Commission Regulation (EC) No 359/1999 of 17 February 1999 on a sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies for export and repealing Regulations (EC) Nos 2145/98 and 2161/98
Date: 1999-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, beef, export, intervention agency, sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 359/1999

of 17 February 1999

on a sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies for export and
repealing Regulations (EC) Nos 2145/98 and 2161/98

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

intervention measures in
Whereas the application of
respect of beef has resulted in a build-up of stocks in
several Member States; whereas outlets for those products
exist
in order to
prevent storage being prolonged excessively, part of those
stocks should be put up for sale by tender for export to
those countries;

in certain third countries; whereas,

in by intervention agencies (3), as

Whereas the sale should be conducted in accordance with
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 of 4 October
1979 on detailed rules of application for the disposal of
last
beef bought
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (4), and in
particular Titles II and III thereof, and Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 of 16 October 1992 laying
down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or
last
destination of products
amended by Regulation (EC) No 770/96 (6), subject to
certain special exceptions on account of the particular use
to which the products in question are to be put;

from intervention (5), as

Whereas, for practical reasons, export refunds will not be
granted on beef sold under this Regulation; whereas,
however, successful tenderers will be required to apply for
export licences for the quantity awarded, in accordance
with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26
June 1995 on rules of application for import and export
licences in the beef and veal sector (7), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2648/98 (8);

Whereas, in order to ensure that the beef sold is exported
to the eligible third countries, provision should be made
for a security to be lodged before the goods are taken over
and the primary requirements should be determined;

Whereas products from intervention stocks may in certain
cases have undergone
several handling operations;
whereas,
to help ensure satisfactory presentation and
marketing, the repackaging of the products should be
authorised in certain circumstances;

Whereas Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 2145/98 (9)
and 2161/98 (10) 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:

Whereas, in order to ensure that the sales by tender are
conducted properly and uniformly, measures in addition
to those provided for in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2173/79 should be adopted;

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 the application of
that point is creating in the Member States concerned;

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 251, 5. 10. 1979, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39.
(5) OJ L 301, 17. 10. 1992, p. 17.
(6) OJ L 104, 27. 4. 1996, p. 13.

Article 1

The following approximate quantities of intervention
1.
products bought in pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68 shall be put up for sale:

— 5 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German

intervention agency,

— 5 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French

intervention agency,

(7) OJ L 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 35.
(8) OJ L 335, 10. 12. 1998, p. 39.
(9) OJ L 270, 7. 10. 1998, p. 39.
(10) OJ L 271, 8. 10. 1998, p. 24.

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— 5 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish

intervention agency,

— 4 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish inter-

vention agency.

The submission of an application for an export licence as
referred to in Article 4(2) shall constitute a primary
requirement in addition to the requirements laid down in
Article 15(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79.

2.
The beef shall be exported to the zones ‘02' to ‘09'
destinations listed in Annex II to Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2697/98 (1).

3.
Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale
shall be conducted in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
No 2173/79, and in particular Titles II and III thereof,
and Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92.

Article 2

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

The intervention agencies concerned shall draw up
notices of invitation to tender setting out in particular:

— the quantities of beef put up for sale, and

— the deadline and place for the submission of tenders.

2.
Particulars of the quantities and the places where the
products are stored may be obtained by the parties
concerned at the addresses set out in the Annex II. The
in addition, display the
intervention agencies
notices referred to in paragraph 1 at their head offices and
may also publish them in other ways.

shall,

The intervention agencies concerned shall sell first
3.
meat which has been in storage for the longest time.

4. Only tenders reaching the intervention agencies
concerned by 12 noon on 22 February 1999 shall be
considered.

Tenders shall be valid only if

5.
minimum of 15 tonnes.

they relate to a

6. Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2173/79, tenders must be submitted to the intervention
agency concerned in sealed envelopes bearing a reference
to this Regulation. The sealed envelopes must not be
opened by the intervention agency before the deadline for
submission as referred to in paragraph 4 has expired.

7. Notwithstanding Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2173/79, tenders shall not specify the store or stores
where the products are held.

8. Notwithstanding Article 15(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2173/79, the security shall be EUR 12 per 100 kilo-
grams.

Article 3

1. Not later than the day following the closing date for
the submission of tenders, the Member States shall send
the Commission details of tenders received.

Following scrutiny of

the tenders, a minimum
2.
selling price per product shall be set or no award shall be
made.

Article 4

1.
The intervention agency shall send each tenderer the
information referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2173/79 by fax.

