21. 10. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 262/47 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2876/93 of 20 October 1993 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulatxon (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 (EEC) No 125/93 (%, and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of 5 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 the application of intervention measures in - respect of beef has created large stocks in several Member States ; whereas, in order to prevent an excessive prolon- gation of storage, part of these stocks should be sold in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84; 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 of approximately 2 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the intervention agency of the United Kingdom, bought in before 1 January 1992. Detailed information concerning quantities is given in Annex L 2. The products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sold in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 thereof, and this Regulation. Article 2 1.  The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in Atticle 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in Annex I hereto. 2. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agency concerned not later than 12 noon on 28 October 1993. 3. Particulars of the quantities and the places where the products are stored shall be available to interested parties at the address given in Annex IL Article 3 The security provided for in Article § (lv) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be ECU 30 per 100 kilograms. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 28 October 1993. ‘ This Regulation shall be blndmg in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at 'Brussels, 20 October 1993. () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 18, 27. 1. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13. () OF No L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 59. For the Commission René STEICHEN - Member of the Commission