19.12.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL340/7
REGULATION (EEC)No3188/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of17December 1974
amendingRegulation (EEC)No2622/74asregardsthemethodofcalculationof
certaintransportcostsinrespectofbeefofferedforintervention
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,.
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1855/74(2);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1302/73(3)of15May1973layingdowngeneralrules
forinterventiononthemarketinbeefandveal,as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1729/74(4),andin
particularthesecondparagraphofArticle4athereof;
WhereasArticle1(1)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No2622/74(5)of16October1974layingdown
detailedrulesforthetakingoverofcertaintransport
costsinrespectofbeefandvealofferedforinterven­
tionlaysdownamethodfordeterminingthedistance
inrespectofwhichadditionaltransportcostsaretobe
bornebytheinterventionagency;whereashaving
regardtothegeographicallocationoftheintervention
centresincertainMemberStatestheapplicationof
thatmethodcouldleadtodifficultiesinaccording
equaltreatmenttoproducerswhooffermeatforinter­
vention;whereasitisthereforeappropriatetoprovide
inthealternativeforamethodofcalculatingthese
costsonaflat-ratebasis;
Whereasinthiscaseonlytransportcostsinrespectof
adistanceof100kilometresormoreshouldbetaken
intoaccount;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforBeefandVeal,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ThefollowingArticlesareaddedtoRegulation (EEC)
No2622/74:'Article2a
1.Bywayofalternativetothemethodofcalcu­
lationprovidedforinArticle1,additionaltrans­
portcostsmaybecalculatedonafixed-ratebasis
asfollowsbyreferencetothetotaltransport
distance :
—distancesoflessthan100km0u.a./metricton,
—distancesof100kmormorebutlessthan200
km 3-5u.a./metricton,
—distancesof200kmormorebutlessthan300
km 10-5u.a./metricton,
—distancesof300kmormorebutlessthan400
km 17-5u.a./metricton,
—distancesof400kmormore
27-0u.a./metricton.
2.Theinterventionagencyshalldeterminethe
placeatwhichtheproductsaretobetakenover
andthetotaldistancetobetakenintoaccountfor
thepurposeofcalculatingadditionaltransport
costs.
Thatdistanceshallbeconsidered tobethat
betweentheplacewheretheproductofferedfor
interventionislocatedascommunicated bythe
sellerpursuanttoArticle8(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1896/73andtheinterventioncentrewherethe
productisactuallytakenoverbytheintervention
agency.Thisdistanceshallbecalculatedinkilome­
tresonthebasisoftheshortestroutebyroad.
3.Paragraphs2and3ofArticle2shallapply.
Article2b
TheMemberStatesshallinformtheCommission
iftheyusethemethodofcalculationprovidedfor
inArticle2a.'
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17December1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL195,18.7.1974,p.14.
(3)OJNoL132,19.5.1973,p.3.
(4)OJNoL182,5.7.1974,p.4.
(5)OJNoL280,17.10.1974,p.9.