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17.7.68 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL166/11
REGULATION (EEC)No972/68OFTHECOUNCIL
of15July1968
layingdowngeneralrulesforinterventiononthemarketinbeefandveal
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,moreover,suchadjustmentsshouldbemadetothese
pricesinthelightofexperienceaswillpromotethe
harmonisation ofbuying-inpricesintheCommu­
nity:
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Interventionmeasuresandtheproductstowhich
theyapplyshallbedeterminedwithaviewtothe
needtogiveeffectivesupporttothemarketandto
limitthefinancialburdenontheCommunity .
2.Thequalitiesandcutsofproductstobebought
inbyinterventionagenciesshallbedeterminedwith
aviewtotheneed,whenstocksarebeingreleased,
tofacilitatetheirdisposal.
Article2HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/681of27June1968onthecommonorganisation
ofthemarketinbeefandveal,andinparticular
Article6(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCom­
mission;
WhereasitisfortheCounciltolaydowngeneral
rulesfortheapplicationofArticle6ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,andinparticularcriteriaforap­
plicationoftheprovisionsofparagraph1(b)ofthat
Article;whereascommoncriteriashouldbelaid
downinviewofthepurposesoftheintervention
systemandoftheCommunity'sfinancialresponsi­
bilitiesinthismatter;
Whereastheregionalisation ofinterventionmeasures
isnecessarysincetheconditionsofpriceformation
withintheCommunityvarybetweenandevenwithin
MemberStates;whereas,therefore,regionsshould
bedeterminedforaMemberStatewhereintervention
measuresaretakenhavingregardtoeconomic
considerations andmoreparticularlytonaturalcon­
ditionsofpriceformation;
Whereasitisnecessarytostipulatethatintervention
measurescanonlybetakeninMemberStatesorin
regionsofMemberStateswherepricesonrepresen­
tativemarketsarebelowacertainlevel;
WhereasthecoefficientsmentionedinArticle6(1)
(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68shouldexpress
thenormalratiobetweenthepriceofthequalityin
questionandthepriceofadultbovineanimalsre­
cordedonrepresentative Communitymarketsinac­
cordancewithArticle10ofthatRegulation;whereas
thepricesoftheproductsinquestionshouldbe
determinedwithreferencetotheperiodsmostrep­
resentativeofnormalmarketconditions;whereas,TheregionsreferredtoinArticle6(1)(b)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68shallbedeterminedhaving
regardtoeconomicconsiderations andmorepar­
ticularlytonaturalconditionsofpriceformation.
Article3
Inthecircumstances referredtoinArticle6(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68interventionmeasures
shallbetakeninMemberStatesorinregionsthereof
onlyiftheconditionsetoutinthatparagraphunder
(b)isfulfilled.
Article4
ThecoefficientsmentionedinArticle6(1)(b)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68shallbedeterminedwith
referencetothepricesrecordedinaccordancewith
Article10(4)ofthatRegulationand,foreachMem­
berStateoraregionthereofandfortheproductsin
question,toanormalmarketsituationoverthe
mostrepresentative periods.Inordertopromotethe 1OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.

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questionandthelivebovineanimalsofeach
category.harmonisation ofbuying-inpricesintheCommunity,
suchcoefficientsshallbereviewedannuallyandad­
justedinthelightofexperience .
.Article5Article6
Themaximumbuying-inpriceforagivencutof
meatshallcorrespondtothepriceresultingfrom
theaveragevalueratiobetweenthecutofmeatinThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15July1968.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.SEDATI