17. 11. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 296/11 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2784/94 of 16 November 1994 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing within the Community and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2438/94 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 1884/94 (3, and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of § September 1984 laying down detailed rules for certain sales of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1759/93 (%), has provided for the possibility of applying a two-stage pro- cedure when selling beef from intervention stocks; Whereas certain intervention agencies hold substantial stocks of intervention meat ; whereas an extension of the period of storage should be avoided on account of the ensuing high costs ; whereas, in the present market situa- tion, there are outlets for such meat for processing in the Community ; Whereas with a view to securing a regular and uniform tendering procedure, measures should be taken in addi- tion to those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1759/93 ; Whereas, as specified in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, lodging of securities should be required ; Whereas such sales should be made in accordance with Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84, (EEC) No 3002/92 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 27. () O] No L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13. () OJ No L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 59. () OJ No L 251, 5. 10. 1979, p. 12. (9 OJ No L 301, 17. 10. 1992, p. 17. 1938/93 (), and (EEC) No 2182/77 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1759/93, subject to certain special exceptions on account of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put; Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2438/94 (%) should be repealed ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS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 following approximate quantities of beef shall be put up for sale for processing within the Community : (a) bone-in hindquarters : — 199 tonnes held by the Irish intervention agency ; (b) boneless beef : — 6000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought in before 1 June 1993, — 1 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Italian intervention agency and bought in before 1 February 1993, — 160 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Danish intervention agency and bought in before 1 September 1993, — 6400 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish intervention agency and bought in before 1 June 1993. 2. The intervention agencies referred to in paragraph 1 shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest. () OJ No L 176, 20. 7. 1993, p. 12. () OJ No L 251, 1. 10. 1577, p. 60. () OJ No L 260, 8. 10. 1994, p. 7.