31976R3150

24 . 12 . 76 No L 354/23 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 3150/ 76 of 23 December 1976 amending the provisions of Regulation ( EEC) No 2697/76 concerning the rules for the transfer of frozen beef made available to the Italian intervention agency by the intervention agencies of other Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN it is consequently desirable to authorize the Italian COMMUNITIES, intervention agency to contract privately for the trans­ port of the products in question ; 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 7 (3) thereof, Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2453/76 of 5 October 1976 on the transfer to the The following subparagraphs are added to Article 2 (4) Italian intervention agency of frozen beef held by the of Regulation (EEC) No 2697/76 : intervention agencies of other Member States (3), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof, 'Where an invitation to tender is cancelled the Italian intervention agency may receive direct bids Whereas, under Article 2 (2) of Commission Regula­ and enter into private contracts, on the least costly tion (EEC) No 2697/76 of 5 November 1976 laying terms obtainable, for the transport of the meat. down rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2453 /76 on the transfer to the Italian intervention The Italian intervention agency shall communi­ agency of frozen beef held by the intervention agen­ cate to the Commission the proposed terms of cies of other Member States (4), the cost of trans­ each such private contract at least 24 hours before porting the products in question is to be determined its conclusion .' by the Italian intervention agency by tender ; whereas paragraph 4 of the same Article provides that the invi­ Article 2 tation to tender may be cancelled, but no provision is made for what is to be done in this event ; whereas, in This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 December 1976 . view of the urgency of the deliveries to be carried out,

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

Done at Brussels , 23 December 1976 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . (2) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 . (3) OJ No L 279, 9 . 10 . 1976, p. 3 . (4 ) OJ No L 304, 6. 11 . 1 976, p. 1 9 .