COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 244/93 of 4 February 1993 on the sale by the procedure laid down in  Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for  processing within the Community and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3783/92
THE  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 (EEC) No 125/93  (2), and in  particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of 5 September 1984 laying down detailed rules for  certain sales of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies  (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)  No 1809/87  (4), has provided for the possibility of applying a two-stage procedure when selling  beef from intervention stocks;
Whereas certain intervention agencies hold stocks of intervention meat; whereas an extension of the  period of storage should be avoided on account of the ensuing high costs; whereas, in the present  market situation, there are outlets for such meat for processing in the Community;
Whereas such sales should be made in accordance with Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84, (EEC)  No 3002/92  (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 75/93  (6) and (EEC) No 2182/77  (7), as  last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3807/92  (8), subject to certain special exceptions on account  of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3783/92  (9) should be repealed;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,
1.  The following approximate quantities of beef shall be put up for  sale for processing within the Community:
-  approximately 157 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency and stored in  the Netherlands,
-  approximately 1  000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish intervention agency,
-  approximately 1  000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian intervention agency,
-  approximately 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish intervention agency,
-  approximately 2  000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French intervention agency,
-  approximately 1  500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency,
-  approximately 7  000 tonnes of boned beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and  bought in before 1 August 1992,
-  approximately 2  000 tonnes of boned beef held by the Irish intervention agency and bought in  before 1 August 1992,
-  approximately 1  000 tonnes of boned beef held by the Danish intervention agency and bought in  before 1 November 1992,
-  approximately 3  400 tonnes of boned beef held by the Italian intervention agency and bought in  before 1 October 1992,
-  approximately 1  000 tonnes of boned beef held by the French intervention agency and bought in  before 1 November 1992.
2.  The intervention agencies referred to in paragraph 1 shall sell first the meat which has been  stored the longest.
3.  The sales shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84,  (EEC) No 3002/92, (EEC) No 2182/77 and this Regulation.
4.  The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No  2539/84 are given in Annex I hereto.
5.  Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies  concerned no later than 12 noon on 11 February 1993.
6.  Particulars relating to the quantities and the places where the products are stored shall be  available to interested parties at the addresses given in Annex II.
1.  Notwithstanding Article 3 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77, the tender or  application to purchase:
(a)  shall be valid only if presented by a natural or legal person who, for at least 12 months, has  been engaged in the processing of products containing beef and who is entered in a public register  of a Member State;
(b)  must be accompanied by:
-  a written undertaking by the applicant to process the meat purchased into products specified in  Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77 within the period referred to in Article 5 (1) of the  abovementioned Regulation,
-  a precise indication of the establishment or establishments where the meat which has been  purchased will be processed.
2.  The applicants referred to in paragraph 1 may instruct an agent to take delivery, on their  behalf, of the products which they purchase. In this case the agent shall submit the tenders or  applications to purchase of the purchasers whom he represents.
3.  The purchasers and agents referred to in the foregoing paragraphs shall maintain and keep up to  date an accounting system which permits the destination and use of the products to be ascertained  with a view particularly to checking to ensure that the quantities of products purchased and  manufactured tally.
1.  The security provided for in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be  ECU 10 per 100 kilograms.
2.  The security provided for in Article 5 (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be:
-  ECU 100 per 100 kilograms for bone-in forequarters,
-  ECU  140 per 100 kilograms for boned meat.
Regulation (EEC) No 3783/92 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 February 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.