Article 1
1. A sale shall be organized of approximately 4 300 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish intervention agency, 2. This meat shall be offered for sale under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No 1897/92 and must be imported into Georgia. 3. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84 and (EEC) No 569/88. The provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 (10) shall not apply to this sale. However, the competent authorities may allow bone-in forequarters and hindquarters, the packaging material of which is torn or soiled, to be placed in new packaging of the same type under their supervision before presentation for consignment at the customs office of departure. 4. The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in Annex I hereto. 5. Tenders or purchase applications shall be valid only if: - they relate to an equal number of forequarters and hindquarters and quote a single price per tonne expressed in ecus for the whole quantity of bone-in beef specified in the tender, - they are accompanied by a copy of a sales contract for a quantity of beef equal to the quantity applied for, concluded by the applicant with the competent Georgian authorities; the contract must contain a declaration in English by those authorities to the effect that the quantity mentioned will be delivered under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No 1897/92. 6. Immediately after submitting tenders or purchase applications, operators shall send a copy thereof by telex or fax to the Commission of the European Communities, Division VI/D.2, 130 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels (telex 220 37 AGREC B; fax (02) 296 60 27). The Irish intervention agency shall only conclude sales contracts after written authorization by the Commission, in particular in accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1897/92, has been received. 7. Tenders shall be considered only if they reach the intervention agencies concerned by 12 noon on 28 October 1992 at the latest. No purchase applications shall be accepted after 31 December 1992. 8. Details of the quantities of the products and the places where they are stored must be made available to interested parties at the address given in Annex II.