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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 90 , 4 . 4 . 1981 , P . 24 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 77 , 25 . 3 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 363 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 36 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 261 , 26 . 9 . 1978 , P . 5 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 57 , 4 . 3 . 1981 , P . 13 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 132 , 19 . 5 . 1973 , P . 3 .

( 8 ) OJ NO L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977 , P . 16 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 979/81

OF 8 APRIL 1981

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2226/78 LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF INTERVENTION MEASURES IN THE BEEF AND VEAL SECTOR

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 THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 6 ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO 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 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 ( 4 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 898/81 LAID DOWN THAT A DECISION MAY BE TAKEN TO SUSPEND INTERVENTION PURCHASES WHEN THE MARKET PRICE OF ONE OR MORE QUALITIES OF MEAT EXCEEDS A STATED LEVEL ; WHEREAS THE MARKET PRICES MAY BE RECORDED UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 610/77 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3470/80 ( 4 ); WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2226/78 ( 5 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 557/81 ( 6 ), SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE AMENDED ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 1 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1302/73 ( 7 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 427/77 ( 8 ), PROVIDES THAT THE QUALITIES AND CUTS OF PRODUCTS TO BE BOUGHT IN BY INTERVENTION AGENCIES SHALL BE DETERMINED , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT , ON THE ONE HAND , THE NEED TO GIVE EFFECTIVE SUPPORT TO THE MARKET AND TO MAINTAIN THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE MARKET CONCERNED AND THAT IN COMPETING ANIMAL PRODUCTS , AND ON THE OTHER HAND , THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS ANNEX I TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2226/78 SHOULD THEREFORE BE AMENDED ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR BEEF AND VEAL ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

ARTICLE 3 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2226/78 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING TEXT :

' 4 . FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR , THE MARKET PRICES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 898/81 SHALL BE RECORDED EACH WEEK IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 8 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 610/77 .

SUSPENSION OF BUYING-IN , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) ( A ) AND ( B ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 898/81 , SHALL TAKE PLACE ON THE SECOND MONDAY FOLLOWING THE PRICE RECORDING REFERRED TO IN THE PREVIOUS SUBPARAGRAPH . IN THIS CASE , MEAT BOUGHT IN SHALL BE TAKEN OVER BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES NOT LATER THAN THE END OF THE WEEK FOLLOWING SUCH RECORDING .

RESUMPTION OF BUYING-IN , AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 898/81 , SHALL TAKE PLACE ON THE SECOND MONDAY FOLLOWING THE PRICE RECORDING REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH . HOWEVER , IF THE MARKET SITUATION IN A REGION MAKES IT NECESSARY , THE DATE OF RESUMPTION SHALL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BUT IN NO CASE MAY BUYING BE RESUMED BEFORE THE MONDAY FOLLOWING THE SAID RECORDING . '

ARTICLE 2

ANNEX I TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2226/78 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 3

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

IT SHALL APPLY AS FROM 6 APRIL 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 8 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION