Commission Regulation (EC) No 2127/1999 of 6 October 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, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1755/1999
Date: 1999-10-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, beef, intervention agency, meat processing industry, price fixed in advance, sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2127/1999

of 6 October 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, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1755/1999

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,

(7)

(8)

Regulation (EC) No 1151/1999 (8), as last amended by
Regulations (EC) No 1907/1999 (9), should be repealed;

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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 excessively,
part of these stocks should be sold for processing in the
Community;

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 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;

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

Article 1

sale

The

shall

for processing in the
1.
take place,
Community, of products bought
into intervention under
Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 amounting to approx-
imately:

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

tion agency,

— 4 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French interven-

tion agency,

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

tion agency,

— 1 000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Irish intervention

agency,

— 4 000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the United Kingdom

intervention agency.

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

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

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 difficulties
which the application of this rule is creating in certain
Member States;

to ensure optimum monitoring of the destination of
beef from intervention stocks, control measures should
be taken, in addition to the measures provided for in
Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, based on physical inspec-
tion of quantities and qualities;

(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.

2.
Subject to the provisions of 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
addresses given in Annex II.

4.
For each product listed in Annex I, the intervention agen-
cies shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest.

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

(8) OJ L 209, 7.8.1999, p. 10.
(9) OJ L 234, 4.9.1999, p. 3.

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Article 2

1.
Purchase applications shall be valid only 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 by or on behalf of a processing
establishment approved in accordance with Article 8 of
Council Directive 77/99/EEC (1).

Notwithstanding Article 3(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC)

2.
No 2182/77, applications shall be accompanied by:

— an indication of the product covered, as referred to in either

Article 3(2) or (3),

— a written undertaking by the purchaser to process the meat
into the product as specified above 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 purchased is to be processed.

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

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

5.
The purchasers and agents 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 processed tally with each
other.

Article 3

1. Meat purchased in accordance with this Regulation shall
be processed into products which comply with the definitions
for A products and B products set out in paragraphs 2 and 3
below.

An ‘A’ product means a processed product falling within
2.
CN code
or
1602 50 80, not containing meat other than that of animals of
the bovine species, with a collagen/protein ratio of no more

1602 10 00,

1602 50 31,

1602 50 39

(1) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85.

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.

The product must be subjected to a heat treatment sufficient 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.

A ‘B’ product means a processed product containing beef,

3.
other than:
— one specified in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No

805/68, or

— one referred to in paragraph 2.

a processed product

falling within CN code
However,
0210 20 90 which has been dried or smoked so that
the
colour and consistency of the fresh meat has totally disap-
peared and with a water/protein ratio not exceeding 3,2 shall
be considered to be a B product.

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 system must
include physical checks of quantity and
quality at the start of the processing, during the processing and
after the 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 production method by the
Technical verification of
competent authority may, to the extent necessary, make allow-
ance 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.

the request of

the processor,
2. Member States may, at
authorise the deboning of bone-in quarters 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.

3.
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77 shall not
apply. However, the processing of hindquarters may be under-
taken after the removal of fillet and striploin.

Article 5

The security provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation

1.
(EEC) No 2173/79 shall be EUR 12 per 100 kilograms.

(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 accor-
dance with the procedure described in the Annex to Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2429/86 (OJ L 210, 1.8.1986, p. 39).

(4) Offal includes the following: heads and cuts thereof (including ears),
feet, hearts, udders, livers, kidneys, sweetbreads (thymus gland with
pancreas), brains,
lungs, throats, thick skirts, spleens, tongues, caul,
spinal cords, edible skin, reproductive organs (i.e. uteri, ovaries, and
testes), thyroid glands, pituitary glands.

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The security provided for in Article 4(1) of Regulation

2.
(EEC) No 2182/77 shall be per tonne:
— EUR 1 000 for bone-in hindquarters processed into A

— Zur Verarbeitung bestimmt (Verordnungen (EWG) Nr.

2182/77 und (EG) Nr. 2127/1999)

— Για µεταποίηση [κανονισµοί (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 2182/77 και (ΕΚ)

products,

αριθ. 2127/1999]

— EUR 900 for bone-in hindquarters processed into B prod-

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

ucts or a mixture of A and B products,

No 2127/1999)

— EUR 700 for bone-in forequarters processed into A prod-

— Destinés à la transformation [règlements (CEE) no 2182/

ucts,

77 et (CE) no 2127/1999]

— EUR 600 for bone-in forequarters processed into B prod-

— Destinate alla trasformazione [regolamenti

(CEE) n.

ucts or a mixture of A and B products,

2182/77 e (CE) n. 2127/1999]

— EUR 800 for deboned beef processed into A products,
— EUR 700 for deboned beef processed into B products or a

mixture of A and B products.

— Bestemd om te worden verwerkt (Verordeningen (EEG)

nr. 2182/77 en (EG) nr. 2127/1999)

— Para transformação [Regulamentos (CEE) n.o 2182/77 e

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 consti-
tute a principal requirement.

Article 6

Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77, in
addition to the entries provided for in Regulation (EEC) No
3002/92:
— Section 104 of T5 control copies must be completed with

one or more of the following:
— Para transformación [Reglamentos (CEE) no 2182/77 y

(CE) no 2127/1999]

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

nr. 2127/1999)

(CE) n.o 2127/1999]

— Jalostettavaksi (Asetukset (ETY) N:o 2182/77 ja (EY) N:o

2127/1999)

— För bearbetning (Förordningarna (EEG) nr 2182/77 och

(EG) nr 2127/1999).

— Section 106 of T5 control copies must be completed with

the date of conclusion of the contract of sale.

Regulation (EC) No 1755/1999 is hereby repealed.

Article 7

Article 8

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
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, 6 October 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANEXO I — BILAG I — ANHANG I — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ I — ANNEX I — ANNEXE I — ALLEGATO I — BĲLAGE I — ANEXO I — LIITE I — BILAGA I

Estado miembro

Medlemsstat

Mitgliedstaat

Κράτος µέλος

Member State

État membre

Stato membro

Lidstaat

Estado-Membro

Jäsenvaltio

Medlemsstat

Productos (1)

Produkter (1)

Erzeugnisse (1)

Προϊόντα (1)

Products (1)

Produits (1)

Prodotti (1)

Producten (1)

Produtos (1)

Tuotteet (1)

Produkter (1)

Cantidad aproximada
(toneladas)
Tilnærmet mængde
(tons)
Ungefähre Mengen
(Tonnen)
Κατά προσέγγιση ποσότητα
(τόνοι)
Approximate quantity
(tonnes)
Quantité approximative
(tonnes)
Quantità approssimativa
(tonnellate)
Hoeveelheid bĳ benadering
(ton)
Quantidade aproximada
(toneladas)
Arvioitu määrä
(tonneina)
Ungefärlig kvantitet
(ton)

Precio de venta expresado en euros por tonelada (2) (3)

Salgspriser i EUR/ton (2) (3)

Verkaufspreise, ausgedrückt in EUR/Tonne (2) (3)

Τιµές πώλησης εκφραζόµενες σε Ευρώ ανά τόνο (2) (3)

Selling prices expressed in EUR per tonne (2) (3)

Prix de vente exprimés en euros par tonne (2) (3)

Prezzi di vendita espressi in euro per tonnellata (2) (3)

Verkoopprĳzen uitgedrukt in euro per ton (2) (3)

Preço de venda expresso em euros por tonelada (2) (3)

Myyntihinta euroina tonnilta (2) (3)

Försäljningspris i euro per ton (2) (3)

a) Carne con hueso — Kød, ikke udbenet — Fleisch mit Knochen — Κρέατα µε κόκαλα — Bone-in beef — Viande avec os — Carni non disossate —

Vlees met been — Carne com osso — Luullinen naudanliha — Kött med ben

FRANCE

— Quartiers avant

— Quartiers arrière

DEUTSCHLAND

— Vorderviertel

ESPAÑA

— Cuartos delanteros

2 000

2 000

1 500

1 000

650

800

650

650

750

900

750

750

b) Carne deshuesada — Udbenet kød — Fleisch ohne Knochen — Κρέατα χωρίς κόκαλα — Boneless beef — Viande désossée — Carni senza osso —

Vlees zonder been — Carne desossada — Luuton naudanliha — Benfritt kött

UNITED KINGDOM — Intervention flank (INT 18)

— Intervention shoulder (INT 22)

— Intervention brisket (INT 23)

IRELAND

— Intervention flank (INT 18)

1 000

2 000

1 000

1 000

650

1 000

650

700

750

1 100

750

800

(1) Véanse los anexos V y VII del Reglamento (CEE) no 2456/93 de la Comisión (DO L 225 de 4.9.1993, p. 4), cuya última modificación 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. Anhänge V und VII der Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 2456/93 der Kommission (ABl. L 225 vom 4.9.1993, S. 4), zuletzt geändert durch die Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2812/98 (ABl.

L 349 vom 24.12.1998, S. 47).

