CELEX: 31991R2911
Language: en
Date: 1991-10-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2911/91 of 2 October 1991 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export after processing to the Soviet Union, amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 673/91

No L 276/28                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                3 . 10 . 91
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2911/91
                                                          of 2 October 1991
                    on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef
                    held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export after processing to
                    the Soviet Union, amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 and repealing
                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 673/91
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas products held by intervention agencies and
                                                                       intended for export are subject to the provisions of
                                                                       Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 Q, as last
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2892/91 (8) ; whereas
 Economic Community,                                                   the Annex to that Regulation setting out the entries to be
                                                                       made should be expanded ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) no 805/68 of
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 673/91 (9)
 in beef and veal (]), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             should be repealed,
 No 1628/91 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of 5                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 September 1984 laying down detailed rules for certain                 Committee for Beef and Veal,
 sales of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies (3),
 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/87 (4), provides
 for the possibility of applying a two-stage procedure when
 beef is sold from intervention stocks situated in the
 Community ;                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas certain intervention agencies hold large stocks of
 intervention meat ; whereas an extension of the period of                                       Article 1
 storage of meat bought in should be avoided on account
 of the ensuing high costs ; whereas, in view of supply
 needs in the Soviet Union, some of that meat should be                1 . A sale shall be organized of approximately 40 000
 put up for sale in accordance with Regulations (EEC) Nos             tonnes of boned or boneless meat held by the Irish inter­
 2539/84 and 2182/77 (*), as last amended by Regulation               vention agency and bought in before 1 September 1991 .
 (EEC) No 3988/87 (6), in order to be processed and
 imported into that country ;                                         2. The meat must be processed into the products
                                                                      referred to in Annex I and imported into the Soviet
Whereas, because of technical reasons relating to proces­             Union.
sing, the time limit for take-over from intervention stocks
should be extended ; whereas, in view of the urgency and              3. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale
the specific nature of the operation and of the need for              shall take place in accordance with Regulations (EEC)
controls, special detailed rules must be laid down in parti­          Nos 2539/84 and 2182/77.
cular as regards the minimum quantity which may be
purchased ;
                                                                      4. The qualities and the minimum price referred to in
                                                                      Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be as
Whereas, in order to ensure that the operation is carried             set out in Annex II hereto.
out properly, a time limit must be laid down for proces­
sing and exporting the meat,                                          5.     Tenders shall be valid only if they :
Whereas, in order to ensure that the beef sold is processed           — relate to a total minimum quantity of 10 000 tonnes
and exported to the intended destination, securities as                    boned or boneless meat expressed in product weight,
specified in Article 5 (2) (a) and (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC)        — relate to a lot comprising all the cuts referred to in
No 2539/84 should be lodged ;                                              Annex III in the percentages stated therein and offer a
                                                                           single price per tonne expressed in ecus of the lot
(') OJ  No  L 148 ,  28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                                 made up in this fashion,
(2) OJ  No  L 150,   15. 6. 1991 , p. 16.
0   OJ  No  L 238,   6. 9. 1984, p. 13.
0   OJ  No  L 170,   30. 6. 1987, p. 23.                              0 OJ No L 55, 1 . 3. 1988, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 251 ,  1 . 10. 1977, p. 60.                             (8) OJ No L 275, 2. 10. 1991 , p. 6.
(*) OJ  No  L 376,   31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .                           0 OJ No L 75, 21 . 3. 1991 , p. 24.
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 — are submitted by a natural or legal person who has             The latter shall be ECU 400 per 100 kilograms of boned
      been engaged for at least twelve months in an activity      or boneless meat into the products referred to in Annex I
      in the processing industry for the purposes of manu­        and the importing of those products into the Soviet
      facturing products containing beef or veal and is           Union under the terms of this Regulation shall be
      entered in a public register in a Member State,             primary requirements within the meaning of Article 20 of
                                                                  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (').
 — are accompanied by precise details of the establish­
      ments) where the meat purchased is to be processed.
                                                                  The other provisions of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  2539/84 shall remain applicable mutatis mutandis.
 6. Only tenders which reach the intervention agency
 concerned by 12 noon on 10 October 1991 shall be taken
 into consideration .
                                                                                            Article 4
 7. Particulars of the quantities and the place where the         Products exported under this Regulation shall only
 products are stored may be obtained by the parties               qualify for refunds if they are manufactured under
 concerned at the address given in Annex IV.                      Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (2) and if they
                                                                  are covered by product codes 1602 50 90 120 or
                                                                  1 602 50 90 320 of the refund nomenclature established by
                           Article 2                              Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3445/89 (3).
                                                                  The refunds and the agricultural conversion rate shall be
 1.     Notwithstanding Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No
 2539/84, the time limit for take-over as defined in that         those applying at the date in Article 1 (6).
 Article shall be six months.
                                                                                            Article 5
 2. Applicants may entrust an authorized agent to take
 delivery of the products they purchase. In that case, the
 authorized agent shall submit the tenders or, where              Under II 'Products subject to a use and/or destination
 appropriate, the purchase applications of the applicants         other than that mentioned under I', in Regulation (EEC)
 he represents.                                                   No 569/88, the following point 39 and the relevant foot­
                                                                  note are added :
 3. The purchasers and authorized agents referred to in               '(39) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2911 /91 of 2
 paragraphs 1 and 2 shall keep up to date accounts permit­                  October 1991 on the sale by the procedure laid
 ting the destination and utilization of the products to be                 down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef
 ascertained, in particular with a view to verifying that the               held by certain intervention agencies and
 quantities of products purchased correspond to those of                    intended for export after processing to the Soviet
 products processed.                                                        Union, amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88
                                                                            and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 673/9 1 (39) :
4. Notwithstanding Article 5 ( 1 ) and (2) of Regulation                    on the dispatch of meat for processing :
(EEC) No 2182/77, processing must be carried out within
nine months and proof must be provided within 10                            Section 44 of the SAD or the most appropriate
months of the date of conclusion of the contract of sale.                   section of the document used :
5. Notwithstanding the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No                         'For processing [Regulation (EEC) No 291 1 /91 ]'
2182/77 the coefficient for products with a meat content
of at least 80 % , shall be 1,75.                                     (39) OJ No L 276, 3. 10 . 1991 , p. 28 .'.
6. The processed products must be exported within 12
months following the date of conclusion of the cbntract                                     Article 6
of sale.
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 673/91 is hereby repealed.
                           Article 3
                                                                                            Article 7
1 . The security provided for in Article 5(1 ) of Regula­        This Regulation shall enter into' force on the day of its
tion (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be ECU 10 per 100 kilo­              publication in the Official Journal of the European
grams.                                                            Communities.
2. Notwithstanding Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No              (■) OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.
2539/84, the securities provided for in paragraphs 2(a)          0 OJ No L 221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28.
and 3 (a) thereof are hereby replaced by a single security.      0 OJ No L 336, 20. 11 . 1989, p. 1 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 2 October 1991 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                       ANNEX I
                                         Products referred to in Article 3 (2)
           A. CORNED BEEF
              Composition and quality requirements
               Corned beef consisting solely of beef :
              (a) maximum water content : 60 % ;
              (b) protein content : 21 % minimum ; the proportion of collagenous protein in relation to total
                  protein content must not exceed 30 % ;
              (c) fat content : 15,5% maximum ;
              (d) salt content : 2 % maximum ; 50 ppm of maximum total nitrate content expressed as sodium
                  nitrate ;
              (e) sugar content : 1 % maximum ;
              (f) ash content : 3,5 % maximum.
              The corned beef must not contain any foreign substances or additives, particularly thickening
              agents, other than tendon collagen. Moreover, it must not be finely minced and must be free of
              disagreeable odours and tastes.
           B. BEEF IN JELLY
              Composition and quality requirements
              Beef in jelly consisting exclusively of cooked beef (80 % minimum) and jelly.
              (a) maximum water content : 75 % ;
              (b) protein content : 15% minimum ;
              (c) fat content : 7 % minimum ;
              (d) salt content : 2 % maximum ;
              (e) ash content : 3 % maximum.
