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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)271final
Brussels.14June1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingfor"thefourthtimeRegulation(EEC)No2453/76onthe
transfertotheItalianintervention agencyoffrozen "beefand
vealheldbytheintervention agenciesofotherMemberStates
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(78)271final

MEMORANDUM
1.This draft Regulation recongnizes thepractical problems encountered during tne
sale inItaly ofthe40000tonnes offrozen "beef (30000tonnes of "bone–inbeef
and10000tonnes ofboneless beef )made available totheItalian intervention
agency bytheintervention agencies ofother Member States .Itisrecalled that
thefirst consignments ofthis meat from theintervention stocks oftheother
Member States have been transferred toItaly since 20January 1977 an(ithat the
last consignments were stored inItaly on1March 1978 •
Council Regulation (EEC )N°2453/76of5October 1976 onthetransfer tothe
Italian intervention agency offrozen beef and veal held bythe intervention
agencies ofother Member States (l)envisaged that this meat would
besold before 1April 1977® Then ,this Regulation was extended ,inturn ,
byCouncil Regulation (EEC)N°314/77 (2)fixing theenddate at1July 1977 ?
Council Regulation (EEC)N°1330/77(3)fixing theenddate at1December 1977 ,
andbyCouncil Regulation (EEC)N°2584/77 (4)which ,yetagain ,extended theend
date to1July 1978 .
2.Theproblems encountered during the sale ofthe stocks inquestion ontheItalian
market could besummarized asfollows *
a)Legal andadministrative problems :theItalian Government wasobliged toamend
thenational regulations concerning thepossibility ofretailing this frozen
beef ;theCommission changed ,onfour occasions ,theselling prices excold
store inuasofthedifferent cuts andpresentations ofthis meat ,inorder
tokeep consumer prices expressed inlira,constent ;
b)economic andmarketing difficulties :ineffect thesale ofthis meat takes
place without theintermediary wholesaler andtheretailing butchers are not
adequately organized orequipped tocarry outquickly theoperations of
advance financing ofpurchases , thetechnical preparation offrozen meat
anditsmarketing inacondition acceptable toconsumers .
3.Taking account oftheafore mentioned ,itisappropriate tonote that thecommen­
cement ofthesale ofthis meat inItaly wasvery difficult andthat the rythem
ofsale increases regularly butslowly .
./•
(1)OJN°L279 ,9.10.1976 ,p.3
(2)OJN°L45,19.2.1977 ,p.1
(3)OJN°L154 ,23.6.1977 ,p.1
(4)OJN°L301 ,I5.ll.i977 ,p.6

Atthemomentthe(juantitysoldeachweekoscillates "between500and600tonnes.
On15May1978atotalof6962.tonnesofbone-in "beefand7808tonnesof
boneless "beefweresold,sothatthestockstransferred havebeenusedonlyin
partandconsequently about22997tonnesof"bone-in "beefandabout2168tonnes
ofbonelessbeefremainunsold.
Itseemsappropriatethereforetonotethatitwillnotbepossibleforthe
Italianauthoritiestosellthisquantitybefore1July1978,theenddatefixed
bytheCouncil.
Totheextentthatthereoentamendmentstotheregulationsapplicabletothe
saleofthismeatwillmakethesalemoreeasy,itispossibletoenvisagethat
asaleof1000tonnesperweekoouldbeachieved.Inthesecircumstances one
isjustifiedinhopingthattheremainderofthemeattransferredwillbesold
by31December1978.
Thisdraftaimstoreplacethecurrentenddateof1July1978by1January1979•

COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingforthefourthtimeRegulation(EEC)N°2453/76onthetransfertot.i-
Italianintervention agencyoffrozenbeefandvealheld"bytheintervention
agenciesofotherMemberStates
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEoonomioCommunity,
HavingregardtoCounoilRegulation(EEC)N°805/68of2^June1968onthecommonorga¬
nizationofthemarketinbeefandveal(l),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)N®
425/77(2),andinparticularArticle7(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)N°729/70of21April1970onthefinancing
ofthecommonagriculturalpolicy(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)N®2788/72(^)
andinparticularArtiole3(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)N®2453/76of5October1976onthetrans­
fertotheItalianintervention agencyoffrozenbeefandvealheldbytheintervention
agenciesofotherMemberStates(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)N®2584/77
(6),providesforthedisposalontheItalianmarketbefore1July1978ofcertain
quantitiesofcarcases,compensatedquartersandbonedbeef.
WhereasthisdateBhouldbereplacedby1January1979asaresultofthepractical
difficulties encounteredinorganizingthesellingofthisbeef,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION r
Article1
InArtiolel(l)ofRegulation(EEC)N®2453/76"thedate*1July1978'isherebyrepla­
cedby*1January1979*•
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978*
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States*
DoneatBrussels,
(1)OJN®L148,28.6.1968,p.24
(2)OJN®L61,5.3.1977,P.1
(3)OJN®L94,28.4.1970,p.13FortheCouncil
(4)OJN°L295,30.12.1972,p.
(5)OJN®L279,9.10.1976,p.
(6)OJN®L301,25.11.1977,P.1
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FINANCIAL .STATEMENT
DATEi25May197°
1.mimv.TUNSC01ICUWKD16511 Appropriations :218.3millionEUA
2.ACTIOMIProposalforaCouncilRegulationamendingRegulationNo2453onthe
transferoffrozen "beeftotheItalianintervention agency.
3.LEGALBASIS»Article7ofCouncilRegulationNo805/68.
4.OBJECTIVESsIbctention,forreasonsspecifiedintheexplanatory memorandum fof"the
timelitforthedisposalofthe"beeftransferredtotheItalianinter­
'ventionagency(Art#l) .
5.FINANCIAL CONSECULNCo
5.0KXI~.'DITUHE
-CIIAHGEDTOTOHECBUDGET
(KIA-UNJS/INTCRVENTIONS)
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2millionEUAFOLLOWING FINANCIAL TEAR
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TEAR TEAR TEAR
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5.2W.TILOSOFCALCULATION
a)Extensionofthestorageperiodinvolvesthefollowingexpenditure :
-storageoosts25,000tx0.40UA/t/dayx180daysx0.5™0.9millionUA
-financingcharges25,000tx0.08x1800UA/tx6/12x0,5■0*9millionUA
Total1.8millionUA
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