CELEX: 31998R0817
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 817/98 of 17 April 1998 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 201st partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

18. 4. 98             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 116/9
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 817/98
                                                     of 17 April 1998
                  fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                  under the 201st partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                                      pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       ences in prices and the quantities tendered for, several
                                                                  reducing coefficients should accordingly be applied to the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             quantities which may be bought in in accordance with
Community,                                                        Article 13(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93;
                                                                  Whereas the scale of the quantities awarded warrants the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of            application of the possibility provided for in Article 16(2)
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market             of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 of extending the period
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)          during which the intervention products are to be deliv-
No 2634/97 (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,           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
(EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be              Under the 201st partial invitation to tender opened
fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial       pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89:
invitation to tender in the light of tenders received;
whereas, in accordance with Article 13(2) of that Regula-         (a) for category A, it has been decided not to proceed
tion, a decision may be taken not to proceed with the                 with the tendering procedure;
tendering procedure; whereas, in accordance with Article
14 of that Regulation, only tenders quoting prices not            (b) for category C:
exceeding the maximum buying-in price and not
exceeding the average national or regional market price,               the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 251
plus the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article,               per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality
are to be accepted;                                                       R3,
                                                                       the maximum quantity of carcases and half-
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 201st                   carcases accepted shall be 1 704 tonnes,
partial invitation to tender have been considered and                  the quantities offered at a price less than or equal
taking account, pursuant to Article 6(1) of Regulation                    to ECU 251 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable                       25 % in Northern Ireland and 10 % in Ireland, in
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaughter-                accordance with Article 13(3) of Regulation (EEC)
ings and prices, it has been decided not to proceed with                  No 2456/93.
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;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the              The first sentence of Article 16(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing             2456/93 notwithstanding, the time limit for delivery to
coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the differ-       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 20 April 1998.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 17 April 1998.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission