CELEX: 31977R0141
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 141/77 of 25 January 1977 setting up, as a protective measure, a system linking imports of products in the beef and veal sector with the sale of boned beef held by intervention agencies

26 . 1 . 77                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 22/ 19
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 141 /77
                                                          of 25 January 1977
                setting up, as a protective measure, a system linking imports of products of the
                    beef and veal sector with the sale of boned beef held by intervention agencies
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Commission Regulation (EEC) No 216/69 of 4
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          February 1969 on detailed rules of application for the
                                                                       disposal of frozen beef bought in by intervention agen­
                                                                       cies (8) ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in Articles 2 to 5
                                                                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                       ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
 of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Regulation (EEC) No 568 /76 (2), and in particular Arti­
 cles 7 (3) and 21 (2) thereof,
                                                                                                 Article 1
 Whereas a system linking imports of products of the
 beef and veal sector with the sale of beef held by inter­              1 . The purchase in accordance with this Regulation
 vention agencies was set up as a protective measure by                of boned beef held by intervention agencies shall give
 Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 76/76 of 16                           entitlement to the issue of an import licence under
 January 1 976 (3), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)               the conditions set out in Title I of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 76/ 76 .
 No 31 17/76 (4) ; whereas this system was extended to
 preserved meat by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 223/76 of 30 January 1976 setting up a system                         2. Applications for licences shall be made in
 linking imports of beef and veal products effected by                 respect of the products set out in the Annex hereto
 way of protective measures with the sale of beef held •               and of quantities determined in accordance therewith .
 by intervention agencies (5), as amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 3117/76 ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
 Whereas intervention agencies now hold certain                        1 . The sale of boned beef held by intervention agen­
 stocks of beef boned in accordance with the provi­                    cies shall be effected by tender in accordance with
 sions of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2630/75 of                  Articles 6 to 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 216/69,
 15 October 1975 on the boning of beef bought in by                    subject to the provisions of this Regulation .
 intervention agencies (6), part of which may be
 removed from storage under the provisions of Council                  2. A general notice of invitation to tender shall be
 Regulation (EEC) No 98 /69 of 16 January 1969 laying                  published not later than the date of publication of the
                                                                       first of the individual invitations to tender referred to
 down general rules for the disposal of frozen beef and
veal bought in by intervention agencies (7), and in                    in paragraph 3 .
 particular the first indent of Article 1 (2) (a) thereof ;
                                                                       3 . Under the overall tendering arrangements the
                                                                       intervention agencies shall issue monthly individual
                                                                      invitations to tender.
Whereas in order to extend the application of the
 linking system set up by Regulation (EEC) No 76/76
                                                                       Each notice of individual invitation to tender shall
 it should be applied to the sale of boned meat as well
                                                                      indicate the cuts of meat boned in accordance with
as to the sale of unboned meat and preserved meat ;
whereas, moreover, the detailed rules governing these                 Regulation ( EEC) No 2630/75.
sales should be the same as those laid down by
                                                                      4.     Every tender shall indicate the group of products
(')  OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24.                          as specified in Article 3 (2) which the tenderer intends
(2)  OJ  No  L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p . 28 .                             to import.
(3 ) OJ  No  L 10 , 17 . 1 . 1976 , p 21 .
(4)  OJ  No  L 352, 22. 12 . 1976 , p . 14 .                          5.     Tenders shall be submitted in units of account.
(5)  OJ  No  L 26, 31 . 1 . 1976, p . 59 .
(6)  OJ  No  L 268 , 17. 10 . 1975, p . 16 .
O    OJ  No  L 14, 21 . 1 . 1969 , p . 2 .                            (8) OJ No L 28 , 5 . 2 . 1969, p . 10 .
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6.    The   notice       of invitation  to tender shall be       followed by the capital letter of the relevant group of
published in the Official Journal of the European                products as indicated in paragraph 2.
Communities at least seven days before the time limit
laid down for the submission of tenders .                        4. The purchase contract shall give entitlement to
                                                                 the issue of import licences only for the group of
                            Article 3
                                                                  products concerned.
1 . Minimum selling prices shall be fixed for the                                        Article 4
products in question by reference to the tenders
received and to the need for the selling price to offset         Where for reasons of force majeure the successful
the effect of the suspension of the levy pursuant to             tenderer is unable to comply with the time limit for
Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 76/76.                    taking delivery, the intervention agency shall take
                                                                 such action as it considers necessary having regard to
2. Different minimum prices may be fixed                          the circumstances invoked .
according to whether the meat which the tenderer
intends to import is :                                           The intervention agency shall inform the Commission
                                                                 of each case of force majeure and of the action taken
A. frozen meat for processing ; or
                                                                  in respect thereof.
