8. 10. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 254/35 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1931/96 of 7 October 1996 derogating from and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 as regards public intervention '~ THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (!), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1588/96 (3), and in particular Articles 6 (7) and 22a (3) thereof, Whereas, because of the current reduced consumption of beef and veal in the Community, prices continue to be low; whereas the situation calls for support measures; Whereas, to that end, certain derogations should be made from Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 307/96 (%), in respect of invitations to tender opened in October, November and December 1996; Whereas, in order to allow intervention to provide a full response to the serious situation on the market, the list of eligible qualities laid down in that Regulation should be extended; whereas that Regulation should also be supple- mented, on an exceptional and temporary basis and in the interests of fairness, to allow the buying-in of young bovine carcases in conformation classes S and E in those Member States where production of those classes pre- dominates and their market prices are regularly recorded; Whereas, in order to deal with the further disturbance of the market which may result from the entry onto the market of substantial numbers of store animals during the final quarter of 1996, the necessary support measures should be adopted and intervention buying of carcases from such animals permitted, without, however, deroga- ting from Article 5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68; whereas, in particular, the buying-in price for such carcases should be increased to take account of the dif- ference in market prices between them and carcases of animals finished in the usual way offered for intervention; whereas animals of purely dairy breeds sent for early slaughter, which does not reduce production, should be excluded from these special arrangements; whereas, furthermore, in order to prevent animals which are almost () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 23. () O No L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4. () O No L 43, 21. 2. 199, p. 3. finished being offered for intervention, a limit should be placed on the weight of carcases eligible for the arrange- ments; Whereas, by way of exception, for April to September, the maximum weight provided for in Article 4 (2) (h) of Regu- lation (EEC) No 2456/93 was not applicable; whereas there should be a gradual return to the weight limit initi- ally laid down; whereas, however, in order to soften the impact of this change for farmers, the buying-in of bullocks, which reach their slaughter weight more slowly and therefore later in the year, above the maximum weight should be allowed as a transitional measure, whilst at the same time limiting their buying-in price to the maximum weight authorized for October and November; Whereas, in view of the difficult situation currently facing the beef sector, the increase to be applied to the average market price in order to calculate the maximum buying-in price should be temporarily adjusted to take account, in particular, of increased costs and reduced receipts in the sector; Wheras, in the light of experience, the delivery period for products should begin after publication of the Regulation setting out the results of the invitation to tender rather than directly following the end of the tender submission period; Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93: (a) products in category A classed as O2 and O3 and products in category C classed as O3 and O4 in accor- dance with the Community classification scale shall be accepted into intervention. The difference between the intervention price for R3 quality and that for O4 quality shall be ECU 30 per 100 kilograms. The coefficient to be used for converting tenders submitted for quality R3 into tenders for quality O4 shall be 0,914 (middle class);