CELEX: 31978R0226
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 226/78 of 2 February 1978 on the sale by tender of hindquarters of beef held by the German intervention agency for processing in the Community

No L 32/ 12                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               3 . 2 . 78
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 226/78
                                                         of 2 February 1978
               on the sale by tender of hindquarters of beef held by the German intervention
                                             agency for processing in the Community
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       the unit of account used for the common agricultural
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                        policy (7), for transactions carried out under the
                                                                      common agricultural policy the sums owed by a
                                                                      Member State or a duly authorized body, expressed in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                national currency and representing amounts fixed in
 Economic Community,
                                                                      units of account, are paid on the basis of the relation­
                                                                      ship between the unit of account and the national
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         currency which obtained at the time when the transac­
 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                    tion or part transaction was carried out ;
 of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by
 Regulation ( EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular                   Whereas pursuant to Article 6 of the abovementioned
 Article 7 (3) thereof,                                               Regulation the time when a transaction is carried out
                                                                      is considered as being the date on which occurs the
Whereas the application of intervention measures in                   event, as defined by Community rules or, in the
 respect of beef has led to the build-up of large stocks              absence of such rules, by the rules of the Member
 in certain    Member States ; whereas for technical                  State concerned, in which the amount involved in the
 reasons it is necessary to arrange for the sale of these             transaction becomes due and payable ;
 stocks ;
                                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Whereas, in the present market situation , there are                  ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
 certain outlets in the processing industry for the meat
 concerned ; whereas this meat should be sold by
 tender ;
Whereas the sale should be made subject to the rules                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 216/69 of 4 February 1969 on detailed rules of applica­
 tion for the disposal of frozen beef and veal bought in                                         Article 1
 by the intervention agencies (3 ), and also to the rules
 adopted by Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
 1687/76 of 30 June 1976 laying down common                           During the period 7 to 16 February 1978 , there shall
 detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination             be put up for sale approximately 5 000 tonnes of hind­
of products from intervention (4), as last amended by                quarters of beef bought in under Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regu­
Regulation (EEC) No 2961 /77 (5), and to the rules laid               lation (EEC) No 805/68 and held by the German inter­
down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77                       vention agency as a result of buying-in operations
of 30 September 1977 laying down detailed rules for                  carried out before 31 January 1977.
 the sale of frozen beef from intervention stocks for
 processing in the Community and amending Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1 687/76 (6) ; whereas, however, certain
                                                                                                 Article 2
derogations are necessary, in particular in view of the
quality of the products being put up for sale ;
                                                                      1 . The sale shall be by tender in accordance with
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (2) of Council Regula­                Articles 6 to 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 216/69, with
tion (EEC) No 1134/68 of 30 July 1968 laying down                    Regulation ( EEC) No 1687/76, with Regulation (EEC)
rules for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No                  No 2182/77, and with this Regulation .
653 / 68 on conditions for alterations to the value of
                                                                     2.     By way of derogation from Article 6 (3) of Regu­
(»)  OJ No  L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .                         lation ( EEC) No 216/69, the notice of invitation to
(2)  OJ No  L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .                              tender shall be published not less than nine days
(3 ) OJ No  L 28 , 5 . 2 . 1969 , p. 10 .
(4)  OJ No  L  190, 14 . 7. 1976 , p. 1 .                            before the final date set for the expiry of tenders.
(5 ) OJ No  L 348 , 30 . 12 . 1977, p . 51 .
(6)  OJ No  L 251 , 1 . 10 . 1977, p. 60 .                           ( 7) OJ No L 188 , 1 . 8 . 1968 , p. 1 .
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                          Article 3                                                   Article 5
For purposes of this Regulation, the processing of
hindquarters may take place after removal of the                By way of derogation from Article 8 of Regulation
following cuts : 'filet' and 'roastbeef'. In such case, and    (EEC) No 2182/77, the event on which the selling
by way of derogation from the first subparagraph of            price becomes due and payable within the meaning of
Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77, 100              Article 6 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1134/68 shall be
kilograms of unboned hindquarters, without 'filet' or          regarded as occurring on the last day of the period
'roastbeef shall be equivalent to 66 kilograms of              laid down for the submission of tenders .
boned meat.
                          Article 4                                                   Article 6
The security provided for in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2182/77 shall be 45 units of account             This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 February
per 100 kilograms of boned meat.                                1978 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 2 February 1978 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                            Vice-President