CELEX: 31976R0848
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 848/76 of 9 April 1976 on an invitation to tender for the sale of unboned quarters of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies

10 . 4. 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 96/33
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 848/76
                                                        of 9 April 1976
               on an invitation to tender for the sale of unboned quarters of frozen beef held by
                                                   the intervention agencies
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    under Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 and held by the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      intervention agencies as a result of buying-in opera­
                                                                   tions carried out not later than 31 December 1975.
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                                          Article 2
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
 of the market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by            1 . The sale shall be by tender in accordance with
 Regulation (EEC) No 568/76 (2), and in particular                 Regulation (EEC) No 216/69, and with this Regula­
Article 7 (3) thereof,                                             tion .
Whereas there are now certain opportunities to                     2. By way of derogation from Article 6 (3) of Regu­
 dispose, on the market, of meat held by the interven­             lation (EEC) No 216/69, tenders shall be submitted by
 tion agencies of the Member States ;                              12 noon on 3 May 1976.
Whereas subject to certain derogations, recourse
 should be had to the procedure for sale by tender                 3. The quantities put up for tender by each
 provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   Member State shall be fixed by a notice of invitation
 216/69 of 4 February 1969 on detailed rules of applica­           to tender published in the Official Journal of the
 tion for the disposal of frozen beef and veal bought in           European Communities.
 by the intervention agencies (3), thus allowing the
 evaluation of the present market prices and the release
                                                                                          Article J
 of the meat from storage on the best terms available ;
Whereas, however, release from storage may be inter­              When, by reason of force majeure, the tenderer is
 rupted by force majeure ; whereas the intervention               unable to comply with the time limit set for taking
 agency should therefore be permitted to take the                 delivery, the intervention agency shall take such
 necessary action in such cases ;                                  action as it considers necessary having regard to the
                                                                  circumstances invoked.
Whereas, furthermore, operators should be prohibited
 from using the sales of meat concerned in order to
                                                                  The intervention agency shall inform the Commission
apply for the issue of import licences referred to in             of each case of force majeure and of the action taken
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 76/76 of 16
                                                                   in respect thereof.
January 1976 setting up a system linking imports of
beef and veal products effected by way of protective
 measures with the sale of beef held by intervention
                                                                                          Article 4
agencies (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 283/76 (5) ;
                                                                   Contracts of sale concluded under this Regulation do
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              not give an entitlement to the issue of import licences
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                 referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 76/76.
ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
                                                                  The intervention agencies shall inscribe on the orig­
                                                                  inal of each contract of purchase one of the following
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     endorsements 'Jumelage exclu', 'Koblingstransak­
                                                                  tioner ikke indbefattet', 'Kopplung ausgeschlossen',
                            Article 1                             'Linked sale excluded', 'Abbinamento non ammesso',
                                                                  'Koppeling uitgesloten'.
There shall be put up for sale about 1 0 000 metric
tons of unboned quarters of frozen beef bought in
                                                                                          Article 5
(«) OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
(2) OJ  No  L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 28 .                           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(J) OJ  No  L 28 , 5. 2. 1969, p. 10 .
(4) OJ  No  L 10, 17. 1 . 1976, p. 21 .                           following its publication in the Official Journal of
 5) OJ  No  L 36, 11 . 2. 1976, p. 10.                             the European Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 9 April 1976.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission