31988R0731

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 731/88 of 18 March 1988 on the sale at prices fixed at a standard rate in advance of certain beef from intervention stocks for processing under an aid programme organized by a Member State

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3905/87 0, and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,

Article 1 Whereas, with a view to avoiding an extension of the period of storage of substantial quantities of beef held by the Italian intervention agency and the considerable 1 . In the framework of a national food-aid programme ensuing costs, Commission Regulation (EEC) No the Italian intervention agency and the French 475/88 (3) provides for the sale of some of those quantities intervention agency are authorized to sell 3 500 tonnes of for export in the form of processed meat under an aid forequarters and 100 tonnes of deboned forequarters programme ; whereas, for the same reasons, provision respectively, this with a view to their processing and at should be made for the sale for similar purposes of some the prices indicated in the Annex. stocks held by the French intervention agency ; 2. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale Whereas, for the sake of clarity, provision should be made shall take place in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No for such a sale and for certain amendments to the 2173/79 and (EEC) No 2182/77. arrangements laid down for the Italian stocks under a Regulation fully replacing Regulation (EEC) No 475/88 ; 3. The intervention agencies shall first sell products which have been in storage longest. Whereas Article 2 (1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 98/69 0, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 429/77 0 provides that the selling prices of frozen beef and veal Article 2 bought in by the intervention agencies may be fixed in advance ; whereas it is appropriate to make use of this system of selling ; 1 . The purchase applications are not valid unless they are submitted by the competent authority in France or Italy. Whereas this sale should be organized in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 0, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2. Purchase applications shall not indicate the 1809/87 0, and Commission Regulation (EEC) No warehouse or warehouses where the products applied for 2182/77 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No are stored. 3988/87 0, subject to special exceptions provided for in this Regulation ; 3. The securities provided for in Article 15 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 and Article 4 (1 ) of Whereas, in order to ensure the economic management of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77 shall not be lodged. the stocks, provision should be made for intervention agencies first to sell meat which has been in storage 4. The competent national authorities mentioned in longest ; paragraph 1 may designate one or more agents to carry out the processing of the intervention meat into specified (') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. products and the subsequent exportation of those 0 OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 7. products. 0 OJ No L 47, 20. 2. 1988, p. 29. 0 OJ No L 14, 21 . 1 . 1969, p. 2. 0 OJ No L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 18 . 5. The competent national authorities mentioned in 0 OJ No L 251 , 5. 10. 1979, p. 12. paragraph 1 shall take the necessary measures to ensure 0 OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 23. 0 OJ No L 251 , 1 . 10. 1977, p. 60. that the processed products may be identified at all times 0 OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 . as part of the food-aid programme.

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6. The competent national authorities mentioned in in the country of destination as laid down in the food-aid paragraph 1 shall take the necessary measures to ensure programme. that the meat purchased under this Article is processed into specified products and subsequently exported as food Article 3 aid within 180 days from the date of conclusion of the contract with the intervention agency. Regulation (EEC) No 475/88 is hereby repealed.

Furthermore, where possible, the competent national Article 4 authorities mentioned in paragraph 1 shall seek assurances that the products concerned will be consumed This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 March 1988.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 March 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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ANEXO I — BILAG I — ANHANG I — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ I — ANNEX I — ANNEXE I — ALLEGATO I — BIJLAGE I — ANEXO I

Precio de venta expresado en ECU por 100 kg . Salgspris i ECU pr. 100 kg af produkterne * Verkaufspreise in ECU je 100 kg des Erzeugnisses Τιμή πωλήσεως σε ECU ανά 100 χγρ προϊόντων Selling price in ECU per 100 kg of product Prix de vente en Écus par 100 kilogrammes de produits Prezzi di vendita in ECU per 100 kg di prodotti Verkoopprijzen in Ecu per 100 kg produkt Preço de venda expresso em ECUs poi* 100 kg

ITALIA — Quarti anteriori, il pancettone fa parte del quarto anteriore, provenienti dai : Categoria A, classi U, R e O 70,0

FRANCE — Caisse A 140,0 — Caisse B 108,0

ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II — ANEXO II

Direcciones de los organismos de intervención — Interventionsorganernes adresser — Anschriften der Interventionsstellen — Διευθύνσεις των οργανισμών παρεμβάσεως — Addresses of the intervention agencies — Adresses des organismes d'intervention — Indirizzi degli organismi d'intervento — Adressen van de interventiebureaus — Endereços dos organismos de intervenção

ITALIA : , Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA) 1-00100 Roma, via Palestra 81 Tel. 49 57 283 — 49 59 261 Telex 61 30 03

FRANCE : OFIVAL Tour Montparnasse 33, avenue du Maine F-75755 Paris Cedex 15 Tél. 45 38 84 00, télex 26 06 43