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►B REGULATION(EEC)No391/68OFTHECOMMISSION
of1April1968
layingdowndetailedrulesforintervention buying-ininpigmeat
(OJ L 80, 2.4.1968, p. 5)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Regulation (EEC) No 2665/70 of the Commission of 29 December 1970 L 284 55 30.12.1970
►M2Regulation (EEC) No 912/71 of the Commission of 30 April 1971 L 98 42 1.5.1971
►M3Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4160/87 of 29 December 1987 L 392 46 31.12.1987
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REGULATION(EEC)No391/68OFTHECOMMISSION
of1April1968
layingdowndetailedrulesforintervention buying-ininpigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 121/67/EEC(1) of 13 June
1967 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat, and in
particular Articles 4 (6) and 5 (3) and the second paragraph of Article22 thereof;
Whereas pursuant to Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation No 121/67/EEC,
detailed rules of application must be adopted for buying-in by interven-tion agencies;
Whereas with the object of organisation buying-in by intervention
agencies in an efficient manner, criteria should be laid down forselecting intervention centres for buying-in; whereas the choice ofsuch centres should be determined by certain technical requirementsensuring satisfactory cold-storage of the meat;
Whereas to ensure that buying-in takes place with reasonable effi-
ciency, a minimum quantity for buying-in should be laid down, variedaccording to product;
Whereas in order to ensure equal treatment of those who offer their
products, what is understood by the buying-in price and the placewhere the product is taken over by the intervention agency should be
defined; whereas that place may, in principle, be the intervention centre
to which the seller intends to deliver his products; whereas it must,however, be left to the intervention agency to appoint another place,if taking over at the centre designated by the seller is not possible;
Whereas the intervention policy of the Community must be efficiently
pursued; whereas, therefore, it is advisable to ensure that the productsbought-in and then disposed of satisfy the requirements laid down inhealth protection directives; whereas furthermore it is advisable that
such products should satisfy certain technical requirements and, so far
as pig carcases are concerned, that they should be classified accordingto Council Regulation No 211/67/EEC(
2) of 27 June 1967 determining
the Community scale for grading pig carcases;
Whereas, to enable the Commission to have an overall view of the
application of intervention measures, provision should be made forMember States to keep it informed of the details relating to suchmeasures;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accor-
dance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Intervention centres shall be selected by Member States with a
view to ensuring the efficiency of intervention measures and so thattaking over and refrigeration are effected under satisfactory technical
conditions.
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M1Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure
satisfactory preservation of the stored products. The refrigeration
temperature shall be below minus 30 ºC to allow a maximum internal
temperature of less than minus 15 ºC. The storage temperature shall bebelow minus 20 ºC.1968R0391 — EN — 01.01.1988 — 003.001 — 2
(1) OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2283/67.
(2) OJ No 135, 30.6.1967, p. 2872/67.
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Slaughtered pigs, in carcases or half-carcases, shall be packed after
refrigeration in polythene suitable for packing foodstuffs, 0·05 mmthick and in cotton stockinette.
Breasts (streaky) and unrendered back-fat shall be packed, after refrig-
eration, in polythene suitable for packing foodstuffs, 0·05 mm thick. ◄
Article 2
The minimum quantity for delivery shall be:
(a) 1 metric ton in respect of carcases or half carcases,
(b) 0·5 metric ton in respect of breast of pork (streaky),
(c) 0·5 metric ton in respect of unrendered pig fat.
Article 3
The buying-in price shall be the price free at the intervention centre's
refrigeration plant, unloading charges being borne by the seller.
Article 4
1. When the offer for sale is submitted to the intervention agency
the intervention centre to which the seller intends to deliver the productand where the product is located at the time of the offer must be stated.
2. The intervention agency shall determine the taking over date.
3. If the product cannot betaken over at the intervention centre
referred to in paragraph 1, the intervention agency shall select the placeof where the product is to be taken over among the three intervention
centres nearest to where the product is located at the time of the offer.
Article 5
1.►
M1Products may be bought in only if:
(a) they comply with the provisions of the Council Directive of 26
June 1964(1) on health problems affecting intra-Community trade
in freshmeat, as last amended by th e Council Directive of 6
October 1969,(2) and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof;
(b) they meet the requirements defined in the Annex hereto, and
(c) they are classified, so far as pig carcases or half-carcases are
concerned, in accordance withCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 2108/70(
3) of 30 October 1970 determining the Community scale for
grading pig carcases. ◄
2. The following products may not be bought-in:
(a) those possessing characteristics which render them unsuitable for
storage or subsequent use,
(b) those derived from the slaughter of sows or boars, or
(c) those not derived from pigs originating in the Community.
3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the provi-
sions adopted in application of this Article.
Article 6
Member States shall communicate to the Commission, not later than at
the time when products are first bought-in, the intervention centres andtheir refrigeration and storage capacity. Any subsequent amendmentshall be communicated forthwith.1968R0391 — EN — 01.01.1988 — 003.001 — 3
(1) OJ No 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64.
(2) OJ No L 256, 11.10.1969, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 234, 23.10.1970, p. 1.
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Article 7
1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission by telex
each week the following information relating to the buying-in opera-
tions of the preceding week:
(a) the products, qualities and quantities bought in,
(b) the prices paid for the different products and qualities.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission as soon as
possible the products and quantities in store at the end of each month,together with the address of their place of storage.
3. The working of the intervention system shall be reviewed periodi-
cally under the provisions of Article 25 of Regulation No 121/67/EEC.
Article 8
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.1968R0391 — EN — 01.01.1988 — 003.001 — 4
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ANNEX
Productswhichmaybebought-in
1. Carcases or half carcases, fresh or chilled (subheading ex 02031110 of the
combined nomenclature):
(a) of animals slaughtered not more than four days previously and well bled;
(b) symmetrically divided following the spine;
(c) offered without head, chaps, necks, flare fat, kidneys, forefeet, tail, flank
and marrow.
2. Bellies (streaky), fresh or chilled (subheading ex 0203 1915 of the combined
nomenclature):
(a) of animals slaughtered not more than eight days previously;
(b) of a maximum weight of 8 kg per piece;
(c) having at least eight ribs and cut at a right angle from the shoulder
between the third and fourth ribs;
(d) presented ‘with or without rind’ but without flank, outer pig fat or dugs.
3. Subcutaneous pig fat, fresh or chilled (subheading ex 02090011 of the
combined nomenclature):
(a) of animals slaughtered not more than eight days previously;
(b) cut at a right angle;
(c) presented ‘withor with out rind’ free of meat;
(d) of a minimum thickness of 2 cm and a minimum width of 15 cm
between the back and the belly.
4. The products referred to in 1, 2 and 3 must have been chilled from the time
of slaughtering until taken over and must have, when taken over, an internal
temperature not exceeding + 4 ºC.1968R0391 — EN — 01.01.1988 — 003.001 — 5