1. 8. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 213/53 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2320/91 of 31 July 1991 laying down the detailed rules for the second free supply of bone-in beef to the Soviet Union as provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 598/91 on urgent action for the supply of agricultural and medical products intended for the people of the Soviet Union 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 598/91 of 5 March 1991 on urgent action for the supply of agricul- tural and medical products intended for the people of the Soviet Union ('), and in particular Article § (2) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rate to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (%), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 598/91 provides for an emergency measure for the free supply of agricultural products to the Soviet Union ; whereas the delivery costs of these goods are to be paid by the European Commu- nity ; whereas, with a view to implementing that emer- gency measure, detailed rules of application should be laid down for the beef sector; Whereas a first free supply of 5000 tonnes of bone-in beef was already provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1513/91 (%; Whereas in view of the size and location of the Commu- nity intervention stocks of beef it is appropriate to release a second batch of a total of 3000 tonnes of forequarters and hindquarters stored in Germany for the purpose of the emergency measure referred to above ; Whereas, in order to ensure that the meat reaches its destination at the lowest possible cost, an invitation to - tender should be opened; whereas, in the light of the urgency of the operation, it should be provided that the meat is delivered in the Soviet Union before 20 September 1991 ; Whereas appropriate arrangements governing the lodging of securities and contracts should ensure the proper execution of the delivery operation ; Whereas products held by intervention agencies and intended for export are subject to the provisions of () OJ No L 67, 14. 3. 1991, p. 19. () OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No L 201, 31. 7. 1990, p. 9. () OJ No L 141, 5. 6. 1991, p. 24. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2212/91 (¥); whereas the Annex to the said Regulation setting out the entries to be made should be expanded; whereas, " furthermore, proof that the beef concerned has been taken over by the Soviet Government shall be provided by way of a special certificate ; Whereas the conversion rate to be used for the delivery costs referred to in Article 2 (2) () as well as for the secu- rities referred to in Article 2 (2) (¢) and in Article 4 (2) must be determined ; whereas, with a view to an approach which is more balanced and more in line with the economic facts determining such costs, the exchange rates published in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2024/91 () of 11 July 1991 fixing the representative market rates to be applied for certain amounts in the context of the common agricultural policy and, in parti- cular, for the calculation of the monetary compensatory amounts should be applied; Whereas, according to the non-commercial character of this delivery operation no export refund and no monetary compensatory amounts should be paid on the exported meat ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee fore- seen in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 598/91, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. An invitation to tender is opened for fixing the deli- very costs of 1500 tonnes of forequarters and 1 500 tonnes of hindquarters taken over before 1 May 1991 by the French intervention agency and held in the cold stores mentioned in Annex L 2. The meat shall be delivered to the cold stores mentioned in Annex II in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 598/91, (EEC) No 569/88 and the provisions of this Regulation. () OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 1. () OF No L 203, 26. 7. 1991, p. 47. () OJ No L 190, 15. 7. 1991, p. 42.