31976R1130
No L 127/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 15 . 5 . 76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1130/76 of 14 May 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 Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 and held by the interven COMMUNITIES, tion agencies as a result of buying-in operations carried out not later than 31 December 1975 . Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 2 Having rgard 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 Regula The sale shall be by tender in accordance with Regula tion (EEC) No 568/76 (2), and in particular Article 7 tion (EEC) No 216/69, and with this Regulation. (3) thereof, By way of derogation from Article 6 (3) of Regulation Whereas there are now certain opportunities to (EEC) No 216/69, tenders shall be submitted by 12 dispose, on the market, of meat held by the interven noon on 8 June 1976. tion agencies of the Member States ;
Whereas subject to certain derogations, recourse The quantities put up for tender by each Member should be had to the procedure for sale by tender State shall be fixed by a notice of invitation to tender provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 216/69 of 4 February 1969 on detailed rules of applica 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 3 of the meat from storage on the best terms available ; When, by reason of force majeure, the tenderer is Whereas, however, release from storage may be inter unable to comply with the time limit set for taking rupted by force majeure ; whereas the intervention delivery, the intervention agency shall take such agency should therefore be permitted to take the action as it considers necessary having regard to the necessary action in such cases ; 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 5 000 metric tons of unboned quarters of frozen beef bought in under 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 (3) 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.
15 . 5 . 76 No L 127/41 Official Journal of the European Communities
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 May 1976 . For the Commission
P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission