CELEX: 31990R3712
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3712/90 of 20 December 1990 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export to the Soviet Union and amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88

21 . 12. 90                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 358 /23
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3712/90
                                                     of 20 December 1990
                   on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef
                   held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export to the Soviet
                                    Union and amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         order to help with the presentation and marketing of such
                                                                    meat, its repackaging should be authorized, subject to the
                                                                    observance of precise conditions ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas it is necessary to lay down a time limit for
                                                                    export of the said meat ; whereas this time limit should be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of              fixed by taking into account Article 5 (b) of Commission
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market               Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           special detailed rules for the application of the system of
No 571 /89 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,            import and export licences in the beef and veal sector (6),
                                                                    as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2996/90 f) ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of 5
September 1984 laying down detailed rules for certain               Whereas in order to ensure that beef sold is exported to
sales of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies (3),         the intended destination the lodging of security, as speci­
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 809/87 (4), has                 fied in of Article 5 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84,
provided for the possibility of applying a two-stage proce­         should be required ;
dure when selling beef from intervention stocks ;
                                                                    Whereas products held by intervention agencies and
                                                                    intended for export are subject to the provision of
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2824/85 of 9                 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (8), as last
October 1985 laying down detailed rules for the sale of             amended by Regulation (EEC) No 371 1 /90 (9) ; whereas
frozen boned beef from intervention stocks for export               the Annex to the said Regulation setting out the entries to
either in the same state or after cutting and/or repack­            be made should be expanded ;
ing (*) has provided for repackaging under certain condi­
tions ;
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas certain intervention agencies hold large stocks of          Committee for Beef and Veal,
intervention meat ; whereas an extension of the period of
storage for the meat bought in should be avoided on
account of the ensuing high costs ; whereas in view of the
supply needs in the Soviet Union part of that meat should
be put up for sale in accordance with Regulations (EEC)             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
No 2539/84 and (EEC) No 2824/85 in order to be
imported into that country ;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas, in view of the present situation on the Soviet
market and in particular of the abovementioned supply
problems, the sale must be made subject to the presenta­            1.     A sale shall be organized of approximately :
tion of contracts concluded with the sole body acting on
behalf of the Soviet Government ; whereas, in view of the           — 30 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German
urgency and the specific nature of the operation and of                  intervention agency and bought in before 1 December
                                                                         1990,
the need for controls, special detailed rules must be laid
down in particular as regards the minimum quantity                  — 14 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French
which may be purchased ;                                                 intervention agency and bought in before 1 December
                                                                         1990,
Whereas quarters from intervention stocks may in certain            — 4 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian inter­
cases have been handled a number of times ; whereas, in                  vention agency and bought in before 1 December
                                                                         1990,
(l) OJ  No  L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
0   OJ  No  L 61 , 4. 3. 1989, p. 43 .                              (*) OJ  No L 241 , 13. 9 . 1980, p. 5.
(3) OJ  No  L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13.                               o   OJ  No L 286, 18. 10. 1990, p. 17.
(4) OJ  No  L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 23.                              (8) OJ  No L 55, 1 . 3. 1988, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 268, 10. 10. 1985, p. 14.                             (9) See  page 19 of this Official Journal .
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— 2 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish                    8. Intervention agencies shall only conclude selling
     intervention agency and bought in before 1 December             contracts upon verification, in collaboration with the
     1990,                                                           Commission's Services, that the conditions referred to in
— 30 000 tonnes of boned beef held by the Irish inter­               paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 have been met.
     vention agency and bought in before 1 December
     1990 .                                                          9. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration
                                                                     which reach the intervention agencies concerned not later
2.     This meat must be imported into the Soviet Union.             than 12 noon on 3 January 1991 .
3. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale            10. Particulars of the qualities and the places where the
shall take place in accordance with the provisions of                products are stored may be obtained by interested parties
Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84 and (EEC) No 2824/85.                   at the addresses given in Annex III.
The provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
985/81 (') shall not apply to this sale. However, the
competent authorities may allow bone-in forequarters and
hindquarters the packaging material of which is torn or
soiled, to be placed in new packaging of the same type
                                                                                              Article 2
under their supervision before presentation for consign­
ment at the customs office of departure.
