59THE APPLICANT BLAMES THE COMMISSION FOR HAVING BY REGULATION NO 2901/77 , ARTICLE 1 WHEREOF ADDS A NEW ARTICLE 11A TO REGULATION NO 585/77 , PERMITTED NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS , WHO FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS HAVE BEEN CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN THE MEAT AND LIVESTOCK SECTOR AND ARE OFFICIALLY REGISTERED IN A MEMBER STATE TO IMPORT BEEF AND VEAL UNDER SUSPENSION OF THE LEVY .
60THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPORTATION PROVIDED BY REGULATION NO 805/68 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY HAS THEREBY BEEN OFFERED ALSO TO A LARGE AND INDETERMINATE NUMBER OF PERSONS , THE DEFINITION OF WHOM IS MERELY BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER IN THE MEAT AND LIVESTOCK SECTOR WITHOUT BEING IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH PROCESSING .
61THIS SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTION , BY LIMITING THE TONNAGE OF MEAT HELD BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES WHICH IS SUBJECT TO ' ' LINKING ' ' TO A MAXIMUM OF 100 TONNES PER PURCHASER , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 3 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION NO 2900/77 , HAS LED TO MANY INTERMEDIARIES COMING INTO IMPORT TRANSACTIONS AND TO THE CREATION FOR THEIR BENEFIT OF PROFITS WHICH ARE UNJUSTIFIED AND WHOLLY UNEARNED .
62IN THE VIEW OF THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT THE WIDE DEFINITION OF THE CATEGORY OF BENEFICIARIES OF THE SYSTEM IN QUESTION HAS MEANT THAT THE LATTER NO LONGER HAS ANY MEANING AND HAS THUS REDUCED TO NOTHING ANY KIND OF ADVANTAGE WHICH THE COUNCIL REGULATION INTENDED TO GIVE TO THE PROCESSING INDUSTRIES OF THE SECTOR CONCERNED .
63THE COMMISSION DEFENDS ITSELF WITH THE SUBMISSION THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO STOP THE MEAT PROCESSORS FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE INVITATION TO TENDER AND FROM IMPORTING DIRECTLY .
64THE WIDE DEFINITION OF THE CATEGORY OF BENEFICIARIES BY REGULATION NO 2900/77 TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT MANY MEAT PROCESSORS ARE IN THE HABIT OF USING COMMERCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FOR THEIR IMPORTS .
65FURTHERMORE THE COMMISSION WAS UNDER AN OBLIGATION WHEN IT ORGANIZED THE SYSTEM IN QUESTION TO ABIDE BY THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUAL ACCESS TO THE GOODS AND EQUALITY OF TREATMENT OF ALL THE POTENTIAL PURCHASERS .
66FINALLY ARTICLE 11A OF REGULATION NO 585/77 , AS WORDED IN REGULATION NO 2901/77 , EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH ( 5 ) THEREOF THAT THE IMPORTER SHALL UNDERTAKE EITHER TO CARRY OUT HIMSELF THE PROCESSING REFERRED TO IN THE BASIC REGULATION OR HAVE IT CARRIED OUT IN HIS OWN RESPONSIBILITY .
67IT IS CLEAR FROM THE NEW ARTICLE 14 ( 1 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION NO 805/68 THAT THE IMPORT SYSTEM UNDER TOTAL SUSPENSION OF THE LEVY IS ONLY INTENDED TO FURTHER THE MANUFACTURE OF PRESERVED FOOD OF A SPECIFIC KIND .
68IT IS NOT DENIED THAT THE ECONOMIC OBJECTIVE FOR WHICH THIS SPECIAL SYSTEM WAS CREATED BY THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE 14 OF REGULATION NO 805/68 AND KEPT IN BEING , WITH NEW RULES , BY THE AMENDED VERSION OF THE SAME PROVISION , IS TO PROTECT THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY VIS-A-VIS