
(ton)
Quantidade aproximada
(toneladas)
Arvioitu m(cid:132)(cid:132)r(cid:132)
(tonneina)
Ungef(cid:132)rlig kvantitet
(ton)

Carne deshuesada — Udbenet kød — Fleisch ohne Knochen — Jq(cid:146)ata wyq(cid:148)r j(cid:149)jaka — Boneless
beef — Viande d(cid:130)soss(cid:130)e — Carni senza osso — Vlees zonder been — Carne desossada — Luuton
naudanliha — Benfritt k(cid:148)tt

IRELAND

— Intervention flank (INT 18)

— Intervention forequarter (INT 24)

UNITED KINGDOM — Intervention flank (INT 18)

— Intervention forequarter (INT 24)

400

250

500

500

(1) V(cid:130)anse los anexos V y VII del Reglamento (CEE) no 2456/93 de la Comisi(cid:155)n (DO L 225 de 4. 9. 1993, p. 4), cuya (cid:156)ltima

modificaci(cid:155)n la constituye el Reglamento (CE) no 2812/98 (DO L 349 de 24. 12. 1998, p. 47).

(1) Se bilag V og VII til Kommissionens forordning (EØF) nr. 2456/93 (EFT L 225 af 4. 9. 1993, s. 4), senest ændret ved

forordning (EF) nr. 2812/98 (EFT L 349 af 24. 12. 1998, s. 47).

(1) Vgl. Anh(cid:132)nge V und VII der Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 2456/93 der Kommission (ABl. L 225 vom 4. 9. 1993, S. 4), zuletzt

ge(cid:132)ndert durch die Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2812/98 (ABl. L 349 vom 24. 12. 1998, S. 47).

(1) Bk(cid:146)pe paqaqt(cid:147)lata V jai VII tou jamomislo(cid:151) (EOJ) aqih. 2456/93 tgr Epitqop(cid:147)r (EE L 225 tgr 4. 9. 1993, s. 4), (cid:149)pyr

tqopopoi(cid:147)hgje tekeuta(cid:148)a ap(cid:149) tom jamomisl(cid:149) (EJ) aqih. 2812/98 (EE L 349 tgr 24. 12. 1998, s. 47).

(1) See Annexes V and VII to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 (OJ L 225, 4.9.1993, p. 4), as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 2812/98 (OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 47).

(1) Voir annexes V et VII du r(cid:138)glement (CEE) no 2456/93 de la Commission (JO L 225 du 4. 9. 1993, p. 4). R(cid:138)glement modifi(cid:130)

en dernier lieu par le r(cid:138)glement (CE) no 2812/98 (JO L 349 du 24. 12. 1998, p. 47).

(1) Cfr. allegati V e VII del regolamento (CEE) n. 2456/93 della Commissione (GU L 225 del 4. 9. 1993, pag. 4), modificato da

ultimo dal regolamento (CE) n. 2812/98 (GU L 349 del 24. 12. 1998, pag. 47).

(1) Zie de b¶lagen V en VII van Verordening (EEG) nr. 2456/93 van de Commissie (PB L 225 van 4. 9. 1993, blz. 4), laatstelijk

gewijzigd bij Verordening (EG) nr. 2812/98 (PB L 349 van 24. 12. 1998, blz. 47).

(1) Ver anexos V e VII do Regulamento (CEE) nº 2456/93 da Comiss(cid:209)o (JO L 225 de 4. 9. 1993, p. 4). Regulamento com a

(cid:156)ltima redac(cid:135)(cid:209)o que lhe foi dada pelo Regulamento (CE) nº 2812/98 (JO L 349 de 24. 12. 1998, p. 47).

(1) Katso komission asetuksen (ETY) N:o 2456/93 (EYVL L 225, 4.9.1993, s. 4), sellaisena kuin se on viimeksi muutettuna

asetuksella (EY) N:o 2812/98 (EYVL L 349, 24.12.1998, s. 47) liitteet V ja VII.

(1) Se bilaga V och VII i f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 2456/93 (EGT L 225, 4.9.1993, s. 4), senast (cid:132)ndrad genom f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr

2812/98 (EGT L 349, 24.12.1998, s. 47).

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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — PAQAQTGLA II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II —
ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II — ANEXO II — LIITE II — BILAGA II

Direcciones de los organismos de intervenci(cid:155)n — Interventionsorganernes adresser —
Anschriften der Interventionsstellen — Dieuh(cid:151)mseir tym oqcamisl(cid:150)m paqelb(cid:145)seyr — Addresses
of
the intervention agencies — Adresses des organismes d’intervention — Indirizzi degli
organismi d’intervento — Adressen van de interventiebureaus — Endere(cid:135)os dos organismos de
interven(cid:135)(cid:209)o — Interventioelinten osoitteet — Interventionsorganens adresser

IRELAND

Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Agriculture House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel.
(01) 678 90 11, ext. 2278 and 3806;
telex 93292 and 93607, telefax (01) 661 62 63,

UNITED KINGDOM

Intervention Board Executive Agency
Kings House
33, Kings Road
Reading RG1 3BU
Berkshire
United Kingdom
Tel.
(01 189) 58 36 26
Fax (01 189) 56 67 50

(01) 678 52 14 and (01) 662 01 98