19.12.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 345/41 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2759/98 of 18 December 1998 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to its processing in the Community and repealing Regula- tion (EC) No 2144/98 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 organisation of the market in beef and veal (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 (3, and in particular Article 7(3) thereof, Whereas the introduction of intervention in beef has resulted in a build-up of stocks in several Member States; whereas, in order to prevent storage being prolonged excessively, part of these stocks should be sold for processing in the Community; Whereas this sale should be subject to the rules laid down in Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2173/79 (}), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (*), (EEC) No 3002/92 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 770/ 96 (%), and (EEC) No 2182/77 ('), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2417/95, subject to certain special excep- tions on account of the particular use to which the prod- ucts in question are to be put; Whereas, in order to ensure regular and continuous sales, Title I of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in particular, should be applied; Whereas, to ensure economic management of stocks, the intervention agencies should give priority to selling the meat which has been stored the longest; Whereas provision should be made for derogations from the second subparagraph of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 in view of the administrative difficul- ties which the application of this rule is creating in certain Member States; Whereas, to ensure optimum monitoring of the destina- tion of beef from intervention stocks, control measures should be taken, in addition to the measures provided for NS SN NN N < 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 210, 28. 7. 1997, p. 17. 251, 5. 10. 1979, p. 12. 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39. 301, 17. 10. 1992, p. 17. 104, 27. 4. 1996, p. 13. 251, 1. 10. 1977, p. 60. SN 35 ASASASASASASAS: | onll ol ol ol ol ol o8 in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, based on physical inspection of quantities and qualities; Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2144/98 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2511/98 (°), should be repealed; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/ 97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the euro () provides that, as from 1 January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru- ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1; 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, for processing in the Community, of products bought into intervention under Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 amounting to approximately: — 34 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Dutch intervention agency, — 400 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Portu- guese intervention agency, — 1000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Austrian intervention agency, — 500 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Danish intervention agency, — 1000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the French intervention agency, — 500 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Italian intervention agency, — 1000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Spanish intervention agency, () OJ L 270, 7. 10. 1998, p. 31. ¢) OJ L 313, 21. 11. 1998, p. 12. (%) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.