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( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 24 .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 26 MARCH 1981 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 3 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 25 AND 26 MARCH 1981 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 898/81

OF 1 APRIL 1981

FIXING THE GUIDE PRICE AND THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ,

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 THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) AND THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 6 ( 4 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 3 ),

WHEREAS , WHEN THE GUIDE PRICE FOR ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS IS FIXED , ACCOUNT SHOULD BE TAKEN BOTH OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND OF THE CONTRIBUTION WHICH THE COMMUNITY WISHES TO MAKE TO THE HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD TRADE ; WHEREAS THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY AIMS INTER ALIA TO ENSURE A FAIR STANDARD OF LIVING FOR THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY , TO GUARANTEE THE AVAILABILITY OF SUPPLIES AND TO ENSURE THAT SUPPLIES REACH CONSUMERS AT REASONABLE PRICES ;

WHEREAS THE GUIDE PRICE MUST BE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 ; WHEREAS , FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR , IT SHOULD BE FIXED AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN THAT ADOPTED FOR THE PRECEDING MARKETING YEAR ; WHEREAS , TO LIMIT THE EFFECTS OF THIS INCREASE ON THE MARKET , IT SHOULD BE EFFECTED IN TWO STAGES ;

WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION ON THE BEEF AND VEAL MARKET , THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR SHOULD BE FIXED AT THE SAME LEVEL IN RELATION TO THE GUIDE PRICE AS THAT ADOPTED FOR THE PRECEDING MARKETING YEAR ;

WHEREAS , UNDER ARTICLE 6 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 , THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES MUST BUY IN BEEF AND VEAL OFFERED TO THEM WHEN THE AVERAGE PRICES ON THE COMMUNITY MARKET ARE BELOW THE INTERVENTION PRICE ; WHEREAS ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) OF THE SAME REGULATION PROVIDES THAT THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES SHALL , HAVING REGARD TO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE MEMBER STATE TO WHICH THEY BELONG , BUY IN MEAT OFFERED TO THEM WHICH HAS CERTAIN QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS ; WHEREAS , IN THE LIGHT OF THE EXPERIENCE OF RECENT YEARS AND FORESEEABLE MARKET TRENDS , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR FOR SUSPENDING , IN RESPECT OF EACH MEMBER STATE OR IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN REGIONS OF MEMBER STATES , INTERVENTION BUYING-IN OF EACH OF THESE QUALITIES WHEN IT IS FOUND THAT THEIR PRICE ON THE REPRESENTATIVE MARKETS OF THE MEMBER STATE OR THE REGION IN QUESTION EXCEEDS THEIR MAXIMUM BUYING-IN PRICE OVER A CERTAIN PERIOD ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR , BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 , THE GUIDE PRICE FOR ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS SHALL BE :

- 172.82 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS LIVE WEIGHT FOR THE PERIOD UNTIL 6 DECEMBER 1981 , AND

- 176.84 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS LIVE WEIGHT FOR THE PERIOD FROM 7 DECEMBER 1981 UNTIL THE END OF THE MARKETING YEAR .

ARTICLE 2

FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR , BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 :

( A ) THE INTERVENTION PRICE REFERRED TO IN THAT SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE :

- 155.54 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS LIVE WEIGHT FOR THE PERIOD UNTIL 6 DECEMBER 1981 , AND

- 159.16 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS LIVE WEIGHT FOR THE PERIOD FROM 7 DECEMBER 1981 UNTIL THE END OF THE MARKETING YEAR ;

( B ) THE PRICE LEVEL REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF ARTICLE 6 ( 3 ) OF THAT REGULATION SHALL BE :

- 155.54 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS LIVE WEIGHT FOR THE PERIOD UNTIL 6 DECEMBER 1981 , AND

- 159.16 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS LIVE WEIGHT FOR THE PERIOD FROM 7 DECEMBER 1981 UNTIL THE END OF THE MARKETING YEAR .

ARTICLE 3

FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR :

1 . BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) AND ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 , BUYING IN BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES OF ONE OR MORE QUALITIES TO BE DETERMINED OF FRESH OR CHILLED MEAT , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 02.01 A II A ) 1 , 02.01 A II A ) 2 AND 02.01 A II A ) 3 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , MAY BE PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY SUSPENDED IN A MEMBER STATE OR IN A REGION OF A MEMBER STATE :

( A ) BY THE COMMISSION , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN POINT 4 , WHERE THE MARKET PRICE FOR THE QUALITY OR QUALITIES IN QUESTION , RECORDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 12 ( 6 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 ON THE REPRESENTATIVE MARKETS OF THE MEMBER STATE IN QUESTION REMAINS - FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS - ABOVE 100 % AND EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN 102 % OF THE MAXIMUM BUYING-IN PRICE FIXED FOR THAT QUALITY OR THOSE QUALITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH POINT 3 ;

( B ) BY THE COMMISSION , WHERE THE MARKET PRICE REFERRED TO IN ( A ) REMAINS - FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS - ABOVE 102 % OF THE MAXIMUM BUYING-IN PRICE REFERRED TO IN ( A );

2 . IF BUYING IN BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES HAS BEEN SUSPENDED PURSUANT TO POINT 1 , THE COMMISSION SHALL DECIDE TO RESUME BUYING IN WHERE THE MARKET PRICE FOR THAT QUALITY OR THOSE QUALITIES REMAINS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM BUYING-IN PRICE FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS ;

3 . THE MAXIMUM BUYING-IN PRICE SHALL BE CALCULATED FOR EACH OF THE QUALITIES DETERMINED BY APPLYING TO AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 90 % OF THE GUIDE PRICE A COEFFICIENT EXPRESSING THE NORMAL RELATIONSHIP , ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH MEMBER STATE ' S PRODUCTION , BETWEEN THE PRICE FOR THE QUALITY IN QUESTION AND THE PRICE OF ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS RECORDED ON THE REPRESENTATIVE MARKETS OF THE COMMUNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 12 ( 6 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 ;

4 . DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 27 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 .

ARTICLE 4

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY FROM 6 APRIL 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 1 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . BRAKS