3.12. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 298/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3316/93 of 2 December 1993 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2876/93 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 (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 pro- cedure 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 pro- longation of storage, part of these stocks should be sold in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2876/93 (9 should be repealed ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. The sale shall take place of approximately: — 2000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the intervention agency of the United Kingdom and bought in before 1 January 1992, () 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. () OJ No L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 59. () OJ No L 262, 21. 10. 1993, p. 47. —- 500 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Italian inter- vention agency and bought in before 1 December 1991. 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 Article 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 agencies concerned not later than 12 noon on 9 December 1993. 3. Particulars of the quantities and the places where the products are stored shall be available to interested parties at the addresses given in Annex IL Article 3 The security provided for in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be ECU 30 per 100 kilograms. Article 4 Regulation (EEC) No 2876/93 is hereby repealed. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 9 December 1993.