31. 7. 98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 214/43 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1696/98 of 30 July 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 884/98 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to their processing in the Community 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 organisation of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2634/97 (%), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/98 (%), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1325/98 (*), provides for a sale of intervention stocks held by various Member States; whereas the quantities and prices stated in that Regulation should be amended to take account of the stocks already sold; 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 Regulation (EC) No 884/98 is hereby amended as follows: 1. In the first subparagraph of Article 1(1): (a) the first indent is deleted; (b) the fourth indent is replaced by the following: ‘— 5000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the German intervention agency, (c) the fifth indent is replaced by the following: — 4000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Austrian intervention agency’, (d) the seventh indent is replaced by the following: — 4000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the French intervention agency’, (e) the 13th indent is replaced by the following: ‘— 5000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the French intervention agency’, (f) the 14th indent is replaced by the following: ‘— 5500 tonnes of boneless beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency’. 2. In Article 5(2): (a) the second indent is replaced by the following: ‘— ECU 1050 for bone-in forequarters processed into B products or a mix of A products and B products’, (b) the fourth indent is replaced by the following: ‘— ECU 1 600 for boneless beef processed into B products or a mix of A products and B products’. 3. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 July 1998. () OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. @) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13. () OF L 124, 25. 4. 1998, p. 42. () OJ L 183, 26. 6. 1998, p. 42. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission