L 124/42 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 4. 98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 884/98 of 24 April 1998 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to their processing in the Community and repealing Regulation (EC) No 445/98 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 2634/97 (%), 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 by ten- dering procedure 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 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 consistent and permanent sales, Title I of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in par- ticular, 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 diffi- culties 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 in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, which are based on physical inspection of quantities and qualities; Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 445/98 (%), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 652/98 (°), should be repealed; 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13. 251, 5. 10. 1979, p. 12. 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39. 301, 17. 10. 1992, p. 17. 104, 27. 4. 1996, p. 13. 251,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. 56, 26. 2. 1998, p. 15. 88, 24. 3. 1998, p. 41. ) 000000000 S S S S S S | onll onll el ol onll onll onll ol ol D) P SN NS S S S~ 5 ool 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: — 5 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Swedish intervention agency, — 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, — 3000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the German intervention agency, — 1000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Austrian intervention agency, — 450 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Danish intervention agency, — 2000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the French intervention agency, — 3000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Italian intervention agency, — 2000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Spanish intervention agency, — 400 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Irish intervention agency, — 3000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Irish inter- vention agency, — 700 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Danish inter- vention agency, — 3000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the French intervention agency, — 3500 tonnes of deboned beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency. Detailed information concerning the products and their selling prices is given in Annex L