Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/1999 of 19 February 1999 on a sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing within the Community and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2759/98
Date: 1999-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, beef, intervention agency, meat processing industry, sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 384/1999

of 19 February 1999

on a sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for
processing within the Community and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2759/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, which are
based on physical inspection of quantities and qualities;

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,

Whereas the application of
intervention measures in
respect of beef has resulted in a build up of stocks in
to prevent
several Member States; whereas,
storage being prolonged excessively, part of these stocks
should be put up for sale by tender for processing in the
Community;

in order

Whereas the sale should be made subject to the rules laid
down by Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2173/79 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (4), (EEC)
No 3002/92 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
770/96 (6), and (EEC) No 2182/77 (7), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2417/95, subject to certain special
exceptions on account of the particular use to which the
products in question are to be put;

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
this point is creating in the Member States concerned;

Whereas,
in order to ensure that stocks are managed
economically, the intervention agencies should sell first
beef that has been in storage the longest time;

Whereas, in order to ensure optimum monitoring of the
from intervention stocks, control
destination of beef
measures should be adopted, in addition to the measures

(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.
(7) OJ L 251, 1. 10. 1997, p. 60.

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2759/98 (8), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 154/1999 (9), 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:

Article 1

The following approximate quantities of interven-

1.
tion products shall be put up for sale:

— 2 000 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the French

intervention agency,

— 1 500 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the German

intervention agency,

— 1 380 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the Danish

intervention agency,

— 2 000 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the Italian

intervention agency,

— 811 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the Austrian

intervention agency,

— 234 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the Nether-

lands intervention agency,

— 1 000 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the Spanish

intervention agency,

— 388 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the Irish inter-

vention agency,

— 5 500 tonnes of boned beef held by the United

Kingdom intervention agency,

— 5 500 tonnes of boned beef held by the Irish interven-

tion agency,

— 1 350 tonnes of boned beef held by the French inter-

vention agency,

(8) OJ L 345, 15. 12. 1998, p. 41.
(9) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 16.

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— 30 tonnes of boned beef held by the Spanish interven-

Article 3

tion agency,

— 273 tonnes of boned beef held by the Danish inter-

vention agency.

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

Detailed information concerning the beef
Annex I.

is given in

2.
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 Regulations (EEC) No 2182/77 and (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 for each sale, setting out in
particular:

(a) the quantities of beef put up for sale; and

(b) 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 Annex II. The
intervention agencies
in addition, display the
notices referred to in paragraph 1 at their head offices and
may also publish them in other ways.

shall,

The intervention agencies shall sell

3.
first beef as
referred to in Annex I which has been in storage the
longest time.

4. Only tenders reaching the intervention agencies by
12 noon on 23 February 1999 shall be considered.

5. Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2173/79, tenders must be submitted to the interven-
tion 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.

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

Following scrutiny of

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

Article 4

1.
Tenders shall be valid only if presented by or on
behalf of a natural or legal person who, during the 12
months preceding the entry into force of this Regulation,
has been engaged in the manufacture of processed prod-
ucts containing beef and who is entered in a national
VAT register. In addition, tenders shall be presented by or
on behalf of a processing establishment approved in
accordance with Article 8 of Council Directive 77/
99/EEC (1).

2. Notwithstanding Article 3(1) and (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2182/77, tenders shall be accompanied by:

— a written undertaking by the tenderer to process the
meat into the products specified in Article 5 within
the period referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2182/77,

— precise details of the establishment or establishments
where the meat which has been purchased is to be
processed.

Tenderers as referred to in paragraph 1 may instruct
3.
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
together with the written instruction referred to above.

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

The purchasers and agents

5.
referred to in the
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 manufactured tally.

Article 5

1. Meat purchased in accordance with this Regulation
shall be processed into products which comply with the
definition of ‘A' products set out in paragraph 2.

(1) OJ L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 85.

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An ‘A' product means a processed product falling
2.
within CN codes 1602 10, 1602 50 31, 1602 50 39 or
1602 50 80, not containing meat other
than that of
animals of the bovine species, with a collagen/protein
ratio of no more than 0,45 % (1) and containing by weight
at least 20 % (2) of lean meat excluding offal (3) and fat,
with meat and jelly accounting for at least 85 % of the
total net weight.

The product must be subjected to a heat treatment suffi-
cient to ensure the coagulation of meat proteins in the
whole of the product, which may not show any traces of a
pinkish liquid on the cut surface when the product is cut
along a line passing through its thickest part.

Article 6

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

the start of
and after

The system must include physical checks of quantity and
the processing, during the
quality at
operation is
processing
completed. To this end, processors must at any time be
able to demonstrate the identity and use of the meat
through appropriate production records.

the processing

Technical verification of the production method by the
competent authority may, to the extent necessary, make
allowance for drip losses and trimmings.

In order to verify the quality of the finished product and
establish its conformity with the processor’s
recipe
Member States shall undertake representative sampling
and analysis of the product. The costs of such operations
shall be borne by the processor concerned.

2. Member States may, at the request of the processor,
authorise the boning of forequarters and hindquarters in
an establishment other than that provided for in respect
of processing provided the relevant operations take place
in the same Member State under appropriate supervision.

Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77 shall not

3.
apply.

(1) Determination of collagen content: the collagen content shall
be taken to mean the hydroxyproline content multiplied by
the factor 8. The hydroxyproline content shall be determined
in accordance with ISO method 3496-1978.

(2) The lean bovine meat content, excluding fat, shall be deter-
mined in accordance with the procedure described in the
Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2429/86 (OJ L
210, 1. 8. 1986, p. 39).

(3) Offal

includes heads and cuts thereof

feet,
tails, hearts, udders, livers, kidneys, sweetbreads (thymus gland
with pancreas), brains,
spleens,
tongues, caul, spinal cords, edible skin, reproductive organs
(uteri, ovaries, testes), thyroid glands, pituitary glands.

(including ears),

thick skirts,

throats,

lungs,

Article 7

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

The security provided for in Article 4(1) of Regula-

2.
tion (EEC) No 2182/77 shall be equal to:

— the difference in euro between the price tendered per
tonne and EUR 1 300 for bone-in forequarters,

— the difference in euro between the price tendered per
tonne and EUR 2 000 for bone-in hindquarters,

— the difference in euro between the price tendered per

tonne and EUR 2 500 for boned beef.

3. Notwithstanding Article 5(3) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2182/77, the processing of all beef purchased into
finished products as referred to in Article 5 shall consti-
tute a principal requirement.

Article 8

Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/
77, in addition to the entries provided for in Regulation
(EEC) No 3002/92:

— Box 104 of T 5 control copies shall contain one or

more of the following:

— Para transformaci(cid:155)n [Reglamentos (CEE) no 2182/

77 y (CE) no 384/1999]

— Til forarbejdning (forordning (EØF) nr. 2182/77

og (EF) nr. 384/1999)

— Zur Verarbeitung bestimmt (Verordnungen (EWG)

Nr. 2182/77 und (EG) Nr. 384/1999)

— Cia letapo(cid:148)gsg [jamomislo(cid:148) (EOJ) aqih. 2182/77

jai (EJ) aqih. 384/1999]

— For processing (Regulations (EEC) No 2182/77

and (EC) No 384/1999)

— Destin(cid:130)s (cid:133) la transformation [r(cid:138)glements (CEE)

no 2182/77 et (CE) no 384/1999]

— Destinate alla trasformazione [Regolamenti (CEE)

n. 2182/77 e (CE) n. 384/1999]

— Bestemd om te worden verwerkt (Verordeningen

(EEG) nr. 2182/77 en (EG) nr. 384/1999)

— Para

transforma(cid:135)(cid:209)o

[Regulamentos

(CEE)

nº 2182/77 e (CE) nº 384/1999]

— Jalostettavaksi

(Asetukset (ETY) N:o 2182/77 ja

(EY) N:o 384/1999)

— F(cid:148)r

bearbetning

(F(cid:148)rordningarna

(EEG)

nr 2182/77 och (EG) nr 384/1999),

— Box 106 of T 5 control copies shall contain the date of

conclusion of the contract of sale.

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Regulation (EC) No 2759/98 is hereby repealed.

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 February 1999.

Article 10

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

Done at Brussels, 19 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)

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

FRANCE

— Quartiers avant

— Quartiers arri(cid:138)re

DEUTSCHLAND

— Vorderviertel

DANMARK

ITALIA

— Hinterviertel

— Forfjerdinger

— Bagfjerdinger

— Quarti anteriori

— Quarti posteriori

(cid:153)STERREICH

— Vorderviertel

— Hinterviertel

NEDERLAND

— Voorvoeten

— Achtervoeten

ESPA(cid:158)A

— Cuartos delanteros

— Cuartos traseros

IRELAND

— Forequarters

1 000

1 000

500

1 000

880

500

1 000

1 000

311

500

34

200

500

500

388

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

FRANCE

— Jarret arri(cid:138)re d’intervention (INT 11)

— Avant d’intervention (INT 24)

— Flanchet d’intervention (INT 18)

— Jarret avant d’intervention (INT 21)

— (cid:144)paule d’intervention (INT 22)

77

129

500

100

544

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UNITED
KINGDOM

— Intervention shank (INT 11)

— Intervention thick flank (INT 12)

— Intervention topside (INT 13)

— Intervention silverside (INT 14)

— Intervention rump (INT 16)

— Intervention flank (INT 18)

— Intervention forerib (INT 19)

— Intervention shin (INT 21)

— Intervention shoulder (INT 22)

— Intervention brisket (INT 23)

— Intervention forequarter (INT 24)

IRELAND

— Intervention shank (INT 11)

— Intervention flank (INT 18)

— Intervention shin (INT 21)

— Intervention shoulder (INT 22)

— Intervention brisket (INT 23)

— Intervention forequarter (INT 24)

— Intervention thick flank (INT 12)

— Intervention topside (INT 13)

— Intervention silverside (INT 14)

— Intervention rump (INT 16)

— Intervention forerib (INT 19)

ESPA(cid:158)A

— Palda (INT 18)

DANMARK

— Interventionsbryst (INT 23)

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

500

30

273

(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. allegato 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 bilagorna V och VII i kommissionens 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

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

DANMARK

Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri
EU-direktoratet
Kampmannsgade 3
DK-1780 København V
Tlf.

(45) 33 92 70 00; telex 151317 DK; fax (45) 33 92 69 48,

(45) 33 92 69 23

ESPA(cid:158)A

FEGA (Fondo Espa(cid:157)ol de Garant(cid:146)a Agraria)
Beneficencia, 8
E-28005 Madrid
Tel.:
(34)
915 21 98 32 / 915 22 43 87

913 47 65 00 / 913 47 63 10;

t(cid:130)lex:

FEGA 23427

E / FEGA 41818

E;

fax:

(34)

ITALIA

AIMA (Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo)
Via Palestro, 81
I-00185 Roma
Tel. 49 49 91; telex 61 30 03; telefax: 445 39 40/445 19 58

NEDERLAND

Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij, Voedselvoorzieningsin- en verkoopbureau
p/a LASER, Zuidoost
Slachthuisstraat 71
Postbus 965
6040 AZ Roermond
Tel.

(31-475) 35 54 44; telex: 56396 VIBNL; fax (31-475) 31 89 39

(cid:153)STERREICH

AMA-Agrarmarkt Austria
Dresdner Straße 70
A-1201 Wien
Tel.:

(431) 33 15 12 20; Telefax:

(431) 33 15 1297

UNITED KINGDOM

Intervention Board Executive Agency
Kings House
33 Kings Road
Reading RG1 3BU
Berkshire
United Kingdom
Tel.
(01189) 58 36 26
Fax (01189) 56 67 50

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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
Dublin 2
Ireland
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