CELEX: 31998R2681
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2681/98 of 11 December 1998 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 214th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

L 337/14              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                12. 12. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2681/98
                                                  of 11 December 1998
                  fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                  under the 214th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                      pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       during which the intervention products are to be deliv-
                                                                  ered;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                        Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
                                                                  97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
                                                                  introduction of the euro (7) provides that, as from 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of            January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market             ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)          rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1;
No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules            Committee for Beef and Veal,
for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/
68 as regards the general and special intervention meas-
ures for beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2304/98 (4), an invitation to tender was opened pursuant
to Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1627/           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying in of beef by invitation
to tender (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2466/98 (6);                                                                                 Article 1
Whereas, in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation           Under the 214th partial invitation to tender opened
(EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be              pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89:
fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial
invitation to tender in the light of tenders received;            (a) for category A, it has been decided not to proceed
whereas, in accordance with Article 13(2) of that Regula-              with the tendering procedure;
tion, a decision may be taken not to proceed with the             (b) for category C:
tendering procedure; whereas, in accordance with Article
14 of that Regulation, only tenders quoting prices not                 — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU
exceeding the maximum buying-in price and not                             235,50 per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of
exceeding the average national or regional market price,                  quality R3,
plus the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article,
are to be accepted;                                                    — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases
                                                                          and forequarters accepted shall be 2 451 tonnes.
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 214th
partial invitation to tender have been considered and
taking account, pursuant to Article 6(1) of Regulation                                       Article 2
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaughter-        By derogation to Article 16(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
ings and prices, it has been decided not to proceed with          2456/93, the time limit for delivery to intervention stores
the tendering procedure for category A and to fix the             is extended by one week to 6 January 1999. However, in
maximum buying-in price and the quantities which may              Member States where no deliveries may be made during
be accepted into intervention for category C;                     the period 24 December 1998 to 3 January 1999 or
                                                                  during part thereof, the time limit for delivery shall be
                                                                  extended by the corresponding number of days.
Whereas the scale of the quantities awarded warrants the
application of the possibility provided for in Article 16(2)
of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 of extending the period
                                                                                             Article 3
(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 17.                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 December
(3) OJ L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4.                                   1998.
(4) OJ L 288, 27. 10. 1998, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 159, 10. 6. 1989, p. 36.
(6) OJ L 307, 17. 11. 1998, p. 13.                                (7) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 11 December 1998.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                 Member of the Commission