31978R0456

No L 62/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 4 . 3 . 78

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 456/78 of 3 March 1978 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 221 /72 as regards the qualifying date for the takeover of intervention beef meat for which the maximum tolerance for weight losses resulting from storage applies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN intervention agencies in order for the margin of toler­ COMMUNITIES, ance to apply ; Whereas this final date should be cancelled in the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, light of the experience of the Member States during intervention and the rate of the margin of tolerance Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No should be maintained for the time being ; 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy ('), as last amended by Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Regulation ( EEC) No 2788 /72 (2), are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Beef and Veal , Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2305/70 of 10 November 1970 on the financing of intervention expenditure in respect of the domestic HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : market in beef and veal (3), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 565/77 (4), and in particular Article 3 Article 1 (2) (c) thereof, Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 221 /72 is hereby Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 221 /72 of deleted . 31 January 1972 fixing the coefficients for deter­ mining the book value and the margin of tolerance Article 2 for the quantity loss resulting from the storage of beef under intervention (5), as last amended by Regulation This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its ( EEC) No 27 1 2/76 ( 6), has fixed 1 January 1972 as the publication in the Official Journal of the European date before which beef must be taken over by the Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 March 1978 .

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970 , p. 13 . (2 ) OJ No L 295, 30 . 12. 1972, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 249 , 17 . 11 . 1970 , p. 1 . (4 ) OJ No L 72, 19 . 3 . 1977, p. 3 . (5 ) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2 . 1972, p . 54. (o) OJ No L 308 , 10 . 11 . 1976, p . 7 .