31976R2712

10 . 11 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 308/7

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2712/76 of 9 November 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 221 /72 as regards the qualifying date for the takeover of intervention beef meat for which the maximum tolerance for weight losses resulting from storage applies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas this date should be deferred to 1 January COMMUNITIES , 1977 in the light of the experience of the Member States during intervention and the rate of the margin Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European of tolerance should be maintained for the time being ; Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage ment Committee for Beef and Veal, common agricultural policy ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2788/72 (2),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2305/70 of 10 November 1970 on the financing of intervention expenditure in respect of the domestic market in beef and veal (3), as last amended by Regula­ Article 1 tion (EEC) No 11 74/75 (4), and in particular Article 3 (2) (c) thereof, In Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 221 /72 the Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 221 /72 of date '1 January 1976' is hereby replaced by '1 January 31 January 1972 fixing the coefficients for deter­ 1977'. mining the book value and the margin of tolerance for the quantity loss resulting from the storage of beef under intervention (5 ), as last amended by Regulation Article 2 (EEC) No 785/76 (6), has fixed 1 January 1976 as the date before which beef must be taken over by the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its intervention agencies in order for the margin of toler­ publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. ance to apply ;

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

Done at Brussels, 9 November 1976 . For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(!) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970 , p. 13 . (2 ) OJ No L 295, 30 . 12. 1972, p. 1 (3 ) OJ No L 249, 17. 11 . 1970, p. 1 (4) OJ No L 117, 7. 5. 1975, p. 7. (5) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2. 1972, p. 54. (") OJ No L 92, 7. 4. 1976, p. 7.