31974R1028

30 . 4 . 74 No L 117/41 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 1028 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 29 April 1974 temporarily suspending the issue of import licenses and advance fixing certifi­ cates for beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN guaranteed, in particular by the intervention system ; COMMUNITIES, whereas provision should therefore be made for certain measures to improve the situation ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas pending the adoption of specific measures to stabilize the market it is necessary to suspend for a Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No short period the issue of import licences and advance 805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ fixing certificates for beef and veal, tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 87/73 (2), and in particular HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 21 (2) thereof ;

Whereas the prices of beef and veal on the representa­ Article 1 tive markets of the Community are at present lower than the intervention price ; whereas the intervention The issue of import licences and advance fixing certifi­ machinery cannot remedy this situation rapidly ; cates as provided for in Article 12a and 15 of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 805/68 is hereby suspended until 6 Whereas, if beef and veal were to continue to be May 1974. imported at the present rate, the disturbances already existing on the Community market would be consider­ Article 2 ably increased ; whereas imports effected in the near future would prevent the restoration of market equili­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 April brium and the return to a situation where prices are 1974 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 29 April 1974.

For the Commission The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24. (2) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 23 .