18.5.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL130/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No995/78
of12May1978
fixingtheguidepriceandtheinterventionpriceforadultbovineanimalsfor
the1978/79marketingyear
Whereas,underArticle6(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
805/68,theinterventionagenciesmustbuyinbeef
andvealofferedtothemwhenaveragepricesonthe
Communitymarketarebelowtheinterventionprice;
whereas,underArticle6(1)ofthesameRegulation,
theinterventionagenciesbuyin,havingregardtothe
characteristics oftheproductionoftheMemberState
towhichtheybelong,meatofferedtothemwhichhas
certainqualitycharacteristics ;whereas,inthelightof
theexperienceofrecentyearsandforeseeablemarket
trends,provisionshouldbemadeforthe1978/79
marketingyearforsuspending,inrespectofeach
MemberStateorinrespectofcertainregionsof
MemberStates,interventionbuying-inofeachof
thesequalitieswhenitisfoundthattheirpriceonthe
representative marketsoftheMemberStateorthe
regioninquestionexceedstheirmaximumbuying-in
priceoveracertainperiod,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No425/77(2),andinparticular
Article3(3),thefirstparagraphofArticle4andthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle6(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(3),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee(4),
Whereas,whentheguidepriceforadultbovine
animalsisfixed,accountshouldbetakenbothofthe
objectivesofthecommonagriculturalpolicyandof
thecontributionwhichtheCommunitydesiresto
maketotheharmoniousdevelopmentofworldtrade;
whereasthecommonagriculturalpolicyaimsinter
aliatoensureafairstandardoflivingfortheagricul­
turalcommunity,toguaranteetheavailabilityof
suppliesandtoensurethatsuppliesreachconsumers
atreasonableprices;
Whereastheguidepricemustbefixedinaccordance
withthecriterialaiddowninArticle3(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No805/68;whereasforthe1978/79
marketingyearitshouldbefixedatahigherlevel
thanthatadoptedforthepreviousmarketingyear;
Whereas,moreover,inviewofthecurrenteconomic
situationonthebeefandvealmarket,theintervention
priceforadultbovineanimalsforthe1978/79
marketingyearshouldbefixedatthesamelevelin
relationtotheguidepriceasthatadoptedforthepre­
viousmarketingyear;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forthe1978/79marketingyear,theguidepricefor
adultbovineanimalsshallbe125-97unitsofaccount
per100kilogramsliveweight
Article2
Forthe1978/79marketingyear:
—theinterventionpricereferredtointhesecond
subparagraph ofArticle6(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68shallbe113-37unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsliveweight,
—thepricelevelreferredtointhefirstsentenceof
Article6(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68shall
be113-37unitsofaccountper100kilogramslive
weight.(>)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL61,5.3.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoC85,10.4.1978,p.31.
(«)OJNoC101,26.4.1978,p.10.

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ArticleJ
Forthe1978/79marketingyear:
1.BywayofderogationfromArticle6(1)and(3)of
Regulation(EEC)No805/68,buying-inbythe
interventionagenciesofoneormorequalitiesto
bedeterminedoffreshorchilledmeatfalling
withinsubheadings02.01AIIa)1,02.01AIIa)2
and02.01AIIa)3oftheCommonCustomsTariff
maybepartiallyorwhollysuspendedinaMember
StateorinaregionofaMemberState:
(a)bytheCommission ,accordingtotheprocedure
laiddowninpoint4,wherethemarketprice
forthequalityorqualitiesinquestion,recorded
inaccordancewithArticle12(6)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68ontherepresentativemarkets
oftheMemberStateinquestionremains—
duringaperiodofthreeconsecutiveweeks—
above100%andequaltoorlessthan102%
ofthemaximumbuying-inpricefixedforthat
qualityorthosequalitiesinaccordancewith
point3;
(b)bytheCommission ,wherethemarketprice
referredtoin(a)remains—duringaperiodof
threeconsecutiveweeks—above102%ofthe
maximumbuying-inpricereferredtoin(a).2.Ifthebuying-inbytheinterventionagencieshas
beensuspendedpursuanttopoint1,theCommis­
sionshalldecidetoresumethebuying-in,where
themarketpriceforthatqualityorthosequalities
remainsatthesamelevelorlessthanthe
maximumbuying-inpriceduringaperiodoftwo
consecutive weeks.
3.Themaximumbuying-inpriceshallbecalculated
foreachofthequalitiesdeterminedbyapplyingto
anamountequalto90%oftheguidepriceacoef­
ficientexpressingthenormalrelationship,adjusted
accordingtothecharacteristics ofeachMember
State'sproduction,betweenthepriceforthe
qualityinquestionandthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedinaccordancewithArticle12(6)
ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68ontherepresenta­
tivemarketsoftheCommunity .
4.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticle
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle27ofRegulation(EEC)No
805/68.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22May
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12May1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.DALSAGER