CELEX: 31998R0978
Language: en
Date: 1998-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 978/98 of 8 May 1998 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 202nd partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

9. 5. 98               EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 137/5
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 978/98
                                                      of 8 May 1998
                  fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                  under the 202nd 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 896/
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
fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial       Under the 202nd 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 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 249
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 202nd                   carcases accepted shall be 978 tonnes,
partial invitation to tender have been considered and
taking account, pursuant to Article 6(1) of Regulation                 the quantities offered at a price less than or equal
(EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable                       to ECU 249 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaughter-                10 %, in accordance with Article 13(3) of Regula-
ings and prices, it has been decided not to proceed with                  tion (EEC) 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 126, 28. 4. 1998, p. 20.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 May 1998.
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        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
        States.
        Done at Brussels, 8 May 1998.
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                              Member of the Commission