31974R1084

No L 121 / 32 3 . 5 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 1084/74 OF THE COMMISSION

of 30 April 1974

linking the importation of frozen beef and veal to the sale of meat held by the intervention agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : . COMMUNITIES, Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1 . The issue of import licences in respect of frozen Economic Community ; beef and veal shall be subject to the production of a Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No contract of sale, at a price fixed in advance at a 805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ standard rate, in respect of frozen beef or veal held by tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended an intervention agency. by Regulation (EEC) No 1 87/73 (2), and in particular 2. The contract of sale shall entitle the person Article 21 (2) thereof ; concerned to be issued with an import licence in Whereas the prices of beef and veal on the representa­ respect of an identical quantity of frozen meat, 100 tive markets of the Community are now lower than kilogrammes of boneless meat being equivalent for the intervention price ; whereas the intervention this purpose to 130 kilogrammes of unboned meat. machinery does not enable this situation to be reme­ 3 . This Regulation shall be without prejudice to died at short notice ; imports effected under the tariff quota opened by Regulation ( EEC) No 167/74. Whereas the predominant characteristics of the present situation on the Community markets are (i) Article 2 the existence of large stocks of frozen beef and veal held by the intervention agencies and (ii) an abundant Where a licence is issued under Article 1 , one of the supply of meat for intervention ; whereas if it is following endorsements intended to re-establisk the normal operation of the 'Jumelage intervention machinery measures must be taken to 'Koblingstransaktioner' make available the limited capacity for storage ; ' Kopplung ' Linked sale Whereas this situation , which is the result of a surplus ' Abbinamento of offers and in which imports from third countries 'Koppeling play a considerable part, make it necessary to take shall be entered on the original of the contract of sale, measures calculated to limit imports of frozen beef together with the quantity of meat in respect of which and veal to those quantities disposed of by the inter­ a licence has been issued . vention agencies ; whereas to this end the issue of import licences should be made subject to the produc­ Article 3 tion of a contract of sale in respect of meat from an intervention cold store ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 May 1974.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 April 1974 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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