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25 . 10 . 75 No L 274/27 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 2711 /75 OF THE COMMISSION of 24 October 1975 on the granting at a standard rate fixed in advance of private storage aid for beef

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas , in order to avoid financing normal storage, COMMUNITIES, it appears desirable to specify a high minimum quan­ tity ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas it is desirable, having regard to the present abundance of beef on the Community market, to allow the products stored to be exported before the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No expiry of the storage period, subject to a provision for 805/68 (>) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ a minimum period of storage ; tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular Articles 6 (5) (b) and 8 (2) thereof ; Whereas the amount of the security required should be such as to oblige the storer to fulfil the obligations Whereas Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 undertaken by him ; , provides that intervention measures shall be taken for the whole of the Community when the price for adult bovine animals as recorded on representative Commu­ Whereas, pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regula­ nity markets in accordance with Article 10 of the tion (EEC) No 1134/68 of 30 July 1968 laying down same Regulation is lower than the guide price ; general rules for the implementation of Regulation whereas this condition is fulfilled at present ; (EEC) No 653/68 (5) on conditions for alterations to the value of the unit of account used for the common agricultural policy, the sums owed by a Member State Whereas the present and foreseeable market situation or a duly authorized body, expressed in national indicates a need for private storage aid to be granted currency and representing amounts fixed in units of for carcases, half-carcases and compensated quarters, account, are paid on the basis of the relationship bone-in ; between the unit of account and the national currency obtaining at the time when the transaction or part transaction was carried out ; Whereas, in order to facilitate storage operations, it appears appropriate to amend certain conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1071 /68 (3) of 25 July 1968 laying down detailed rules Whereas, pursuant to Article 6 of the Regulation for granting private storage for beef and veal, and in referred to above, the time when a transaction is particular those concerning the security required and carried out is considered as being the date on which the time elapsing between slaughter and placing in occurs the event, as defined by Community rules or, private storage ; whereas the consequences of putting in the absence of and pending adoption of such rules, too small a quantity into storage and of withdrawing of the Member States concerned, in which the amount meat prematurely should also be specified ; involved in the transaction becomes due and payable ;

Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 989/68 (4) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules Whereas, in respect of private storage aid for beef, the for granting private storage aid for beef and veal rate of exchange to be used for calculating the amount provides that a decrease or an increase of the storage of this aid in national currency should be that period can be decided on if the market situation calls obtaining at the time when the contract for private for it ; whereas it is therefore appropriate to fix, in storage aid is concluded ; addition to the amounts of aid for a specified storage period, amounts to be deducted when this period is shortened ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ (>) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. ment Committee for Beef and Veal , (2) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7. 1974, p. 14. (3) OJ No L 180, 26. 7. 1968 , p. 19. (4) OJ No L 169, 18 . 7 . 1968 , p. 10 . (5) OJ No L 188, 1 . 8 . 1968 , p. 1 .

No L 274/ 28 25 . 10 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : only for products obtained from animals slaughtered within the Community not more than 10 days previ­ ously. Article 1

1 . Aid shall be granted for the private storage of Article 6 products as specified in the Annex hereto stored for periods of four, five or six months. Storing must be completed within 60 days following the conclusion of the contract. The amounts of such aid per metric ton, exclusive of The storage period shall begin on the day on which packaging, shall be as shown in the said Annex. storing is completed. 2. The amount of aid shall be adjusted if the dura­ tion of storage is extended or curtailed. The additional Article 7 amounts per month or amounts to be deducted per day are given in columns 5 and 6 of the said Annex. 1 . The amount of the security required is fixed at 100 u.a./metric ton . Article 2 2. In cases of force majeure, the intervention agency shall take such measures as it considers neces­ The minimum quantity per contract shall be 50 sary having regard to the circumstances invoked. metric tons . 1 The intervention agency shall inform the Commission Article 3 of each case of force majeure and of the action taken in respect thereof. The contractor may, before placing it in store, cut and bone all or part of the meat, provided that all the Article 8 meat resulting from such boning or cutting operations is placed in store . Aid shall be paid at the request of the person entitled and at the latest on the fifteenth day following that on Article 4 which it is ascertained that the obligations under the contract have been fulfilled . 1 . No aid shall be payable unless the meat remains in store for the whole of the storage period. Article 9

2. However, the contractor may, prior to the termi­ 1 . The Member States may require contractors to nation of the storage period, withdraw from the cold­ comply with the conditions set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) of store all or part of the meat for which he has the Council Directive of 26 June 1964 (!) on health contracted, provided that the quantity so withdrawn is problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh equal to not less than five metric tons and that it has meat, as last amended by the Directive of 24 June remained in store for at least three months and is, 1975 (2). within 10 working days of such withdrawal, exported from the Community. 2. For the purposes of this Regulation, 100 kg of bone-in meat shall be equivalent to 77 kg of boned In this case, the contractor must furnish proof that the meat . meat has left the geographical territory of the Commu­ nity or has been supplied in accordance with Article 3 3 . In the case of meat stored without cutting and of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75. Such proof shall be boning, if the quantity placed in store is less than the furnished in the same way as for the purpose of quantity contracted for but equal to : export refunds . (a) 90 % or more of that quantity, the amount of private storage aid shall be reduced proportio­ The amount of the aid shall be reduced as provided in nately ; Article 1 (2), the day of withdrawal from the cold-store (b) less than 90 % of that quantity, private storage aid being regarded as the last day of storage. shall not be paid. 3 . The contractor shall inform the intervention In the case of cut and boned meat the percentage as agency at least two days before beginning withdrawal specified in (a) and (b) shall be 85 % . of the meat from the cold-store, indicating the products and the quantities which he intends to 4. If the quantity placed in store is greater than the export. quantity contracted for, the amount of the aid shall be equal to that which was indicated for the quantity Article 5 contracted for.

By way of derogation from Article 2 (2) of Regulation (!) OJ No 121 , 29 . 7. 1964, p. 2012/64. (EEC) No 1071 /68 , private storage aid may be granted (2) OJ No L 172, 3 . 7. 1975, p. 17.

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The date on which occurs the event within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 in which private storage aid becomes due and payable shall be regarded as being the date on which the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November contract was concluded . 1975 .

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

Done at Brussels, 24 October 1975. For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Amount of aid, in u.a./metric ton Amount in u.a./metric ton CCT Products for a storage period of heading for which aid y No is granted to be added to be deducted 4 months 5 months 6 months per month per day

02.01 A II Carcases, half-carcases, a) 1 bb) 1 1 compensated quarters (bone-in) 470 500 530 30 1