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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 995/78 of 12 May 1978 fixing the guide price and the intervention price for adult bovine animals for the 1978/79 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, under Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No COMMUNITIES, 805/68 , the intervention agencies must buy in beef and veal offered to them when average prices on the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community market are below the intervention price ; Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 whereas, under Article 6 ( 1 ) of the same Regulation, thereof, the intervention agencies buy in, having regard to the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No characteristics of the production of the Member State 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization to which they belong, meat offered to them which has of the market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by certain quality characteristics ; whereas, in the light of Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular the experience of recent years and foreseeable market Article 3 (3), the first paragraph of Article 4 and the trends, provision should be made for the 1978/79 second subparagraph of Article 6 (4) thereof, marketing year for suspending, in respect of each Member State or in respect of certain regions of Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Member States, intervention buying-in of each of Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ these qualities when it is found that their price on the ment (3), representative markets of the Member State or the region in question exceeds their maximum buying-in Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and price over a certain period, Social Committee (4), Whereas, when the guide price for adult bovine animals is fixed, account should be taken both of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the contribution which the Community desires to make to the harmonious development of world trade ; whereas the common agricultural policy aims inter alia to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricul­ Article 1 tural community, to guarantee the availability of supplies and to ensure that supplies reach consumers For the 1978/79 marketing year, the guide price for at reasonable prices ; adult bovine animals shall be 125-97 units of account per 100 kilograms live weight Whereas the guide price must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 805/68 ; whereas for the 1978/79 marketing year it should be fixed at a higher level Article 2 than that adopted for the previous marketing year ; Whereas, moreover, in view of the current economic For the 1978/79 marketing year : situation on the beef and veal market, the intervention price for adult bovine animals for the 1978/79 — the intervention price referred to in the second marketing year should be fixed at the same level in subparagraph of Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) relation to the guide price as that adopted for the pre­ No 805/68 shall be 113-37 units of account per vious marketing year ; 100 kilograms live weight, — the price level referred to in the first sentence of (>) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24. Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall (2) OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 . (3) OJ No C 85, 10 . 4. 1978 , p. 31 . be 113-37 units of account per 100 kilograms live («) OJ No C 101 , 26. 4. 1978 , p. 10 . weight.

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Article J 2. If the buying-in by the intervention agencies has been suspended pursuant to point 1 , the Commis­ For the 1978/79 marketing year : sion shall decide to resume the buying-in, where 1 . By way of derogation from Article 6 ( 1 ) and (3) of the market price for that quality or those qualities Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, buying-in by the remains at the same level or less than the intervention agencies of one or more qualities to maximum buying-in price during a period of two be determined of fresh or chilled meat falling consecutive weeks . within subheadings 02.01 A II a) 1 , 02.01 A II a) 2 3. The maximum buying-in price shall be calculated and 02.01 A II a) 3 of the Common Customs Tariff for each of the qualities determined by applying to may be partially or wholly suspended in a Member an amount equal to 90 % of the guide price a coef­ State or in a region of a Member State : ficient expressing the normal relationship, adjusted (a) by the Commission, according to the procedure according to the characteristics of each Member laid down in point 4, where the market price State's production, between the price for the for the quality or qualities in question, recorded quality in question and the price of adult bovine in accordance with Article 12 (6) of Regulation animals recorded in accordance with Article 12 (6) (EEC) No 805/68 on the representative markets of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the representa­ of the Member State in question remains — tive markets of the Community. during a period of three consecutive weeks — 4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article above 100 % and equal to or less than 102 % shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure of the maximum buying-in price fixed for that laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No quality or those qualities in accordance with 805/68 . point 3 ; (b) by the Commission, where the market price Article 4 referred to in (a) remains — during a period of three consecutive weeks — above 1 02 % of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 May 1978 . maximum buying-in price referred to in (a).

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

Done at Brussels, 12 May 1978 .

For the Council

The President P. DALSAGER