31978R0148

No L 22/ 18 27 . 1 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 148 / 78 of 26 January 1978 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 2900 /77 laying down detailed rules for the sale of beef held by the intervention agencies to enable the import with total suspen­ sion of the levy of frozen beef and veal intended for processing

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2900/77 is 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization hereby amended to read as follows : of the market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular Arti­ ' 1 . The issue of an import licence in respect of cles 7 (3) and 14 (3) (b) thereof, importation with total suspension of the levy as Whereas, owing to the manner in which it is drafted, provided for in Article 14 (3) (b) of Regulation there is a risk that, Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regula­ (EEC) No 805/68 shall be conditional upon the tion ( EEC) No 2900 /77 of 22 December 1977 laying submission of a purchase contract, concluded in down detailed rules for the sale of beef held by the accordance with this Regulation, for frozen meat intervention agencies to enable the import with total held by an intervention agency.' suspension of the levy of frozen beef and veal intended for processing (3) might be applied in different ways in different Member States ; whereas it Article 2 is therefore necessary to clarify that provision ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ publication in the Official Journal of the European ment Committee for Beef and Veal , Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 January 1978 .

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. (2 ) OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 338 , 28 . 12. 1977, p. 6 .