CELEX: 31996R2301
Language: en
Date: 1996-11-29
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2301/96 of 29 November 1996 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 172nd partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 1627/89 and (EC) No 2226/96

30 . 11 . 96             EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 311 /43
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2301 /96
                                                           of 29 November 1996
                      fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                      under the 172nd partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                 pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 1627/89 and (EC) No 2226/96
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              tenngs, the maximum buying-in price and the quantities
                                                                          which may be bought in should be fixed;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  Whereas, following the buying in of forequarters, the
  Community,                                                              price of such products should be defined on the basis of
                                                                          carcase prices;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
                                                                         Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)                 quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing
  No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the
                                                                          differences in prices and the quantities tendered for,
                                                                          several reducing coefficients should accordingly be
                                                                         applied to the quantities which may be bought in in
 Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
 2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules                  2456/93 ;
 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)               Whereas the end-of-year holidays and the foreseeable
 No 2015/96 (4), an invitation to tender was opened                      scale of the quantities warrant the application of the
 pursuant to Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation ( EEC)              possibility provided for in Article 16 (2) of Regulation
 No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying in of beef by                   (EEC) No 2456/93 of extending the period during which
 invitation to tender ( 5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)           the intervention products are to be delivered for the
 No 2225/96 (6) and by Article 1 of Commission Regula­                   tender of the month of December;
 tion (EC) No 2226/96 of 21 November 1996 opening
 intervention in accordance with Article 6 (4) of Council                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (7), and for lean bovine                     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 animals by Article 1 (2) by Commission Regulation (EC)                  Committee for Beef and Veal ,
 No 1931 /96 (8), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
 20 15/96 .
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 (EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be
 fixed for quality R3, where appropriate , under each partial
 invitation to tender in the light of tenders received;
 whereas, in accordance with Article 14 of that Regulation,                                       Article 1
 only tenders quoting prices not exceeding the maximum
 buying-in price and not exceeding the average national or               Under the 172nd partial invitation to tender opened
 regional market price, plus the amount referred to in                   pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/ 89 :
 paragraph 1 of that Article, are to be accepted;
                                                                         (a) for category A:
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 172nd
                                                                             — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 266
 partial invitation to tender have been considered and
 taking account, pursuant to Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation                       per 100 kg carcases or half-carcases of quality R3 ,
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable                          — the price of forequarters shall be derived from the
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh­                          carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for the
                                                                                 straight cut,
(') OJ   No   L 148 ,  28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                                 — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or
(2) OJ   No   L 296,   21 . 11 . 1996, p . 50.                                   forequarters accepted shall be 6 272 tonnes,
(3) OJ   No  L  225,   4. 9 . 1993 , p. 4.
(4) OJ   No  L  269,   22. 10 . 1996, p. 16.                                 — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU
(5) OJ   No  L  159 ,  10 . 6. 1989, p. 36 .                                     241,39 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
(<) OJ   No  L  298 ,  22. 11 . 1996, p. 2.
O   OJ   No  L  298 ,  22. 11 . 1996, p. 4.                                      45 % , in accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regula­
(8) OJ   No  L  254,   8 . 10 . 1996, p. 35.                                     tion (EEC) No 2456/93 ;
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(b) for category C:                                                 — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU
                                                                       355,99 per 100 kg carcases or half-carcases,
    — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 266                 — the maximum quantity of carcases or half-carcases
                                                                       shall be 229 tonnes .
        per 100 kg carcases or half-carcases of quality R3,
    — the price of forequarters shall be derived from the                                Article 2
        carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for the
        straight cut,                                           By derogation to Article 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                2456/93 , for the tender of the month of December 1996
    — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or        the time limit for delivery to intervention stores is
        forequarters accepted shall be 1 417 tonnes;            extended by one week to 8 January 1997. However, in
    — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU        Member States where no deliveries may be made during
        241,39 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 45 %     the period 24 December 1996 to 3 January 1997 or
        in accordnce with Article 13 (3) of Regulation          during part thereof, the time limit for delivery shall be
        (EEC) No 2456/93;                                       extended by the corresponding number of days.
                                                                                         Article 3
(c) for carcases and half-carcases of lean animals as
    referred to in Article 6b of Regulation (EEC) No            This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 December
    805 / 68 :                                                  1996 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 29 November 1996 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                            Franz FISCHLER
                                                                     Member of the Commission