CELEX: 31996R1720
Language: en
Date: 1996-08-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1720/96 of 30 August 1996 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 166th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 1627/89 and (EC) No 1124/96

No L 221 /56           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 31 . 8 . 96
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1720/96
                                                         of 30 August 1996
                     fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in
                     under the 166th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure
                              pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 1627/89 and (EC) No 1124/96
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2456/93 ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,                                                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of             Committee for Beef and Veal,
  27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
  in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
  No 1 588/96 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
  Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
  2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules
  for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No                                           Article 1
  805/68 as regards the general and special intervention
  measures for beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)          Under the 166th partial invitation to tender opened
  No 307/96 (4), an invitation to tender was opened                  pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 :
  pursuant to Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC)
  No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying in of beef by              (a) for category A:
  invitation to tender (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)           — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 253
  No 1401 /96 (6);
                                                                             per 100 kg carcases or half-carcases of quality R3,
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation              — the price of forequarters shall be derived from the
 (EEC) No 2456/93, a maximum buying-in price is to be                        carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for the
 fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial                 straight cut,
 invitation to tender in the light of tenders received;                  — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or
 whereas, in accordance with Article 14 of that Regulation,                  forequarters accepted shall be 12 538 tonnes,
 only tenders quoting prices not exceeding the maximum                   — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU
 buying-in price and not exceeding the average national or                   226 and less than or equal to ECU 250 shall be
 regional market price, plus the amount referred to in                       multiplied by a coefficient of 60 % , in accordance
 paragraph 1 of that Article, are to be accepted;                            with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                             2456/93, and those offered at a price greater than
 Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 166th                     ECU 250 shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
 partial invitation to tender have been considered and                       25 % ;
 taking account, pursuant to Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation
 (EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable                (b) for category C:
 support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh­
 terings, the maximum buying-in price and the quantities                 — the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 253
 which may be bought in should be fixed;                                     per 100 kg carcases or half-carcases of quality R3,
                                                                         — the price of forequarters shall be derived from the
Whereas, following the buying in of forequarters, the                        carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for the
 price of such products should be defined on the basis of                    straight cut,
 carcase prices;                                                         — the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases or
                                                                             forequarters accepted shall be 10 992 tonnes,
Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the                     — the quantities offered at a price greater than ECU
quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing                       226 and less than or equal to ECU 250 shall be
coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the                         multiplied by a coefficient of 60 % in accordance
differences in prices and the quantities tendered for,                      with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93
several reducing coefficients should accordingly be                         and those offered at a price greater than ECU 250
applied to the quantities which may be bought in in                         shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 25 % .
(') OJ   No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
(2) OJ   No  L 206, 16. 8 . 1996, p. 23.                                                      Article 2
(3) OJ   No  L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4.
(4) OJ   No  L 43, 21 . 2. 1996, p. 3 .
Is) OJ No L 159, 10. 6. 1989, p. 36.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 September
(") OJ No L 180 , 19 . 7. 1996, p. 14.                              1996 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 30 August 1996.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Karel VAN MIERT
                                                               Member of the Commission