31985R1308

No L 137 / 16 27 . 5 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 1308 / 85

of 23 May 1985

fixing the guide price and the intervention price for adult bovine animals for the 1985 / 86 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , suspended for the qualities of meat eligible for intervention on the basis of the recording, on the market of each Member Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European State , of the prices of such qualities , as carried out according Economic Community , and in particular Article 43 to the Community scale;

thereof, Whereas , bearing in mind the objectives pursued by the intervention arrangements and the financial responsibilities Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 805 / 68 of incumbent on the Community , provision should be made for 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in the possibility of limiting intervention purchases to a quality beef and veal ( J ), as last amended by the 1979 Act of or group of qualities of meat in certain Member States , Accession , and in particular Articles 3 ( 3 ) and 6 ( 4 ) depending on the production and market features of these thereof, Member States ,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 2 ),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 3 ), Article 1

Whereas , when the guide price for adult bovine animals is For the 1985 / 86 marketing year, the guide price for adult fixed , account should be taken both of the objectives of the bovine animals shall be 205,02 ECU per 100 kilograms common agricultural policy and of the contribution which liveweight . the Community wishes to make to the harmonious development of world trade; whereas the common agricultural policy aims inter alia to ensure a fair standard of Article 2 living for the agricultural community , to guarantee the availability of supplies and to ensure that supplies reach For the 1985 / 86 marketing year , by derogation from consumers at reasonable prices ; the second paragraph of Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805 / 68 :

Whereas the guide price must be fixed in accordance with ( a ) the intervention price referred to in the said the criteria laid down in Article 3 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) subparagraph shall be fixed at 184,52 ECU for No 805 / 68 ; 100 kilograms liveweight ;

( b ) the level of the price fixed in the first sentence of Article 6 Whereas , in view of the current economic situation on the ( 3 ) of the said Regulation shall be 184,52 ECU for beef and veal market , the intervention price for adult bovine 100 kilograms liveweight . animals for the 1985 / 86 marketing year should be fixed at the same level , in relation to the guide price , than that adopted for the preceding marketing year; Article 3

Whereas Regulation ( EEC ) No 1208 / 81 ( 4 ) provided for and For the 1985 / 86 marketing year : laid down a Community scale for the classification of 1 . by derogation from Article 6 ( 1 ) and ( 3 ) of Regulation carcases of adult bovine animals for recording market prices (EEC ) No 805 / 68 , purchases by intervention agencies of and applying intervention measures ; whereas , by Regulation one or more qualities or groups of qualities , to be ( EEC) No 869 / 84 ( s ), a decision was taken to apply the said determined , of fresh or chilled meat falling within Community scale to the intervention measures for a subheadings 02.01 A II a ) 1 , 02.01 A II a ) 2 and 02.01 A three-year period , on an experimental basis ; whereas the II a ) 3 of the Common Customs Tariff shall be decided gradual application of the scale will lead to the fixing of a upon by the Commission in accordance with the single price for each quality or group of qualities of meat, procedure set out in point 5 when the average price of eligible for intervention , only at the beginning of the these qualities or groups of qualities recorded on the 1986 / 87 marketing year; whereas , therefore , during the market of a Member State , or of a region of a Member transition period , buying in should be activated and State , on the basis of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (») OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 . established by Regulation (EEC ) No 1208 / 81 is , for a ( 2 ) OJ No C 67 , 14 . 3 . 1985 , p. 64 . period of two consecutive weeks , equal to or less than the ( 3 ) OJ No C 94 , 15 . 4 . 1985 . ( 4 ) OJ No L 123 , 7 . 5 . 1981 , p . 3 . intervention price fixed at the beginning of the marketing ( 5 ) OJ No L 90 , 1 . 4 . 1984 , p . 32 . year for such qualities or groups of qualities;

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2 . the Commission shall decide on the suspension of the States , limit the list of qualities or groups of qualities of meat purchases referred to in point 1 when the average price eligible for intervention ; for certain qualities or groups of qualities of meat , recorded on the market of a Member State , or of a region 5 . the Commission , in accordance with the procedure of a Member State , on the basis of the scale referred to in provided for in Article 27 of Regulation ( EEC) No point 1 is , for a period of three consecutive weeks , above 805 / 68 , shall : the intervention purchase price fixed at the beginning of the marketing year for these qualities or groups of ( a ) establish the intervention purchase prices ; qualities ; ( b ) adopt procedures for applying this Article . 3 . if the purchases referred to in point 1 have been suspended under the terms of point 2 , the Commission shall decide on their resumption when the average price recorded for the qualities or groups of qualities in Article 4 question has , for a period of two consecutive weeks , been equal to or less than the intervention purchase price fixed This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day for the same qualities or groups of qualities at the following its publication in the Official Journal of the beginning of the marketing year ; European Communities .

4 . the Commission , in accordance with the procedure provided for in point 5 , may , in one or more Member It shall apply from 27 May 1985 .

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

Done at Brussels , 23 May 1985 .

For the Council

The President

C. SIGNORILE