Commission Regulation (EC) No 219/2003 of 4 February 2003 on periodical sales by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing within the Community
Date: 2003-02-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, beef, food processing, intervention agency, sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 219/2003

of 4 February 2003

on periodical sales by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for proces-
sing within the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2345/2001 (2), and in particular Article 27(4), Article 28(2)
and Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The application of intervention measures in respect of
beef has created stocks in several Member States.
In
order to prevent an excessive prolongation of storage,
part of these stocks should be sold by tender for proces-
sing in the Community.

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.

(3) With a view to ensuring a regular and uniform tendering
procedure, measures should be taken in addition to
those laid down in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2173/79.

(4)

(5)

(6)

Provision should be made for derogations from Article
8(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in view of the
administrative difficulties which application of this point
creates in the Member States concerned.

In order to ensure a proper functioning of the tender
arrangements it is necessary to provide for a higher
amount of security than the one fixed in Article 15(1) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79.

On the basis of experience gained with regard to the
disposal of bone-in intervention beef, it is necessary to
reinforce the quality controls of the products before their
delivery to the purchasers, in particular to ensure that
the products comply with the provisions in Annex III to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 of 15 March
2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(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.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the
buying-in of beef (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1564/2001 (9).

(7)

(8)

In order 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 in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, which are based on
physical inspection of quantities and qualities.

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 sale shall take place of the following quantities of

1.
meat, for processing within the Community:

— approximately 2 500 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held

by the German intervention agency,

— approximately 2 500 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held

by the French intervention agency,

— approximately 2 500 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held

by the Spanish intervention agency,

— approximately 1 492 tonnes of boneless beef held by the

German intervention agency,

— approximately 1 244 tonnes of boneless beef held by the

Spanish intervention agency,

— approximately 2 101 tonnes of boneless beef held by the

French intervention agency,

— approximately 1 224 tonnes of boneless beef held by the

Irish intervention agency,

— approximately 201 tonnes of boneless beef held by the

Italian intervention agency,

Detailed information concerning quantities is given in Annex I.

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

(8) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.
(9) OJ L 208, 1.8.2001, p. 14.

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Article 2

1.
Notwithstanding Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No
2173/79, the provisions of and Annexes to 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 which shall
include the
following:

(a) the quantities of beef offered for sale;

and

(b) the deadline and place for submitting tenders.

Interested parties may obtain the details of the quantities
2.
available and the places where the products are stored from the
addresses listed in Annex II to this Regulation. The intervention
agencies shall,
in addition, display the notices referred to in
paragraph 1 at their head offices and may publish it in other
ways.

3.
For each product mentioned in Annex I the intervention
agencies concerned shall sell first the meat which has been
stored the longest. However, Member States may in exceptional
cases and after having obtained authorisation from the
Commission derogate from that obligation.

Tenders shall be submitted for the following closing

4.
dates:

(a) 11 February 2003;

(b) 25 February 2003;

(c) 11 March 2003;

(d) 25 March 2003;

until the quantities put up for sale are used up.

Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
5.
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 4.

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

Article 3

1. Member States shall provide the Commission with infor-
mation concerning the tenders received not later than on the
working day following the deadline set for the submission of
tenders.

the

After

received have been examined a
2.
minimum selling price shall be set for each product or the sale
will not proceed.

tenders

Article 4

1.
A tender 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, tenders must be presented
by or on behalf of a processing establishment approved in
accordance with Article 8 of Directive 77/99/EEC (1).

For the purposes of the preceding subparagraph, a retail or
catering establishment or an establishment attached to a retail
sales outlet where meat is processed and put up for sale to the
final consumer shall not be taken into consideration.

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

2.
No 2182/77, a tender must be accompanied by:

— a written undertaking by the tenderer to process the meat
into the products specified in Article 6 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.

in writing to take delivery, on their behalf, of

The tenderers referred to in paragraph 1 may instruct an
3.
the
agent
products which they purchase.
In this case the agent shall
submit the bids of the tenderers represented together with the
written instruction referred to above.

4.
Notwithstanding Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2173/79 the time limit for taking over meat sold pursuant to
this Regulation shall be two months from the day of the notifi-
cation referred to in Article 11 of the same Regulation.

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 manufactured tally.

Article 5

The Member States shall take all necessary measures to
1.
ensure that bone-in intervention products delivered to the
purchasers are presented in a state which fully complies with
Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 and in particular
the sixth indent of point 2(a) of that Annex.

2.
The costs related to the measures referred to in paragraph
1 shall be borne by the Member States and shall, in particular,
not be imposed on the purchaser or any other third party.

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

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3. Member States shall notify the Commission (1) of all cases
where a bone-in intervention quarter has been identified as not
complying with Annex III as referred to in paragraph 1, speci-
fying the quality and quantity of the quarter as well as the
slaughterhouse where it was produced.

In order to verify the quality of the finished product and estab-
lish 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 6

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.

2.
An A product means a processed product falling within
CN code 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 % (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 therefore 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

1254/1999 or

— one referred to in paragraph 2.

a processed product

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

Article 7

1. Member States shall set up a system of physical and docu-
mentary supervision to ensure that all meat is processed in
accordance with Article 6.

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

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

(1) DG Agriculture, D2: fax number 00-32-2-295 36 13.
(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 3496-1978.

(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, tails, 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.

the request of

2. Member States may, at
the processor,
authorise the boning of bone-in forequarters in an establish-
ment 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.

Article 8

Notwithstanding Article 15(1) of Regulation (EEC) No

1.
2173/79, the security shall be EUR 12 per 100 kilograms.

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

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

— for forequarters the difference in EUR between the tender

price per tonne and EUR 1 600,

— for boneless beef of intervention codes INT 22 and INT 24
the difference in EUR between the tender price per tonne
and EUR 1 800,

— for boneless beef of intervention codes INT 11, INT 18, INT
21 and INT 23 the difference in EUR between the tender
price per tonne and EUR 1 400.

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 6 shall constitute a principal
requirement.

Article 9

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 T 5 control copies must be completed with one
or more of the following:

— Para transformación [Reglamentos (CEE) no 2182/77 y (CE)

no 219/2003]

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

219/2003)

— Zur Verarbeitung bestimmt

(Verordnungen (EWG) Nr.

2182/77 und (EG) Nr. 219/2003)

— Για µεταποίηση [κανονισµoί

αριθ. 219/2003]

(ΕOΚ) αριθ. 2182/77 και

(EK)

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

219/2003)

— Destinés à la transformation [règlements (CEE) no 2182/77

et (CE) no 219/2003]

— Destinate alla trasformazione [Regolamenti (CEE) n. 2182/

77 e (CE) n. 219/2003]

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— Bestemd om te worden verwerkt (Verordeningen (EEG) nr.

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

2182/77 en (EG) nr. 219/2003)

(EG) nr 219/2003)

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

(CE) n.o 219/2003]

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

Article 10

219/2003)

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 February 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 February 2003.

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

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

DEUTSCHLAND

— Vorderviertel

FRANCE

ESPAÑA

— Quartiers avant

— Cuartos delanteros

2 500

2 500

2 500

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

DEUTSCHLAND

— Vorderhesse (INT 21)
— Schulter (INT 22)
— Brust (INT 23)
— Vorderviertel (INT 24)

ESPAÑA

FRANCE

IRELAND

— Paleta de intervención (INT 22)
— Pecho de intervención (INT 23)
— Cuarto delantero de intervención (INT 24)

— Flanchet d'intervention (INT 18)
— Jarret avant d'intervention (INT 21)

— Intervention shank (INT 11)
— Intervention flank (INT 18)
— Intervention shin (INT 21)
— Intervention shoulder (INT 22)
— Intervention brisket (INT 23)
— Intervention forequarter (INT 24)

ITALIA

— Petto di manzo d'intervento (INT 23)

174
466,7
751,2
100

495,4
221,5
526,9

1 500
601

3,7

20
100
400
200
500

200,7

(1) Véanse los anexos III y V del Reglamento (CE) no 562/2000 de la Comisión (DO L 68 de 16.3.2000, p. 22), cuya última modificación la

constituye el Reglamento (CE) no 1564/2001 (DO L 208 de 1.8.2001, p. 14).

