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OMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)584 final
Brussels ,12April 1973
Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
laying down general rules forintervention
onthe market inbeef and veal
(submitted .totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(73 )584final

Explanatory Memorandum
On28December1972,theCounciladoptedRegulation (EEC)No2822/72
amendingRegulation(EEC)No805/68asregardsinterventionmeasures
onthemarketinbeefandveal.
Theaimofthisproposalistolaydowngeneralrulesforintervention
onthemarketinbeefandveal,bearinginmindthedistinctionthatseaaH£vo
hastobedrawnbetweenthestandingintervention system,applicablewhenever
certainquestionsobtain,andtheoptionalintervention system.
AdoptionofthesegeneralrulesshouldenabletheCommissiontofixthe
buying>-inpricesforinterventions tinderthestandingsystemfromthe
beginningofthe1973/74marketirgyear–thatistosayfrom30April1973.

Proposalfora
REGULATION "(EEC)'!OPTHECOUNCIL
layingdowngeneralrulesforintervention onthemarketin
"beefandveal
THECOUNCILOFTHEEuropeancommunities
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity]
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)WO805/68^of27June1968
onthecommonorganization ofthemaricetin"beefandveal,aslast
amended "byRetaliation(EEC)No187/73^»andinparticularArticle6^
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereasthesystemofinterventions onthemarketin"beefandvealwasamended
"byCouncilRegulation(EEC)NO2822/72^of28December1972?whereasitis
thereforenecessarytomodifythegeneralrulesforintervention onthat
marketlaiddown"byCouncilRegulation(EEC)NO972/68^of15July1968;
Whereasgeneralcriteriashouldbedefined "bytakingintoaccount,onthe
onehand,thepurposesoftheintervention system,and,ontheother,the
Community'sfinancialresponsibilities inthismatter;
Whereastheinterventionsystemenablesinterventionmeasurestobelocalised^
sincetheconditionsofprioeformationintheCommunityvarybetweenand
evenwithinMemberStates;whereas,therefore,regionsshouldbedetermined
foraMemberStatewhereintervention measuresaretakenhavingregardin
i
particulartonaturalconditionsofpriceformation;
fîJNoL148,28June1968,p.24
OJNoL25,30January1973»p«23
OJNoL298,31December1968,p,1
40JNoL166,17July-1968.pl11

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Whereas,asregardstheproductsreferredtoinArticle6(l)ofRegulation
(EEO)No805/68,thereshouldbeprovisiontoensure.thatthesamecoefficients
applywhetheriwfumiaOiunismadeunderparagraph 1/orunderparagraph2of
thatArticle:Whereastheseooeffioientsshouldexpresstheforeseeablerat^.o,
■gndernormalconditionsofproduction,"betweenthepriceofthequalityin
questionandthepriceoftheadultbovineanimals;
Whereas,asregardsotherproducts,thecoefficients providedforinArticle
6(2)(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68shouldexpressthenormalratio
betweenthepriceofthequalityinquestionandthepriceofadultbovine
animals,asrecordedonrepresentative Communitymarkets,inaccordancewith
Article10ofthatRegulation;whereasthepricesoftheproductsinquestion
shouldthereforeberecordedbyreferencetotheperiodsmostrepresentative
pgji'iodaofnormalmarketconditions ;
Whereassuchadjustments shouldbemadetothecoefficients inthelight
ofexperienceaswillpromotetheharmonization ofbuying^-inpricesinthe
Community;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Artide 1
1.Thequalitiesandcutsofproduotstobeboughtbyintervention agencies
shallbedeterminedwithaviewtotheneed,whenstocksarebeingreleased,
tofacilitatetheirdisposal*
2.Whereparagraphs(2)and(3)ofArticle6ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
areapplied,theintervention measuresandtheproductswhichtheyareto
affectmustbeohosenwithaviewtotheneed^on_theonehand/togiveeffective
supporttothemarketand,ontheother,tolimitthefinancialburdenon
theCommunity. .'■

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Article2
0
InthecasereferredtoinArticle6(2)(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
intervention measuresmay"betakenonlyintheMemberState,orinthe
regioninquestion.
Theregionashallbedeterminedhavingregardinparticulartonaturalcondi–
itionsofpriceformation.
Article3
1.ThecoefficientsprovidedforinArticle6(l)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68shallbefixedhavingregardto:
(a)theprioesrecordedinaccordancewithArtiole10(5)ofthat
Regulationand"byreferenoe,inrespectofeachMemberStattorregion
thereof^totheperiodsmostrepresentative ofnormalmarketconditions
fortheproduotsinquestion }
(b)foreseeablepricetrendsduringthenewmarketingyear;and
(c)thedirectionifanyinwhichproductionshouldbechannelled,having
regardtoitsparticularcharacteristics in.eachregionoftheCommunity.
2.Thecoefficients .providedforinArtiole6(2)(b)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68shall:
(a)fortheproduotsreferredtoinArticle6(1)ofthatRegulation,bethe
sameasthosefixedinaccordancewithparagraph(l)hereof,
(b)befixedasforotherproductshavingregardtothepricesrecordedin
accordancewithArtiole10(5)oftheRegulationaforesaidandhyreference ^
inrespeotofeaohMemberStateorregionthereof,totheperiods
mostrepresentative *ofnormalmarketconditionsfortheproductsinquestioi

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3*Inorder toensure that the "buying-in prices develop harmoniously in
theCommunity ,these coefficients should "beexamined "every year andadjusted ,
where neoessaiy ,inthelight ofexperience .
«
Article 4
Themaximum "buying-in price foragiven cutofmeat shall correspond to
theprioe resulting from theaverage value j^tia "between thecutofmeat
inquestion andthelive "bovine animals ofeach cate gory .
Article 5
Regulation (EEC)No972/68ishereby repealed .
/Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on30April 1973 ,
b«
This Regulation shall^jHainding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMember States ,
DoneatBrussels , 1973
For the Council
The President