CELEX: 31997R0477
Language: en
Date: 1997-03-14 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 477/97 of 14 March 1997 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 178th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

No L 75/2          ( en I               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  15. 3 . 97
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 477197
                                                         of 14 March 1997
                    fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                    under the 178th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                           pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        differences in prices and the quantities tendered for,
                                                                     several reducing coefficients should accordingly be
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              applied to the quantities which may be bought in in
  Community,                                                         accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2456/93;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of             Whereas the scale of the quantities awarded warrants the
  27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
  in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)           application of the possibility provided for in Article 1 6 (2)
  No 2222/96 (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
                                                                     delivered;
  Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
  2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  805/68 as regards the general and special intervention             Committee for Beef and Veal,
  measures for beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
  No 242/97 (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 to tender (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 No 320/97 (%
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation                                  Article 1
 (EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be
 fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial         Under the 178th partial invitation to tender opened
 invitation to tender in the light of tenders received;              pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 :
 whereas, in accordance with Article 14 of that Regulation,
 only tenders quoting prices not exceeding the maximum
 buying-in price and not exceeding the average national or          (a) for category A:
 regional market price, plus the amount referred to in                  — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU
 paragraph 1 of that Article, are to be accepted;                           272,50 per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of
                                                                            quality R3,
 Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 178th                — the price of forequarters shall be derived from the
 partial invitation to tender have been considered and                      carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for the
 taking account, pursuant to Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation                  straight cut,
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh­                 — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or
 terings, the maximum buying-in price and the quantities                    forequarters accepted shall be 6 131 tonnes,
which may be bought in should be fixed;                                 — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU
                                                                            244 and less than or equal to ECU 257 shall be
Whereas, following the buying in of forequarters, the                       multiplied by a coefficient of 75 %, in accordance
 price of such products should be defined on the basis of                   with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
carcase prices;                                                             2456/93, and those offered at a price greater than
                                                                            ECU 257 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
                                                                            25 % ;
Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the
quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing               (b) for category C:
coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the
                                                                        — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU
                                                                            272,50 per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of
(') OJ  No  L  148, 28. 6. 1968 , p. 24.
 2) OJ  No  L 296, 21 . 11 . 1996, p. 50 .                                  quality R3,
(3) OJ  No  L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4.                                    — the price of forequarters shall be derived from the
(«) OJ  No  L 40, 11 . 2. 1997, p. 14.
(*) OJ  No  L  159, 10. 6. 1989, p. 36.                                     carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for the
(4 OJ No L 51 , 21 . 2. 1997, p. 48.                                        straight cut,
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   — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or                                  Article 2
        forequarters accepted shall be 11 062 tonnes,
                                                                The first sentence of Article 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
   — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU         No 2456/93 notwithstanding, the time limit for delivery
        244 and less than or equal to ECU 257 shall be          to intervention stores is extended by one week.
        multiplied by a coefficient of 75 % in accordance
        with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
        2456/93 and those offered at a price greater than                                Article 3
        ECU 257 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
        25 % .                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 March 1997.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 14 March 1997.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Franz FISCHLER
                                                                    Member of the Commission