31988R3844

No L 340/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 10 . 12. 88

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3844/88 of 9 December 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, 3492/88 (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, on the basis of the data and prices available to the Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Commission, by the table and the prices annexed to this Portugal, 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 (z), and in particular Article 6a (4) thereof, Article 1 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1787/87 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3777/88 (4), Annexes I and II to amended Regulation (EEC) No introduced the buying in of beef in respect of certain 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 19 December 2226/78 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. . 24. (J) OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988 , p. 24. (3) OJ No L 168, 27. 6. 1987, p. 22. (4) OJ No L 332, 3. 12. 1988 , p. 13. (0 OJ No L 261 , 26. 9. 1978 , p. 5. (6) OJ No L 306, 11 . 11 . 1988, p. 20.

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ANNEX I

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

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

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

ANNEX II

Buying-in price in ECU per 100 kg carcase weight

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

AU2 304,006 243,205 228,005 AU3 299,830 239,864 224,873 AR2 293,576 234,861 220,182 AR3 289,370 231,496 217,028 A02 283,782 227,026 . 212,837 A03 279,469 223,575 209,602 CU2 310,054 248,043 232,541 CU3 305,795 244,636 229,346 CU4 297,277 237,822 222,958 CR3 296,135 236,908 222,101 CR4 287,527 230,022 215,645

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