CELEX: 31998R0116
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-16 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 116/98 of 16 January 1998 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 195th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 116/98
                                                     of 16 January 1998
                  fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                  under the 195th 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
Community,                                                        Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the
                                                                  quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing
                                                                  coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the
                                                                  differences in prices and the quantities tendered for,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of            several reducing coefficients should accordingly be
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market             applied to the quantities which may be bought in in
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)          accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
No 2634/97 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,          2456/93;
                                                                  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 2602/97 (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 72/98 (6);                                                                              Article 1
                                                                  Under the 195th partial invitation to tender opened
Whereas, in accordance with Article 13 (1) of Regulation          pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89:
(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
14 of that Regulation, only tenders quoting prices not                — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 252
exceeding the maximum buying-in price and not                             per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality
exceeding the average national or regional market price,                  R3,
plus the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article,           — the maximum quantity of carcases and half-
are to be accepted;                                                       carcases accepted shall be 2 895 tonnes,
                                                                      — the quantities offered at a price less than or equal
                                                                          to ECU 241 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 195th                   75 %,
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                   241 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 50 %,
(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
(1) OJ L  148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L  356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13.                                                        Article 2
(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 19 January
(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, 16 January 1998.
                                                             For the Commission
                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                          Member of the Commission