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17.7.68 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 166/11
REGULATION (EEC) No 972/68 OF THE COUNCIL of 15 July 1968
laying down general rules for intervention on the market in beef and veal
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , moreover, such adjustments should be made to these prices in the light of experience as will promote the harmonisation of buying-in prices in the Commu Having regard to the Treaty establishing the nity : European Economic Community ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 805/68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal, and in particular Article 1 Article 6 (3 ) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Com 1 . Intervention measures and the products to which mission ; they apply shall be determined with a view to the need to give effective support to the market and to Whereas it is for the Council to lay down general limit the financial burden on the Community. rules for the application of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805 /68, and in particular criteria for ap plication of the provisions of paragraph 1 (b ) of that 2. The qualities and cuts of products to be bought Article; whereas common criteria should be laid in by intervention agencies shall be determined with down in view of the purposes of the intervention a view to the need, when stocks are being released, system and of the Community's financial responsi to facilitate their disposal . bilities in this matter ;
Whereas the regionalisation of intervention measures Article 2 is necessary since the conditions of price formation within the Community vary between and even within The regions referred to in Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of Regu Member States ; whereas, therefore, regions should lation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be determined having be determined for a Member State where intervention regard to economic considerations and more par measures are taken having regard to economic ticularly to natural conditions of price formation . considerations and more particularly to natural con ditions of price formation ; Article 3 Whereas it is necessary to stipulate that intervention measures can only be taken in Member States or in In the circumstances referred to in Article 6 ( 1 ) of regions of Member States where prices on represen tative markets are below a certain level ; Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 intervention measures shall be taken in Member States or in regions thereof Whereas the coefficients mentioned in Article 6 ( 1 ) only if the condition set out in that paragraph under ( b ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 should express (b ) is fulfilled. the normal ratio between the price of the quality in question and the price of adult bovine animals re corded on representative Community markets in ac Article 4 cordance with Article 10 of that Regulation ; whereas the prices of the products in question should be The coefficients mentioned in Article 6 ( 1 ) ( b ) of determined with reference to the periods most rep Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be determined with resentative of normal market conditions ; whereas, reference to the prices recorded in accordance with Article 10 (4) of that Regulation and, for each Mem ber State or a region thereof and for the products in question, to a normal market situation over the 1 OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 24. most representative periods . In order to promote the
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harmonisation of buying-in prices in the Community, question and the live bovine animals of each such coefficients shall be reviewed annually and ad category. justed in the light of experience.
The maximum buying-in price for a given cut of This Regulation shall enter into force on the third meat shall correspond to the price resulting from day following its publication in the Official Journal the average value ratio between the cut of meat in of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 15 July 1968 .
For the Council
The President
G. SEDATI