6. 2. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities -No L 30/7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 273/92 of 4 February 1992 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 3756/91 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 § 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 132/92 (%), 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use to which the products in question are to be put; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3756/91 (°) should be repealed ; : Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, () OJ No L 148, 28.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. (9 OJ No L 15, 22. 1. 1992, p. 17. OJ No L°251, 1. 10. 1977, p. 60. % OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1987, p. 31. () OJ No L 352, 21. 12. 1991, p. 75. 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 1 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian intervention agency, — approximately 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency, — approximately 1 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French intervention agency, — approximately 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish intervention agency, — approximately 4 500 tonnes of boned beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought in before 1 October 1991, — approximately 1 500 tonnes of boned beef held by the Irish intervention agency and bought in before 1 October 1991, — approximately 1 000 tonnes of boned beef held by the Danish intervention agency and bought in before 1 November 1991, — approximétely 500 tonnes of boned beef held by the Italian intervention agency and bought in before 1 December 1991. 2. The interventicn 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. i 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 20 February 1992. 6. Particulars relating to the quantities and the places where the products are stored shall be available to interested parties at the addresses given in Annex IL