Document ID: 31996R1788

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1788/96 of 13 September 1996 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 167th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 1627/89 and (EC) No 1680/96
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 organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1588/96 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
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 805/68 as regards the general and special intervention measures for beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 307/96 (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 to tender (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1744/96 (6);
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 invitation to tender in the light of tenders received; whereas, in accordance with Article 14 of that Regulation, only tenders quoting prices not exceeding the maximum buying-in price and not exceeding the average national or regional market price, plus the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article, are to be accepted;
Whereas, once tenders submitted in respect of the 167th partial invitation to tender have been considered and taking account, pursuant to Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaughterings, the maximum buying-price and the quantities which may be bought in should be fixed;
Whereas, following the buying in of forequarters and carcases and half-carcases of lean animals of less than 10 months old, the price of such products should be defined on the basis of carcase prices;
Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the quantities which may be bought in; whereas a reducing coefficient or, where appropriate, depending on the differences in prices and the quantities tendered for, several reducing coefficients should accordingly be applied to the quantities which may be bought in in accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 and the final indent of Article 1 (1a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1318/96 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1751/96 (8);
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
Under the 167th partial invitation to tender opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1627/89:
(a) for category A:
- the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 261 per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality R3,
- the price of forequarters shall be calculated from the carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for the straight cut,
- the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases and forequarters accepted shall be 13 486 tonnes,
- the quantities offered at a price of ECU 229 or more shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 45 % in accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93;
(b) for category C:
- the maximum buying-in price shall be ECU 261 per 100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality R3,
- the price of forequarters shall be calculated from the carcase price using the coefficient 0,80 for the straight cut,
- the maximum quantity of carcases, half-carcases and forequarters accepted shall be 12 006 tonnes,
- the quantities offered at a price of ECU 229 or more shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 45 % in accordance with Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93;
(c) for carcases and half-carcases of lean animals of less than 10 months old:
- the awarded prices shall be calculated from the carcase price using the coefficient 1,23,
- the maximum quantity accepted shall be 1 559 tonnes.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 September 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 September 1996.

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