31975R1698

3 . 7 . 75 No L 172/9 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 1698 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 July 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 221 /72 fixing the coefficients to be used for the purposes of determining inventory value and specifying the maximum tolerance for quantity losses occurring during the storage of beef held in intervention

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES ,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729 / 70 (') of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the 1 . The following is added to Article 1 of Regulation common agricultural policy, as last amended by Regu­ ( EEC) No 221 / 72 : lation ( EEC) No 2788 / 72 (2 ) ;

'— preserved products : 1 -5.' Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2305 /70 (3 ) of 10 November 1970 on the financing of intervention1 expenditure in respect of the domestic 2 . The following subparagraphs are added to Article market in beef and veal, as last amended by Regula­ 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 221 / 72 : tion (EEC) No 11 74/75 (4 ), and in particular Article 3 ( 1 ) (a) and (2) (c) thereof ; 'The maximum tolerance shall not apply with respect to meat processed into preserved products. Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 221 /72 (5) However, weight losses occurring in the course of of 31 January 1972, as amended by Regulation ( EEC) processing shall be taken into account in accor­ No 31 80 / 74 (6), fixed the coefficients to be used to dance with the table set out in the Annex hereto . determine the inventory value and maximum toler­ ance for quantity losses occurring during storage in respect both of unboned and of boned meat ; In cases where a proportion of the meat used in the preserving process is itself not processed but Whereas it is necessary for the purpose of drawing up stored boned and unprocessed , the quantity of the account referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation such boned meat shall be added to the quality of (EEC) No 2305/70 to fix a coefficient for preserved preserved products .' beef products manufactured in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1 295 /74 ( 7) of 22 May 1974 on the processing of beef 3 . Regulation (EEC) No 221 /72 is supplemented by bought in by intervention agencies, as last amended the addition of the Annex to this Regulation . by Regulation ( EEC) No 1145/75(8 );

Whereas the storage of preserved products does not 4. A paragraph 3 as follows is added to Article 2 of give rise to any weight losses but weight losses of Regulation (EEC) No 221 /72 : varying percentages according to the type of product concerned do occur in the course of processing into preserves ; 'The weight losses mentioned in the third subpara­ graph of paragraph 1 shall apply only where processing was carried out before 24 May, 1975 .' Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,

') OJ No L 94, 28 . 4 . 1970 , p. 13 . Article 2 -') OJ No L 295, 30 . 12 . 1972, p. 1 . 3 ) OJ No L 249 , 17 . 11 . 1970 , p. 1 . ■») OJ No L 117 , 7 . 5 . 1975 , p. 7 . ;') OJ No L 27, 1 . 2 . 1972, p. 54. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 4 OJ No L 339, 18 . 12. 1974, p. 14. ( 7) Ol No L 140 , 23 . 5 . 1974, p. 47 . following its publication in the Official Journal of ( s) OJ No L 1 12, 1 . 5 . 1975 , p. 60 . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 July 1975 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Description of processed product Weight loss

— Preserved beef products of a weight of 400 grammes per can , processed from : — 95 °/o fresh boned beef and — 5 %> scalded pork rind , unsalred 17%

— Preserved beef products of a weight of 350 or 1 815 grammes per can , containing 80 °/o or more beef ; meat excluding offals and fat 26 %>

— Preserved beef products of a weight of 425 grammes per can, processed from : — 99 °/o fresh boned beef 36 %

— Preserved beef products of a weight of 420 grammes per can, processed from : — 93 °/o fresh boned beef and — 7 °/o beef tendons 37 %>

— Preserved beef products of a weight of 340 grammes processed from : — 80 °/o minimum of cooked boned beef and — 20 °/o maximum of other products (gelling agents, fat, spices ) 49 °/o