31993R1237

20. 5. 93 No L 124/39 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1237/93 of 19 May 1993 on the sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies for the production of minced meat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, 1 . The sale shall take place of :

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of — 1 200 tonnes of boned meat held by the French inter­ 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market vention agency and bought in between 1 February in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 1992 and 1 January 1993, No 125/93 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof, — approximately 1 200 tonnes of boned meat held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought in between 1 February 1992 and 1 January 1993, Whereas the application of intervention measures in — approximately 1 200 tonnes of boned meat held by respect of beef has created large stocks ; whereas, in order the Irish intervention agency and bought in between to avoid an excessively long period of storage, part of 1 February 1992 and 1 January 1993. those stocks should be sold by tender ; 2. The products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sold in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, and in Whereas Community supplies of meat suitable for the particular Articles 6 to 12 thereof, and with this Regula­ production of minced meat are relatively small ; whereas tion . to ensure efficient management of the markets, sales of intervention stocks should be limited to producers of minced meat approved in accordance with Article 7 of Article 2 Council Directive 88/657/EEC of 14 December 1988 laying down the requirements for the production of, and trade in, minced meat, meat in pieces of less than 100 1 . Tenders, made out in ecus, shall be submitted by 12 grams and meat preparations and amending Directives noon on 26 May 1993 at the latest. 64/433/EEC, 71 /118/EEC and 72/462/EEC (3), as amended by Directive 89/662/EEC (4) ; The intervention agencies concerned shall draw up a notice of invitation to tender specifying :

(a) the quantities of beef offered for sale ; and Whereas the sales should be made subject to the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (*), as (b) the deadline and place for the submission of tenders. amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 809/87 (*), subject to certain necessary exceptions ; 2. The intervention agencies concerned shall sell meat which has been stored the longest first.

Whereas derogations should be laid down from Article 8 3. Notwithstanding Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 in view of the (EEC) No 2173/79, the provisions of and the Annexes to administrative difficulties the application of that subpara­ this Regulation shall serve as a general notice of invitation graph raises in the Member States concerned ; to tender.

4. Details of the quantities available and the places Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation in they are stored shall be available to the interested parties accordance with the opinion of the Management from the addresses listed in Annex II to this Regulation. Committee for Beef and Veal, Intervention agencies shall, in addition, display the notice referred to in paragraph 1 at their head office and may (») OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24. publish notices elsewhere. 0 OJ No L 18, 27. 1 . 1993, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 382, 31 . 12. 1988, p. 3. 5. Notwithstanding Article 8 (2) (b) of Regulation (4) OJ No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 13. 0 OJ No L 251 , 5. 10. 1979, p. 12. (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders shall not indicate in which (*) OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 23. cold store or stores the products are held.

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Article 3 referred to in paragraph 2 to the competent authority of the Member State in which the minced meat is produced 1 . Tenders shall only be accepted when submitted by a withing three months of the date referred to in Article 2 natural or legal person entered on the list of establish­ ( 1 ) shall; except in cases of force majeure, be excluded ments referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 7 (1 ) from any sales operations of the same type which may be of Directive 88/657/EEC as a producer of minced meat. held in the 12 months following the said date. Member States shall consult with each other where neces­ sary for the application of this paragraph. On a duly substantiated request, the abovementioned period may be extended by one month where the 2. Tenders must be accompanied by : purchaser is unable to supply the necessary proof having — a written undertaking by the tenderer to use all the taken all the necessary steps to obtain it and submit it meat concerned for the production of minced meat as within the time limit laid down. defined by Article 2 (2) (a) of Directive 88/657/EEC within two months of the date referred to in Article 2 Article 4 (1 ) of this Regulation, — details of the exact location of the establishment or After the tenders received in reply to the invitation to establishments of the tenderer in which the minced tender have been examined, a minimum selling price meat is to be produced. shall be fixed for each product or a decision taken not to proceed with the sale. 3. The purchasers shall keep up-to-date accounts records permitting the use made of the meat purchased to be established with a view, in particular, to verifying that Article 5 the quantities purchased and the quantities of minced meat produced correspond. For the purposes of adminis­ Notwithstanding Article 15 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) trative supervision, where appropriate the intervention No 2173/79, the security shall be ECU 100 per tonne. agency holding the products concerned shall send the competent authority of the Member State in which the Article 6 minced meat is to be produced a certified copy of the sales contract. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 4. Any purchaser who does not submit the documenta­ publication in the Official Journal of the European tion required to prove compliance with the undertaking Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 May 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

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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 — Forequarter flanks 800 — Foreribs 400

IRELAND — Plates/flanks 800 — Forequarters 400

FRANCE — Caisse B 800 — Caisse A 400

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 intervencao

UNITED KINGDOM : Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce Fountain House 2 Queens Walk Reading RG1 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)678 90 11 , ext. 2278 and ext. 3806 Telex 93 292 and 93 607 Telefax (01 ) 661 62 63, (01 ) 678 52 14 and (01 ) 662 01 98

FRANCE : OFIVAL Tour Montparnasse 33, avenue du Maine F-75755 Paris Cedex 15 Tél. 45 38 84 00, télex 205 476