No L 160/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 6. 91 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1788/91 of 24 June 1991 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 within the Community and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1018/91 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 1628/91 (3, 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 hold stocks of intervention meat ; 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 ; Whereas such sales should be made in accordance with Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84, (EEC) No 569/88 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1785/91 (%), and (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use to which the products in question are to be put; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1018/91 (%) should be repealed ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, () OJ No L 148, 28. 6.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 150, 15. 6. 1991, p. 16. () 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. () See page 13 of this Official Journal. () OJ No L 251, 1. 10. 1977, p. 60. (®) OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1987, p. 31. () OF No L 105, 25. 4. 1991, p. 40. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1.  The following approximate quantities of beef shall be put up for sale for processing within the Community : — approximately 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish intervention agency and bought in before 1 June 1990, — approximately 3 750 tonnes of boned beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought -in before 1 July 1990, ' — approximately 1 000 tonnes of boned beef held by the Irish intervention agency and bought in before 1 January 1991. 2. The intervention agencies referred to in paragraph 1 shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest. 3. The sales shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84, (EEC) No 569/88, (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 2 July 1991. 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 processing of products containing beef and who is entered in a public register of a Member State ; (b) must be accompanied by : — a written undertaking by the applicant to process the meat purchased into products specified in