No L 225/4 Official ]oumal of the European Commumtles 4. 9.93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 as regards the general and special intervention measures for beef 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 747/93 (3, and in particular Article 6 (7), 6a (4) and 25 thereof, Whereas, because of the shortcomings in inspections noted the implementation of the intervention system, the detailed rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 of 29 March 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of general and special intervention measures in the beef and veal sector (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1759/93 (), should be amended ; whereas the extent of the adjustements to be made to Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 and the large number of amendments made to this Regulation mean that, in the interests of clarity and transparency, it should be consoli- dated ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 should therefore be repealed; Whereas the requirements concerning the identification of eligible carcases should be extended by the stamping of the slaughter number on the inner side of each quarter; whereas carcases should be presented cut in a unfiorm fashion in order to facilitate disposal of the products of cutting, to facilitate the monitoring of boning operations and to obtain as the final result pieces of meat which can be defined in the same way throughout the Community ; whereas to that end the carcase should be straight cut and the forequarters and hindquarters defined respectively at the fifth and eighth ribs in order to reduce to the minimum the number of boneless cuts and dressing losses and to make the best use of the products obtained ; Whereas, in order to avoid speculation likely to distort the true market situation, every interested party should be able to submit only one tender per category ; whereas, in order to avoid the use of aliases, ‘interested party’ should () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () O] No L 77, 31. 3. 1993, p. 18. () OJ No L 91, 4. 4. 1989, p. S. () OJ No L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 59. be defined so as to include the category of operators who by the nature of their economic activities traditionally participate in intervention ; Whereas the conduct of tender procedures has not given rise to any particular problems; whereas the relevant provisions should therefore be retained unaltered ; Whereas investigations in recent years revealed conside- rable shortcomings in the pratical operation of interven- tion operations in the beef and veal sector ; whereas, since they make the monitoring procedures less effective, the failings detected tend to encourage irregularities to the detriment of the Community budget ; whereas, therefore, both the institutional structure of interention and the surveillance procedures to be used should be better targeted, and should in particular concentrate on the risks identified ; Whereas the risks of itregularities are particularly high when carcases bought into intervention are systematically boned ; whereas it should therefore be a requirement that the cold stores and cutting plants in intervention centres should be independent of the slaughterhouses and the authorities involved in the award of tenders; whereas to take account of any practical difficulties in certan Member States derogations from this princple may be accepted, provided that the quantities boned are striclty limited and that checks on taking them over are stepped up so that boned meat may be traced and manipulation may be excluded as far as possible ; whereas in the light of recent investigations greater ephasis should be laid on checks on residues of prohibited substances and in particular those having a hormonal action on meat; Whereas the intervention bodies can take over only products which meet the quality and presentation condi- tionsl aid down by Community rules ; whereas experience shows that certain arrangements for taking over should be defined and checks stepped up; whereas in particular there should be provision for a preliminary check at the slaughterhouse to eliminate ineligible meat at an early stage ; whereas, in order to increase the reliability of the procedure for receiving products delivered, qualified staff whose impartiallity is guaranteed by their independence of the parties involved and their periodic rotation should be employed ; whereas the points to be covered by verifi- cations should also be specified ;