Commission Regulation (EC) No 2160/98 of 7 October 1998 on periodical sales by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies for export
1. The following approximate quantities of intervention products bought in pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be put up for sale:
- 20 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency, to be sold as 'compensated` quarters,
- 20 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French intervention agency, to be sold as 'compensated` quarters,
- 5 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish intervention agency, to be sold as 'compensated` quarters,
- 5 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian intervention agency, to be sold as 'compensated` quarters.
'Compensated` quarters shall comprise an equal number of forequarters and hindquarters.
2. The beef shall be exported to the zone 08 destinations listed in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1560/98 (9).
3. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale shall be conducted in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, and in particular Titles II and III thereof, and Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92.
1. Tenders shall be submitted for the following dates:
(a) 12 October 1998,
(b) 26 October 1998,
(c) 9 November 1998, and
(d) 23 November 1998,
until the quantities put up for sale are used up.
2. Notwithstanding Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, this Regulation shall serve as a general notice of invitation to tender.
The intervention agencies concerned shall draw up notices of invitation to tender for each sale, setting out in particular:
- the quantities of beef put up for sale, and
- the deadline and place for the submission of tenders.
3. Particulars of the quantities and the places where the products are stored may be obtained by the parties concerned at the addresses set out in the Annex. The intervention agencies shall, in addition, display the notices referred to in paragraph 2 at their head offices and may also publish them in other ways.
4. The intervention agencies concerned shall sell first meat which has been in storage for the longest time. However, with a view to better stock management and after notifying the Commission, the Member States may designate only certain cold stores or parts thereof for deliveries of meat sold under this Regulation.
5. Only tenders reaching the intervention agencies concerned by 12 noon on the relevant closing date for each sale by tender shall be considered.
6. Tenders shall be valid only if they relate to a minimum of 5 000 tonnes.
7. Tenders shall cover an equal number of forequarters and hindquarters and shall quote a single price per tonne for the whole quantity of bone-in beef for which they are submitted.
8. Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders must be submitted to the intervention agency concerned in sealed envelopes bearing a reference to this Regulation and the relevant date. The sealed envelopes must not be opened by the intervention agency before the deadline for submission as referred to in paragraph 5 has expired.
9. Notwithstanding Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders shall not specify the store or stores where the products are held.
10. Notwithstanding Article 15(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, the security shall be ECU 12 per 100 kilograms.
The submission of an application for an export licence as referred to in Article 4(2) shall constitute a primary requirement in addition to the requirements laid down in Article 15(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79.
1. Not later than the second day following the closing date for the submission of tenders, the Member States shall send the Commission details of tenders received.
2. Following scrutiny of the tenders, a minimum selling price shall be set or no award shall be made.
1. The intervention agency shall send each tenderer the information referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 by fax.
2. Within five working days of the date on which the information as referred to in paragraph 1 is forwarded, the successful tenderers shall apply for one or more export licences as referred to in the first indent of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 in respect of the quantity awarded. Applications shall be accompanied by the fax as referred to in paragraph 1 and shall contain in box 7 the name of one of the zone 08 countries referred to in Article 1(2). In addition, one of the following shall be entered in box 20 of applications:
- Productos de intervención sin restitución [Reglamento (CE) n° 2160/98]
- Interventionsvarer uden restitution [Forordning (EF) nr. 2160/98]
- Interventionserzeugnisse ohne Erstattung [Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2160/98]
- Ðñïúüíôá ðáñÝìâáóçò ÷ùñßò åðéóôñïöÞ [êáíïíéóìüò (ÅÊ) áñéè. 2160/98]
- Intervention products without refund [Regulation (EC) No 2160/98]
- Produits d'intervention sans restitution [règlement (CE) n° 2160/98]
- Prodotti d'intervento senza restituzione [Regolamento (CE) n. 2160/98]
- Producten uit interventievoorraden zonder restitutie [Verordening (EG) nr. 2160/98]
- Produtos de intervenção sem restituição [Regulamento (CE) nº 2160/98]
- Interventiotuotteita - ei vientitukea [Asetus (EY) N:o 2160/98]
- Interventionsprodukt utan exportbidrag [Förordning (EG) nr 2160/98].
1. Notwithstanding Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, the delivery period shall run for three months from the date of the notification as referred to in Article 4(1) of this Regulation.
2. Notwithstanding the first indent of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95, export licences applied for in accordance with Article 4(2) of this Regulation shall be valid for 90 days.
1. A security shall be lodged by the buyer before the goods are taken over to ensure they are exported to the third countries referred to in Article 1(2). Import into one of those countries shall constitute a primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (10).
2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 shall be equal to the difference between the price tendered per tonne and ECU 2 700.
The competent authorities may permit intervention products with torn or soiled packaging to be put up in new packaging of the same type, under their supervision and before being presented for dispatch at the customs office of departure.
No export refund shall be granted on meat sold under this Regulation.
Removal orders as referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, export declarations and, where appropriate, T5 control copies shall contain one of the following entries:
- Productos de intervención sin restitución [Reglamento (CE) n° 2160/98]
- Interventionsvarer uden restitution [Forordning (EF) nr. 2160/98]
- Interventionserzeugnisse ohne Erstattung [Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2160/98]
- Ðñïúüíôá ðáñÝìâáóçò ÷ùñßò åðéóôñïöÞ [êáíïíéóìüò (ÅÊ) áñéè. 2160/98]
- Intervention products without refund [Regulation (EC) No 2160/98]
- Produits d'intervention sans restitution [règlement (CE) n° 2160/98]
- Prodotti d'intervento senza restituzione [Regolamento (CE) n. 2160/98]
- Producten uit interventievoorraden zonder restitutie [Verordening (EG) nr. 2160/98]
- Produtos de intervenção sem restituição [Regulamento (CE) nº 2160/98]
- Interventiotuotteita - ei vientitukea [Asetus (EY) N:o 2160/98]
- Interventionsprodukt utan exportbidrag [Förordning (EG) nr 2160/98].
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 7 October 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 251, 5. 10. 1979, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39.
(5) OJ L 301, 17. 10. 1992, p. 17.
(6) OJ L 104, 27. 4. 1996, p. 13.
(7) OJ L 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 35.
(8) OJ L 105, 4. 4. 1998, p. 7.
(9) OJ L 202, 18. 7. 1998, p. 58.
(10) OJ L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.
ANEXO - BILAG - ANHANG - ÐAPAPTHMA - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJLAGE - ANEXO - LIITE - BILAGA
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
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)
Postfach 180203, D-60083 Frankfurt am Main
Adickesallee 40
D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.: (49) 69 1564-704/772; Telex: 411727; Telefax: (49) 69 15 64-790/791
ESPAÑA
FEGA (Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria)
Beneficencia, 8
E-28005 Madrid
Tel.: (34) 913 47 65 00, 913 47 63 10; télex: FEGA 23427 E, FEGA 41818 E; fax: (34) 915 21 98 32, 522 43 87
FRANCE
Ofival
80, avenue des Terroirs-de-France
F-75607 Paris Cedex 12
Téléphone: (33 1) 44 68 50 00; télex: 215330; télécopieur: (33 1) 44 68 52 33
ITALIA
AIMA (Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo)
Via Palestro 81
I-00185 Roma
Tel. 49 49 91; telex: 61 30 03; telefax 445 39 40/445 19 58
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