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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)60final
Brussels,15February1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)No2967/76layingdowncommonstandards
forthewatercontentoffrozenanddeep-frozen chickens,hens
andcocks
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0::(78)60final

Explanatory Memorand um.
Council Reflation (ESC)NO,2^6"/"]$lays down coraraon standards forthe
extraneous water content offrozen anddeep fro7en chickens ,hens andcocks .
The datermination ofthewater content offrozen birds istobecarried out
bytheapplication ofoneoftwomethods ofchemical analysis intheAnnexes
(III&IV)oftheRegulation .Technical problems have arisen intheapplication
practice ofthese methods andthedegree ofcorrespondence between theresults
obtained .Theproblems are such that they corrnot beresolved bythe 1st .March
1978 ,present date fortheentry into force ofthecontrol methods .Apostponement
ofthedate ofapplication oftheCouncil Regulation until 1st.October ,1978 iff
proposed .(Certain other connected dates arechanged also .)
*r

PROPOSITION FOR
COUNCIL REGULATION (SEC)
amending Regulation (EEC)No2967/76laying down
common standards for the water content offrozen
anddeep-frozen chickens ,hens andcocks
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No2777/75of29October 1975 on
thecommon organization ofthemarket inpoultrymeat (l),asamended byRegu­
lation (EEC)No369/76(2),andinparticular Article 2(2)thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas the implementation ofthe control measures provided for inCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No2967/76of23November 1976 laying down common standards
forthewater content offrozen anddeep-frozen chickens ,hens andcocks (3),
asamended byRegulation (EEC)No1691/77(4),isnieeting administrative
difficulties ;whereas theentry into application ofsuch measures
should therefore bepostponed ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1«In "thesecond 'subparagraph ofArticle l(l)ofRegulation (3ZC) -To
2967/76,thedate '1July 1978 1isreplaced by*1July 1979' .
2•Inthethird paragraph ofArticle 8ofRegulation (EEC)No2967/76,the
date '1October 1978' is replaced by*1March 1979' •
3.Inthesecond paragraph ofArticle 10ofRegulation (EEC)No2967/76,the
date '1march 1978 *is - replaced by'l October 1978 .
(1)O.J. NoL282 ,loll .1975 ,P.77.
(2)O.J. NoL45,21o2.1976 ,p.3.
3)O.J. NoL339 ,8.12.1976 ,p.1.
4)O.J. NoL188 ,28.7.1977 ,P-10.

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Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident