CELEX: 31974R0472
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 472/74 of the Commission of 26 February 1974 on an invitation to tender for the sale for export of hindquarters of beef and veal held by the Irish intervention agency

No L 56/20                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              27. 2. 74
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 472/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 26 February 1974
                on an invitation to tender for the sale for export of hindquarters of beef and veal
                                              held by the Irish intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        release from storage and export ; therefore in this case
COMMUNITIES,                                                          the intervention agencies are allowed to take the neces­
                                                                      sary measures ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 ( J ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 7 (3) thereof ;
Whereas the possibility of permanent intervention has                                         Article 1
led to the build-up of certain stocks particularly in
Ireland ; it is therefore necessary to arrange for the
sale of these stocks in order to free the cold stores ;               Hindquarters of beef and veal bought-in by the Irish
                                                                      intervention agency under Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 805/68, shall be sold.
Whereas in the present market situation which is char­
acterized by relatively low and unstable prices, it is
not desirable to distribute the meat on the Commu­
                                                                                               Article 2
nity market, therefore it is necessary to link the sale to
an obligation to export the goods ;
                                                                      The sale shall take place by tendering procedure as
Whereas      under these conditions the             release from
                                                                      provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 216/69, and in
                                                                      particular Articles 6 to 14 thereof, and by this Regula­
storage can be made according to Article 1 (2) (a) of                 tion .
Council Regulation (EEC) No 98 /69 (3) of 16 January
1969, laying down general rules for the disposal of
frozen beef and veal bought-in by the intervention
                                                                                               Article 3
agencies ;
Whereas for this purpose it appears necessary to make                 A tender shall not be valid unless accompanied by a
                                                                      written statement in which the tenderer undertakes to
arrangement for sale by tender in order to allow the
release from storage in the most economical condi­                    take out and to export the meat within eight weeks of
                                                                      the day on which he is informed that his tender has
tions as laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 21 6/69 (4) of 4 February 1969 on detailed rules for               been accepted.
the disposal of frozen beef and veal bought-in by the
intervention agencies ; whereas there is cause to make
provision , in these circumstances, for a deposit of an                                        Article 4
amount covering, besides the amount fixed in Article
10 of Regulation (EEC) No 216/69, the refund appli­                    1 . By way of derogation from Article 10 (1 ) of Regu­
cable to the meat in question, in order to ensure its                 lation (EEC) No 216/69, the deposit shall be 52 units
export ;                                                              of account per 100 kg of the product.
Whereas, however, force majeure as defined by the                      2. In addition to the circumstances specified in
Court of Justice of the European Communities in                       Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 216/69, the
cases 4-68 (5) and 1 1 -70 (6) may occur during the                    deposit shall be forfeit in respect of any quantities of
                                                                       meat in respect of which the successful tenderer does
(')  OJ No L    148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.                           not provide proof of importation into a third country.
(2)  OJ No L   25, 30 . 1 . 1973, p. 23 .
P)   OJ No L    14, 21 . 1 . 1969 , p . 2.
(4)  OJ No L   28 , 5. 2. 1969, p. 10.                                 3 . Proof of importation into a third country shall
(5 ) Case-book   1968 , 549 .                                         be provided in the same way as for the purposes of
(6)  Case-book   1970 , 1125 .                                         export refunds.
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                      Article 5                             The intervention agencies shall inform the Commis­
                                                            sion of each case of force majeure and of the measures
No refund shall be granted in respect of meat               taken in respect of it.
exported pursuant to this Regulation .
                      Article 6
                                                                                    Article 7
In case of force majeure, the intervention agencies
shall adopt the measures which appear warranted by          This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March
the circumstances invoked.                                  1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 26 February 1974.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                         The President
                                                                    Francois-Xavier ORTOLI