28. 9. 93 No L 242/6 Official Journal of the European Communities COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2639/93 of 27 September 1993 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 (EEC) No 2226/93 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 § 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 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use to which the products in question are to be put; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2226/93 should be repealed (%) ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () O] No L 18, 27. 1. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13. () O] No L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 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 198, 7. 8. 1993, p. 16. 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 : — 340 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency and bought in before 1 January 1992, — 2000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian intervention agency and bought in before 1 March 1992, ) — 300 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish inter- vention agency and bought in before 1 January 1992, (95 tonnes stored in the Netherlands) — 1000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French intervention agency and bought in before 1 February 1992, — 1 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency and bought in before 1 September 1992; (b) bone-in forequarters : — 2000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish intervention agency and bought in before 1 October 1992, ‘ — 2000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French intervention agency and bought in before 1 September 1992, — 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish inter- vention agency and bought in before 1 January 1992, — 20 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency and bought in before 1 January 1992; (c) boneless beef : — 2600 tonnes of boneless beef held by the French intervention agency and bought in before 1 August 1993,