Commission Regulation (EC) No 1616/1999 of 23 July 1999 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for supplying the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EC) No 950/1999
Date: 1999-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canary Islands, beef, intervention agency, intervention stock, supply

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1616/1999

of 23 July 1999

on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain
intervention agencies and intended for supplying the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EC)
No 950/1999

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,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15
June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands
with regard to certain agricultural products (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 (4), and in particular Article
3(2) thereof,

(1) Whereas certain intervention agencies hold substantial
into intervention; whereas an
stocks of beef bought
extension of the storage period should be avoided on
account of the ensuing high costs;

(2) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1375/1999 (5)
establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the
Canary Islands of live bovine animals and beef and veal
products fixes the forecast supply balance for frozen
meat of bovine animals for the period 1 July 1999 to 30
in the light of traditional trade
June 2000; whereas,
patterns, beef should be released from intervention for
the purpose of supplying the Canary Islands during that
period;

(3) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of
5 September 1984 laying down detailed rules for certain
sales of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies (6),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (7),
provides for the possibility of a two-stage procedure for
the sale of beef from intervention;

(4) Whereas, in order to ensure that the tendering procedure
is consistent and uniform, measures should be adopted
in addition to those laid down in Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2173/79 (8), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2417/95;

(5) Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2790/94 of 16 November 1994 laying down common
detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regula-

(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 162, 26.6.1999, p. 53.
(6) OJ L 238, 6.9.1984, p. 13.
(7) OJ L 248, 14.10.1995, p. 39.
(8) OJ L 251, 5.10.1979, p. 12.

tion (EEC) No 1601/92 concerning specific measures for
the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural
products (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
825/98 (10), provides for the use of aid certificates issued
by the competent Spanish authorities for supplies from
the Community; whereas, in order to improve the opera-
tion of
certain
the abovementioned arrangements,
derogations from that Regulation should be laid down,
in particular, with regard to the application for and the
issue of aid certificates;

(6) Whereas the sale should be conducted in accordance
with Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84, (EEC)
No 3002/92 (11), as last amended by Regulation (EC)No
770/96 (12), and (EC) No 2790/94, subject to certain
special exceptions on account of the particular use to
which the products in question are to be put;

(7) Whereas it is necessary to provide for the lodging of a
security to guarantee that the beef arrives at the intended
destination;

(8) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/1999 (13)

should be repealed;

(9) 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.
The sale shall take place of intervention products bought
in under Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, of approxi-
mately:

— 400 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish intervention

agency,

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

tion agency.

This meat shall be sold for delivery to the Canary Islands

2.
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1375/99.

(9) OJ L 296, 17.11.1994, p. 23.
(10) OJ L 117, 21.4.1998, p. 5.
(11) OJ L 301, 17.10.1992, p. 17.
(12) OJ L 104, 27.4.1996, p. 13.
(13) OJ L 118, 6.5.1999, p. 11.

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Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale shall
3.
take place in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84,
(EEC) No 3002/92 and (EC) No 2790/94.

4.
The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in
Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are set out in
Annex I hereto.

The intervention agencies shall sell first those products in

5.
each product group which have been in storage longest.

Particulars of the quantities and places where the products are
stored shall be made available to interested parties at
the
addresses given in Annex II.

6.
Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration
which reach the intervention agencies concerned no later than
12 noon on 2 August 1999.

Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
7.
2173/79 a tender must be submitted to the intervention
agency concerned in a closed envelope, bearing the reference to
the Regulation concerned. The closed envelope must not be
opened by the intervention agency before the expiry of the
tender deadline referred to in paragraph 6.

Article 2

1.
The tender or the purchase application shall be submitted
by an operator entered in the register referred to in Article 5(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 or by an operator duly author-
ised by the aforementioned operator to act on his behalf.

2.
the
After receiving a tender or purchase application,
intervention agency shall only conclude the contract after
having checked with the competent Spanish agencies referred
to in Annex III that the quantity concerned is available within
the forecast supply balance.

The Spanish agency shall

3.
immediately reserve for the
applicant the quantity requested until receipt of the application
for the relevant aid certificate. Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of
Regulation (EC)No 2790/94, the certificate application must be
accompanied only by the original purchase invoice issued by
the seller intervention agency or by a certified copy thereof.

The application for the aid certificate shall be submitted not
later than 14 days after the date on which the purchase invoice
is made out.

Notwithstanding Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No
4.
2790/94, the aid shall not be granted for meat sold pursuant to
this Regulation.

Notwithstanding Article 3(4)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
5.
2790/94, box 24 of the aid certificate application and the aid
certificate shall contain the entry: ‘aid certificate for use in the
Canary Islands — no aid to be paid'

Article 4

The security provided for in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2539/84 shall be:

— EUR 3 000 per tonne for boneless beef,

— EUR 1 400 per tonne for bone-in beef.

Delivery of the products concerned to the Canary Islands not
later than 30 June 2000 shall be a primary requirement within
the meaning of Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2220/85 (1). Proof of compliance with this requirement must
be provided not later than two months after completion of
formalities with the competent authorities in the Canary Islands
for the delivery concerned.

Article 5

The removal order referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation
(EEC) No 3002/92 and the T 5 control copy shall contain the
entry:

— Carne de intervenci(cid:155)n destinada a las islas Canarias — Sin

ayuda [Reglamento (CE) no 1616/1999]

— Interventionskød til De Kanariske Øer — uden støtte

(forordning (EF) nr. 1616/1999)

— Interventionsfleisch f(cid:129)r die Kanarischen Inseln — ohne

Beihilfe (Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1616/1999)

— Jq(cid:146)ar ap(cid:149) tgm paq(cid:146)lbasg cia tir Jamaq(cid:148)our M(cid:147)sour — wyq(cid:148)r

emisw(cid:151)seir [Jamomisl(cid:149)r (EJ) aqih. 1616/1999]

— Intervention meat for the Canary Islands — without the

payment of aid (Regulation (EC) No 1616/1999)

— Viandes d’intervention destin(cid:130)es aux (cid:140)les Canaries — Sans

aide [r(cid:138)glement (CE) no 1616/1999]

— Carni

in

isole
d’intervento
Canarie — senza aiuto [regolamento (CE) n. 1616/1999]

destinate

regime

alle

— Interventievlees voor de Canarische Eilanden — zonder

steun (Verordening (EG) nr. 1616/1999)

— Carne de interven(cid:135)(cid:209)o destinada (cid:133)s ilhas Can(cid:145)rias — sem

ajuda [Regulamento (CE) n.o 1616/1999]

— Kanariansaarille osoitettu interventioliha —ilman tukea

(Asetus (EY) n:o 1616/1999)

— Interventionsk(cid:148)tt

f(cid:148)r

Kanarie(cid:148)arna —utan

bidrag

(F(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1616/1999).

Article 6

Regulations (EC) No 950/1999 is hereby repealed.

Article 7

Article 3

Notwithstanding Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84,
purchase applications may be submitted from the 10th
working day following the date referred to in Article 1(6).

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third 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, 23 July 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

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 b¶ benadering
(ton)
Quantidade aproximada
(toneladas)
Arvioitu m(cid:132)(cid:132)r(cid:132)
(tonneina)
Ungef(cid:132)rlig kvantitet
(ton)

Precio m(cid:146)nimo expresado en euros por tonelada (1)

Mindstepriser i EUR/ton (1)

Mindestpreise, ausgedr(cid:129)ckt in EUR/Tonne (1)

Ek(cid:145)wister til(cid:146)r p(cid:150)kgsgr ejvqaf(cid:149)lemer
se euq(cid:150) am(cid:145) t(cid:149)mo (1)

Minimum prices expressed in EUR per tonne (1)

Prix minimaux exprim(cid:130)s en euros par tonne (1)

Prezzi minimi espressi in euro per tonnellata (1)

Minimumpr¶zen uitgedrukt in euro per ton (1)

Pre(cid:135)o m(cid:146)nimo expresso em euros por tonelada (1)

Alimmat hinnat euroina tonnilta (1)

L(cid:132)gsta priser i euro per ton (1)

a) 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

— Thick flank (INT 12)

— Topside (INT 13)

— Silverside (INT 14)

— Rump (INT 16)

100

100

100

100

1 000

1 200

1 000

1 000

b) Cuartos traseros con hueso — Bagfjerdinger,

ikke udbenet — Hinterviertel mit Knochen — Op(cid:148)shia t(cid:146)taqta le j(cid:149)jaka — Bone-in
hindquarters — Quartiers arri(cid:138)re avec os — Quarti posteriori non disossati — Achtervoeten met been — Quartos traseiros com osso —
Luullinen takanelj(cid:132)nnes — Bakkvartsparter med ben

ESPA(cid:158)A

— Cuartos traseros

1 000

750

(1) Estos precios se entienden peso neto de acuerdo con las disposiciones del apartado 1 del art(cid:146)culo 17 del Reglamento (CEE) no 2173/79.

(1) Disse priser gælder netto i overensstemmelse med bestemmelserne i artikel 17, stk. 1,

i forordning (EØF) nr. 2173/79.

(1) Diese Preise gelten netto gem(cid:132)ß den Vorschriften von Artikel 17 Absatz 1 der Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 2173/79.

(1) Oi til(cid:146)r aut(cid:146)r evaql(cid:149)fomtai ep(cid:148) tou jahaqo(cid:151) b(cid:145)qour s(cid:151)lvyma le tir diat(cid:145)neir tou (cid:145)qhqou 17 paq(cid:145)cqavor 1 tou jamomislo(cid:151) (EOJ) aqih. 2173/79.

(1) These prices shall apply to net weight in accordance with the provisions of Article 17(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79.

(1) Ces prix s’entendent poids net conform(cid:130)ment aux dispositions de l’article 17, paragraphe 1, du r(cid:138)glement (CEE) no 2173/79.

(1) Il prezzo si

intende peso netto in conformit(cid:133) del disposto dell’articolo 17, paragrafo 1, del regolamento (CEE) n. 2173/79.

(1) Deze pr¶zen gelden netto, overeenkomstig de bepalingen van artikel 17,

lid 1, van Verordening (EEG) nr. 2173/79.

(1) Estes pre(cid:135)os aplicam-se a peso l(cid:146)quido, conforme o disposto no n.o 1 do artigo 17.o do Regulamento (CEE) n.o 2173/79.

(1) Asetuksen (ETY) N:o 2173/79 17 artiklan 1 kohdan mukaiset nettopainohinnat.

(1) Dessa priser g(cid:132)ller nettovikt enligt best(cid:132)mmelser i artikel 17.1 i f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 2173/79.

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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — PAQAQTGLA II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II — B(cid:246)LAGE 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

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 32/915 22 43 87

IRELAND:

Department of Agriculture and Food
Johnstown Castle Estate
County Wexford
Ireland
Tel. (353 53) 634 00; Telefax (353 53) 428 42

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

Organismos espa(cid:157)oles a que se refiere el apartado 2 del art(cid:146)culo 2 — De i artikel 2, stk. 2, omhandlede spanske
organer — Die in Artikel 2 Absatz 2 genannten spanischen Stellen — Oi ispamijo(cid:148) oqcamislo(cid:148) pou pqobk(cid:146)pomtai
sto (cid:145)qhqo 2 paq(cid:145)cqavor 2 — The Spanish agencies referred to in Article 2(2) — Les organismes espagnols vis(cid:130)s
(cid:133) l’article 2, paragraphe 2 — Organismi spagnoli di cui all’articolo 2, paragrafo 2 — In artikel 2, lid 2, bedoelde
Spaanse instanties — Organismos espanh(cid:155)is referidos no n.o 2 do artigo 2.o — 2 artiklan 2 kohdan tarkoittama
espanjalainen toimielin — De i artikel 2.2 avsedda spanska organen

— Direcci(cid:155)n Territorial de Comercio en Las Palmas

Jos(cid:130) Frachy Roca, 5
E-35007
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Tel.: (34) 928 26 14 11/928 26 21 36; fax: (34) 928 27 89 75

— Direcci(cid:155)n Territorial de Comercio en Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Pilar, 1
E-38002
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Tel.: (34) 922 24 14 80/922 24 13 79; fax: (34) 922 24 42 61/922 24 68 36