Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/1999 of 19 February 1999 on a sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing within the Community and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2759/98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 384/1999 of 19 February 1999 on a sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing within the Community and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2759/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
Whereas the application of intervention measures in respect of beef has resulted in a build up of stocks in several Member States; whereas, in order to prevent storage being prolonged excessively, part of these stocks should be put up for sale by tender for processing in the Community;
Whereas the sale should be made subject to the rules laid down by Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2173/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (4), (EEC) No 3002/92 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 770/96 (6), and (EEC) No 2182/77 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95, subject to certain special exceptions on account of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the sales by tender are conducted properly and uniformly, measures in addition to those provided for in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 should be adopted;
Whereas provision should be made for derogations from Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 in view of the administrative difficulties which the application of this point is creating in the Member States concerned;
Whereas, in order to ensure that stocks are managed economically, the intervention agencies should sell first beef that has been in storage the longest time;
Whereas, in order to ensure optimum monitoring of the destination of beef from intervention stocks, control measures should be adopted, in addition to the measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, which are based on physical inspection of quantities and qualities;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2759/98 (8), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 154/1999 (9), should be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,