CELEX: 31997R2171
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2171/97 of 31 October 1997 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 191st partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

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                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2171 /97
                                                        of 31 October 1997
                     fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                     under the 191st partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                           pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          with 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                Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the
Community,                                                           quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing
                                                                     coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the
                                                                     differences in prices and the quantities tendered for,
                                                                     several reducing coefficients should accordingly be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of               applied to the quantities which may be bought in in
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)             2456/93 ;
No 2222/96 (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
measures for beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1956/97 (4), an invitation to tender was opened                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2089/97 (6);                                                                               Article 1
                                                                     Under the 191st partial invitation to tender opened
                                                                     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
fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial          (a) for category A, it has been decided not to proceed
invitation to tender in the light of tenders received;                   with the tendering procedure;
whereas, in accordance with Article 13 (2) of that Regula­
tion, a decision may be taken not to proceed with the                (b) for category C:
tendering procedure; whereas, in accordance with Article                 — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 261,9
 14 of that Regulation, only tenders quoting prices not
exceeding the maximum buying-in price and not ex­                            per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality
                                                                             R3 ,
ceeding the average national or regional market price,
plus the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article,              — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or
are to be accepted;                                                          forequarters accepted shall be 2 095 tonnes,
                                                                         — the quantities offered at a price less than or equal
                                                                             to ECU 259,5 shall be multiplied by a coefficient
                                                                             of 50 % ,
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 191st
 partial invitation to tender have been considered and                   — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU
taking account, pursuant to Article 6 (1 ) of Regulation                     259,5 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 25 % ,
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable                          in accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh­                      (EEC) No 2456/93 .
terings and prices, it has been decided not to proceed
  ') OJ L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                                                        Article 2
 2)  OJ L 296,   21 . 11 . 1996, p. 50 .
 ')  OJ L 225,   4. 9. 1993, p. 4.
 4)  OJ L 276,   9 . 10 . 1997, p. 34.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 November
 s)  OJ L  159,  10. 6. 1989, p. 36.                                  1997 .
 «)  OJ L 292,   25. 10 . 1997, p. 4.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels. 31 October 1997.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission