CELEX: 31999R0108
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 108/1999 of 15 January 1999 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 215th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

L 11/22                EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                              16. 1. 1999
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 108/1999
                                                     of 15 January 1999
                   fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                   under the 215th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                       pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        (EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaughter-
Community,                                                         ings and prices, it has been decided not to proceed with
                                                                   the tendering procedure for category A and to fix the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of             maximum buying-in price and the quantities which may
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market              be accepted into intervention for category C;
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,            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 meas-
ures for beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
2812/98 (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 invitation                                    Article 1
to tender (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 29/
                                                                   Under the 215th partial invitation to tender opened
1999 (6);
                                                                   pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89:
Whereas, in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be               (a) for category A, it has been decided not to proceed
fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial            with the tendering procedure;
invitation to tender in the light of tenders received;             (b) for category C:
whereas, in accordance with Article 13(2) of that Regula-
tion, a decision may be taken not to proceed with the                  — the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 235
tendering procedure; whereas, in accordance with Article                   per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality
14 of that Regulation, only tenders quoting prices not                     R3,
exceeding the maximum buying-in price and not                          — the maximum quantity of carcases and half-
exceeding the average national or regional market price,                   carcases accepted shall be 2 784 tonnes.
plus the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article,
are to be accepted;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 215th
partial invitation to tender have been considered and              This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 January
taking account, pursuant to Article 6(1) of Regulation             1999.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 15 January 1999.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  148,  28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L  210,  28. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L  225,  4. 9. 1993, p. 4.
(4) OJ L  349,  24. 12. 1998, p. 47.
(5) OJ L  159,  10. 6. 1989, p. 36.
(6) OJ L  5, 9. 1. 1999, p. 39.