2. Within five working days of the date on which the
information as referred to in paragraph 1 is forwarded, the
successful tenderers shall apply for one or more export
licences as referred to in the first indent of Article 8(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 in respect of the quantity
awarded. Applications shall be accompanied by the fax as
referred to in paragraph 1 and shall contain in box 7 the
name of one of the zones ‘02' to ‘09' countries referred to
in Article 1(2). In addition, one of the following shall be
entered in box 20 of applications:

— Productos de intervenci(cid:155)n sin restituci(cid:155)n [Reglamento

(CE) no 359/1999]

— Interventionsvarer uden restitution [Forordning (EF)

nr. 359/1999]

— Interventionserzeugnisse ohne Erstattung [Verordnung

(EG) Nr. 359/1999]

— Pqo(cid:152)(cid:149)mta paq(cid:146)lbasgr wyq(cid:148)r epistqov(cid:147) [jamomisl(cid:149)r

(EJ) aqih. 359/1999]

— Intervention products without refund [Regulation (EC)

No 359/1999]

— Produits d’intervention sans

restitution [r(cid:138)glement

(CE) no 359/1999]

— Prodotti d’intervento senza restituzione [Regolamento

(CE) n. 359/1999]

— Producten uit interventievoorraden zonder restitutie

[Verordening (EG) nr. 359/1999]

— Produtos de interven(cid:135)(cid:209)o sem restitui(cid:135)(cid:209)o [Regulamento

(CE) nº 359/1999]

— Interventiotuotteita – ei vientitukea [Asetus (EY) N:o

359/1999]

— Interventionsprodukt utan exportbidrag [F(cid:148)rordning

(1) OJ L 338, 15. 12. 1998, p. 20.

(EG) nr 359/1999].

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Article 5

Article 8

1. Notwithstanding Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2173/79,
the delivery period shall run for three
months from the date of the notification as referred to in
Article 4(1) of this Regulation.

2. Notwithstanding the first indent of Article 8(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1445/95, export licences applied for
in accordance with Article 4(2) of this Regulation shall be
valid for 90 days.

Article 6

1. A security shall be lodged by the buyer before the
goods are taken over to ensure they are exported to the
third countries referred to in Article 1(2). Import into one
of those countries shall constitute a primary requirement
within the meaning of Article 20 of Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2220/85 (1).

The security referred to in paragraph 1 shall be, per

2.
tonne:

— the difference between the tender price per tonne and

EUR 2 000 for bone-in hindquarters,

— the difference between the tender price per tonne and

EUR 1 300 for bone-in forequarters,

— the difference between the tender price per tonne and
EUR 3 200 for boneless meat falling within codes
INT 12 to INT 16 and code INT 19,

— the difference between the tender price and EUR

1 800 for other boneless meat.

No export refund shall be granted on meat sold under
this Regulation.

Removal orders as referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3002/92, export declarations and, where
appropriate, T5 control copies shall contain one of the
following entries:

— Productos de intervenci(cid:155)n sin restituci(cid:155)n [Reglamento

(CE) no 359/1999]

— Interventionsvarer uden restitution [Forordning (EF)

nr. 359/1999]

— Interventionserzeugnisse ohne Erstattung [Verordnung

(EG) Nr. 359/1999]

— Pqo(cid:152)(cid:149)mta paq(cid:146)lbasgr wyq(cid:148)r epistqov(cid:147) [jamomisl(cid:149)r

(EJ) aqih. 359/1999]

— Intervention products without refund (Regulation (EC)

No 359/1999)

— Produits d’intervention sans

restitution [r(cid:138)glement

(CE) no 359/1999]

— Prodotti d’intervento senza restituzione [Regolamento

(CE) n. 359/1999]

— Producten uit interventievoorraden zonder restitutie

[Verordening (EG) nr. 359/1999]

— Produtos de interven(cid:135)(cid:209)o sem restitui(cid:135)(cid:209)o [Regulamento

(CE) nº 359/1999]

— Interventiotuotteita – ei vientitukea [Asetus (EY) N:o

359/1999]

— Interventionsprodukt utan exportbidrag [F(cid:148)rordning

(EG) nr 359/1999].

Article 9

Article 7

Regulations (EC) No 2145/98 and (EC) No 2161/98 are
hereby repealed.

The competent authorities may permit intervention prod-
ucts with torn or soiled packaging to be put up in new
packaging of the same type, under their supervision and
before being presented for dispatch at the customs office
of departure.

