CELEX: 31998R0691
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 691/98 of 27 March 1998 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 200th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

L 96/14               EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  28. 3. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 691/98
                                                    of 27 March 1998
                  fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                  under the 200th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                      pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the
                                                                  quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing
                                                                  coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the differ-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             ences in prices and the quantities tendered for, several
Community,                                                        reducing coefficients should accordingly be applied to the
                                                                  quantities which may be bought in in accordance with
                                                                  Article 13(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market             Whereas the scale of the quantities awarded warrants the
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)          application of the possibility provided for in Article 16(2)
No 2634/97 (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,           of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 of extending the period
                                                                  during which the intervention products are to be deliv-
                                                                  ered;
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/           Committee for Beef and Veal,
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 1627/
89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying in of beef by invitation          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
to tender (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 72/
98 (6);
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas, in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation           Under the 200th 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
tendering procedure; whereas, in accordance with Article          (b) for category C:
14 of that Regulation, only tenders quoting prices not
exceeding the maximum buying-in price and not                          the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 251
exceeding the average national or regional market price,                  per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality
plus the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article,               R3,
are to be accepted;                                                    the maximum quantity of carcases and half-
                                                                          carcases accepted shall be 1 731 tonnes,
                                                                       the quantities offered at a price less than or equal
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 200th                   to ECU 251 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
partial invitation to tender have been considered and                     25 % in Northern Ireland and 10 % in Ireland, in
taking account, pursuant to Article 6(1) of Regulation                    accordance with Article 13(3) of Regulation (EEC)
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable                       No 2456/93.
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaughter-
ings and prices, it has been decided not to proceed with                                   Article 2
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;                     The first sentence of Article 16(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  2456/93 notwithstanding, the time limit for delivery to
                                                                  intervention stores is extended by one week.
(1) OJ  L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ  L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13.
(3) OJ  L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4.                                                           Article 3
(4) OJ  L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 20.
(5) OJ  L 159, 10. 6. 1989, p. 36.
(6) OJ  L 6, 10. 1. 1998, p. 24.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 March 1998.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 27 March 1998.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                                Member of the Commission