CELEX: 31996R0985
Language: en
Date: 1996-05-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 985/96 of 31 May 1996 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 160th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

1 . 6 . 96          I EN I               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 131 /53
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 985 /96
                                                          of 31 May 1996
                    fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                    under the 160th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                            pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the
                                                                     quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing
                                                                     coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              differences in prices and the quantities tendered for,
  Community,                                                         several reducing coefficients should accordingly be
                                                                     applied to the quantities which may be bought in in
                                                                     accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of             2456/93 ,
  27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
  in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Commission
 Regulation (EC) No 894/96 (2), and in particular Article 6
 (7) thereof,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  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
 805/68 as regards the general and special intervention                                         Article 1
 measures for beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 No 307/96 (4), an invitation to tender was opened
 pursuant to Article 1 (1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC)           Under the 160th partial invitation to tender opened
 No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying in of beef by               pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 :
 invitation to tender (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 No 932/96 (6);                                                      1 . (a) for category A:
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation
                                                                             — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU
                                                                                 270 per 100 kg carcases or half-carcases of
 (EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be                            quality R3 ,
 fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial
 invitation to tender in the light of tenders received;                      — the price of forequarters shall be derived from
 whereas, in accordance with Article 14 of that Regulation,                      the carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for
 only tenders quoting prices not exceeding the maximum                           the straight cut,
 buying-in price and not exceeding the average national or
 regional market price, plus the amount referred to in                       — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases
 paragraph 1 of that Article, are to be accepted;                                or forequarters accepted shall be 17 483 tonnes;
                                                                         (b) for category C :
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 160th
 partial invitation to tender have been considered and                       — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU
 taking account, pursuant to Article 6 (1 ) of Regulation                        260 per 100 kg carcases or half-carcases of
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable                              quality R3,
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh­                      — the price of forequarters shall be derived from
 terings, the maximum buying-in price and the quantities                         the carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for
which may be bought in should be fixed;                                          the straight cut,
                                                                             — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases
Whereas, following the buying in of forequarters, the                            or forequarters accepted shall be 7 434 tonnes;
price of such products should be defined on the basis of
carcase prices;                                                      2. the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU 245
                                                                         and less than or equal to ECU 260 that may be bought
(<)  OJ   No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                                in in accordance with point 1 shall be multiplied by a
(2)  OJ   No L 125, 23. 5. 1996, p. 1 .                                  coefficient of 60 % in accordance with Article 13 (3) of
(3)  OJ   No L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4.                                    Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93, and those offered at a
(4)  OJ   No L 43, 21 . 2. 1996, p. 3.
0    OJ   No L 159, 10. 6. 1989, p. 36.                                  price of more than ECU 260 shall be multiplied by a
h) OJ No L 127, 25. 5. 1996, p. 5.                                       coefficient of 27,54 % .
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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 3 June 1996.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 31 May 1996.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                   Member of the Commission