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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1787/87

of 26 June 1987

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,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 467/87 (2), and in particular Article 6a (2) and (4) thereof,

Whereas the abovementioned Article 6a (2) lays down the conditions under which buying-in must be decided on; whereas the eligible products were determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 828/87 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1400/87 (4), and the detailed rules for intervention were laid down in Article 3 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 of 25 September 1978 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 827/87 (6); whereas the abovementioned provisions make it possible to introduce intervention measures for the Member States or regions of certain Member States and in respect of certain qualities;

Whereas the buying-in prices for the eligible qualities should also be fixed, pursuant to Article 6a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 and to Regulation (EEC) No 827/87; whereas, moreover, the maximum and minimum limits within which the Member States may vary the buying-in prices should be laid down in respect of each of those qualities so as to take account of the class subdivisions adopted pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981 determining the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (7),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The intervention agencies of each Member State or region within a Member State which are specified in Annex I shall purchase the products specified in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1400/87 which belong to the groups of qualities set out in Annex I.

2. The buying-in prices, expressed in ECU per 100 kilograms carcase weight, are specified in Annex II.

3. The buying-in price for each quality, as referred to in paragraph 2, may be increased by up to two ECU or reduced by a maximum of five ECU to take account of the possible subdivision of each classification under the Community scale referred to in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81.

4. Regulation (EEC) No 1355/87 (8) is hereby repealed.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 June 1987.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.

(2) OJ No L 48, 17. 2. 1987, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 80, 24. 3. 1987, p. 8.

(4) OJ No L 133, 22. 5. 1987, p. 31.

(5) OJ No L 261, 26. 9. 1978, p. 5.

(6) OJ No L 80, 24. 3. 1987, p. 6.

(7) OJ No L 123, 7. 5. 1981, p. 3.

(8) OJ No L 127, 16. 5. 1987, p. 25.

ANNEX I

Member States or regions within a Member State and groups of qualities referred to in Article 1 (1)

1.2 // // // Member State/Region // Groups of qualities (category and class) // // // // // // 1.2.3.4.5.6 // Belgium // AU, // AR, // AO // // // Denmark // AR, // AO, // CR, // CO // // Germany // AU, // AR // // // // Spain // AO // // // // // France // AU, // AR, // AO, // CR, // CO // Ireland // CU, // CR, // CO // // // Luxembourg // AR, // AO, // CO // // // Netherlands // AR // // // // // Great Britain // CU, // CR // // // // Northern Ireland // CU, // CR, // CO // // // // // // // //

ANNEX II

Buying-in price in ECU per 100 kilograms carcase weight

1.2.3,4 // // // // Quality (category and class) // Equivalent carcase price // Hindquarter price // 1.2.3.4 // // // straight cut (1) // pistola cut (2) // // // // // AU2 // 313,504 // 250,803 // 235,128 // AU3 // 309,198 // 247,358 // 231,899 // AR2 // 297,202 // 237,762 // 222,902 // AR3 // 292,944 // 234,355 // 219,708 // AO2 // 284,343 // 227,474 // 213,257 // AO3 // 280,021 // 224,017 // 210,016 // CU2 // 306,918 // 245,534 // 230,189 // CU3 // 302,702 // 242,162 // 227,027 // CU4 // 294,270 // 235,416 // 220,703 // CR3 // 300,441 // 240,353 // 225,331 // CR4 // 291,707 // 233,366 // 218,780 // CO3 // 285,027 // 228,022 // 213,770 // // // //

(1) Conversion coefficient 0,80.

(2) Conversion coefficient 0,75.