QUESTION ;
WHEREAS THE CONDITIONS FOR RELEASE FROM STORAGE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) ( E ) OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 98/69 ( 5 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 429/77 ( 6 ), ARE FULFILLED ;
WHEREAS IT IS ADVISABLE TO MAKE USE OF THE TENDERING PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2173/79 ( 7 ), IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BEST POSSIBLE PRICES ;
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE SPECIAL CHARACTER OF THIS SALE , IT SHOULD BE LAID DOWN THAT THE PRODUCTS MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR REFUNDS AND THAT ANY MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS WILL NOT APPLY ;
WHEREAS THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION AND THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA ON THE APPLICATION OF THE RULES ON COMMUNITY TRANSIT MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO ISSUE COMMUNITY TRANSIT DOCUMENTS IN SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA ; WHEREAS MEAT WHICH IS EXPORTED TO THOSE COUNTRIES OR WHICH HAS TO CROSS THOSE COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO REACH THE COUNTRY OF DESTINATION MUST BE SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC MEASURES TO AVOID ITS BEING REIMPORTED AS A COMMUNITY PRODUCT ;
WHEREAS MEAT THUS EXPORTED IS IN A SITUATION COMPARABLE TO THAT OF MEAT WHICH HAS QUALIFIED FOR AN EXPORT REFUND ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , SUCH MEAT CANNOT BE REIMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN THE MANNER DEFINED IN ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 754/76 OF 25 MARCH 1976 ON THE CUSTOMS TREATMENT APPLICABLE TO GOODS RETURNED TO THE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF THE COMMUNITY ( 8 ); WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY IN CONSEQUENCE TO LAY DOWN THAT , IN THE CASE OF SUCH REIMPORT , AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE SECURITY BE PAID , AND THAT THIS AMOUNT MUST BE TREATED , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 352/78 ( 9 ), IN THE SAME MANNER AS A SECURITY WHICH HAS BEEN FORFEITED ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE MEAT IN QUESTION IS INTENDED FOR EXPORT , IT SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO THE INSPECTION PROVIDED FOR BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1687/76 ( 10 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1887/79 ( 11 );
WHEREAS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR BEEF AND VEAL HAS NOT DELIVERED AN OPINION WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT SET BY ITS CHAIRMAN ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . BONED BEEF AND VEAL HELD BY THE IRISH INTERVENTION AGENCY AND INTENDED FOR EXPORT SHALL BE SOLD . THIS MEAT SHALL HAVE BEEN PLACED IN STORAGE BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1979 .
IT MAY BE EXPORTED ONLY TO EUROPEAN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES , JORDAN , NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES BORDERING THE MEDITERRANEAN OR THE PERSIAN GULF , NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND AFRICA . FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REGULATION , THE DESTINATIONS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 192/75 ( 12 ) SHALL ALSO BE CONSIDERED AS EUROPEAN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES .
2 . THE QUALITIES