CELEX: 31974R1790
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1790/74 of the Commission of 9 July 1974 linking the importation of beef and veal to the sale of meat held by the intervention agencies

11 . 7 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 187 / 21
                            REGULATION ( EEC) No 1790/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 9 July 1974
              linking the importation of beef and veal to the sale of meat held by the interven­
                                                          tion agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      purchases of meat, endorsements made in accordance
COMMUNITIES,                                                        with the existing rules but with reference to the new
                                                                    system dp not give rise to entitlement to the issue of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               an import licence or an advance fixing certificate,
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 87/73 (2), and in particular
Article 21 (2) thereof ;                                                                      Article /
Whereas the prices of beef and veal on the representa­              1 . The issue of import licences in respect of the
tive markets of the Community are now lower than                    types of meat referred to in Article 1 (a) of Regulation
the intervention price ; whereas the intervention                   (EEC) No 805/68 shall be subject to the production of
machinery does not enable this situation to be reme­                a contract of sale, at a price fixed in advance at a
died at short notice ;                                              standard rate, in respect of frozen beef or veal held by
Whereas the predominant characteristics of the                      an intervention agency.
present situation on the Community markets are (i)
the existence of large stocks of frozen beef and veal               2. The contract of sale shall entitle the person
held by the intervention agencies and (ii) an abundant              concerned to be issued with an import licence or an
supply of meat for intervention ; whereas if it is                  advance fixing certificate in respect of an identical
intended to re-establish the normal operation of the                quantity of live weight of live animals. 100 kilo­
intervention machinery, measures must be taken to                   grammes of boneless meat shall , for this purpose, be
make available the limited capacity for storage ;                   equivalent to 130 kilogrammes of unboned meat, and
                                                                    100 kilogrammes of live animal equivalent to 100 kilo­
Whereas this situation is the result of a surplus of                grammes of unboned meat. The number of animals to
supply in which imports from third countries play a                 be imported for a given quantity shall be a number
considerable part ; whereas, at first, special measures             whose aggregate weight does not exceed by more than
were taken by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        500 kilogrammes the quantity of meat indicated in
                                                                    the contract .
1 084/74 (3) of 30 April 1974 linking the importation
of frozen beef and veal to the sale of meat held by the
intervention agencies ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas these measures have not enabled such meat
to be sold in satisfactory quantities or at a satisfactory          Where a licence is issued under Article 1 , one of the
rate ;                                                              following endorsement :
Whereas in these circumstances the importation not                                           'Jumelage'
only of frozen beef and veal but also of beef and veal                               'Koblingstransaktioner'
which is fresh , chilled , salted , in brine , dried or                                     'Kopplung'
smoked should be linked to the sale of meat held by                                       ' Linked sale '
the intervention agencies ; whereas this extension of                                    'Abbinamento'
the linking system should remove the commercial                                             'Koppeling'
difficulties caused by the original measures, the result
of which has been a considerable drop in imports of                 shall be entered on the original of the contract of sale,
frozen beef and veal ;                                              together with the quantity of meat in respect of which
                                                                    a licence has been issued .
Whereas the import system laid down by this Regula­
tion constitutes a continuation of the rules currently
                                                                                              Article 3
applicable ; whereas it should be specified that, in
respect of linking operations and intervention
                                                                    This Regulation shall be without prejudice to imports
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.                            effected under Community tariff quotas for (i) heifers
(2 ) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 23 .                            and cows, other than those intended for slaughter, of
(3) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 5. 1974, p. 32 .                              certain mountain breeds and (ii) frozen beef and veal .
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                            Article 4                                                      Article 5
The endorsements to be made pursuant to Article 1                  Regulation (EEC) No 1084/74 is hereby repealed .
(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 11 62/74 ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1710/74 (2), Article
1 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1456/74 (3) and Article 1                                    Article 6
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 458/74 (4), shall be
deemed to refer to licences and contracts issued and               This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 July
produced in accordance with this Regulation .                      1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 9 July 1974.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (')  OJ No L 127,  9 . 5 . 1974, p. 36 .
 (2)  OJ No L 180 , 3 . 7 . 1974, p. 16 .
 (3)  OJ No L 155,  12. 6 . 1974, p. 12.
 (4 ) OJ No L 155 , 12 . 6 . 1974, p. 24 .