4.2.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 30/17 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 256/1999 of 3 February 1999 fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 123/1999 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 tenders have been invited for certain quantities of beef fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 123/1999 (; Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (¥, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (°), the minimum selling prices for meat put up for sale by tender should be fixed, taking into account tenders submitted; 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 The minimum selling prices for beef for the invitation to tender held in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 123/ 1999 for which the time limit for the submission of tenders was 25 January 1999 are as set out in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 February 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 3 February 1999. () OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 17. () OJ L 16, 21. 1. 1999, p. 14. (% OJ L 251, 5. 10. 1979, p. 12. () OJ L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission