No L 44/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 2. 85 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 371/85 of 13 February 1985 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of 5 September 1984 laying down detailed rules for certain sales of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies (%) has provided for the possibility of applying a two-stage procedure when selling beef from inter- vention stocks; Whereas the Danish, Irish, Italian and United Kingdom intervention  agencies are -holding certain stocks of beef bought in before 1 April 1983 ; whereas an extension of the period of storage for the meat should be avoided on account of the ensuing high costs ; whereas, in consequence, it is advisable to make use of the selling procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84; Whereas it is necessary to lay down a time limit for export of the said meat; whereas this time limit should be fixed in taking into account Article 5 (b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for the appli- cation of the system of import and export licences in ~ the beef and veal sector (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1994/84 (%) ; Whereas the export of meat sold under this Regulation must be guaranteed by the lodging of a security, the amount of which may differ from that provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 ; whereas such security shall be released when proof, as required by Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3443/84 (9), has been furnished within the time limit () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13. () O] No L 241, 13. 9. 1980, p. 5. () O No L 186, 13. 7. 1984, p. 17. () OJ No L 190, 14. 7. 1976, p. 1. () OJ No L 318, 7. 12. 1984, p. 31. laid down in Article 31 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 202/82 (%); Whereas products held by intervention agencies and intended for export are subject to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76; whereas, however, Annex I of the said Regulation setting out the entries to be made in control copies should be expanded; Whereas Commission Regulatibn (EEC) No 3605/84 (°) should be repealed ; 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. The sale shall take place of approximately : — 40 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency and put into store before 1 April 1983, — 21700 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian intervention agency and put into store before 1 April 1983, — 435 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and put into store before 1 April 1983, — 150 tonnes of boned beef held by the Danish intervention agency and put into store before 1 April 1983, — 2 500 tonnes of boned beef held by the Irish inter- vention agency and put into store before 1 April 1983. -This meat is for export. 2. The sale shall take place in accordance with the provision of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84. The provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 shall not apply to this sale. 3.  The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in Annex I hereto. : () OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1. (*) O] No L 21, 29. 1. 1982, p. 23. () OJ No L 333, 21. 12. 1984, p. 28.