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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1209/98 of 10 June 1998 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by the United Kingdom to the armed forces

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1209/98 of 10 June 1998 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by the United Kingdom to the armed forces

Regulation (EC) No 1209/98 · Regulation · 5 articles

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Article 1

1. The United Kingdom intervention agency shall be authorised to sell stocks of boneless beef which it holds to the United Kingdom armed forces for use by the United Kingdom armed forces and associated personnel, without prejudice to Decision 98/256/EC. 2. Detailed information concerning the products and their selling price is given in Annex I. 3. For the purposes of this Regulation, 'associated personnel` shall mean those persons employed by the United Kingdom armed forces in a civilian capacity, and those persons visiting military establishments. 4. The sales shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2173/79, in particular Titles I and III thereof, and of this Regulation. 5. For each product mentioned in Annex I hereto, the intervention agency shall first sell the meat which has been stored the longest. 6. Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, purchase applications shall not indicate in which store or stores the meat is held.

Article 2

1. The purchaser referred to in Article 1 may instruct an agent in writing to take delivery, on his behalf, of the products which he purchases. In this case the agent shall submit the purchase application of the purchaser whom he represents together with the written instruction referred to above. 2. The purchasers and agents referred to in the preceding paragraph shall maintain and keep up to date an accounting system which permits the delivery of the products to a military establishment to be ascertained with a view in particular to ensuring that the quantities of products purchased and delivered tally.

Article 3

1. The cartons of beef released under this Regulation shall be clearly marked in indelible lettering with the following: 'Intervention beef sold to the armed forces`. 2. The competent authority may, at the request of the purchaser, authorise the first stage processing and repackaging of the beef in a non-military establishment, provided the relevant operations take place under appropriate supervision. In such cases, the re-packaged cartons shall be marked as in paragraph 1.

Article 4

1. The security provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 shall be ECU 12 per 100 kilograms. 2. In addition to the requirements laid down in Article 15(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, delivery of the beef to a military establishment shall also constitute a principal requirement.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 June 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. (2) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13. (3) OJ L 113, 15. 4. 1998, p. 32. (4) OJ L 251, 5. 10. 1979, p. 12. (5) OJ L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39. (6) OJ L 301, 17. 10. 1992, p. 17. (7) OJ L 104, 27. 4. 1996, p. 13. ANEXO I - BILAG I - ANHANG I - ÐÁÑÁÑÔÇÌÁ É - ANNEX I - ANNEXE I - ALLEGATO I - BIJLAGE I - ANEXO I - LIITE I - BILAGA I >TABLE> ANEXO II - BILAG II - ANHANG II - ÐÁÑÁÑÔÇÌÁ II - ANNEX II - ANNEXE II - ALLEGATO II - BIJLAGE II - ANEXO II - LIITE II - BILAGA II Direcciones de los organismos de intervención - Interventionsorganernes adresser - Anschriften der Interventionsstellen - Äéåõèýíóåéò ôùí ïñãáíéóìþí ðáñåìâÜóåùò - Addresses of the intervention agencies - Adresses des organismes d'intervention - Indirizzi degli organismi d'intervento - Adressen van de interventiebureaus - Endereços dos organismos de intervenção - Interventioelinten osoitteet - Interventionsorganens adresser UNITED KINGDOM Intervention Board Executive Agency Kings House 33 Kings Road Reading RG1 3BU Berkshire Tel. (01189) 58 36 26 Fax (01189) 56 67 50

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