No L 298/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.12. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3315/93 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 intended for processing within the Community and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2639/93 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 § 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 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use to which the products in question are to be put; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2639/93 (5), should be repealed ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, () OJ No L 148, 28. 6.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. () OJ No L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 59. () 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 242, 28. 9. 1993, p. 6. 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 : — 2000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian intervention agency and bought in before 1 June 1992, — 300 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish inter- vention agency and bought in before 1 January 1993, (13 tonnes stored in the Netherlands), — 1000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French intervention agency and bought in before 1 August 1993, — 1 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency and bought in before 1 August 1993 ; {(b) bone-in forequarters : — 1000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish intervention agency and bought in before 1 October 1992, — 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish inter- vention agency and bought in before 1 January 1993, — 20 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency and bought in before 1 January 1992 ; (c) boneless beef : — 7000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought in before 1 October 1992, — 1 800 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Italian intervention agency and bought in before 1 February 1993, — 2000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Danish intervention agency and bought in before 1 June 1993,