31976R0848
10 . 4. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 96/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 848/76 of 9 April 1976 on an invitation to tender for the sale of unboned quarters of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN under Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 and held by the COMMUNITIES, intervention agencies as a result of buying-in opera tions carried out not later than 31 December 1975 . Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 2 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by 1 . The sale shall be by tender in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 568/76 (2), and in particular Regulation (EEC) No 216/69, and with this Regula tion . Article 7 (3) thereof,
Whereas there are now certain opportunities to 2. By way of derogation from Article 6 (3) of Regu dispose, on the market, of meat held by the interven lation (EEC) No 216/69, tenders shall be submitted by tion agencies of the Member States ; 12 noon on 3 May 1976.
Whereas subject to certain derogations, recourse 3. The quantities put up for tender by each should be had to the procedure for sale by tender Member State shall be fixed by a notice of invitation provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No to tender published in the Official Journal of the 216/69 of 4 February 1969 on detailed rules of applica European Communities. tion for the disposal of frozen beef and veal bought in by the intervention agencies (3), thus allowing the evaluation of the present market prices and the release Article J of the meat from storage on the best terms available ;
Whereas, however, release from storage may be inter When, by reason of force majeure, the tenderer is rupted by force majeure ; whereas the intervention unable to comply with the time limit set for taking agency should therefore be permitted to take the delivery, the intervention agency shall take such necessary action in such cases ; action as it considers necessary having regard to the circumstances invoked . Whereas, furthermore, operators should be prohibited from using the sales of meat concerned in order to The intervention agency shall inform the Commission apply for the issue of import licences referred to in of each case of force majeure and of the action taken Commission Regulation (EEC) No 76/76 of 16 in respect thereof. January 1976 setting up a system linking imports of beef and veal products effected by way of protective measures with the sale of beef held by intervention Article 4 agencies (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 283/76 (5) ; Contracts of sale concluded under this Regulation do Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation not give an entitlement to the issue of import licences are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 76/76. ment Committee for Beef and Veal , The intervention agencies shall inscribe on the orig inal of each contract of purchase one of the following HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : endorsements 'Jumelage exclu', 'Koblingstransak tioner ikke indbefattet', 'Kopplung ausgeschlossen', 'Linked sale excluded', 'Abbinamento non ammesso', Article 1 'Koppeling uitgesloten'. There shall be put up for sale about 1 0 000 metric tons of unboned quarters of frozen beef bought in Article 5 («) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. (2) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 28 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day (J) OJ No L 28 , 5. 2. 1969, p. 10 . (4) OJ No L 10, 17. 1 . 1976, p. 21 . following its publication in the Official Journal of 5) OJ No L 36, 11 . 2. 1976, p. 10. the European Communities.
No L 96/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 10 . 4. 76
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 9 April 1976. For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission