Commission Regulation (EC) No 2304/98 of 26 October 1998 derogating from and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 as regards public intervention
Date: 1998-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, beef, carcase, derogation from EU law, intervention agency, storage

27. 10. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 288/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2304/98

of 26 October 1998

derogating from and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 as
regards public intervention

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,

Whereas the difficult situation on the beef and veal
market caused by serious economic problems in certain
traditional markets calls for additional urgent support
measures;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to provide for certain
derogations
from Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2456/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2602/
97 (4), in the case of tendering procedures opened for the
period up to the end of 1998;

Whereas, to enable intervention to play its role to the full
in the present situation, it is necessary temporarily to
extend the list of qualities eligible in Ireland and
Northern Ireland, to increase the maximum weight at
which carcases may be bought into intervention and to
the increase applicable to the
adjust
average market price and used to define the maximum
buying-in price;

the amount of

Whereas the competent national authorities must take the
measures necessary as regards traceability and storage in
order to facilitate subsequent disposal of the products
bought into intervention, having regard in particular to
any requirements relating to the veterinary situation of
the animals from which the products bought in were
obtained;

1. Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article
4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93, Category C prod-
ucts which are classed as 04 in accordance with the
Community classification scale shall be accepted for
intervention in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

The difference between the intervention price for quality
R3 and the intervention price for quality 04 shall be ECU
30 per 100 kilograms.

The coefficient used to convert tenders for quality R3 into
tenders for quality 04 shall be 0,914 (middle class).

2. Notwithstanding Article 4(2)(h) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2456/93, the weight of carcases as referred to above
shall not exceed 360 kilograms.

3. Notwithstanding the first sentence of Article 14(1) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93, the increase applicable to
the average market price shall be ECU 14 per 100 kilo-
grams carcase weight.

Article 2

The following paragraph shall be added to Article 30 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93:

The competent authority shall take the neces-
‘5.
sary measures as regards traceability and storage to
enable the products stored to be removed from storage
and disposed of subsequently as efficiently as possible,
having regard in particular to any requirements linked
to the veterinary situation of the animals concerned'

.Article 3

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 20.

Article 1 shall apply to the second tendering procedure in
October and to the tendering procedures opened in
November and December 1998.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 26 October 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission