L 46/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 2. 1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 384/1999 of 19 February 1999 on a sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing within the Community and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2759/98 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 application of intervention measures in respect of 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 put up for sale by tender for processing in the Community; Whereas the sale should be made subject to the rules laid down by 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 Regulation (EC) No 2417/95, subject to certain special exceptions on account of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put; Whereas, in order to ensure that the sales by tender are conducted properly and uniformly, measures in addition to those provided for in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 should be adopted; Whereas provision should be made for derogations from Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 in view of the administrative difficulties which the application of this point is creating in the Member States concerned; Whereas, in order to ensure that stocks are managed economically, the intervention agencies should sell first beef that has been in storage the longest time; Whereas, in order to ensure optimum monitoring of the destination of beef from intervention stocks, control measures should be adopted, in addition to the measures NSO SN NN N < 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 210, 28. 7. 1998, 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. 1997, p. 60. SN 35 ASASASASASASAS: | onll ol ol ol ol ol o8 provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, which are based on physical inspection of quantities and qualities; Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2759/98 (%), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 154/1999 (°), 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 interven- tion products shall be put up for sale: — 2000 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the French intervention agency, — 1 500 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the German intervention agency, — 1 380 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the Danish intervention agency, — 2000 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the Italian intervention agency, — 811 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the Austrian intervention agency, — 234 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the Nether- lands intervention agency, — 1000 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the Spanish intervention agency, — 388 tonnes of bone-in quarters held by the Irish inter- vention agency, — 5500 tonnes of boned beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency, — 5500 tonnes of boned beef held by the Irish interven- tion agency, — 1 350 tonnes of boned beef held by the French inter- vention agency, () OJ L 345, 15. 12. 1998, p. 41. OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1999, p. 16.