L 61/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 3. 1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 515/1999 of 9 March 1999 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to its processing in the Community 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 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 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 Regu- lation (EC) No 2417/95, subject to certain special excep- tions on account of the particular use to which the prod- ucts in question are to be put; Whereas, in order to ensure regular and continuous sales, Title I of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in particular, 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 difficul- ties 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, based on physical inspection of quantities and qualities; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, NSO SN NN N < 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 210, 28. 7. 1997, 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. 1977, p. 60. SN 35 0000000 S S S S S | onll ol ol ol ol ol o8 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: — 234 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Dutch inter- vention agency, — 1500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency, — 1000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Austrian intervention agency, — 1380 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency, — 2000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French intervention agency, — 2000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian inter- vention agency, — 1000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish intervention agency, — 380 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish interven- tion agency, — 5000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Irish inter- vention agency, — 30 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Spanish inter- vention agency, — 2000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the French intervention agency, — 10 000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency, — 273 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Danish inter- vention agency. Detailed information concerning the products and their selling prices is given in Annex I 2. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation the prod- ucts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sold in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2173/79, and in particular Titles I and III thereof, (EEC) No 2182/77 and (EEC) No 3002/92.