19. 1. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 13/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 74/95 of 18 January 1995 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 Regulations (EC) No 2784/94 and (EC) No 1323/94 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 (EC) No 1884/94 (%), 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 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 with a view to securing a regular and uniform tendering procedure, measures should be taken in addi- tion to those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1759/93 ; Whereas, as specified in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, lodging of securities should be required; 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 () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 27. () O] No L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13. () OJ No L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 59. % OJ No L 251, 5. 10. 1979, p. 12. (9 OJ No L 301, 17. 10. 1992, p. 17. () OJ No L 176, 20. 7. 1993, p. 12. () O] No L 251, 1. 10. 1977, p. 60. exceptions on account of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put; Whereas Commission Regulations (EC) No 2784/94 (%) and (EC) No 1323/94 (") should be repealed ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS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 following approximate quantities of beef shall be put up for sale for processing within the Community : — 3000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought in before 1 June 1993, — 200 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Danish inter- vention agency and bought in before 1 September 1993, — 4000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish inter- vention agency and bought in before 1 June 1993 2. The intervention agencies referred to in paragraph 1 shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest. 3.  The sales shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84, (EEC) No 3002/92, (EEC) No 2182/77 and this Regulation. 4.  The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in Annex I hereto. 5. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies concerned no later than 12 noon on 31 January 1995. ¢) OJ No L 296, 17. 11. 1994, p. 11. (" OJ No L 144, 9. 6. 1994, p. 3.