Article 10

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

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

Done at Brussels, 17 February 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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

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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)

a) Carne con hueso — Kød, ikke udbenet — Fleisch mit Knochen — Jq(cid:146)ata le j(cid:149)jaka — Bone-in
beef — Viande avec os — Carni non disossate — Vlees met been — Carne com osso —
Luullinen naudanliha — K(cid:148)tt med ben

DEUTSCHLAND

— Vorderviertel

— Hinterviertel

ESPA(cid:158)A

— Cuartos delanteros

— Cuartos traseros

FRANCE

— Quartiers avant

— Quartiers arri(cid:138)re

2 500

2 500

2 500

2 500

2 500

2 500

b) 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

— shank (code INT 11)

— thick flank (code INT 12)

— topside (code INT 13)

— silverside (code INT 14)

— rump (code INT 16)

— flank (code INT 18)

— fore rib (code INT 19)

— shin (code INT 21)

— shoulder (code INT 22)

— brisket (code INT 23)

— forequarter (code INT 24)

500

200

200

200

200

500

500

500

500

500

500

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(1) V(cid:130)anse los anexos V y VII del Reglamento (CEE) no 2453/93 (DO L 225 de 4. 9. 1993, p. 4), cuya (cid:156)ltima modificaci(cid:155)n la

constituye el Reglamento (CE) no 2368/96 (DO L 323 de 13. 12. 1996, p. 6).

(1) Se bilag V og VII til forordning (EØF) nr. 2453/93 (EFT L 225 af 4. 9. 1993, s. 4), senest ændret ved forordning (EF) nr.

2368/96 (EFT L 323 af 13. 12. 1996, s. 6).

(1) Vgl. Anh(cid:132)nge V und VII der Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 2453/93 (ABl. L 225 vom 4. 9. 1993, S. 4), zuletzt ge(cid:132)ndert durch die

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2368/96 (ABl. L 323 vom 13. 12. 1996, S. 6).

(1) Bk(cid:146)pe paqaqt(cid:147)lata V jai VII tou jamomislo(cid:151) (EOJ) aqih. 2453/93 (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. 2368/96 (EE L 323 tgr 13. 12. 1996, s. 6).

(1) See Annexes V and VII to Regulation (EEC) No 2453/93 (OJ L 225, 4.9.1993, p. 4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No

2368/96 (OJ L 323, 13.12.1996, p. 6).

(1) Voir annexes V et VII du r(cid:138)glement (CEE) no 2453/93 (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 2368/96 (JO L 323 du 13 12. 1996, p. 6).

(1) Cfr. allegato V e VII del regolamento (CEE) n. 2453/93 (GU L 225 del 4. 9. 1993, pag. 4), modificato da ultimo dal

regolamento (CE) n. 2368/96 (GU L 323 del 13 12. 1996, pag. 6).

(1) Zie de b¶lagen V en VII van Verordening (EEG) nr. 2453/93 (PB L 225 van 4. 9. 1993, blz. 4), laatstelijk gewijzigd bij

Verordening (EG) nr. 2368/96 (PB L 323 van 13. 12. 1996, blz. 6).

(1) Ver anexos V e VII do Regulamento (CEE) nº 2453/93 (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 2368/96 (JO L 323 de 13. 12. 1996, p. 6).

(1) Katso asetuksen (ETY) N:o 2453/93 (EYVL L 225, 4.9.1993, s. 4), sellaisena kuin se on viimeksi muutettuna asetuksella (EY)

N:o 2368/96 (EYVL L 323, 13.12.1996, s. 6) liitteet V ja VII.

(1) Se bilaga V och VII i f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 2453/93 (EGT L 225, 4.9.1993, s. 4), senast (cid:132)ndrad genom f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr

2368/96 (EGT L 323, 13.12.1996, s. 6).

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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — PAPAPTHMA 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

BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND

Bundesanstalt f(cid:129)r Landwirtschaft und Ern(cid:132)hrung (BLE)
Postfach 180203, D-60083 Frankfurt am Main
Adickesallee 40
D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.:

(49) 69 1564-704/772; Telex: 411727; Telefax:

(49) 69 15 64-790/791

ESPA(cid:158)A

FEGA (Fondo Espa(cid:157)ol de Garant(cid:146)a Agraria)
Beneficencia, 8
E-28005 Madrid
Tel.: (34) 913 47 65 00, 913 47 63 10; t(cid:130)lex: FEGA 23427 E, FEGA 41818 E; fax: (34) 915 21 98 32,
522 43 87

FRANCE

Ofival
80, avenue des Terroirs-de-France
F-75607 Paris Cedex 12
T(cid:130)l(cid:130)phone:

(33 1) 44 68 50 00; t(cid:130)lex: 215330; t(cid:130)l(cid:130)copieur:

(33 1) 44 68 52 33

IRELAND

Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Agriculture House
Kildare Street
IRL-Dublin 2
Tel.
Telex 93292 and 93607, telefax (01) 661 62 63,

(01) 678 90 11, ext. 2278 and 3806

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