CELEX: 31998R0586
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 586/98 of 13 March 1998 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 199th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

L 77/20               EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  14. 3. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 586/98
                                                   of 13 March 1998
                  fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                  under the 199th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                     pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      the tendering procedure for category A and to fix the
                                                                 maximum buying-in price and the quantities which may
                                                                 be accepted into intervention for category C;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
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 differ-
                                                                 ences in prices and the quantities tendered for, several
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of           reducing coefficients should accordingly be applied to the
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market            quantities which may be bought in in accordance with
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)         Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93;
No 2634/97 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No              Committee for Beef and Veal,
2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules
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
2602/97 (4), an invitation to tender was opened pursuant
to Article 1 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying in of beef by
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 199th 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
exceeding the average national or regional market price,              the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 251
plus the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article,              per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality
are to be accepted;                                                      R3,
                                                                      the maximum quantity of carcases and half-
                                                                         carcases accepted shall be 1 215 tonnes,
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 199th               the quantities offered at a price less than or equal
partial invitation to tender have been considered and                    to ECU 251 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
taking account, pursuant to Article 6 (1) of Regulation                  25 % in Northern Ireland and 10 % in Ireland, in
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable                      accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaughter-               No 2456/93.
ings and prices, it has been decided not to proceed with
(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13.                                                        Article 2
(3) OJ L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4.
(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 16 March 1998.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 13 March 1998.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                                Member of the Commission