B. a product falling within subheading
    01.02 A II b) 1 ,                                                                    Article 5
    02.01 A II a) 1 bb) 11 aaa),
    02.01 A II a) 1 bb) 22 aaa), or                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
    02.01 A II a) 1 bb) 33 aaa)                                   1977 .
    of the Annex hereto ; or
C. some other product specified in the said Annex.                It shall apply until 31 March 1977. It shall remain
                                                                  applicable after that date in respect of operations
3 . The purchase contract shall include one of the                arising from tenders to purchase intervention meat
endorsements specified in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation           submitted on or before the third Monday of March
(EEC) No 76/76, together with the number ' 141 /77',              1977 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 25 January 1977.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
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                                                          ANNEX
                                                Products to be imported
                                                                                                Quantity in kilograms
                                                                                               which may be imported
                CCT
                                                                                                for each kilogram of
              heading                                 Description
                 No                                                                          frozen boned meat bought
                                                                                                  from intervention
                                                                                                       agencies
                  1                                        2                                                 3
          01.02       Live animals of the bovine species :
                      A. Domestic species :
                          II . Other :
                               b) Other :
                                  1 . Not yet having any permanent teeth, of a
                                       weight of not less than 350 kg but not more
                                       than 450 kg in the case of male animals, or of
                                       not less than 320 kg but not more than 420 kg
                                       in the case of female animals (a)                                3-90
                                   2. Other                                                             2-60
          02.01       Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading
                      No 01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen :
                      A. Meat :
                          II . Of bovine animals :
                               a) Of domestic bovine animals :
                                   1 . Fresh or chilled :
                                       aa) Of calves                                                     1 -30
                                       bb) Of adult animals :
                                           1 1 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated'
                                                 quarters :
                                                 aaa) Carcases of a weight of not less
                                                       than 180 kg but not more than
                                                       270 kg and half-carcases or
                                                       'compensated' quarters of a
                                                       weight of not less than 90 kg but
                                                       not more than 135 kg, with a low
                                                       degree of ossification of the cartil­
                                                       ages (more especially those of the
                                                       symphysis pubis and the vertebral
                                                       apophyses), the meat of which is
                                                       of a light pink colour and the fa*
                                                       of which, of extremely fine struc­
                                                       ture, is white to light yellow in
                                                       colour (a)                                        1 - 95
                                                 bbb) Other                                              1 - 30
                                           22. Forequarters :
                                                 aaa) Of a weight of not less than 45 kg
                                                       but not more than 68 kg, with a
                                                       low degree of ossification of the
                                                       cartilages (more especially those
                                                       of the vertebral apophyses), the
                                                       meat of which is of a light pink
                                                       colour and the fat of which, of
                                                       extremely fine structure, is white
                                                       to light yellow in colour (a)                     1-95
                                                 bbb) Other                                              1 - 30
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                                                                                                                          Quantity in kilograms
                                                                                                                         which may be imported
                    CCT
                                                                                                                            for each kilogram of
                  heading                                           Description                                        frozen boned meat bought
                     No
                                                                                                                              from intervention
                                                                                                                                   agencies
                      1                                                  2                                                             3
            02.01                                        33. Hindquarters :
            (cont'd)                                           aaa) Of a weight of not less than 45 kg
                                                                     but not more than 68 kg (not less
                                                                     than 38 kg but not more than 61
                                                                     k# in the case of 'Pistola' cutsl
                                                                     with a low degree of ossification of
                                                                     the cartilages (more especially
                                                                     those of the vertebral apophyses),
                                                                     the meat of which is of a light
                                                                     pink colour and the fat of which,
                                                                     of extremely fine structure, is
                                                                     white to light yellow in colour (a)                            1-95
                                                               bbb) Other                                                           1-30
                                                   cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                                         11 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                     1-30
                                                         22 . Boned or boneless                                                     1-00
                                               2 . Frozen :
                                                   aa) Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated quar­
                                                         ters'                                                                       1 -30
                                                   bb) Forequarters                                                                  1 - 30
                                                                                                                                     1-30
                                                   cc) Hindquarters
                                                   dd) Other :
                                                          11 . Unboned (bone-in )                                                    1 - 30
                                                         22 . Boned or boneless                                                      1 00
            02.06                 Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in
                                  brine, dried or smoked :
                                  C. Other :
                                       I. Of domestic bovine animals :
                                           a) Meat                                                                                   0-65
             1 6.02 B III b) 1    Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, containing
                                  bovine meat or offal , excluding meat or offals of swine                                           0-65
             (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of the certificate referred to in paragraph 2 (c ) of Annex ! to the trade
                 agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .