No L 231/18 Official -Journal of the European Communities 20. 8. 88 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2600/88 of 17 August 1988 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2294/88 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 2248/88 (%), 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 procedure when selling beef from intervention stocks ; Whereas certain intervention agencies are holding stocks of bone-in beef ; whereas an extension of the period of storage should be avoided on account of the ensuing high costs ; whereas, in the present market situation, there are outlets for such meat for processing in the Community ; v Whereas such sales should be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2415/88(%), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77(’), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (*), subject to certain special exceptions on account of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2294/88 should be repealed (); = Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 24. () OJ No L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13. () OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 23. () OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 1. . () OJ No L 208, 2. 8. 1988, p. 11. - () O No L 251, 1. 10. 1977, p. 60. () O No L 376, 31. 12. 1987, p. 31. () OJ No L 201, 27. 7. 1988, p. 22. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. The following approximate quantities of beef shall be put up for sale for-processing within the Community : — 1000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Belgian intervention agency and bought in before 1 October 1986, — 3500 tonnes of bone -in - beef held by the Irish intervention agency and bought in before 1 November 1986, — 1000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Netherlands intervention agency and bought in before 1 October 1986, — 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought in before 31 December 1987. 2. The intervention agencies referred to in paragraph 1 shall sell first the meat which has beén stored the longest. 3.  The sales shall be conducted in accordance with the‘ provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, Regulation (EEC) No 569/88, Regulanon (EEC) No 2182/77 and this ‘Regulation. 4. The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in Annex I hereto. - 5. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies concerned no later than 12 noon on 23 August 1988. 6.  Particulars relating to the quantities and the places where the products are stored may be obtained by interested parties at the addresses given in Annex IL Article 2 1. Notwithstanding Article 3 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77, the tender or, application to purchase : ‘ (a) shall be valid only if presented by a natural or legal person who, for at least 12 months, has been engaged’ in the processmg of products containing beef and who is entered in a public register of a Member State ;