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  ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II —
                                                                          ANEXO II
        Estado miembro                        Productos                      Cantidades (toneladas)      Precio mínimo expresado en ecus por tonelada
          Medlemsstat                         Produkter                         Mængde (tons)                       Mindstepriser i ECU/ton
          Mitgliedstaat                      Erzeugnisse                       Mengen (Tonnen)              Mindestpreise, ausgedrückt in ECU/Tonne
         Κράτος μέλος                         Προϊόντα                        Ποσοτητες (τόνοι)     Ελάχιστες τιμές πωλήσεως εκφραζόμενες σε Ecu ανά τόνο
         Member State                          Products                       Quantities (tonnes)         Minimum prices expressed in ecus per tonne
          État membre                          Produits                       Quantités (tonnes)           Prix minimaux exprimés en écus par tonne
         Stato membro                          Prodotti                      Quantità (tonnellate)        Prezzi minimi espressi in ecu per tonnellata
            Lid-Staat                         Produkten                        Hoeveelheid (ton)           Minimumprijzen uitgedrukt in ecu per ton
         Estado-membro                         Produtos                      Quantidade (toneladas)       Preço mínimo expresso em ecus por tonelada
  Ireland                    — Boneless cuts from :                        I
I                                Category C, classes U, R and O                     40 000                                   1 325 (■)
  (') Precio mínimo por cada tonelada de producto de acuerdo con la distribución contemplada en el Anexo III.
  (') Minimumspris pr. ton produkt efter fordelingen i bilag III.
 (') Mindestpreis je Tonne des Erzeugnisses gemäß der in Anhang III angegebenen Zusammensetzung.
  C ) Ελάχιστη τιμή ανά τόνο προϊόντος σύμφωνά με την κατανομή που αναφέρεται στο παράρτημα III.
  (') Minimum price per tonne of products made up according to the percentages referred to in Annex III.
  (') Prix minimum par tonne de produit selon la répartition visée à 1 annexe III.
  (') Prezzo minimo per tonnellata di prodotto secondo la ripartizione indicata nell allegato III.
  (') Minimumprijs per ton produkt volgens de in bijlage III aangegeven verdeling.
  (') Preço mínimo por tonelada de produto segundo a repartição indicada no anexo III.
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           ANEXO III — BILAG III — ANHANG III — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ III — ANNEX III — ANNEXE III
                                  — ALLEGATO III — BIJLAGE III — ANEXO III
                        Répartition du lot visé à l'article 1er paragraphe 5 deuxieme tiret
              Distribución del lote contemplado en el segundo guión del apartado S del articulo 1
                       Repartição do lote referido no n? 5, segundo travessão, do artigo 1 ?
             Κατανομή της παρτίδας που αναφέρεται στο άρθρο 1 παράγραφος 5 δεύτερη περίπτωση
                         Fordeling af det i artikel 1 , stk. 5, andet led, omhandlede parti
                       Verdeling van de in artikel 1 , lid 5, tweede streepje, bedoelde parti)
                     Repartition of the lot meant in the second subparagraph of Article 1 (S)
              Zusammensetzung der in Artikel 1 Absatz 5 zweite Gedankenstrich genannten Partie
                         Composizione della partita di cui all'articolo 5, secondo trattino
                                              Cuts                  Weight percentage
                                            Teilstücke               Gewichtsan teile
                                              Tagli                Percentage del peso
                                          Deelstukken            % van het totaalgewicht
                                          Udskæringer                  Vægtprocent
                                            Τεμάχια               Ποσοστό του βάρους
                                             Cortes               Percentagem do pesa *
                                             Cortes                Porcentaje en pesa
                                            Découpes              Pourcentage du poids
                              Striploins                                  5,5
                              Insides                                     9,1
                              Outsides                                    8,6
                              Knuckles                                    5,4
                              Rumps                                       5,8
                              Briskets                                    7,9
                              Forequarters                              30,2
                              Shins/shanks                                6,6
                              Plates/flanks                             20,9
                              Total lot
                              Partie insgesamt
                              Totale della partita
                              Totale partij
                              Vareparti i alt                           100 0 %
                              Σύνολο παρτίδας
                              Lote total
                              Lote total
                              Lot total
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          ANEXO IV — BILAG IV — ANHANG IV — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ IV — ANNEX IV — ANNEXE IV —
                                 ALLEGATO IV — BIJLAGE IV — ANEXO IV
          Direcciones de los organismos de intervención — Interventionsorganernes 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
                                                        intervencao
          IRELAND :              Department of Agriculture and Food
                                 Agriculture House
                                 Kildare Street
                                 Dublin 2
                                 Tel. (01 ) 78 90 11 , ext. 22 78
                                 Telex 4280 and 5118