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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3485/86

of 14 November 1986

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 Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) (d) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1345/86 of 6 May 1986 fixing the guide price and the intervention price for adult bovine animals for the 1986/87 marketing year (3), and in particular Article 3 (5) (b) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1557/82 of 17 June 1982 concerning the Community recording of market prices on the basis of the scale for the classification of adult bovine animals (4) was replaced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3310/86 (5); whereas changes should, accordingly, be made to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 (6) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1375/86 (7), which refers to Regulation (EEC) No 1557/82;

Whereas certain detailed rules should be laid down for implementing the national suspension of purchases as referred to in Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1345/86;

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

Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 3 (2) is replaced by the following:

'2. The average Community market prices referred to in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1345/86 (1) shall be recorded under the conditions laid down in Commission Reguation (EEC) No 3310/86 (2).

(1) OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 37.

(2) OJ No L 305, 31. 10. 1986, p. 28.'

2. The following paragraph 5 is added to Article 3:

'5. National or regional suspension of buying-in may decided in accordance with Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1345/86 where the market price in one or more Member States or in a region of a Member State for certain qualities or groups of qualities is greater than the buying-in price, account being taken in particular of the level of market prices recorded and any quantities bought in; the resumption of such buying-in shall be decided at short notice where the market price falls below the buying-in price.

For the purposes of applying the first subparagraph, the average market price for a group of qualities shall be equal, within a Member State, to the average of the market prices for each of those qualities weighted according to their relative importance nationally.'

3. The following subparagraph is added to Article 18 (2):

'However, where the market price for the qualities bought in is higher than the buying-in price, the period for forwarding the information specified in (a) may not exceed five working days.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 13 November 1986.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 November 1986.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.

(2) OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8.

(3) OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 37.

(4) OJ No L 172, 18. 6. 1982, p. 19.

(5) OJ No L 305, 31. 10. 1986, p. 28.

(6) OJ No L 261, 26. 7. 1978, p. 5.

(7) OJ No L 120, 8. 5. 1986, p. 33.