No L 251/60 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 10. 77 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2182/77 of 30 September 1977 laying down detailed rules for the sale of frozen beef from intervention stocks for processing in the Community 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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (%), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 98/69 of 16 January 1969 laying down general rules for the disposal of frozen beef and veal by intervention agen- cies(®), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 429/77(%), provides that such meat may be sold for special use; whereas detailed rules should be laid down for the disposal of such meat to the Community processing industry ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 597/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down detailed rules for the application of special import arrangements for certain types of frozen beef intended for processing (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1384/77 (¢), speci- fies the products into which such meat may be processed ; whereas, to facilitate the control of such processing, provision should be made for the products sold under the present Regulation to be processed into those specified in Regulation (EEC) No 597/77, or into products falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 02.06 C I a) 2; Whereas, furthermore, Regulation (EEC) No 597/77 makes provision for more favourable arrangements for meat which is to be manufactured into preserves, in order to improve the competitive position of such preserves on the market; whereas it should be provided that meat disposed of under this Regulation should be put on sale at prices differing according to end use; (1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () O] No L 61, 5. 3. 1977, p. 1. () OJ No L 14, 21. 1. 1969, p. 2. () OJ No L 61, 5. 3. 1977, p. 18. () OJ No L 76, 24. 3. 1977, p. 1. (%) OJ No L 157, 28. 6. 1977, p. 16. Whereas sales under this Regulation at prices fixed in advance should be governed by the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 216/69 of 4 February 1969 laying down detailed rules for the disposal of frozen beef purchased by the intervention agencies (7), subject to certain special exceptions on account of the particular use to which these products are to be put; Whereas it should be laid down that, in addition to the security provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 216/69, a security is to be provided as guarantee of the use to which products sold under this Regulation are put; whereas this security should be varied according to the use to which the meat is to be put; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 of 30 June 1976 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1723/77 (°), laid down detailed rules for veri- fication of use or destination of intervention products ; whereas certain of these rules should be applied to sales effected under this Regulation ; Whereas Article 4 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 of 30 July 1968 laying down rules for the " implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 653/68 on conditions for alterations to the value of the unit of account used for the common agricultural policy (1°) provides that, in the case of transactions cafried out pursuant to the common agricultural policy, the sums owed by a Member State or a duly authorized body, expressed in national currency and representing amounts fixed in units of account, should be paid on the basis of the relationship between the unit of account and the national currency which obtained at the time when the transaction or part transaction was carried out; Whereas under Article 6 of the abovementioned Regu- lation the time when a transaction is carried out is considered as being the date on which occurs the () OJ No L 28, 5. 2. 1969, p. 10. () OJ No L 190, 14. 7. 1976, p. 1. () OJ No L 189, 29. 7. 1977, p. 39. () OJ No L 188, 1. 8. 1968, p. 1.