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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 504/93 of 4 March 1993 on the sale by tender beef held by certain intervention agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 2. The products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sold in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, and in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European particular Articles 6 to 12 thereof, and this Regulation. Economic Community,

Article 2 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market 1 . The deadlines for submitting tenders, which must be in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) made out in ecus, shall be 12 noon on 10 March 1993. No 125/93 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,

The intervention agencies concerned shall draw up a Whereas the application of intervention measures in notice of invitation to tender which shall include the respect of beef has created large stocks in the United following : Kingdom and Ireland whereas in order to prevent an excessive prolongation of storage, part of these stocks (a) the quantities of beef offered for sale ; and should be sold by tender ; (b) the deadline and place for submitting tenders.

Whereas the sale should be made subject to the rules laid 2. The intervention agencies concerned shall sell first down by Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2773/79 (3), the meat which has been stored the longest. as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/87 (4), subject to certain special exceptions which are necessary ; 3. Notwithstanding Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, the provisions of and the Annexes to Whereas it seems appropriate to provide for derogations this Regulation shall serve as a general notice of invitation from provisions of Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) to tender. No 2173/79, taking into account the administrative diffi­ culties which the application of this subparagraph raises 4. Interested parties may obtain the details of the in the Member States concerned ; quantities available and the places where the products are stored from the addresses listed in Annex II to this Regu­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Reguatlion are lation. The intervention agencies will, moreover, display in accordance with the opinion of the Management the notice referred to in paragraph 1 at their head office Committee for Beef and Veal, and may also publish them elsewhere.

5. Notwithstanding Article 8 (2) (b) if Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders shall not indicate which cold store or stores the products are held. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 3 Article 1 After the offers received in respect of the invitation to tender have been examined a minimum selling price shall 1 . The sale shall take place of : be fixed for each product or the sale will not be proceeded with. — approximately 1 300 tonnes of bone-in meat held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought in before 1 January 1991 , Article 4 — approximately 1 000 tonnes of boned meat held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought Notwithstanding Article 15 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) in before 1 January 1991 , No 2173/79 the amount in the security shall be ECU 100 per tonne. — approximately 200 tonnes of boned meat held by the Irish intervention agency and bought in before 1 November 1991 . Article 5

(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its O OJ No L 18, 27. 1 . 1993, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 251 , 5. 10. 1979, p. 12. publication in the Official Journal of the European 0 OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 23. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 March 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

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

Estado miembro Productos Cantidades (toneladas) Medlemsstat Produkter Mængde (tons) Mitgliedstaat Erzeugnisse Mengen (Tonnen) Κράτος Προϊόντα Ποσότητες (τόνοι) Member State Products Quantities (tonnes) État membre Produits Quantités (tonnes) Stato membro Prodotti Quantità (tonnellate) Lid-Staat Produkten Hoeveelheid (ton) Estado-membro Produtos Quantidade (toneladas)

UNITED KINGDOM — Hindquarters, from : Category C, classes U, R and O 1 300 — Forequarter flanks 1 000

IRELAND — Plates/flanks 200

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

UNITED KINGDOM : Intervention Board for Agriculture Produce Fountain House 2 Queens Walk Reading RGl 7QW Berkshire Tel. (0734) 58 36 26 Telex 848 302 Telefax (0734) 56 67 50

IRELAND : Department of Agriculture and Food Agriculture House Kildare Street Dublin 2 Tel. (01)78 90 11 , ext. 2278 and ext. 3806 Telex 93 292 and 93 607 Telefax (01 ) 61 62 63. (01 ) 78 52 14 and (01 ) 66 20 198