Commission Regulation (EC) No 822/1999 of 20 April 1999 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to its processing in the Community for food-aid purposes
Date: 1999-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, food aid, intervention agency, meat processing industry, price fixed in advance, sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 822/1999

of 20 April 1999

on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention
agencies, with a view to its processing in the Community for food-aid purposes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, 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 introduction of
intervention in beef has
resulted in a build-up of stocks in several Member States;
whereas,
in order to prevent storage being prolonged
these stocks should be sold for
excessively, part of
processing in the Community with a view to being taken
over by approved charity organisations for the purposes of
food aid;

Whereas this sale should be subject to the rules laid down
in 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 2417/95, subject to certain special excep-
tions on account of the particular use to which the prod-
ucts in question are to be put;

Whereas, in order to ensure regular and continuous sales,
Title I of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in particular,
should be applied;

Whereas, to ensure economic management of stocks, the
intervention agencies should give priority to selling the
meat which has been stored the longest;

Whereas provision should be made for derogations from
the second subparagraph of Article 2(2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2173/79 in view of the administrative difficul-
this rule is creating in
ties which the application of
certain Member States;

Whereas, to ensure optimum monitoring of the destina-
tion of beef from intervention stocks, control measures
should be taken, in addition to the measures provided for

(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1997, 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, 1.10.1977, p. 60.

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

1.
For the purpose of natural food-aid operations, a sale
shall take place, for processing in the Community, of
products bought
into intervention under Article 6 of
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 amounting to approximately
500 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Irish intervention
agency.

Detailed information concerning the products and their
selling prices is given in Annex I.

Subject

to the provisions of

2.
this Regulation the
products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sold in
accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2173/79, and in
particular Titles I and III thereof, (EEC) No 2182/77 and
(EEC) No 3002/92.

3.
Particulars of the quantities and the places where the
products are stored may be obtained by interested parties
at the address given in Annex II hereto.

4.
For each product listed in Annex I hereto, the inter-
vention agencies shall sell first the meat which has been
stored the longest.

5. Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article
2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, purchase applica-
tions shall not indicate in which store or stores the meat
is held.

Article 2

Purchase

shall be

applications

1.
if
presented by or on behalf of a natural or legal person
who, for the 12 months prior to the entry into force of
this Regulation, has been engaged in the processing of
products containing beef and who is entered in a national
VAT register. In addition, applications must be presented

valid only

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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, applications shall be accompanied by:

(cid:190) a written undertaking by the purchaser to process the
meat into the product as specified in Article 3(2)
within the period referred to in Article 5(1) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2182/77,

(cid:190) precise details of the establishment or establishments
where the meat purchased is to be processed.

3.
The purchasers 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
agents shall submit
purchaser whom they represent together with the written
instruction referred to above.

the purchase application of

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 4

1. Member States shall set up a system of physical and
documentary supervision to ensure that all meat
is
processed in accordance with Articles 2 and 3.

the start of
and after

The system must include physical checks of quantity and
the processing, during the
quality at
processing
operation is
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

4. Notwithstanding Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2173/79, taking over must be completed within two
months.

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

The purchasers and agents

referred to in the
5.
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 processed tally with each other.

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.

Article 3

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

2.
An ‘A' product means a processed product falling
within CN code 1602 10 00, 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 % (2) and containing by weight
at least 20 % (3) of lean meat excluding offal (4) and fat,
with meat and jelly accounting for at least 85 % of the
total net weight.

(1) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85.
(2) Determination of collagen content: the collagen content shall
be taken to mean the hydroxyproline content multiplied by
the factor 8. The hydroxyproline content must be determined
according to ISO method 3496-1994.

(3) The lean bovine meat content excluding fat is determined in
accordance with the procedure described in the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2429/86 (OJ L 210,
1.8.1986, p. 39).

feet,

tails, hearts, udders,

(4) Offal includes the following: heads and cuts thereof (including
sweetbreads
ears),
(thymus gland with pancreas), brains,
thick
skirts, spleens, tongues, caul, spinal cords, edible skin, repro-
ductive organs (i.e. uteri, ovaries and testes),
thyroid glands,
pituitary glands.

livers, kidneys,

throats,

lungs,

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

2.
apply.

Article 5

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

2.
The security provided for in Article 4(1) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2182/77 shall be EUR 700 per tonne:

3. Notwithstanding Article 5(3) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2182/77, the processing of all beef purchased into
finished products as indicated in the purchase application
shall constitute a principal requirement.

