CELEX: 31997R0274
Language: en
Date: 1997-02-14
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 274/97 of 14 February 1997 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 176th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

No L 45/32         |~EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 15 . 2. 97
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 274/97
                                                      of 14 February 1997
                   fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                   under the 176th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                          pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Committee for Beef and Veal,
  Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
  27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
  No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
 Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules
 for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 Under the 176th partial invitation to tender opened
  805/68 as regards the general and special intervention            pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 :
 measures for beeff), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 No 242/97 (4), an invitation to tender was opened                 (a) for category A:
 pursuant to Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC)            — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 273
 No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying in of beef by                     per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality
 invitation to tender (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)              R3 ,
 No 238/97 (");
                                                                       — the price of forequarters shall be derived from the
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation                carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for the
 (EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be                      straight cut,
 fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial           — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or
 invitation to tender in the light of tenders received;                    forequarters accepted shall be 8 927 tonnes,
 whereas, in accordance with Article 14 of that Regulation,
                                                                       — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU
 only tenders quoting prices not exceeding the maximum
                                                                           244 and less than or equal to ECU 262 shall be
 buying-in price and not exceeding the average national or                 multiplied by a coefficient of 80 % , in accordance
 regional market price, plus the amount referred to in                     with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
 paragraph 1 of that Article, are to be accepted;
                                                                           2456/93, and those offered at a price greater than
 Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 176th                   ECU 262 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
                                                                           30 % ;
 partial invitation to tender have been considered and
 taking account, pursuant to Article 6 (1 ) of Regulation          (b) for category C:
 (EEC) No 805/68 , of the requirements for reasonable
 support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh­               — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 273
 terings, the maximum buying-in price and the quantities                   per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality
 which may be bought in should be fixed;                                   R3 ,
                                                                       — the price of forequarters shall be derived from the
 Whereas, following the buying in of forequarters, the                     carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for the
 price of such products should be defined on the basis of                  straight cut,
 carcase prices;
                                                                       — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or
 Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the                      forequarters accepted shall be 6 690 tonnes,
 quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing                 — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU
 coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the                       244 and less than or equal to ECU 262 shall be
 differences in prices and the quantities tendered for,                    multiplied by a coefficient of 80 % in accordance
 several reducing coefficients should accordingly be                       with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
applied to the quantities which may be bought in in                        2456/93 and those offered at a price greater than
accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No                      ECU 262 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
2456/93 ;                                                                  30 % .
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
(2) OJ No L 296, 21 . 11 . 1996, p. 50.                                                     Article 2
C) OJ No L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4.
(j OJ No L 40, 11 . 2. 1997, p. 14.
0 OJ No L 159, 10. 6. 1989, p. 36.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 February
(*) OJ No L 40, 11 . 2. 1997, p. 1 .                               1997 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 14 February 1997.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                             Member of the Commission