31979R0978

No L 122/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 5 . 79

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 978 /79 of 15 May 1979 temporarily suspending intervention buying in of certain qualities of meat in certain Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 102 /o of the maximum buying in price ; whereas COMMUNITIES, therefore, intervention buying in should be tempor­ arily suspended for the qualities in question ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Beef and Veal , 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 6 (4) (b) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 995/78 of 12 May 1978 fixing the guide price and the Article 1 intervention price for adult bovine animals for the 1978 /79 marketing year (3) provides the possibility of In application of Article 3 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) suspending, in accordance with the procedure No 995/78 , intervention buying in shall be suspended provided for in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No from 21 May 1979 in the following Member States for 805/68 , the buying in by intervention agencies of one the qualities specified : or more qualities of fresh or chilled meat in Member — United Kingdom : 'Steers H ' ; States or regions of Member States when the market — France : ' Boeufs R . price of the quality or qualities in question remains during a period of three consecutive weeks between 100 and 102% of the maximum buying in price Article 2 fixed for that or those qualities ; Whereas in the United Kingdom and in France the This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 May 1979 . market price for certain qualities is between 100 and

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

Done at Brussels, 15 May 1979 . 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 130, 18 . 5 . 1978 , p. 1 .