31988R2597

20 . 8 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 231 /9

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) - No 2597/88 of 19 August 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1787/87 introducing the buying in of beef in respect of certain Member States and qualities and fixing the buying-in prices for beef

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 2226/78 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/88 (6), the table of Member States or regions of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Member States and of quality groups eligible for interven­ Economic Community, tion, as well as the buying-in prices, should be replaced, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and on the basis of the data and prices available to the Portugal, Commission, by the table and the prices annexed to this Regulation, Having regard to Council Regulation No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2248/88 (2), and in particular Article 6a (4) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1787/87 (3), Article 1 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2539/88 (4), introduced the buying in of beef in respect of certain Annexes I and II to amended Regulation (EEC) No 1787/87 are hereby replaced by the Annexes hereto. Member States or regions thereof and quality groups, and fixed the buying-in prices in the beef sector ; Article 2 Whereas, pursuant to the abovementioned Article 6a (4) and to Article 3 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 August 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 19 August 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24. (2) OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988 , p. 24. 0 OJ No L 168 , 27. 6. 1987, p. 22. 0 OJ No L 261 , 26 . 9 . 1978 , p. 5. (4) OJ No L 223, 13 . 8 . 1988 , p. 9. if) OJ No L 81 , 26. 3. 1988, p. 43.

20 . 8 . 88 No L 231 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX I

Member States or regions within a Member State and groups of qualities

Groups of qualities Member State/Region (category and class)

Belgium AU, AR, AO Denmark CR, CO Germany AU, AR, CR, CO Spain AU, AR, AO France AU, AR Ireland CU, CR Italy AR, AO Luxembourg AR, AO, CO Netherlands AR Great Britain Northern Ireland CU, CR, CO

ANNEX II

Buying-in price in ECU per 100 kilograms carcase weight

Forequarter price Quality Equivalent (category and class) carcase price straight cut (') pistola cut (2)

AU2 301,769 241,415 226,327 AU3 297,623 238,098 223,217 AR2 286,306 229,045 214,730 AR3 282,204 225,763 211,653 A02 270,528 216,422 202,896 A03 266,417 213,134 199,813 CU2 304,775 • 243,820 228,581 CU3 300,588 240,470 225,441 CU4 292,215 233,772 219,161 CR3 289,049 231,239 216,787 CR4 280,646 224,517 210,485 C03 269,689 215,751 202,267

(J) Conversion coefficient 0,80. (2) Conversion coefficient 0,75.