31978R1988

No L 228 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 8 . 78

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1988 /78 of 16 August 1978 postponing the qualifying date for the sale of beef held by the intervention agen­ cies under Regulation ( EEC) No 1027 /78

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES , are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Beef and Veal , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal ( ! ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular Article 1 Article 7 (3) thereof, In Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1027/78 the Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) date '1 November 1977' is hereby replaced by '1 No 1027/78 of 19 May 1978 concerning the sale for January 1978 '. export at prices fixed at a standard rate in advance of beef held by the intervention agencies (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1406/78 (4), fixed Article 2 certain sale prices for beef taken over by the interven­ tion agencies before 1 November 1977 ; whereas the If the quantities available from an intervention agency situation regarding stocks is such that this date should are not sufficient to satisfy all the applications be postponed to 1 January 1978 in order to facilitate submitted on the day on which this Regulation enters the sale of meat bought in by the intervention agen­ into force, all such applications shall be deemed to cies before that date ; have been submitted at the same time.

Whereas provision should be made for the fairer apportionment of the meat concerned where the quan­ Article 3 tities available are limited, thus avoiding discouraging prospective purchasers who are unable to submit their This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 September applications in time ; 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 16 August 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 132, 20 . 5 . 1978 , p. 53 . (<) OJ No L 170, 27 . 6. 1978 , p. 23 .