31976R1478

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1478 / 76 of 24 June 1976 relating to exceptional measures of intervention to be taken in France on the market in beef and veal as a result of the drought

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1896/73 of 13 COMMUNITIES , June 1973 relating to the methods of application of the intervention measures in the sector of beef and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European veal (4 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Economic Community, 1333/76 (5 ); Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 805 / 68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by ment Committee for Beef and Veal , Regulation ( EEC) No 568 /76 (2 ), and in particular Article 6 ( 5) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas under Article 6 ( 2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 the intervention measures provided for can be taken so long as the conditions provided for in para­ Article 1 graphs 2 (a) and (b) are fulfilled according to Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1302/73 of 15 May During the period 28 June to 31 July 1976, the 1973 establishing the general rules relating to interven­ French intervention agency is authorized to buy tion in the beef and veal sector ( 3 ), these measures can 10 000 metric tons of beef and veal offered in the be limited to the Member States or to those regions centres situated in the regions particularly affected by where the condition required by Article 6 ( 2b) of Regu­ the drought and in the conditions defined by Regula­ lation ( EEC) No 805/ 68 is fulfilled ; tion ( EEC) No 1896/ 73 for each product in the Annex, taking account of the age, the weight and the Whereas the drought raging in certain regions of the fat covering of the animals from which they come Community has led to an increase in the slaughtering from . of animals ; whereas these large slaughterings notably in certain categories of cows have disturbed the Article 2 French market and in consequence there has been a notable lowering of prices in the markets on the cate­ The Commission will follow the development of the gories of cows affected ; whereas , as a consequence , it market situation in the Community and present a is advisable to authorize as an exception and for a Regulation to be eventually modified where necessary limited period the purchase by the French interven­ according to that development . tion agency of certain quantities of meat at prices of which the maximum limit is fixed in conformity to Article 3 the arrangements of the second indent of Article 6 ( 2b) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/ 68 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Whereas it is advisable to subject these intervention publication in the Official Journal of the European measures thus adopted to the arrangements of Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 June 1976 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 148 , 2 «. 6 . 1968 , p . 24 . (-') 0 | No L 67 , 15 . .V 1 976 , p . 28 . (4 ) OJ No L 193 , 14 . 7 . 1973 , p . 18 . (->) O"! No L 132, 19 . 5. 1973, p. 3 . ( s ) OJ No L 131 , 10 . 8 . 1976, p . 7 .

No L 165 / 32 25 . 6 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEXE — A N! IA NC — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE — ANNEX — BILAG

Prix d'achat en unites de compte par 100 kilogrammes de produits Ankaufspreis in Rechnungseinheiten je 100 kg des Erzeugnisses Prezzi di acquisto in unità di conto per 100 kg di prodotti Aankoopprijs in rekeneenheden per 100 kg produkten Buying-in price in units of account for 100 kg of products Købesum i regningsenheder pr. 100 kg af varerne

Carcasses , dem i - carcasseses et quartiers compenses provenant des : Limite inferieure Limite superieure Ganze oder halbe Tierkörpe und « Quartiers compenses •, stammend von : Untere Grenze Obere Grenze Carcasse , mezzene c quarti compensati , provenienti dalle : Limite inferiore Limite superiore Hele dieren , halve dieren en „compensated quarters" afkomstig van : Ondergrenzen Bovengrenzen Carcasses , halt-care carcasses and compensated quarters from : Lower limit Upper limit Hele og halve kroppe kroppe samt « quartiers compenses • af : Minimum Maksimum

Vaches A 179,828 184,029 Vaches N 154,442 168,644