The take over free of charge by a non-governmental
organisation approved by the Irish authorities for the
purpose of humanitarian aid, of all processed products
produced shall equally constitute a principal requirement.
Proof of compliance with that requirement shall be furn-
ished by way of a document issued and signed by the
organisation concerned indicating
the quantity of
processed products taken over free of charge.

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Article 6

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

(cid:190) Section 104 of T5 control copies must be completed

with one or more of the following:

(cid:190) Para transformaci(cid:155)n [Reglamentos (CEE) no 2182/

77 y (CE) no 822/1999]

(cid:190) Til forarbejdning (forordning (EØF) nr. 2182/77

og (EF) nr. 822/1999)

(cid:190) Zur Verarbeitung bestimmt (Verordnungen (EWG)

Nr. 2182/77 und (EG) Nr. 822/1999)

(cid:190) Cia letapo(cid:148)gsg [jamomislo(cid:148) (EOJ) aqih. 2182/77

jai (EJ) aqih. 822/1999]

(cid:190) For processing (Regulations (EEC) No 2182/77

and (EC) No 822/1999)

(cid:190) Destin(cid:130)s (cid:133) la transformation [r(cid:138)glements (CEE) no

2182/77 et (CE) no 822/1999]

(cid:190) Destinate alla trasformazione [regolamenti (CEE)

n. 2182/77 e (CE) n. 822/1999]

(cid:190) Bestemd om te worden verwerkt (Verordeningen

(EEG) nr. 2182/77 en (EG) nr. 822/1999)

(cid:190) Para transforma(cid:135)(cid:209)o [Regulamentos (CEE) n.o 2182/

77 e (CE) n.o 822/1999]

(cid:190) Jalostettavaksi

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

(EY) N:o 822/1999)

(cid:190) F(cid:148)r bearbetning (F(cid:148)rordningarna (EEG) nr 2182/

77 och (EG) nr 822/1999).

(cid:190) Section 106 of T5 control copies must be completed
with the date of conclusion of the contract of sale.

Article 7

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, 20 April 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANEXO I (cid:190) BILAG I (cid:190) ANHANG I (cid:190) PAQAQTGLA I (cid:190) ANNEX I (cid:190) ANNEXE I (cid:190) ALLEGATO I (cid:190) B(cid:246)LAGE I (cid:190) ANEXO I (cid:190)
LIITE I (cid:190) 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

Produkter

Erzeugnisse

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

Products

Produits

Prodotti

Producten

Produtos

Tuotteet

Produkter

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)

Precio de venta expresado en euros por tonelada

Salgspriser i EUR/ton

Verkaufspreise, ausgedr(cid:129)ckt in EUR/Tonne

Til(cid:146)r p(cid:150)kgsgr ejvqaf(cid:149)lemer se Euq(cid:150) am(cid:145) t(cid:149)mo

Selling prices expressed in EUR per tonne

Prix de vente exprim(cid:130)s en euros par tonne

Prezzi di vendita espressi in euro per tonnellata

Verkoopprijzen uitgedrukt in euro per ton

Pre(cid:135)o de venda expresso em euros por tonelada

Myyntihinta euroina tonnilta

F(cid:148)rs(cid:132)ljningspris i euro per ton

IRELAND

(cid:190) Intervention shank (INT 11)
(cid:190) Intervention shin (INT 21)
(cid:190) Intervention forequarter (INT 24)

150
150
200

500
500
750

ANEXO II (cid:190) BILAG II (cid:190) ANHANG II (cid:190) PAQAQTGLA II (cid:190) ANNEX II (cid:190) ANNEXE II (cid:190)
ALLEGATO II (cid:190) B(cid:246)LAGE II (cid:190) ANEXO II (cid:190) LIITE II (cid:190) BILAGA II

Direcciones de los organismos de intervenci(cid:155)n (cid:190) Interventionsorganernes adresser (cid:190) Anschriften
der Interventionsstellen (cid:190) Dieuh(cid:151)mseir tym oqcamisl(cid:150)m paqelb(cid:145)seyr (cid:190) Addresses of the intervention
agencies (cid:190) Adresses des organismes d’intervention (cid:190) Indirizzi degli organismi d’intervento (cid:190)
Adressen van de interventiebureaus (cid:190) Endere(cid:135)os dos organismos de interven(cid:135)(cid:209)o (cid:190) Interventio-
elinten osoitteet (cid:190) Interventionsorganens adresser

IRELAND

Department of Agriculture and Food
Johnstown Castle Estate
County Wexford
Ireland
Tel.:
Telefax:

(353 53) 428 42

(353 53) 634 31