Article 1
1. Where, under the sale opened by Regulation (EC) No 3208/93, a trader has been awarded boned beef: - which he has not yet taken over or physically withdrawn from the relevant cold stores, and - which, by virtue of Decision 94/474/EC, may not be sent to the processing plants specified in his tender in accordance with Article 2 (1) (c) of the aforementioned Regulation, the said trader may obtain, upon application and in place of the quantities held by the United Kingdom intervention agency, equivalent quantities from Irish intervention stocks at the tendered price, the composition of which shall be as laid down in Annex II (b) to the said Regulation (hereinafter called the 'replacement quantities'). 2. The application referred to in paragraph 1 must be sent to the Irish intervention agency. It must be accompanied by: (a) the contract concluded with the United Kingdom intervention agency; (b) a certificate from that body - certifying that the securities provided for in Article 8 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (5) and Article 5 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 (6) have been lodged, - indicating the quantities not yet taken over or physically withdrawn from the cold stores concerned, and - certifying that the trader has definitively renounced all his rights thereto, - certifying that the meat has been paid for; (c) a certificate from the United Kingdom veterinary authorities certifying that pursuant to Decision 94/474/EC the said quantities may not be sent to the processing plant specified in the tender. 3. Once the contract has been concluded with the Irish intervention agency, the trader shall take over the replacement quantities on the terms laid down in Regulation (EC) No 3208/93. The payment to the United Kingdom intervention agency shall be valid for take-over of the meat in Ireland. 4. The United Kingdom intervention agency shall decide to release the security referred to in Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, and lodged by the trader with the said agency, on the basis of the entire amount taken over, including the replacement quantities from Irish intervention stocks, and the payment therefor. The trader must prove that he has taken over the said replacement quantities by means of a certificate issued by the Irish intervention agency. 5. The provisions of this Article shall not affect the arrangements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 3208/93 for the take-over and processing of the meat and the export of the processed products. However, the time limits laid down in Article 3 shall be extended by three months in the case of the replacement quantities.