31991R3124

No L 296/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 10 . 91

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3124/91 of 25 October 1991 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef bought in for the 56th partial invitation to tender under Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, coefficient or, where appropriate depending on the differences in prices and the quantities tendered for, several reducing coefficients should accordingly be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European applied to the quantities which may be bought in in Economic Community, accordance with Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 ; Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 90 thereof, Whereas the scale of the quantities awarded warrants the application of the possibility provided for in Article 1 3 (2) Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of of Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 of extending the period 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market during which the intervention products are to be deli­ in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) vered by one week ; No 1628/91 (2), and in particular Article 6 (8) thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No Committee for Beef and Veal, 859/89 of 29 March 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2457/91 (4), an invitation to tender was opened by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 of 9 June HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1989 on the buying in of beef by invitation to tender (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2765/91 (6);

Article 1 Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 859/89, a maximum buying-in price is to be fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, for each partial For the 56th partial invitation to tender opened by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1 627/89 : invitation to tender in the light of the tenders received ; whereas, in accordance with Article 12 of that Regulation, (a) for category A : only tenders lower than or equal to the maximum price are to be accepted, without, however, exceeding the in the Member States or regions of Member States average national or regional market price plus the amount which meet the conditions laid down in Article 6(2) mentioned in paragraph 1 ; whereas, however, pursuant to of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 : Article 5 of that Regulation, where the intervention agen­ cies in Member States are offered meat in quantities the maximum buying-in price is hereby fixed at ECU greater than they are able to take over forthwith, such 267 per 100 kilograms of carcases or half-carcases of intervention agencies may limit buying in to the quanti­ quality R3, ties they can take over ; tenders exceeding ECU 259,15 in the Netherlands Whereas, after the tenders submitted for the 56th partial and ECU 260,89 in Germany shall not be taken into invitation to tender have been examined and taking consideration, account, pursuant to Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, of the requirements for reasonable support of the the maximum quantity of carcases or half-carcases market and the seasonal trend in slaughterings, the accepted is hereby fixed at 29 091 tonnes ; the quanti­ maximum buying-in price and the quantities which may ties offered are hereby reduced by 70 % pursuant to be accepted into intervention should be fixed ; Article 1 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No. 859/89 ;

(b) for category C : Whereas the quantities offered at present exceed the quantities which may be bought in ; whereas a reducing (i) in the Member States or regions of Member States which meiet the conditions laid down in Article (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24. 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 : 0 OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 16. 0 OJ No L 91 , 4. 4. 1989, p. 5. — the maximum buying-in price is hereby fixed (4) OJ No L 226, 14. 8 . 1991 , p. 6. 0 OJ No L 159, 10. 6. 1989, p. 36. at ECU 265 per 100 kilograms of carcases or (6) OJ No L 265, 21 . 9. 1991 , p. 17. half-carcases of quality R3,

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— the maximum quantity accepted of carcases or — the maximum quantity accepted of carcases or half-carcases is hereby fixed at 4 759 tonnes ; half-carcases is hereby fixed at 46 084 tonnes. the quantities offered are hereby reduced by 70 % pursuant to Article 1 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 ; Article 2 (ii) in the Member States or regions of Member States which meet the conditions laid down in Article By way of derogation from the first sentence of Article 13 6 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 : (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 859/89, the delivery period for the intervention products is hereby extended by one — the maximum buying-in price per 100 kilo­ week. grams of carcases or half-carcases of quality R3 is hereby fixed at : — ECU 244,272 in Germany, Article 3 — ECU 255,873 in Ireland, — ECU 259,767 in Northern Ireland, This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 October — ECU 262,779 in Great Britain 1991 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 October 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission