CELEX: 31997R1659
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-22
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1659/97 of 22 August 1997 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 187th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

23 . 8 . 97           I EN I                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 232/3
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1659/97
                                                           of 22 August 1997
                     fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                     under the 187th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                             pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            whereas the scale of the quantities awarded warrants the
                                                                       application of the possibility provided for in Article 16 (2)
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 of extending the period
 Community,                                                            during which the intervention products are to be de­
                                                                       livered;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
                                                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
                                                                       in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)              Committee for Beef and Veal,
 No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules
 for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 805/68 as regards the general and special intervention
 measures for beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 No 1304/97 (4), an invitation to tender was opened                                              Article 1
 pursuant to Article 1 (1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC)
 No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying in of beef by
 invitation to tender (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC)          Under the 187th partial invitation to tender opened
 No 1 630/97 0;                                                        pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 :
Whereas, in accordance with Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation             (a) for category A:
(EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be                       — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU
 fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial                   269,50 per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of
 invitation to tender in the light of tenders received;                        quality R3,
whereas, in accordance with Article 14 of that Regulation,
 only tenders quoting prices not exceeding the maximum                     — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or
 buying-in price and not exceeding the average national or                     forequarters accepted shall be 6 423 tonnes,
 regional market price, plus the amount referred to in                     — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU
 paragraph 1 of that Article, are to be accepted;                              260,5 and less than or equal to ECU 265 shall be
                                                                               multiplied by a coefficient of 30 % in accordance
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 187th                        with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
 partial invitation to tender have been considered and                         2456/93 and those offered at a price greater than
 taking account, pursuant to Article 6 (1 ) of Regulation                      ECU 265 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable                             12 % ;
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh­
 terings, the maximum buying-in price and the quantities               (b) for category C:
which may be bought in should be fixed;                                    — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU
                                                                                269,50 per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of
Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the                            quality R3,
quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing                      — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or
coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the
                                                                                forequarters accepted shall be 8 158 tonnes,
differences in prices and the quantities tendered for,
several reducing coefficients should accordingly be                        — the quantities offered at a price less than or equal
applied to the quantities which may be bought in in                             to ECU 255 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No                           75 % ,
2456/93 ;                                                                  — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU
                                                                                255 and less than or equal to ECU 265 shall be
(') OJ   No  L 148 ,  28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                                     multiplied by a coefficient of 30 % , in accordance
(2) OJ   No  L 296,   21 . 11 . 1996, p. 50.                                   with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
(3) OJ   No  L 225,   4. 9. 1993, p. 4.                                         2456/93, and those offered at a price greater than
(«) OJ   No  L 177,   5. 7. 1997, p. 8 .
(J) OJ   No  L 159,   10. 6. 1989, p. 36.                                       ECU 265 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
 6  OJ   No  L 225,   15. 8 . 1997, p. 8 .                                      12 % .
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                                                    Article 2
           The first sentence of Article 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 notwithstanding, the
           time limit for delivery to intervention stores is extended by one week.
                                                    Article 3
           This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 August 1997.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 22 August 1997.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                 Member of the Commission