CELEX: 31976R0223
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-30
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 223/76 of 30 January 1976 setting up a system linking imports of beef and veal products effected by way of protective measures with the sale of preserved beef held by intervention agencies

31 . 1 . 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 26/59
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 223/76
                                                         of 30 January 1976
                setting up a system linking imports of beef and veal products effected by way of
                protective measures with the sale of preserved beef held by intervention agencies
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                               Article 2
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                1 . The sale of preserved beef held by intervention
 Economic Community,                                                 agencies shall be carried out by means of invitations
                                                                     to tender subject to the limitation provided for in the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        first indent of Article 1 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   98 /69 .
 of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular                 Regulation (EEC) No 216/69 , and in particular Arti­
 Articles 7 (3) and 21 (2) thereof,                                  cles 6 to 14 thereof, shall apply subject to the provi­
                                                                     sions of this Regulation .
 Whereas a system linking imports of beef and veal
 products effected by way of protective measures with
                                                                     The weight of the preserved meats offered for sale
 the sale of beef held by intervention agencies was
                                                                     shall be expressed as net weight. The minimum quan­
 introduced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        tity sold shall be two metric tons.
 76/76 of 16 January 1976 (3),
 Whereas the intervention agencies are at present                    2. A general notice of invitation to tender shall be
 holding stocks of preserved beef of which a limited                 published at the latest on the day of publication of the
 quantity may forthwith be released from storage in                  first of the individual invitations to tender referred to
 accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 98 /69                  in paragraph 3.
 of 16 January 1969 laying down general rules for the
 disposal of frozen beef and veal by intervention agen­              3 . Under the overall tendering arrangements the
 cies (4), and in particular the first indent of Article 1           intervention agencies shall issue monthly individual
(2) (a) thereof ;                                                    invitations to tender.
Whereas, as part of the relaxation of the protective
                                                                     Each notice of individual invitation to tender shall
 measures, this sale should be carried out under the
 linking system introduced by Regulation (EEC) No                    specify the date before which the meat offered for sale
76/ 76 ;                                                             was bought in by the intervention agencies.
Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and                        The time limit for the submission of tenders shall
Veal has not delivered an opinion on Articles 2 to 5 of              expire on the third Monday of each month at 12
 this Regulation within the time limit set by its                    noon .
 Chairman ,
                                                                     4.     Every tender shall state whether the tenderer
                                                                     intends to import frozen meat for processing.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                     5.     The tenders shall be expressed in units of
                              Article 1                              account .
 1 . The purchase in accordance with this Regulation
of preserved beef held by intervention agencies shall                6.     Publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
entitle the purchaser to the issue of import licences                pean Communities of notices of invitation to tender
subject to the conditions laid down in Title I of Regu­              shall take place at least seven days before the expiry of
                                                                     the time limit for the submission of tenders .
 lation (EEC) No 76/76.
 2.    The application for a licence shall relate to the
 products listed in the Annex and shall be in respect of                                      Article 3
an amount not exceeding the quantities determined
in accordance with the said Annex .
                                                                     1 . The minimum selling prices shall be fixed for
                                                                     the products in question having regard to the tenders
(') OJ    No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .                         received and to the need to offset the advantage
(2) OJ   No  L 195, 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14 .
(3) OJ   No  L 10, 17 . 1 . 1976, p. 21 .                            arising from the suspension of the levy pursuant to
(•» OJ   No  L 14, 21 . 1 . 1969 , p. 2 .                            Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 76/76.
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The minimum price may be fixed at a different level                                 Article 4
for tenders with a view to the importation of frozen         Where, for reasons of force majeure, the tenderer is
meat for processing.                                         unable to comply with the time limit set for taking
2.    Where    the    tenderer has in   accordance  with     delivery, the intervention agency shall take such
Article 2 (4) stated his intention to import, the            action as it considers necessary having regard to the
                                                             circumstances invoked .
purchase contract shall entitle him to the issue of
import licences only in respect of meat for processing.      The intervention agency shall inform the Commission
                                                              of each case of force majeure and of any action taken
3 . The purchase contract shall be endorsed to the            in respect thereof.
effect that it gives entitlement to the issue of import
licences . This endorsement shall , in the case referred                             Article 5
to in paragraph 2, include the phrase 'meat for              This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 February
processing'.                                                  1976 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 January 1976 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                         Products to be imported
                                                                                           Quantity in kg which
                                                                                           may be imported for
              CCT heading                                                                  each kg (net weight)
                  No                                         Description                    canned beef bought
                                                                                             from intervention
                                                                                                 agencies
                   1                                              2                                  3
            01.02            Live animals of the bovine species :
                             A. Domestic species :
                                 II. Other :
                                       b ) Other                                                   3.00
            02.01            Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within
                             heading No 01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled
                             or frozen :
                             A. Meat :
                                 II . Of bovine animals :
                                       a) Of domestic bovine animals :
                                           1 . Fresh or chilled :
                                               aa) Of calves                                       1.50
                                               bb ) Of adult animals                               1.50
                                               cc) Other cuts of beef and veal :
                                                    11 . Unboned (bone-in )                        1.20
                                                    22. Boned or boneless                          0.90
                                           2 . Frozen :
                                               aa) Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated
                                                    quarters'                                      1.50
                                               bb) Forequarters                                    1.50
                                               cc) Hindquarters                                    1.50
                                               dd) Other :
                                                    11 . Unboned ( bone-in)                        1.20
                                                    12. Boned or boneless                          0.90
            02.06            Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted,
                             in brine, dried or smoked :
                             C. Other :
                                 I. Of domestic bovine animals :
                                      a) Meat                                                      0.75
            16.02 Bill b ) 1 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, con­
                             taining bovine meat or offal, excluding meat or offals
                             of swine                                                              0.75