2.6.1999 [EN | Official Journal of the European Communities L 139/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1151/1999 of 1 June 1999 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to its processing in the Community, and repealing Regula- tion (EC) No 515/1999 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 1633/98 (3, and in particular Article 7(3) thereof, (1)  Whereas the introduction of intervention in beef has resulted in a build-up of stocks in several Member States; whereas, in order to prevent storage being prolonged excessively, part of these stocks should be sold for processing in the Community; (2)  Whereas this sale should be subject to the rules laid down in Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2173/ 79 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (%), (EEC) No 3002/92 (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 770/96 (°), and (EEC) No 2182/77 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95, subject to certain special exceptions on account of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put; (3)  Whereas, in order to ensure regular and continuous sales, Title I of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in particular, should be applied; (4) Whereas, to ensure economic management of stocks, the intervention agencies should give priority to selling the meat which has been stored the longest; (5)  Whereas provision should be made for derogations from the second subparagraph of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 in view of the administrative difficulties which the application of this rule is creating in certain Member States; (6)  Whereas, to ensure optimum monitoring of the destination of beef from intervention stocks, control measures should be taken, in addition to the measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No NSO SN NN N < 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24. 210, 28.7.1997, p. 17. 251, 5.10.1979, p. 12. 248, 14.10.1995, p. 39. 301, 17.10.1992, p. 17. 104, 27.4.1996, p. 13. 251, 1.10.1977, p. 60. SN 35 ASASASASASASAS: | onll ol ol ol ol ol o8 3002/92, based on physical inspection of quantities and qualities; (7)  Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 515/ 1999 (}), as last amended by Regulations (EC) No 958/1999 (°), should be repealed,; (8)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula- tion are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The sale shall take place, for processing in the Community, of products bought into intervention under Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 amounting to approximately: — 200 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Dutch inter- vention agency, — 2500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency, — 1000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Austrian intervention agency, — 1380 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency, — 2000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French intervention agency, — 2000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian inter- vention agency, — 1500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish intervention agency, — 3 000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Irish inter- vention agency, — 1500 tonnes of deboned beef held by the French intervention agency, — 9000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency. Detailed information concerning the products and their selling prices is given in Annex I ®) OJ L 61, 10.3.1999, p. 8. ¢) OJ L 119, 7.5.1999, p. 12.