CELEX: 31996R2378
Language: en
Date: 1996-12-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2378/96 of 13 December 1996 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 173rd partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

14. 12. 96             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 325/9
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2378/96
                                                          of 13 December 1996
                       fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                       under the 173rd partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                              pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas, following the buying in of forequarters, the
                                                                          price of such products should be defined on the basis of
                                                                          carcase prices;
    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 organization of the market                applied to the quantities which may be bought in in
    in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)             accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
    No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,             2456/93 ;
                                                                         Whereas the time limit for delivering the products bought
   Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   in under this invitation to tender has been laid down in
   2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules                Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2301 /96 (8);
   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 measures provided for in this Regulation are
   No 2015/96 (4), an invitation to tender was opened                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
   pursuant to Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC)           Committee for Beef and Veal ,
   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 2337/96 (6), and for lean bovine animals by Article 1
  (2) by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1931 /96 (7), as
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 2015/96;
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  Whereas, in accordance with Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation
  (EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be
  fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial                                      Article 1
  invitation to tender in the light of tenders received;
  whereas, in accordance with Article 14 of that Regulation,
  only tenders quoting prices not exceeding the maximum                Under the 173rd partial invitation to tender opened
 buying-in price and not exceeding the average national or             pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 :
 regional market price, plus the amount referred to in
 paragraph 1 of that Article, are to be accepted;
                                                                       (a) for category A:
                                                                            — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 266
 Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 173rd                         per 100 kg carcases or half-carcases of quality R3,
 partial invitation to tender have been considered and
 taking account, pursuant to Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation                  — the price of forequarters shall be derived from the
 (EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable                            carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for the
 support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh­                        straight cut,
 terings, the maximum buying-in price and the quantities                    — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or
which may be bought in should be fixed;                                         forequarters accepted shall be 6 692 tonnes,
                                                                            — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU
(■) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968 , p. 24.                                           253,50 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
(2) OJ No L 296, 21 . 11 . 1996, p. 50 .
H Ol No L 225, 4. 9 . 1993, p. 4.                                               30 % , in accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regula­
(4)  OJ  No  L  269,  22. 10 . 1996, p. 16.                                     tion (EEC) No 2456/93;
(5)  OJ  No  L  159,  10. 6. 1989, p. 36.
(6)  OJ  No  L  318 , 7. 12. 1996, p. 1 .
0    OJ  No  L  254,  8 . 10. 1996, p. 35.                            (8) OJ No L 311 , 30 . 11 . 1996, p. 43 .
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 (b) for category C:                                                    — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU
     — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 266                        355,49 per 100 kg carcases or half-carcases,
          per 1 00 kg carcases or half-carcases of quality R3,
                                                                        — the maximum quantity of carcases or half-carcases
     — the price of forequarters shall be derived from the                 shall be 504 tonnes.
         carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for the
         straight cut,
     — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or
         forequarters accepted shall be 4 111 tonnes;
     — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU
         253,50 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 30 %
                                                                                           Article 2
         in accordnce with Article 13 (3) of Regulation
         (EEC) No 2456/93;
(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 16 December
     805/68 :                                                       1996 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 13 December 1996 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission