CELEX: 31993R1978
Language: en
Date: 1993-07-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1978/93 of 22 July 1993 on the sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies for the production of minced meat

23 . 7. 93                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 180/35
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1978/93
                                                         of 22 July 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 I
 Economic Community,
                                                                      1.    The sale shall take place of :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of              — approximately 2 000 tonnes of boned meat held by
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                   the French intervention agency and bought in after
 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                1 April 1992,
 No 125/93 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,             — approximately 2 000 tonnes of boned meat held by
                                                                         the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought
                                                                         in after 1 April 1992,
Whereas the application of intervention measures in                 — approximately 2 000 tonnes of boned meat held by
respect of beef has created large stocks ; whereas, in order             the Irish intervention agency and bought in after
to avoid an excessively long period of storage, part of                  1 April 1992.
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 27 July 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.
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1759/93 (% 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 measures provided for in this Regulation in             they are stored shall be available to the interested parties
accordance with the opinion of the Management                       from the addresses listed in Annex II to this Regulation.
Committee for Beef and Veal,                                        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.
0   OJ  No  L 18, 27. 1 . 1993, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 382, 31 . 12. 1988, p. 3.                             5. Notwithstanding Article 8 (2) (b) of Regulation
(4) OJ  No  L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 13 .
0   OJ  No  L 251 , 5. 10 . 1979, p. 12.                            (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders shall not indicate in which
(6) OJ  No  L 161 , 2. 7. 1993, p. 59.                              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 three months of the date referred to in
                                                                                            Article 4
     Article 2 (1 ) of this Regulation,
— 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                                        Article 6
minced meat is to be produced a certified copy of the
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, 22 July 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 — BJJLAGE I — ANEXO I
               Estado miembro                              Productos                          Cantidades (toneladas)
                 Medlemsstat                               Produkter                             Maengde (tons)
                 Mitgliedstaat                            Erzeugnisse                           Mengen (Tonnen)
                    Κράτος                                Προϊόντα                             Ποσότηες (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                                               1 500
                                   — Foreribs                                                           500
           IRELAND                 — Plates/flanks                                                   1 500
                                   — Forequarters                                                       500
           FRANCE                  — Caisse B                                                           500
                                   — Caisse A                                                        1 500
          ANEXO II — B1LAG II — ANHANG II — T1APAPTHMA II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II —
                                   ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II — ANEXO II
          Direcciones de los organismos de intervencion — Interventionsorganernes adresser —
          Anschriften der Interventionsstellen — Διευθύνσει; των oργανισμών napE|i6doea>; — 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, Food and Forestry
                                   Agriculture House
                                   Kildare Street
                                   Dublin 2
                                   Tel. (01)678 90 11 , ext. 2278 and ext. 3806
                                   TP I PV 93 292 and 93 607
                                   Telefax (01 ) 661 62 63, (01 ) 678 52 14 and (01 ) 662 01 98
          FRANCE :                 OFIVAL
                                   Tour Montparnasse
                                   33 , avenue du Maine
                                   F-75755 Paris Cedex 15
                                   Tél . 45 38 84 00 : télex 205 476