CELEX: 31998R0359
Language: en
Date: 1998-02-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 359/98 of 13 February 1998 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 197th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

L 42/28               EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 14. 2. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 359/98
                                                  of 13 February 1998
                  fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                  under the 197th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                     pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      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 organisation of the market            accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)         2456/93;
No 2634/97 (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 meas-
ures for beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2602/97 (4), an invitation to tender was opened pursuant
to Article 1 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying in of beef by
invitation to tender (5), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 72/98 (6);
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas, in accordance with Article 13 (1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be             Under the 197th partial invitation to tender opened
fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each              pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89:
partial invitation to tender in the light of tenders
received; whereas, in accordance with Article 13 (2) of          (a) for category A, it has been decided not to proceed
that Regulation, a decision may be taken not to proceed              with the tendering procedure;
with the tendering procedure; whereas, in accordance
with Article 14 of that Regulation, only tenders quoting         (b) for category C:
prices not exceeding the maximum buying-in price and
not exceeding the average national or regional market
                                                                      the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 251,4
price, plus the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of that
                                                                         per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality
Article, are to be accepted;
                                                                         R3,
                                                                      the maximum quantity of carcases and half-
                                                                         carcases accepted shall be 1 225 tonnes,
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 197th
partial invitation to tender have been considered and                 the quantities offered at a price less than or equal
taking account, pursuant to Article 6 (1) of Regulation                  to ECU 251,4 shall be multiplied by a coefficient
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable                      of 30 %, in accordance with Article 13 (3) of
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh-                  Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93.
terings and prices, it has been decided not to proceed
with the tendering procedure for category A and to fix
(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                                                        Article 2
(2) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 20.
(5) OJ L 159, 10. 6. 1989, p. 36.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February
(6) OJ L 6, 10. 1. 1998, p. 24.                                  1998.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 13 February 1998.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission