Article 2
1. Notwithstanding Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, the provisions of and Annexes to this Regulation shall take the place of a notice of open invitation to tender. The intervention agencies concerned shall draw up a notice of invitation to tender setting out in particular: - the quantities of beef put up for sale, and - the deadline and place for the submission of tenders. 2. Particulars of the quantities and the place where the products are stored may be obtained by interested parties at the addresses given in Annex II. The intervention agencies shall, in addition, display the notice referred to in paragraph 1 at their head offices and may publish it also in other ways. 3. For each product mentioned in Annex I, the intervention agencies shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest. 4. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies concerned no later than 12 noon on 4 May 1998. 5. Tenders shall be valid only if they concern a quantity of not less than 15 tonnes. 6. Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, a tender must be submitted to the intervention agency concerned in a sealed envelope bearing a reference to the Regulation concerned. The sealed envelope must not be opened by the intervention agency before the expiry of the tender deadline referred to in paragraph 4. 7. Notwithstanding Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders shall not indicate in which store the products are held. 8. Notwithstanding Article 15(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, the security shall be ECU 12 per 100 kilograms. Applications for export licences as referred to in Article 4(2) shall constitute a primary requirement in addition to those laid down in Article 15(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79. 9. Notwithstanding Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 the time limit for taking over meat sold pursuant to this Regulation shall be 45 days from the day of the notification referred to in Article 11 of the same Regulation.