No L 16/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 1. 90 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 135/90 - of 19 January 1990 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of bone-in beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export, amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3551/89 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 571/89 (%), 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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/87 (%), has provided for the possibility of applying a two-stage pro- cedure when selling beef from intervention stocks ; Whereas certain intervention agencies hold stocks of bone-in 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 outlets exist in certain third countries for the products in question ; whereas it is appropriate therefore to offer this meat for sale in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84; Whereas forequarters 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 autho- rized, 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- 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 3182/88 (9); Whereas in order to ensure that beef sold is exported the lodging of security, as specified at (a) of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, should be required ; () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 61, 4. 3. 1989, p. 43. () O No L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13. ) OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 23. () OJ No L 241, 13. 9. 1980, p. 5. () OJ No L 283, 18. 10. 1988, p. 13. Whereas products held by intervention agencies and intended for export are subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No  569/88 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3551/89 (®); whereas, however, the Annex to the said Regulation setting out the entries to be made should be expanded ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3551/89 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. A sale shall be organized of approximately : — 3500 tonnes of hindquarters, and — 3 500: tonnes of forequarters, held by the German intervention agency and bought in before 1 August 1989. This meat shall be for export. Subject to the provisions of this- Regulation, the sale shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regula- - tion (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. 2. The qualities. and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in Annex I hereto. () OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 348, 29. 11. 1989, p. 16. () OJ No L 99, 10. 4. 1981, p. 38.