(1) Βλέπε παραρτήµατα V και VII του κανονισµού (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 2456/93 της Επιτροπής (ΕΕ L 225 της 4.9.1993, σ. 4), όπως τροποποιήθηκε τελευταία από τον κανονισµό (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2812/98 (ΕΕ

L 349 της 24.12.1998, σ. 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 règlement (CEE) no 2456/93 de la Commission (JO L 225 du 4.9.1993, p. 4). Règlement modifié en dernier lieu par le règlement (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 bĳlagen 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) n.o 2456/93 da Comissão (JO L 225 de 4.9.1993, p. 4). Regulamento com a última redacção que lhe foi dada pelo Regulamento (CE) n.o

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 förordning (EEG) nr 2456/93 (EGT L 225, 4.9.1993, s. 4), senast ändrad genom förordning (EG) nr 2812/98 (EGT L 349, 24.12.1998,

s. 47).

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(2) Precio aplicable a la transformación exclusivamente en los productos A contemplados en el apartado 2 del artículo 3.

(2) Pris udelukkende for forarbejdning til A-produkter som omhandlet i artikel 3, stk. 2.

(2) Geltender Preis nur für die Verarbeitung zu A-Erzeugnissen gemäß Artikel 3 Absatz 2.

(2) Τιµή που εφαρµόζεται για τη µεταποίηση, µόνο σε προϊόντα Α που αναφέρονται στο άρθρο 3 παράγραφος 2.

(2) Price applying for processing solely into A products as referred to in Article 3(2).

(2) Prix applicable uniquement pour la transformation en produits A visés à l'article 3, paragraphe 2.

(2) Prezzo applicabile unicamente per la trasformazione in prodotti A di cui all'articolo 3, paragrafo 2.

(2) Prĳs uitsluitend voor verwerking tot de in artikel 3,

lid 2, bedoelde A-producten.

(2) Preço aplicável para a transformação apenas em produtos A referidos no n.o 2 do artigo 3.o

(2) Hinta,

jota sovelletaan jalostettaessa ainoastaan 3 artiklan 2 kohdassa tarkoitetuiksi A-luokan tuotteiksi.

(2) Pris för bearbetning endast till A-produkter i enlighet med artikel 3.2.

(3) Precio aplicable a la transformación en los productos B contemplados en el apartado 3 del artículo 3, o en una mezcla de productos A y productos B.

(3) Pris for forarbejdning til B-produkter som omhandlet i artikel 3, stk. 3, eller en blanding af A- og B-produkter.

(3) Geltender Preis für die Verarbeitung zu B-Erzeugnissen gemäß Artikel 3 Absatz 3 oder eine Mischung aus A- und B-Erzeugnissen.

(3) Τιµή που εφαρµόζεται για τη µεταποίηση σε προϊόντα B που αναφέρονται στο άρθρο 3 παράγραφος 3, ή σε µείγµα προϊόντων Α και προϊόντων Β.

(3) Price applying for processing into B products as referred to in Article 3(3) or a mix of A products and B products.

(3) Prix applicable pour la transformation en produits B visés à l'article 3, paragraphe 3, ou pour un mélange de produits A et de produits B.

(3) Prezzo applicabile per la trasformazione in prodotti B di cui all'articolo 3, paragrafo 3, o per un miscuglio di prodotti A e di prodotti B.

(3) Prĳs voor verwerking tot de in artikel 3,

lid 3, bedoelde B-producten of tot een mengeling van A-producten en B-producten.

(3) Preço aplicável para a transformação em produtos B referidos no n.o 3 do artigo 3.o, ou uma mistura de produtos A e produtos B.

(3) Hinta,

jota sovelletaan jalostettaessa 3 artiklan 3 kohdassa tarkoitetuiksi B-luokan tuotteiksi, tai A- ja B-luokan tuotteiden seokseksi.

(3) Pris för bearbetning till B-produkter i enlighet med artikel 3.3 eller en blandning av A- och B-produkter.

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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ ΙΙ — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II —
BĲLAGE II — ANEXO II — LIITE II — BILAGA II

Direcciones de los organismos de intervención — Interventionsorganernes adresser — Anschriften der
Interventionsstellen — ∆ιευθύνσεις των οργανισµών παρεµβάσεως — Addresses of the intervention agen-
cies — Adresses des organismes d'intervention — Indirizzi degli organismi d'intervento — Adressen van
de interventiebureaus — Endereços dos organismos de intervenção — Interventioelinten osoitteet —
Interventionsorganens adresser

BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (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

ESPAÑA

FEGA (Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria)
Beneficencia, 8
E-28005 Madrid
Tel.: (34) 913 47 65 00/913 47 63 10; télex: FEGA 23427 E/FEGA 41818 E;
fax: (34) 915 21 98 32/915 22 43 87

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

FRANCE

OFIVAL
80, avenue des Terroirs-de-France
F-75607 Paris Cedex 12
Téléphone: (33-1) 44 68 50 00; télex: 215330; télécopieur: (33-1) 44 68 52 33

IRELAND

Department of Agriculture and Food
Johnstown Castle Estate
Country Wexford
Ireland
Tel. (353-53) 634 00
Fax (353-53) 428 42