L 209/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.8.1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1755/1999 of 6 August 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 Regulation (EC) No 1151/1999 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 (%), 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 partic- ular, 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 217379 in view of the administrative difficul- ties which the application of this rule is creating in certain Member States; (6)  Whereas, to ensure optimum monitoring of the destina- tion of beef from intervention stocks, control measures should be taken, in addition to the measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, based on physical inspection of quantities and qualities; 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. STS B LLoLeene e 3 Slelrlslewe (7)  Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1151/ 1999 (¢), as last amended by Regulations (EC) No 1450/ 1999 (%), should be repealed; (8)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS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. 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 approx- imately: — 200 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Dutch intervention agency, — 3500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German interven- tion agency, — 480 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency, — 3000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French interven- tion agency, — 1 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish interven- tion agency, — 3000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Irish intervention agency, — 200 tonnes of deboned beef held by the French interven- tion agency, — 8310 tonnes of deboned beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency. Detailed information concerning the products and their selling prices is given in Annex L 2. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation the products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sold in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2173/79, and in particular Titles I and III thereof, (EEC) No 2182/77 and (EEC) No 3002/92. 3. Particulars of the quantities and the places where the products are stored may be obtained by interested parties at the addresses given in Annex II hereto. 4. For each product listed in Annex I hereto, the interven- tion agencies shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest.