No L 28/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.2 93 COMMISS!ON REGULATION (EEC) No 244/93 of 4 February 1993 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 3783/92 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 125/93 (), 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 proce- dure 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 3002/92 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 75/93 () and (EEC) No 2182/77 (°),.as last amended by Regulanon (EEC) No 3807/92 (%), subject to certain special exceptlons on account of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3783/92() should be repealed ; Whereas the measures provxded for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS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 : No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 18, 27. 1. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 238, 6. 9. 1984, p. 13, 4 OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 23. f OJ No L 301, 17. 10, 1992, p. 17. (9 OJ No L 11, 19. 1. 1993, p. § () OJ No L 251, 1. 10. 1977, p. 60. () OJ No L 384, 30. 12. 1992, p. 33. ¢) OJ No L 383, 29. 12. 1992, p. 79. — approximately 157 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency and stored in the Nether- lands, — approximately 1000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish intervention agency, — approximately .1 000 tbnnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian intervention agency, — approximately 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish intervention agency, — approximately 2000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French intervention agency, — approximately 1 500 tonnes of. bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency, ' — approximately 7 000 tonnes of boned beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought in before 1 August 1992, — approximately 2 000 tonnes of boned beef held by the Irish intervention agency and bought in before 1 August 1992, ' — approximately 1 000 tonnes of boned beef held by the Danish intervention agency and bought in before 1 November 1992, — approximately 3 400 tonnes of boned beef held by the Italian intervention agency and bought in before 1 October 1992, — approximately 1 000 tonnes of boned beef held by the French intervention agency and bought in before 1 November 1992. 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 3002/92, (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 1 hereto. 5. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies concerned no later than 12 noon on 11 February 1993. 6.  Particulars relating to the quantities and the places where the products are stored shall be available to inte- rested parties at the addresses given in Annex IL