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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2427/83

of 26 August 1983

fixing the intervention buying-in prices for carcases and half-carcases of beef applicable from 5 September 1983 and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78

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) (c) thereof,

Whereas the seasonal trend of market prices is at the moment particularly unsatisfactory; whereas, in order to mitigate this situation, the intervention agencies should be allowed to buy in carcases and half-carcases offered to them;

Whereas the upper limits for buying-in prices should be fixed at a level corresponding to the intervention price fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1213/83 (2) for the 1983/84 marketing year, by application of the coefficients fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2126/83 (4);

Whereas the upper and lower limits for the buying-in prices must be fixed in such a way as to allow intervention agencies to take account of the differences in value of meat resulting from the age, weight, conformation and finish of the animals concerned;

Whereas the term 'compensated quarters' should be deleted and a forequarter and hindquarter from the same carcase should be eligible for intervention if they are presented simultaneously;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1765/83 of 29 June 1983 fixing the buying-in prices for forequarters of beef applicable from 4 July 1983 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2126/83, should be repealed;

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

From 5 September 1983, intervention agencies shall buy in carcases and half-carcases offered to them in accordance with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 at prices falling within the limits laid down for each product in the Annex, having regard to the age, weight, conformation and finish of the animals from which they are obtained.

Half-carcases may be presented at intervention centres in the form of a forequarter and hindquarter from the same half-carcase presented together.

Only meat from male animals may be bought in for intervention storage in accordance with the provisions specified above.

Article 2

Regulation (EEC) No 1765/83 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

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

1. In Article 4, the words 'and compensated quarters' are deleted.

2. In point 1 of Annex II, the words 'and compensated quarters' are deleted.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 September 1983.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 August 1983.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 132, 21. 5. 1983, p. 12.

(3) OJ No L 261, 26. 9. 1978, p. 5.

(4) OJ No L 205, 29. 7. 1983, p. 23.

(5) OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1983, p. 37.