31974R2668

No L 285/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 22 . 10 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2668 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 October 1974 temporarily suspending the issue of import licences and advance fixing certifi­ cates for beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it is also necessary to continue to suspend COMMUNITIES, the application of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 790/74 (4) of 9 July 1974 linking the importation of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European beef and veal to the sale of meat held by the interven­ Economic Community ; tion agencies, Having , regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular Article 1 Article 21 (2) thereof ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 846/74 (3) of The issue of import licences and advance fixing certifi­ cates for the products referred to under (a) in Article 1 16 July 1974 suspended until 31 October 1974 the of Regulation (EEC) No 805/ 68 shall be suspended . issue of import licences and advance fixing certificates for beef and veal , given that the prices of beef and Article 2 veal on representative Community markets are markedly lower than the intervention price ; whereas This Regulation shall be without prejudice to imports the intervention machinery does not permit this situa­ effected under Community tariff quotas for bulls, tion to be remedied at short notice ; heifers and cows , other than those intended for Whereas, if imports of beef and veal were resumed as slaughter, of certain alpine and mountain breeds, and for frozen beef and veal . from 1 November 1974, this would appreciably worsen the situation on the Community beef and veal Article 3 market ; whereas the quantities which are likely to be imported in the near future would prevent, in parti­ 1 . The application of Regulation ( EEC) No 1790/ 74 cular when the animals are brought in from pasture, shall be suspended . the stabilizing of the market and the return to a situa­ tion where prices were guaranteed , in particular by the 2. Contracts of sale in respect of meat held by the intervention system ; intervention agencies concluded during the period of application of this Regulation shall not give entitle­ Whereas the Commission , having undertaken a ment to the linked sales laid down in Regulation detailed examination of the situation on the beef and ( EEC) No 1790 / 74 . veal market, has established that that market will continue to be threatened in the coming months by 3 . Article 3 of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No serious disturbances, a result of imports, which are 2073/ 74 (5 ) of 5 August 1974 concerning the sale at likely to jeopardize the objectives of Article 39 of the prices fixed in advance at a standard rate of beef and Treaty ; veal held by the intervention agencies is hereby repealed . Whereas, in these circumstances, the temporary suspension of the issue of import licences and Article 4 advance fixing certificates for beef and veal should be maintained until import patterns have been This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November re-established and adjusted to market trends ; 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 21 October 1974 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24. (2 ) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14. (4 ) OJ No L 187 , 1 1 . 7 . 1974, p. 21 . 0 ) OJ No L 194, 17 . 7 . 1974, p. 8 . (5 ) OJ No L 216 , 7 . 8 . 1974, p. 1 1 .