31978R0623

31 . 3 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 84/ 17

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 623/78 of 30 March 1978 postponing the qualifying date for the sale of beef held by the intervention agen­ cies under Regulations ( EEC) No 2073/74 and ( EEC) No 2320/74

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN prospective purchasers who are unable to submit their COMMUNITIES, applications in time ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Economic Community, Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman , Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/ 68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof, Article 1

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2073/74 1 . In Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2073/74, of 5 August 1974 concerning the sale at prices fixed the date '1 February 1977' is hereby replaced by '1 in advance at a standard rate of beef and veal held by March 1977 '. intervention agencies (3 ), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2320/74 of 10 September 1974 on the sale 2 . In Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2320/74, at prices fixed at a standard rate in advance of beef the date '1 April 1977' is hereby replaced by '1 August 1977 '. and veal held by the intervention agencies and intended for export (4), both as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 280 /78 (5), fix certain sale prices for Article 2 beef taken over by the intervention agencies before 1 If the quantities available from an intervention agency February and 1 April 1977 respectively ; whereas the are not sufficient to satisfy all the applications situation regarding stocks is such that these dates submitted on the day on which this Regulation enters should be postponed to 1 March and 1 August 1977 into force, all such applications shall be deemed to respectively in order to facilitate the sale of meat have been submitted at the same time . bought in by the intervention agencies before those dates ; Article 3 Whereas provision should be made for the fairer apportionment of the meat concerned where the quan­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 April 1978 . tities available are limited , thus avoiding discouraging

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

Done at Brussels, 30 March 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 216, 7. 8 . 1974, p. 1 1 . (4) OJ No L 248 , 11.9 . 1974, p . 8 . (5) OJ No L 41 , 1 1 . 2 . 1978 , p . 20 .