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general rules for granting export refunds on milk and milk 
products and criteria for fixing the amount of such 
refunds; 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 876/68 should be amended 
following the latest amendment to Article 17 (2) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The following Article 5 a is hereby added to Regulation 
(EEC) No 876/68: 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, 
and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in 
beef and veal^), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No , and in particular Articles 3(3) and 6(4) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas, when the guide price for adult bovine animals is 
fixed, account should be taken both of the objectives of the 
common agricultural policy and of the contribution which 
the Community wishes to make to the harmonious 
development of world trade; whereas the common 'Article 5 a 
Article 5 shall not apply where the amount of the refund is 
fixed by tender.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
agricultural policy aims inter alia to ensure a fair standard of 
living for the agricultural community, to guarantee the 
availability of supplies and to ensure that supplies reach 
consumers at reasonable prices; 
Whereas the guide price must be fixed in accordance with the 
criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 
805/68; 
Whereas, in view of the current economic situation on the 
beef and veal market, the intervention price for adult bovine 
animals for the 1986/87 marketing year should be fixed at 
the same level in relation to the guide price as that adopted for 
the preceding marketing year; 
Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession of Spain 
and Portugal a price level differing from that of the common 
prices has been applied in Spain; whereas, pursuant to Article 
70 (1) of the Act of Accession, Spanish prices are to be 
aligned with Community prices in stages occurring each year 
at the beginning of the marketing year; whereas the rules on 
this alignment give the Spanish prices set below; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 (2) laid 
down a Community scale for the classification of carcases of 
adult bovine animals for recording market prices and 
applying intervention measures; whereas, by Council Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the guide price and the intervention price for adult bovine 
animals for the 1986/87 marketing year 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/46) 
(») OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. (2) OJNoL 123,7.5. 1981, p. 3. 
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Regulation (EEC) No 869/84 (J), a decision was taken to 
apply the said Community scale to the intervention measures 
for a three-year period, on an experimental basis, whereas 
the gradual application of the scale leads to the fixing of a 
single price for each quality or group of qualities of meat, 
eligible for intervention, at the beginning, of the 1986/87 
marketing year; whereas henceforth the existence of single 
prices will permit activation and suspension of buying-in of 
meat of the qualities eligible for intervention on the basis of 
prices recorded on the Community market for these qualities 
using the Community classification scale; 
Whereas in view of the important change to be made in the 
public intervention system from 1 December 1987 provision 
should be made for gradual adjustment to the new situation; 
whereas accordingly the quantities bought-in by intervention 
should be gradually reduced by restricting the eligible 
qualities and products, in particular by terminating 
purchasing of carcases and half-carcases and by reducing the 
product categories and classes with reference to the 
Community classification scale, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1986/87 marketing year, the guide price for adult 
bovine animals shall be 205,02 ECU per 100 kilograms 
liveweight. 
Article 2 
For the 1986/87 marketing year, by derogation from the 
second subparagraph of Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) 
No 805/68: 
(a) the intervention price referred to in the said 
subparagraph shall be 184,52 ECU per 100 kilograms 
live weight in the Community as constituted on 31 
December 1985 and 167,67 ECU per 100 kilograms live 
weight in Spain; 
(b) the level of the price specified in the first sentence of 
Article 6 (3) of the said Regulation shall be 184,52 ECU 
per 100 kilograms live weight in the Community as 
constituted on 31 December 1985 and 167,67 ECU per 
100 kilograms live weight in Spain. 
Article 3 
For the 1986/87 marketing year: 
1. by way of derogation from Article 6(1) and (3) 
of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, purchases by 
(>) OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 32. intervention agencies of one or more qualities or groups 
of qualities, to be determined, of fresh or chilled meat 
falling within subheadings 02.01 A II a) 2 and 3 of the 
Common Customs Tariff shall be decided upon by the 
Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down 
in point 5 when the average price of these qualities or 
groups of qualities recorded on the Community market 
on the basis of the Community scale for the classification 
of carcases of adult bovine animals established by 
Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 is, for a period of two 
consecutive weeks, equal to or less than the intervention 
price fixed at the beginning of the marketing year for 
such qualities or groups of qualities; 
2. the Commission shall decide on the suspension of the 
purchases referred to in point 1 when the average price 
for certain qualities or groups of qualities of meat 
recorded on the Community market on the basis of the 
scale referred to in point 1 is, for a period of three 
consecutive weeks, above the intervention purchase price 
fixed at the beginning of the marketing year for these 
qualities or groups of qualities; 
3. if the purchases referred to in point 1 have been 
suspended under the terms of point 2, the Commission 
shall decide on their resumption when the average price 
recorded for the qualities or groups of qualities in 
question has, for a period of two consecutive weeks, been 
equal to or less than the intervention purchase price fixed 
for the same qualities or groups of qualities at the 
beginning of the marketing year; 
4. the Commission, in accordance with the procedure 
provided for in point 5, may, in one or more Member 
States or regions of a Member State, limit the list of 
qualities or groups of qualities of meat eligible for 
intervention; 
5. the Commission, in accordance with the procedure 
provided for in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 
805/68, shall: 
(a) establish the intervention purchase prices; 
(b) adopt procedures for applying this Article. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1986/87 marketing 
year for beef and veal. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States.