                                                                     1 . Before taking over the meat the purchaser shall
4. The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in               lodge with the intervention agency in respect of each
Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in           quantity he takes over, a security intended to guarantee
Annex I hereto.                                                      payment of the purchase price. The amount of the secu­
                                                                     rity per 100 kilograms shall be equal to the purchase
5.     An offer shall be valid only if :                             price plus 10 ECU.
— it relates to a total minimum quantity of 15 000
     tonnes expressed in product weight,                             2. By way of derogation from Article 19 of Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 2173/79 the purchase price shall, in respect of
— it is composed by 62,5 % of bone-in beef and 37,5 %                each quantity taken over by the purchaser, be paid to the
     of boneless beef, calculated in product weight,                 intervention agency within three months of the date on
— it relates to an equal weight of forequarters and hind­            which the meat is taken over.
     quarters and shall contain a single price per tonne
     expressed in ecus for the whole quantity of bone-in             3. As regards the security provided for in paragraph 1
     beef specified in the offer,                                    the payment within three months as referred to in para­
— in respect of^ boneless beef it relates to a lot compri­           graph 2 shall constitute a primary requirement within the
     sing all the cuts referred to in Annex II in the percen­        meaning of Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
     tages stated therein and shall contain a single price           No 2220/85 (4).
     per tonne expressed in ecus of the lot made up in this
     fashion,
                                                                                              Article 3
— it is accompanied by a copy of a sales contract for a
     quantity of beef at least equal to the quantity applied
     for, concluded by the applicant with Prodintorg (2).            The products referred to in Article 1 must be exported
                                                                     within five months from the date of conclusion of the
6. In order to meet the conditions provided for by                   contract of sale.
paragraph 5 the operator may submit part offers relating
to bone-in beef in several Member States. If so, those
offers shall contain the same price expressed in ECUS.
                                                                                              Article 4
Immediately after submitting tenders or purchase applica­
tions the operator shall send a copy hereof to the                    1 . The security provided for in Article 5 (1 ) of Regula­
Commission of the European Communities, Division                     tion (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be ECU 30 per 100 kilo­
VI/D.2, 130 rue de la loi, B-1049 Brussels (telex 220 37 b           grams.
Agree).
                                                                     2.    The security provided for in Article 5 (2) (a) of Regu­
7. The highest tenderer as referred to in Article 10 (2)             lation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be :
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (3) is the
tenderer who offers the highest weighted average price.              — ECU 300 per 100 kilograms of bone-in beef,
                                                                     — ECU 500 per 100 kilograms of boneless beef.
(>) OJ No L 99, 10. 4. 1981 , p. 38.
(2) Vvo. Prodintorg, 32-34, Smolenskai'a, Moscow, Moscou, USSR.
(3) OJ No L 251 , 5. 10. 1979, p. 12.                                (4) OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.
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                        Article 5                                 *75. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3712/90 of 19
                                                                        December 1990 on the sale by procedure laid
In respect of meat sold under this Regulation no export                 down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef
refund shall be granted.                                                held by certain intervention agencies and
                                                                        intended for export to the Soviet Union (7S).
                                                                  f5) OJ No L 358, 21 . 12. 1990, p. 23.'
                        Article 6
                                                                                       Article 7
In part I of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 569/88,
'Products to be exported in the same state as that in          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
which they were when removed from intervention stock'          publication in the Official Journal of the European
the following item and footnote are added :                    Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 20 December 1990.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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 ANEXO I — BILAG I — ANHANG I — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ / — ANNEX I — ANNEXE I — ALLEGA TOI — BIJLAGE I — ANEXO I
     Estado miembro                         Productos                     Cantidades (toneladas)        Precio mínimo expresado en ecus por tonelada
        Medlemsstat                         Produkter                        Mængde (tons)                         Mindstepriser i ECU/ton
        Mitgliedstaat                      Erzeugnisse                      Mengen (Tonnen)                Mindestpreise, ausgedrückt in ECU/Tonne
       Κράτος μέλος                         Προϊόντα                       Ποσότητες (τόνοι)       Ελάχιστες τιμές πωλήσεως εκφραζόμενες σε Ecu ανά τόνο
       Member State                          Products                      Quantities (tonnes)           Minimum prices expressed in ecus per tonne
       État membre                           Produits                       Quantités (tonnes)            Prix minimaux exprimés en écus par tonne
       Stato membro                          Prodotti                      Quantità (tonnellate)          Prezzi minimi espressi in ecu per tonnellata
          Lid-Staat                         Produkten                       Hoeveelheid (ton)              Minimumprijzen uitgedrukt in ecu per ton
      Estado-membro                          Produtos                     Quantidade (toneladas)         Preço mínimo expresso em ecus por tonelada
Bundesrepublik             — Vorderviertel, stammend von :
Deutschland                    Kategorien A/C                                    15 000                                       485
                           — Hinterviertel, stammend von :
                               Kategorien A/C                                    15 000                                       485
France                     — Quartiers avant, provenant de :                                     \
                               Catégorie A/C, classes U, R et O                    7 000                                      485
                           — Quartiers arrière, provenant de :                                                                                         -
                               Catégorie A/C, classes U, R et O                    7 000                                      485
Italia                     — Quarti posteriori, provenienti da :                                 I
                               categoria A, classi U, R e O                        2 000                                      485
                           — Quarti anteriori, provenienti da :
                               categoria A, classi U, R e O                        2 000                                      485
Danmark                    — Forfjerdinger, fra kategori
                               A/C, klasse Ü, R og O                                1 000                                     485
                           — Bagfjerdinger, fra kategori                                         Il
                               A/C, klasse U, R og O                                1 000                                     485
Ireland                    — Boned cuts from :                                                   \
                               category C, classes U, R and O                    30 000                                        700 (')
{') Precio mínimo por cada tonelada de producto de acuerdo con la distribución contemplada en el Anexo II.
(') Minimumpris pr. ton produkt efter fordelingen i bilag II.
(*) Mindestpreis je Tonne des Erzeugnisses gemäß der in Anhang II angegebenen Zusammensetzung.
(') Ελάχιστη τιμή ανά τόνο προϊόντος σύμφωνα με την κατανομή που αναφέρεται στο παράρτημα II.
(') Minimum price per tonne of products made up according to the percentages referred to in Annex II.
(') Prix minimum par tonne de produit selon la répartition visée à 1 annexe II.
(') Prezzo minimo per tonnellata di prodotto secondo la ripartizione indicata nell allegato II.
(*) Minimumprijs per ton produkt volgens de in bijlage II aangegeven verdeling.
(') Preço mínimo por tonelada de produto segundo a repartição indicada no anexo II.
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                                             ANNEX II
            Repartition of the lot meant in the fourth subparagraph of Article 1 (5)
                Cuts                                        Weight percentage
                Striploins                                        5,5 %
                Insides                                           9,1
                Outsides                                          8,6
                Knuckles                                          5,4
                Rumps                                             5,8
                Briskets                                          7,9
                Forequarters                                    30,2
                Shins/shanks                                      6,6
                Plates/flanks                                   20,9
                                           Total lot :         100,0
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           ANEXO III — BILAG III — ANHANG III — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ III — ANNEX III — ANNEXE III
                                 — ALLEGATO III — BIJLAGE III — ANEXO III
           Direcciones de los organismos de intervención — Interventionsorganernes adresser —
           Anschriften der Interventionsstelien — Διευθύνσεις των οργανισμών παρεμβάσεως — Addresses
           of the intervention agencies — Adresses des organismes d'intervention — Indirizzi degli
           organismi d'intervento — Adressen van de interventiebureaus — Endereços dos organismos de
                                                          intervencao
           BUNDESREPUBLIK         Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung (BALM)
           DEUTSCHLAND :          Geschäftsbereich 3 (Fleisch und Fleischerzeugnisse)
                                  Postfach 180 107 — Adickesallee 40
                                  D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 18
                                  Tel. (06 9) 1 56 40 App. 772/773, Telex : 04 11 56
            DANMARK :             EF-Direktoratet
                                  Frederiksborggade 18
                                  DK- 1360 København K
                                  Tlf. 01 92 70 00, telex 151 37 DK
            FRANCE :              OFIVAL
                                  Tour Montparnasse
                                  33, avenue du Maine
                                  75755 Paris Cedex 15
                                  Tél. 4538 84 00, télex 26 06 43
            IRELAND                Department of Agriculture
                                   Agriculture House
                                   Kildare Street
                                   Dublin 2
                                   Tel. (01 ) 78 90 11 , ext. 22 78
                                  Telex 4280 and 5118
            ITALIA :              Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA)
                                   via Palestro 81
                                   I-00185 Roma
                                   Tel. 49 57 283 — 49 59 261
                                   Telex 61 30 03