(1) Se bilag III og V til Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 562/2000 (EFT L 68 af 16.3.2000, s. 22), senest ændret ved forordning (EF) nr.

1564/2001 (EFT L 208 af 1.8.2001, s. 14).

(1) Vgl. Anhänge III und V der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 562/2000 der Kommission (ABl. L 68 vom 16.3.2000, S. 22), zuletzt geändert durch

die Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1564/2001 (ABl. L 208 vom 1.8.2001, S. 14).

(1) Βλέπε τα παραρτήµατα III και V του κανονισµού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 562/2000 της Επιτροπής (EE L 68 της 16.3.2000, σ. 22), όπως τροποποιήθηκε

τελευταία από τον κανονισµό (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1564/2001 (EE L 208 της 1.8.2001, σ. 14).

(1) See Annexes III and V to Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 (OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No

1564/2001 (OJ L 208, 1.8.2001, p. 14).

(1) Voir annexes III et V du règlement (CE) no 562/2000 de la Commission (JO L 68 du 16.3.2000, p. 22), modifié en dernier lieu par le

règlement (CE) no 1564/2001 (JO L 208 du 1.8.2001, p. 14).

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(1) Cfr. allegati III e V del regolamento (CE) n. 562/2000 della Commissione (GU L 68 del 16.3.2000, pag. 22), modificato da ultimo dal

regolamento (CE) n. 1564/2001 (GU L 208 dell'1.8.2001, pag. 14).

(1) Zie de bijlagen III en V van Verordening (EG) nr. 562/2000 van de Commissie (PB L 68 van 16.3.2000, blz. 22). Verordening laatstelijk

gewijzigd bij Verordening (EG) nr. 1564/2001 (PB L 208 van 1.8.2001, blz. 14).

(1) Ver anexos III e V do Regulamento (CE) n.o 562/2000 da Comissão (JO L 68 de 16.3.2000, p. 22), com a última redacção que lhe foi

dada pelo Regulamento (CE) n.o 1564/2001 (JO L 208 de 1.8.2001, p. 14).

(1) Katso komission asetuksen (EY) N:o 562/2000 (EYVL L 68, 16.3.2000, s. 22), sellaisena kuin se on viimeksi muutettuna asetuksella (EY)

N:o 1564/2001 (EYVL L 208, 1.8.2001, p. 14) liitteet III ja V.

(1) Se bilagorna III och V i kommissionens förordning (EG) nr 562/2000 (EGT L 68, 16.3.2000, s. 22), senast ändrad genom förordning (EG)

nr 1564/2001 (EGT L 208, 1.8.2001, s. 14).

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

Direcciones de los organismos de intervención — Interventionsorganernes adresser — Anschriften der Inter-
ventionsstellen — ∆ιευθύνσεις των οργανισµών παρεµβάσεως — Addresses of the intervention agencies —
Adresses des organismes d'intervention — Indirizzi degli organismi d'intervento — Adressen van de interven-
tiebureaus — Endereços dos organismos de intervenção — Interventioelinten osoitteet — Interventionsorga-
nens 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) 1564-790/985

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

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
Johnston Castle Estate
County Wexford
Tel. (353-53) 634 00
fax: (353-53) 428 42

ITALIA

AGEA (Agenzia Erogazioni in Agricoltura)
Via Palestro 81
I-00185 Roma
Tel. (39) 06 449 49 91
telex 61 30 03
telefax (39) 06 445 39 40/444 19 58