13.8.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL223/9
COMMISSION DECISION
of31July1974
onthesaleofbeefandvealatreducedpricestocertaincategoriesofconsumer
(74/423/EEC)
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforBeefandVeal,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing .theEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
MemberStatesareherebyauthorized,until6April
1975,tograntanaidtoconsumersinreceiptofsocial
welfarebenefitstoenablethemtopurchaseatreduced
pricesfresh,frozeporchilledbeefandveal.
Articlc2
1.Theaidshallbegrantedintheformofcoupons
orequivalentdocumentsofentitlement .Theseshall
bedistributedfreeofchargetoconsumers,shallbeof
acertainfacevalueexpressedinnationalcurrencyand
destinedtobeusedforpaymentofanamountnot
exceeding50%ofthepriceofthemeatpurchased.
2.Themaximumaidpayabletoconsumersshallbe
2unitsofaccountperpersonpermonth.HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1855/74(2),andinparticular
Articles22a(2)and25thereof;
WhereasunderCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1856/74(3)of16July1974layingdowngeneralrules
governingthesaleofbeefandvealatreducedprices
tocertaincategoriesofconsumerMemberStatesmay
beauthorizedtograntaidtoenablerecipientsof
socialwelfarebenefitstopurchasebeefandvealat
reducedprices;whereas,giventhepresentsituation
onthemarketinbeefandveal,provisionshouldbe
madeforaidtobegrantedoveraperiodlongenough
fortheoperationtohavesomeeffectandtomake
somecontribution towardsthereliefofthemarket;
Whereastheamountoftheaidmustbesuchasto
enablethemeattobesoldatapricewhichtakesinto
accountthefinancialresourcesoftherecipientsand
theirhabitsofconsumption ;whereasitisnot
possible,however,owingtothedifferingnaturesof
theproductsconcerned,toprovideforapricereduc­
tionbyreferencetotheweightoftheproduct;
whereasaflatratesystemshouldbeadopted,
consistinginthedistributionofcouponsorother
documentsofentitlementrepresentingtheaverage
valueofthevariousqualitiesofmeatwhicharecip­
ientwouldbelikelytoconsumeduringonemonth,
suchcouponstobeusedinpartialpaymentforthe
meatpurchased ;
Whereasthechoiceofmeasurestoensurethatthe
operationiscarrjedoutinapropermannershould,be
lefttotheMemberStates,sothattheymayhave
recoursetothesystemmostappropriate ;
WhereasMemberStatesshouldinformtheCommis­
sionofthemeasuresproposedbythemandofthe
numbersofcouponsorotherdocumentsofentitle­
mentissued;Article3
TheMemberStatesshallberesponsiblethroughtheir
competentauthoritiesformakingthenecessary
arrangements forthedistributionofcouponsorother
documentsofentitlementandforcontrolarrange­
mentsdesignedtoensurethattheaidbenefitsonlyits
intendedrecipients.
Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission :
(a)whetherandtowhatextenttheyintendtomake
useofthisauthorization ;
(b)ofthecriteriafordeterminingthecategoriesof
consumerreferredtoinArticle1andoftheprob­
ablenumberofrecipients;
(c)ofmeasurestakenpursuanttoArticle3;(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.0OJNoL195,18.7.1974,p.14.
P)OJNoL195,18.7.1974,p.15.

NoL223/10 13.8.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
(d)eachmonth,ofthetotalvalueofcouponsorother
documentsofentitlementissuedduringthe
precedingmonth.DoneatBrussels,31July1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLIArticle5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.