NoL276/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.10.74
REGULATION (EEC)No2586/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of10October1974
amendingRegulation (EEC)No2163/74asregardstheidentification ofmeat
fromanimalsinrespectofwhichthepremiumfortheorderlymarketingof
certainadultbovineanimalsforslaughterhasbeengranted
WhereasitispossibletoidentifytheMemberStatein
whichtheanimalsfromwhichthemeatcomeswere
slaughteredsince,underArticle3oftheCouncil
Directiveof26June1964(5)onhealthproblems
affectingintra-Community tradeinfreshmeat,aslast
amendedbytheActofAccession(6),meattraded
withintheCommunitymustbemarkedbythecompe­
tentveterinaryauthority,withinteraliathenameof
theexportingcountry;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforBeefandVeal,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1855/74(2),andinparticular
Article22a(3)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1967/74(3)of23July1974introducingasystemof
premiumsfortheorderlymarketingofcertainadult
bovineanimalsforslaughter,andinparticularArticle
4(2)thereof;
Whereasthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle6(1)of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2163/74(4)of14
August1974layingdowndetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofthesystemofpremiumsfortheorderly
marketingofcertainadultbovineanimalsfor
slaughterprovidesthatbeefandvealfromslaughtered
animalsmaybeboughtinbyinterventionagencies
onlyifproofisfurnishedthatsuchmeatcomesfrom
ananimalinrespectofwhichnopremiumhasbeen
grantedandthatsuchproofmustbeestablishedby
theplacingofamarkonmeatfromanimalsin
respectofwhichapremiumhasbeengranted;
Whereastheimplementation ofsuchamarking
systemhascausedsomefinancialandtechnicaldiffi­
cultiesincertainMemberStates;whereasitisthere­
forenecessarytointroduceanalternativesystem
wherebytheproofrequiredunderthefirstsubpara­
graphofArticle6(1)ofthesaidRegulationmaybe
furnishedbyacertificatedeclaringthatthemeat
comesfromanimalsinrespectofwhichnopremium
hasbeengranted;
Whereassuchasystemcannotensurethatmeatfrom
animalsinrespectofwhichapremiumhasbeen
grantedisnotboughtinbyinterventionagenciesin
otherMemberStates;whereasitisthereforenecessary
toprohibitthebuying-inbysuchinterventionagen­
ciesofmeatfromanimalsslaughteredinMember
Stateswhichdonotmarksuchmeat;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Thetextofthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle
6(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No2163/74isreplacedby
thefollowing :
'Suchproofshallbeestablished :
(a)eitherbythemarkingatthetimeofslaughter
ofmeatfromanimalsinrespectofwhicha
premiumhasbeengranted,or
(b)byproductionofacertificatedeclaringthatthe
meatcomesfromanimalsinrespectofwhich
nopremiumhasbeengranted.'
2.ThefollowingparagraphisaddedtoArticle6of
Regulation (EEC)No2163/74:
'3.Beefandvealfromanimalsslaughteredina
MemberStatewhichappliesthesystemof
premiumsintroducedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1967/74butwhichdoesnotoperateasystemof
markingasprovidedforinpoint(a)ofthesecond
subparagraph ofparagraph 1maynotbebought
inbyinterventionagenciesinotherMember
States.'
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialjournaloftheEuropean
Communities .(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(-)OJNoL195,18.7.1974,p.14.
(3)OJNoL206,27.7.1974,p.1.
HOJNoL226,15.8.1974,p.30.(5)OJNoL121,29.7.1964,p.2012/64.
o)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.36.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10October1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI