15. 3. 9§ Official Journal of the European Communities No L 57/55 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 561/95 of 14 March 1995 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 74/95 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 424/95(), 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 proce- . dure 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 S 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 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 Regulation- (EC) No 74/95(°) should be- repealed ; () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 45, 1. 3. 1995, p. 2. () OJ No L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13. () OJ No L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 59. 9 OJ No L 251, 5. 10. 1979, p. 12. (9 OJ No L 301, 17. 10. 1992, p. 17. () OJ No L 176, 20. 7. 1993, p. 12. % OJ No L 251, 1. 10. 1977, p. 60. () OJ No L 13, 19. 1. 1995, p. 3. 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 : — 180 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish inter- vention agency; (b) bone-in forequarters : — 228 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish inter- vention agency; (c) boneless beef : '~ — 7600 tonnes of boneless beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency, — 47 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Danish intervention agency, — 6263 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish intervention agency. 2. The intervention agencies referred to in paragraph 1 shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest. 3. The sales shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84, (EEC) No 3002/92, (EEC) No 2182/77 and this Regulation. 4. The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in Annex [ hereto. 5. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies concerned no later than 12 noon on 22 March 199S.