31977R2632

No L 306/ 20 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 11 . 77

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2632/77 of 29 November 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2697 /76 laying down detailed rules for the imple­ mentation of Regulation (EEC) No 2453/76 on the transfer to the Italian interven­ tion agency of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies of other Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in^this Regulation COMMUNITIES, are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Beef and Veal , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 805/ 68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2453 /76 of 5 October 1976 on the transfer to the In Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2697/76 : Italian intervention agency of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies of other Member States (3), as — in respect of the German intervention agency, for last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2584/77 (4), and ' 14 000 tonnes' read ' 18 000 tonnes', in particular Article 1 (2) thereof, — in respect of the French intervention agency, for ' 10 000 tonnes' read '6 000 tonnes'. Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2697/76 of 5 November 1976 (5 ) laid down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation ( EEC) No 2453 /76 ; Article 2 Whereas difficulties have arisen regarding the transfer of certain meat from the French intervention agency The following Article la is inserted ill Regulation to the Italian intervention agency ; whereas it is there­ ( EEC) No 2697/76 : fore necessary to reduce the quantity of meat made available to the Italian intervention agency by the ' Article la French intervention agency and consequently to increase the quantity made available to the Italian 1 . The Italian intervention agency shall take intervention agency by the German intervention over all the products made available to it by 31 agency ; December 1977 at the latest. Whereas it is essential from the budgetary point of view that all of the meat made available to the Italian ^ 2. By 31 December 1977 at the latest, the rights and obligations relating to all the products placed intervention agency should be taken over at the latest at the disposal of the Italian intervention agency by 31 December 1977 ; whereas as regards the meat shall be transferred to it . stored by the French intervention agency, however, taking into account the period for which it has been However : stored, it should be provided that, if the meat cannot be transferred to the Italian intervention agency (a) products placed by the French intervention within the time limit laid down , the French interven­ agency at the disposal of the Italian interven­ tion agency may sell it in accordance with the current tion agency which are not taken over by the rules on the sale of intervention meat ; latter before the date specified in paragraph 1 Whereas, in these circumstances, since a relatively shall, from 1 January 1978 , be again available short period is fixed for the transport to Italy of meat to the French intervention agency ; still stored in Germany, it is necessary to provide that (b) as regards products placed at the disposal of this transport should be carried out by private the Italian intervention agency by the German contract ; intervention agency which have not been trans­ ported to Italy by 31 December 1977, the (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24. German intervention agency shall be respon­ (2 ) OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 . sible for their storage until the day when they (3 ) OJ No L 279, 9 . 10 . 1976, p. 3 . (4 ) OJ No L 301 , 25 . 11 . 1977, p. 6 . are removed ; for this purpose it shall receive (5) OJ No L 304, 6 . 11 . 1976, p. 19 . the fixed amount laid down for storage.'

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Article 3 3 . The Italian intervention agency shall inform the Commission of the terms of each private 1 . In the first subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Regu­ contract at least 24 hours before it is concluded .' lation (EEC) No 2697/76 the words 'by tender' are replaced by : 3 . Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2697/76 are hereby repealed. 'by means of private transport contracts concluded on the most favourable terms.' Article 4

2. Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2697/76 is This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December amended to read as follows : 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 November 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President