No L 177/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.7.97 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1304/97 of 4 July 1997 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 the general and special intervention measures for beef 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 2222/96 (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 2368/96 (), in respect of invitations to tender opened in the third quarter of 1997; Whereas, in order for intervention to provide a full response to the serious situation on the market, the list of eligible qualities laid down for the United Kingdom and Ireland should be extended; whereas the abovementioned Regulation should also be supplemented, on an excep- tional and temporary basis and for the sake of fairness, to allow the buying-in of carcases of young bovine animals in conformation classes S and E in Member States where production of those classes predominates and the market prices are regularly recorded; whereas, finally, the maximum quantities of products of category A, classes 02 and 03, eligible for intervention in the Member States referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 4 (1) should be increased; Whereas, as demand is low at this time of year for certain less value cuts, including the flank, buying-in for inter- vention of forequarters of the ‘Pistola’ type, which include the abovementioned flank, should also be authorized; whereas the conditions for the acceptance of forequarters should be specified; Whereas, following the buying-in of forequarters, the price of such products should be defined on the basis of carcase prices; Whereas, by way of an exception, the maximum weight provided for in Article 4 (2) (h) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 has not applied; whereas there should be a gradual return to the weight limit originally laid down; OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. O] No L 296, 21. 11. 1996, p. 50. O] No L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4. OJ No L 323, 13. 12. 1996, p. 6. Whereas the closing dates for the submission of tenders are the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month; whereas, in view of the public holidays in August 1997, the closing dates for the third quarter of 1997 should be changed for practical reasons; Whereas the present difficult situation in the beef and veal sector makes it appropriate, temporarily, to maintain the revised amount of the increase applicable to the average market price used to define the maximum buying-in price; Whereas the rules on the quick-freezing of boned meat and of meat on the bone should be specified, as should the rules on the hanging of carcases; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1.  Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93: (a) The additional products not included in Annex III to that Regulation which may be bought into interven- tion shall be as follows: UNITED KINGDOM Great Britain — Category A, class U2 and class U3, — Category A, class R2 and class R3, — Category A, class O2 and class O3, — Category C, class U3 and class U4, — Category C, class O3 and class O4. Northern Ireland — Category A, class U2 and class U3, — Category A, class R2 and class R3, — Category A, class O2 and class O3, — Category C, class O3 and class O4. IRELAND — Category C, class O4.