CELEX: 31993R0809
Language: en
Date: 1993-04-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 809/93 of 2 April 1993 on the sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies for the production of minced meat

3. 4. 93                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 82/ 11
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 809/93
                                                        of 2 April 1993
                  on the sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies for the
                                                 production of minced meat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                       Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                   1.    The sale shall take place of :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of            — 1 000 tonnes of bone-in meat held by the French
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                  intervention agency and bought in before 1 November
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              1992,
 No 125/93 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,          — approximately 1 000 tonnes of boned meat held by
                                                                       the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought
                                                                       in before 1 January 1991 ,
Whereas the application of intervention measures in               — approximately 1 000 tonnes of boned meat held by
respect of beef has created large stocks ; whereas, in order           the Irish intervention agency artd bought in before
to avoid an excessively long period of storage, part of                1 November 1991 .
 those stocks should be sold by tender ;
                                                                  2. The products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sold
                                                                  in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, and in
Whereas Community supplies of meat suitable for the               particular Articles 6 to 12 thereof, and with this Regula­
production of minced meat are relatively small ; whereas          tion .
to ensure efficient management of the markets, sales of
intervention stocks should be limited to producers of
minced meat approved in accordance with Article 7 of                                        Article 2
 Council Directive 88/657/EEC of 14 December 1988
 laying down the requirements for the production of, and
trade in, minced meat, meat in pieces of less than 100             1 . Tenders, made out in ecus, shall be submitted by 12
grams and meat preparations and amending Directives               noon on 7 April 1993 at the latest.
64/433/EEC, 71 / 118/EEC and 72/462/EEC (3), as
amended by Directive 89/662/EEC (4) ;                             The intervention agencies concerned shall draw up a
                                                                  notice of invitation to tender specifying :
Whereas the sales should be made subject to the rules laid        (a) the quantities of beef offered for sale ; and
down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (5), as            (b) the deadline and place for the submission of tenders.
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 809/87 (6), subject to
certain necessary exceptions ;                                    2. The intervention agencies concerned shall sell meat
                                                                  which has been stored the longest first.
Whereas derogations should be laid down from Article 8            3. Notwithstanding Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation
(2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 in view of the             (EEC) No 2173/79, the provisions of and the Annexes to
administrative difficulties the application of that subpara­      this Regulation shall serve as a general notice of invitation
graph raises in the Member States concerned ;                     to tender.
                                                                  4. Details of the quantities available and the places
Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal                they are stored shall be available to the interested parties
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by         from the addresses listed in Annex II to this Regulation.
its chairman,                                                     Intervention agencies shall, in addition, display the notice
                                                                  referred to in paragraph 1 at their head office and may
(') OJ  No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                             publish notices elsewhere.
(2) OJ  No L 18, 27. 1 . 1993, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 382, 31 . 12. 1988, p. 3 .
(4) OJ  No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 13                             5. Notwithstanding Article 8 (2) (b) of Regulation
0   OJ  No L 251 , 5. 10. 1979, p. 12.                            (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders shall not indicate in which
(6) OJ  No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 23.                             cold store or stores the products are held.
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                           Article 3                              referred to in paragraph 2 to the competent authority of
                                                                  the Member State in which the minced meat is produced
1 . Tenders shall only be accepted when submitted by a            withing three months of the date referred to in Article 2
natural or legal person entered on the list of establish­         (1 ) shall, except in cases of force majeure, be excluded
ments referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 7 ( 1 )    from any sales operations of the same type which may be
of Directive 88/657/EEC as a producer of minced meat.             held in the 12 months following the said date.
Member States shall consult with each other where neces­
sary for the application of this paragraph.                       On a duly substantiated request, the abovementioned
2. Tenders must be accompanied by :                               period may be extended by one month where the
                                                                  purchaser is unable to supply the necessary proof having
— a written undertaking by the tenderer to use all the            taken all the necessary steps to obtain it and submit it
     meat concerned for the production of minced meat as          within the time limit laid down.
     defined by Article 2 (2) (a) of Directive 88/657/EEC
     within two months of the date referred to in Article 2
     (1 ) of this Regulation,                                                               Article 4
— details of the exact location of the establishment or
                                                                  After the tenders received in reply to the invitation to
     establishments of the tenderer in which the minced
                                                                  tender have been examined, a minimum selling price
     meat is to be produced.                                      shall be fixed for each product or a decision taken not to
3. The purchasers shall keep up-to-date accounts                  proceed with the sale.
records permitting the use made of the meat purchased to
be established with a view, in particular, to verifying that                                Article 5
the quantities purchased and the quantities of minced
meat produced correspond. For the purposes of adminis­            Notwithstanding Article 15 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
trative supervision, where appropriate the intervention           No 2173/79, the security shall be ECU 100 per tonne.
agency holding the products concerned shall send the
competent authority of the Member State in which the
minced meat is to be produced a certified copy of the                                       Article 6
sales contract.
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
4. Any purchaser who does not submit the documenta­               publication in the Official Journal of the European
tion required to prove compliance with the undertaking            Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 2 April 1993.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
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           ANEXO I — BILAG I — ANHANG I — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ I — ANNEX I — ANNEXE I —
                                    ALLEGATO I — BIJLAGE I — ANEXO I
               Estado miembro                             Productos                           Cantidades (toneladas)
                 Medlemsstat                              Produkter                              Mængde (tons)
                 Mitgliedstaat                           Erzeugnisse                            Mengen (Tonnen)
                    Κράτος                               Προϊόντα                              Ποσότητες (τόνοι)
                Member State                              Products                             Quantities (tonnes)
                État membre                                Produits                             Quantités (tonnes)
                Stato membro                               Prodotti                            Quantità (tonnellate)
                   Lid-Staat                             Produkten                              Hoeveelheid (ton)
               Estado-membro                              Produtos                            Quantidade (toneladas)
          UNITED KINGDOM           — Forequarter flanks                                               1 000
          IRELAND                  — Plates/flanks                                                    1 000
          FRANCE                   — Caisse B                                                         1 000
          ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II —
                                   ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II — ANEXO II
          Direcciones de los organismos de intervención — Interventionsorganeraes adresser —
          Anschriften der Interventionsstellen — Διευθύνσεις των οργανισμών παρεμβάσεως — Addresses
          of the intervention agencies — Adresses des organismes d'intervention — Indirizzi degli
          organismi d'intervento — Adressen van de interventiebureaus — Endereços dos organismos de
                                                       intervenção
          UNITED KINGDOM :         Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce
                                   Fountain House
                                   2 Queens Walk
                                   Reading RG1 7QW
                                   Berkshire
                                   Tel. (0734) 58 36 26
                                   Telex 848 302
                                   Telefax (0734) 56 67 50
          IRELAND :                Department of Agriculture and Food
                                   Agriculture House
                                   Kildare Street
                                   Dublin 2
                                   Tel. (01)78 90 11 , ext. 2278 and ext. 3806
                                   Telex 93 292 and 93 607
                                   Telefax (01 ) 61 62 63, (01 ) 78 52 14 and (01 ) 66 20 198
          FRANCE :                 OFIVAL
                                   Tour Montparnasse
                                   33, avenue du Maine
                                   F-75755 Paris Cedex 15
                                  Tél . 45 38 84 00, télex 205 476