CELEX: 31998R0257
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 257/98 of 30 January 1998 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 196th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

L 25/36             ¬ EN ¬              Official Journal of the European Communities                               31. 1. 98
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 257/98
                                                     of 30 January 1998
                  fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                  under the 196th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                        pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh-
                                                                  terings and prices, it has been decided not to proceed
                                                                  with the tendering procedure for category A and to fix the
                                                                  maximum buying-in price and the quantities which may
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             be accepted into intervention for category C;
Community,
                                                                  Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the
                                                                  quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing
                                                                  coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of            differences in prices and the quantities tendered for,
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market             several reducing coefficients should accordingly be
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)          applied to the quantities which may be bought in in
No 2634/97 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,          accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  2456/93;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules            Committee for Beef and Veal,
for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 as regards the general and special intervention
measures for beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2602/97 (4), an invitation to tender was opened
pursuant to Article 1 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying in of beef by             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
invitation to tender (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 72/98 (6);
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas, in accordance with Article 13 (1) of Regulation          Under the 196th partial invitation to tender opened
(EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be              pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89:
fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial
invitation to tender in the light of tenders received;            (a) for category A, it has been decided not to proceed
whereas, in accordance with Article 13 (2) of that Regula-            with the tendering procedure;
tion, a decision may be taken not to proceed with the
tendering procedure; whereas, in accordance with Article          (b) for category C:
14 of that Regulation, only tenders quoting prices not
exceeding the maximum buying-in price and not                         — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 251,8
exceeding the average national or regional market price,                  per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality
plus the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article,               R3,
are to be accepted;
                                                                      — the maximum quantity of carcases and half-
                                                                          carcases accepted shall be 1 674 tonnes,
                                                                      — the quantities offered at a price less than or equal
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 196th                   to ECU 251,8 shall be multiplied by a coefficient
partial invitation to tender have been considered and                     of 0 % in Great Britain and 40 % in the other
taking account, pursuant to Article 6 (1) of Regulation                   Member States, in accordance with Article 13 (3) of
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable                       Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93.
(1) OJ L  148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L  356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13.
(3) OJ L  225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4.                                                           Article 2
(4) OJ L  351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 20.
(5) OJ L  159, 10. 6. 1989, p. 36.
(6) OJ L  6, 10. 1. 1998, p. 24.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 February 1998.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 30 January 1998.
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                             Member of the Commission