31978R0387

No L 54/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 2 . 78

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 387 /78 of 24 February 1978 on the special sale of certain frozen beef transferred to the Italian intervention agency pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2453/76

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN and quality losses ; whereas , in view of the unusual COMMUNITIES, nature of the situation , provision should be made for the difference between the prices fixed by the said Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Regulations and the prices which will actually be Economic Community, charged by the Italian intervention agency to be borne Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No by that Member State ; 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 the are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ intervention agencies of other Member States ('), as ment Committee for Beef and Veal , last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2584/77 (2), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof,

Whereas certain of the meat transferred to the Italian HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : intervention agency pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2453/76 declined in quality during transport ; whereas Article 1 it is therefore necessary to allow the Italian interven­ tion agency to sell this meat at prices lower than those 1 . The Italian intervention agency is hereby autho­ fixed by Commission Regulations ( EEC) No 2793 /76 rized to sell by private contract, at prices lower than of 18 November 1976 on detailed arrangements for those fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 2793/76, (EEC) the disposal on the Italian market of frozen beef made No 560 /77 and (EEC) No 2633 /77, approximately 80 available to the Italian intervention agency under tonnes of frozen boned beef, representing part of the Regulation (EEC) No 2453/76 (3), as last amended by quantity made available to it by the Danish interven­ Regulation (EEC) No 231 0/77 (4), (EEC) No 560/77 of tion agency pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2453 / 76 . 17 March 1977 fixing the selling prices of frozen beef made available to the Italian intervention agency 2 . The account referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regula­ under Regulation (EEC) No 2453/76 (5 ), as amended tion ( EEC) No 2305 /70 shall be credited by the Italian by Regulation (EEC) No 809/77 (6), an d (EEC) No intervention agency with the amount resulting from 2633/77 of 29 November 1977 fixing the selling the prices fixed by Regulations (EEC) No 2793 /76, prices for certain types of frozen beef made available (EEC) No 560/77 and ( EEC) No 2633/77, multiplied to the Italian intervention agency under Regulation by the quantity actually sold pursuant to paragraph 1 . (EEC) No 2453 /76 and amending Regulations ( EEC) No 2875/76 and (EEC) No 35/77 ( 7) ; Article 2 Whereas it follows from the financial rules governing relations between the Community and the Member This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 February States that the latter are responsible for all quantity 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels , 24 February 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(!) OJ No L 279 , 9 . 10 . 1976, p. 3 . 2 ) OJ No L 301 , 2.5 . 11 . 1977 , p. 6 . P ) OJ No L 319 , 19 . 1 1 . 1976 , p . 24 . (") OJ No L 269 , 21 . 10 . 1977, p . 25 . (5 ) OJ No L 71 , 18 . 3 . 1977, p. 27 . (*) OJ No L 98 , 22. 4. 1977 , p. 10 . ( 7) OJ No L 306, 30 . 11 . 1977 , p . 22 .