No L 105/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 4. 91 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1018/91 of 24 April 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 399/91 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 3577/90 (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 910/91 (%), 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use to which the products in question are to be put; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 399/91 () should be repealed ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS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 Italian intervention agency and bought in before 1 October 1990, () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. () OJ No L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13. () OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 23. () O No L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 1 () OJ No L 91, 12. 4. 1991, p. 45. ’) O] No L 251, 1. 10. 1977, p. 60. () OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1987, p. 31. () OJ No L 48, 21. 2. 1991, p. 8. — approximately 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought in before 1 January 1991, : — approximately 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish intervention agency and bought in before 1 June 1990, — approximately 500 tonnes of boned beef held by the Danish intervention agency and bought in before 1 January 1991, — approx1mately 1 500 tonnes of boned beef held by the Irish intervention agency and bought in before 1 January 1991, — approximateiy 500 tonnes of boned beef held by the Italian intervention agency and bought in before 1 October 1990. 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 May 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