Document ID: 31998R1325

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1325/98 of 25 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 884/98 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to their processing in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
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 2634/97 (2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/98 of 24 April 1998 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to their processing in the Community (3) provides for a sale of intervention stocks held by various Member States; whereas the quantities and prices stated in that Regulation should be amended to take account of the stocks already sold; whereas to improve access to the beef, greater flexibility in the pricing system should be allowed; whereas Regulation (EC) No 884/98 should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 884/98 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In the first subparagraph of Article 1(1), the indent '1 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Austrian intervention agency` is replaced by '2 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Austrian intervention agency`; the indent '3 000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Irish intervention agency` is replaced by '4 000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Irish intervention agency`; '3 000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the French intervention agency` is replaced by '4 000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the French intervention agency`; and '3 500 tonnes of deboned beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency` is replaced by '5 000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency`;
2. In Article 5(2), the figure of '1 700` in the third indent is replaced by '1 800`. In the fourth indent, the figure of '1 500` is replaced by '1 600`.
3. Annex I is replaced by Annex I of this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 June 1998.

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