31978R0338

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 338 /78 of 17 February 1978 amending Regulations ( EEC) No 2793/76, ( EEC) No 560/77 and (EEC) No 2633/77 on detailed arrangements for the disposal on the Italian market of frozen beef made available to the Italian intervention agency and altering the prices of such meat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Regulations (EEC) No 2793/76 of 18 November 1976, COMMUNITIES, (EEC) No 560 /77 of 17 March 1977 (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 809/77 ( 10), and (EEC) No Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 2633/ 77 of 29 November 1977 ( n ); Economic Community, Whereas this frozen beef is designated for direct Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No consumption mainly through retail outlets in Italy ; 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization whereas, in order to avoid the possibility of specula­ of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by tive or fraudulent practice, retail selling prices have Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular Arti­ been fixed for each category of frozen beef concerned cles 7 (3) and 25 thereof, on the basis of selling prices previously fixed by the Commission ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the Whereas the existing relation between these selling common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by prices and the retail selling prices fixed in Italian lire Regulation (EEC) No 2788 /72 (4), should be maintained ; the prices initially fixed should therefore be altered ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2453 /76 of 5 October 1976 on the transfer to the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Italian intervention agency of frozen beef held by are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ intervention agencies of other Member States (5), as ment Committee for Beef and Veal , last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2584/77 (6), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof,

Whereas, following the alteration by Regulation (EEC) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : No 2584/77 of the date fixed in Article 1 of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2453/76 , Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2793/76 of 18 November 1976 on detailed arrangements for the disposal on the Article 1 Italian market of frozen beef made available to the Italian intervention agency under Regulation ( EEC) In Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2793/76, the No 2453 /76 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) date '30 November 1977' is replaced by '30 June No 231 0/77 (8), should be amended ; 1978 '.

Whereas, so as to facilitate the sale of the meat in question to consumers, provision should be made to Article 2 enable applications to purchase to be submitted also by the authorized representatives of consumer organi­ In Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2793/76, the zations such as consumer cooperatives or groups words 'five tonnes' are replaced by ' 10 tonnes'. thereof, to hospitals, to schools, to canteens and work canteens, to convalescent or nursing homes and to social institutions ; Article 3 Whereas the selling prices for beef transferred to the Italian intervention agency were fixed by Commission 1 . Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2793/76 is amended to read as follows : (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . (2) OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 . ' 1 . By way of derogation from Article 4 ( 1 ) of (3) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4 . 1970 , p. 13 . Regulation ( EEC) No 216/69 : (4 ) OJ No L 295 , 30 . 12 . 1972, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 279 , 9 . 10 . 1976, p. 3 . (6) OJ No L 301 , 25 . 11 . 1977, p. 6 . O OJ No L 71 , 18 . 3 . 1977, p . 27. ( 7) OJ No L 319 , 19 . 11 . 1976, p . 24. ( I0) OJ No L 98 , 22 . 4 . 1977, p . 10 . (8) OJ No L 269 , 21 . 10 . 1977, p . 25 . (") OJ No L 306, 30 . 11 . 1977, p . 22.

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(a) applications to purchase shall be for a 2 . In Article 3 (2) and (3) of Regulation ( EEC) maximum quantity of 30 tonnes of beef bone­ No 2793/76 the word ' retailers' is replaced by in per buyer and may be submitted by regis­ 'purchasers'. tered letter or be delivered directly to the Italian intervention agency. In the latter case, Article 4 confirmation by registered letter shall not be required ; 1 . Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2793/76 is (b) no security shall be required ; replaced by Annex I to this Regulation . (c) no application to purchase shall be valid unless submitted by an authorized retailer of beef or 2. The Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 560 /77 is by an authorized representative of a consumer replaced by Annex II to this Regulation . organization and accompanied by : 3 . Annex I to Regulation ( EEC) No 2633/77 is — particulars indicating the precise address of replaced by Annex III to this Regulation . the place or places where the products purchased in accordance with this Regula­ tion are to be put up for retail sale or to be Article 5 consumed, — a written undertaking by the purchaser to This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its put the products up for sale for direct publication in the Official Journal of the European consumption in Italy, or, as appropriate, a Communities. written undertaking by the purchaser to use the products only for the benefit of the However, Article 4 shall have effect from 1 February 1978 . organization which he represents .'

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

Done at Brussels, 17 February 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

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ANNEXE / — ANNEX I — ANHANG / — BILAG / — ALLEGATO I — BIJLAGE I

Produits Prix de vente (UC/ 100 kg) Products Selling prices (u.a./ 100 kg) Erzeugnisse Verkaufspreise ( RE/ 100 kg) Produkter Salgspris ( RE/ 100 kg) Prodotti Prezzi di vendita ( UC/ 100 kg) Produkten Verkoopprijzen (RE/ 100 kg)

— Quartiers avant 101,045 Forequarters Vorderviertel Forfjerdinger Quarti anteriori Voorvoeten — Quartiers arrière 161,672 Hindquarters Hinterviertel Bagfjerdinger Quarti posteriori Achtervoeten — Fileter 211,755 — Udbenede bagfjerdinger uden fileter og mørbrad 182,759 — Striploins and cube rolls 266,231 — Insides, outsides, knuckles and rumps 227,570 — Boned forequarters excluding the cube rolls, plates and flanks , briskets and shins 172,215

ANNEXE II — ANNEX II — ANHANG II — BILAG II — ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II

Produits Prix de vente ( UC/ 100 kg) Products Selling prices (u.a./ 100 kg) Erzeugnisse Verkaufspreise ( RE/ 100 kg) Produkter Salgspris (RE/ 100 kg) Prodotti Prezzi di vendita ( UC/ 100 kg) Produkten Verkoopprijzen ( RE/ 100 kg)

— Quartiers avant 101,045 Forequarters Vorderviertel Forfjerdinger Quarti anteriori Voorvoeten — Quartiers arrière 161,672 Hindquarters Hinterviertel Bagfjerdinger Quarti posteriori Achtervoeten — Udbenede bagfjerdinger uden fileter og mørbrad 182,759 — Striploins and cube rolls 266,231 — Insides, outsides , knuckles and rumps 227,570 — Boned forequarters excluding the cube rolls, plates and flanks , briskets and shins 172,215

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ANNEXE III — ANHANG III — ALLEGATO III — BILAG III — ANNEX III — BIJLAGE III

Produits Prix de vente ( UC/ 100 kg) Erzeugnisse Verkaufspreise ( RE/ 100 kg) Prodotti Prezzi di vendita ( UC / 100 kg) Produkten Verkoopprijzen ( RE/ 100 kg) Products Selling prices (u.a ./ 100 kg) Produkter Salgspris (RE/ 100 kg)

— Quartiers avant 101,045 Forequarters Vorderviertel Forfjerdinger Quarti anteriori Voorvoeten — Quartiers arrière 161,672 Hindquarters Hinterviertel Bagfjerdinger Quarti posteriori Achtervoeten — Udbenede bagfjerdinger uden fileter og mørbrad 182,759 — Striploins 266,231 — Insides, outsides, knuckles and rumps 227,570 — Boned forequarters excluding the cube rolls, plates and flanks, briskets and shins 172,215