31974R2586

No L 276/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 11 . 10 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2586/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 10 October 1974 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 2163/74 as regards the identification of meat from animals in respect of which the premium for the orderly marketing of certain adult bovine animals for slaughter has been granted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it is possible to identify the Member State in COMMUNITIES, which the animals from which the meat comes were slaughtered since, under Article 3 of the Council Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Directive of 26 June 1964 (5) on health problems Economic Community ; affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat, as last amended by the Act of Accession ( 6), meat traded Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No within the Community must be marked by the compe­ tent veterinary authority, with inter alia the name of 805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ the exporting country ; tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Article 22a (3 ) thereof ; are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Beef and Veal , Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1 967/74 (3 ) of 23 July 1974 introducing a system of premiums for the orderly marketing of certain adult bovine animals for slaughter, and in particular Article HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 4 (2) thereof ;

Article 1 Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 6(1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 21 63/ 74 (4) of 14 1 . The text of the second subparagraph of Article August 1974 laying down detailed rules for the appli­ 6(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2163/74 is replaced by cation of the system of premiums for the orderly the following : marketing of certain adult bovine animals for slaughter provides that beef and veal from slaughtered 'Such proof shall be established : animals may be bought in by intervention agencies only if proof is furnished that such meat comes from (a) either by the marking at the time of slaughter an animal in respect of which no premium has been of meat from animals in respect of which a granted and that such proof must be established by premium has been granted , or the placing of a mark on meat from animals in (b) by production of a certificate declaring that the respect of which a premium has been granted ; meat comes from animals in respect of which no premium has been granted .' Whereas the implementation of such a marking system has caused some financial and technical diffi­ 2 . The following paragraph is added to Article 6 of culties in certain Member States ; whereas it is there­ Regulation ( EEC) No 2163 / 74 : fore necessary to introduce an alternative system whereby the proof required under the first subpara­ ' 3 . Beef and veal from animals slaughtered in a graph of Article 6(1 ) of the said Regulation may be Member State which applies the system of furnished by a certificate declaring that the meat premiums introduced by Regulation ( EEC) No comes from animals in respect of which no premium 1967 /74 but which does not operate a system of has been granted ; marking as provided for in point (a) of the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 may not be bought Whereas such a system cannot ensure that meat from in by intervention agencies in other Member States .' animals in respect of which a premium has been granted is not bought in by intervention agencies in other Member States ; whereas it is therefore necessary Article 2 to prohibit the buying-in by such intervention agen­ cies of meat from animals slaughtered in Member This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its States which do not mark such meat ; publication in the Official journal of the European Communities. (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24. (-) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14. (3 ) OJ No L 206 , 27 . 7 . 1974, p. 1 . ( 5 ) OJ No L 121 , 29 . 7 . 1964, p . 2012/ 64 . H OJ No L 226, 15 . 8 . 1974, p. 30 . o) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 36 .

11 . 10 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 276/29

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

Done at Brussels, 10 October 1974 . For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI