No L 286/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 10. 91 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3001/91 of 15 October 1991 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export to Albania and amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 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 1628/91 (3, 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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/87 (%), has provided for the possibility of applying a two-stage proce- dure when selling beef from intervention stocks ; Whereas certain intervention agencies hold large stocks of intervention meat ; whereas an extension of the period of storage for the meat bought in should be avoided on account of the ensuing high costs ; whereas in view of the supply needs in Albania part of that meat should be put up for sale in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84; Whereas, in view of the urgency and the specific nature of the operation and of the need for controls, special detailed rules must be laid down in particular as regards the minimum quantity which may be purchased ; Whereas quarters from intervention stocks may in certain cases have been handled a number of times ; whereas, in order to help with the presentation and marketing of such meat, its repackaging should be authorized, subject to the observance of precise conditions ; Whereas it is necessary to lay down a time limit for export of the said meat ; whereas this time limit should be fixed by taking into account Article 5 (b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991, p. 16. () OJ No L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13. () OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 23. special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the beef and veal sector (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 815/91 (9; Whereas in order to ensure that beef sold is exported to the intended destination, the lodging of security, as speci- fied in Article 5 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, should be required ; Whereas products held by intervention agencies and intended for export are subject to the provision of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2911/91 (%); whereas the Annex to the said Regulation setting out the entries to be made should be expanded; 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. A sale shall be organized of approximately 15 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French intervention agency and bought in before 1 August 1991; 2. This meat must be imported into Albania. 3.  Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84. The provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 (°) shall not apply to this sale. However, the competent authorities may allow bone-in forequarters and hindquarters the packaging material of which is torn or soiled, to be placed in new packaging of the same type under their supervision before presentation for consign- ment at the customs office of departure. } () OJ No L 241, 13. 9. 1980, p. S. (9 OJ No L 83, 3. 4. 1991, p. 6. () OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 1. () O No L 276, 3. 10. 1991, p. 28. ¢) OJ No L 99, 10. 4. 1981, p. 38.