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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2240/76 of 15 September 1976 extending the period of validity of the exceptional intervention measures in the beef and veal sector in certain regions of the Community most affected by the drought, and extending those measures to Denmark

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN (EEC) No 1896/73 of 13 July 1973 on detailed rules COMMUNITIES, for the application of intervention measures in the market in beef and veal (7), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1333/76 (8); Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Beef and Veal, 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 568/76 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas 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 Article 1 beef and veal as a result of the drought (3), authorized the French intervention agency to buy in a fixed quan­ During the period 16 September to 31 October 1976 : tity of beef from certain categories of cow ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1643/76 of 7 July 1 . the French intervention agency is authorized to 1976 on the exceptional intervention measures in the beef and veal sector to be taken in certain regions of buy in meat within the limits laid down in Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1478 /76 ; the Community most affected by the drought (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1712/76 (5), authorized the German, Belgian, Luxembourg and 2. the exceptional intervention measures provided for Netherlands intervention agencies to buy in fixed in Regulation (EEC) No 1643/76 may be applied quantities of beef from certain categories of cow ; by the German, Belgian, Luxembourg and Nether­ lands intervention agencies within the limits fixed in that Regulation for each of the Member States Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1896/76 concerned ; of 29 July 1976 (6) extended the period of validity of those measures to 15 September 1976 ; 3 . the Danish intervention agency is authorized to buy in, in the regions particularly affected by the Whereas need for these exceptional intervention drought, 1 200 metric tons of beef from 'Keer 1 . measures persists in the abovementioned Member kvalitet' and 'Keer med kalvetaender 1 . kvalitet'. States ; whereas the drought has led in Denmark also These purchases shall be carried out subject to the to an increase in slaughterings and to a massive over­ conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No supply of meat, particularly from certain categories of 1896/73 at prices within the limits fixed for each cow ; whereas it is therefore appropriate to extend the product in the Annex hereto, account being taken period of validity of these measures and to include of the age, weight, conformation and finish of the Denmark, by fixing for that Member State the quanti­ animals from which they come . ties and buying-in prices for cows eligible for excep­ tional intervention purchase ;

Whereas such intervention measures should be Article 2 governed by the provisions of Commission Regulation

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 (2) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 28 . September 1976. 3) OJ No L 165, 25. 6. 1976, p . 31 . (4) OJ No L 182, 8 . 7. 1976, p. 7. (s) OJ No L 192, 16. 7. 1976, p . 16 . (7) OJ No L 193, 14. 7. 1973, p. 18 . (b) OJ No L 207, 31 . 7. 1976, p . 7 . (8) OJ No L 151 , 10 . 6. 1976, p. 7.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 September 1976.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEXE — ANHANG — 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 per 100 kg of products Købesum i regningsenheder pr. 100 kg af varerne

Limite inférieure Limite superieure Untere Grenze Obere Grenze Limite inferiore Limite superiore Ondergrenzen Bovengrenzen Minimum Maximum Minimum Maksimum

DANMARK — Hele kroppe, halve kroppe og »quårtiers compensés«, der stammer fra : Køer 1 . kvalitet 1 50,430 153,069 Køer med kalvetænder 1 . kvalitet 1 53,729 156,368