CELEX: 31985R1308
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-23
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/85 of 23 May 1985 fixing the guide price and the intervention price for adult bovine animals for the 1985/86 marketing year

No L 137 / 16                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                         27 . 5 . 85
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1308 / 85
                                                              of 23 May 1985
                      fixing the guide price and the intervention price for adult bovine animals for the 1985 / 86
                                                               marketing year
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                suspended for the qualities of meat eligible for intervention
                                                                          on the basis of the recording, on the market of each Member
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    State , of the prices of such qualities , as carried out according
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                         to the Community scale;
 thereof,
                                                                          Whereas , bearing in mind the objectives pursued by the
                                                                          intervention arrangements and the financial responsibilities
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 805 / 68 of               incumbent on the Community , provision should be made for
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in                 the possibility of limiting intervention purchases to a quality
 beef and veal ( J ), as last amended by the 1979 Act of                  or group of qualities of meat in certain Member States ,
 Accession , and in particular Articles 3 ( 3 ) and 6 (4 )                depending on the production and market features of these
 thereof,
                                                                          Member States ,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 2 ),
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having     regard      to    the     opinion  of the     European
 Parliament ( 3 ),
                                                                                                        Article 1
 Whereas , when the guide price for adult bovine animals is              For the 1985 / 86 marketing year, the guide price for adult
fixed , account should be taken both of the objectives of the            bovine animals shall be 205,02 ECU per 100 kilograms
 common agricultural policy and of the contribution which                liveweight .
the Community wishes to make to the harmonious
development of world trade; whereas the common
agricultural policy aims inter alia to ensure a fair standard of                                       Article 2
living for the agricultural community , to guarantee the
 availability of supplies and to ensure that supplies reach              For the 1985 / 86 marketing year, by derogation from
consumers at reasonable prices ;                                         the second paragraph of Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                         No 805 / 68 :
Whereas the guide price must be fixed in accordance with                 ( a) the intervention price referred to in the said
the criteria laid down in Article 3 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC )                 subparagraph shall be fixed at 184,52 ECU for
No 805 / 68 ;                                                                   100 kilograms liveweight;
Whereas , in view of the current economic situation on the               ( b ) the level of the price fixed in the first sentence of Article 6
beef and veal market, the intervention price for adult bovine                   ( 3 ) of the said Regulation shall be 184,52 ECU for
animals for the 1985 / 86 marketing year should be fixed at                     100 kilograms liveweight.
the same level , in relation to the guide price , than that
adopted for the preceding marketing year;                                                              Article 3
Whereas Regulation ( EEC ) No 1208 / 81 ( 4 ) provided for and           For the 1985 / 86 marketing year:
laid down a Community scale for the classification of
                                                                         1 . by derogation from Article 6 ( 1 ) and ( 3 ) of Regulation
carcases of adult bovine animals for recording market prices
                                                                               (EEC ) No 805 / 68 , purchases by intervention agencies of
and applying intervention measures ; whereas , by Regulation
                                                                               one or more qualities or groups of qualities , to be
(EEC) No 869 / 84 ( s ), a decision was taken to apply the said
                                                                               determined , of fresh or chilled meat falling within
Community scale to the intervention measures for a
                                                                               subheadings 02.01 A II a ) 1 , 02.01 A II a ) 2 and 02.01 A
three-year period , on an experimental basis ; whereas the                     II a ) 3 of the Common Customs Tariff shall be decided
gradual application of the scale will lead to the fixing of a
                                                                               upon by the Commission in accordance with the
single price for each quality or group of qualities of meat,
                                                                               procedure set out in point 5 when the average price of
eligible for intervention , only at the beginning of the
                                                                               these qualities or groups of qualities recorded on the
1986 / 87 marketing year; whereas , therefore, during the
                                                                               market of a Member State, or of a region of a Member
transition period , buying in should be activated and
                                                                               State , on the basis of the Community scale for the
                                                                               classification of carcases of adult bovine animals
(») OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .
(2) OJ  No  C 67 , 14 . 3 . 1985 , p. 64 .
                                                                               established by Regulation (EEC ) No 1208 / 81 is , for a
(3) OJ  No  C 94 , 15 . 4 . 1985 .                                             period of two consecutive weeks , equal to or less than the
(4) OJ  No  L 123 , 7 . 5 . 1981 , p . 3 .                                     intervention price fixed at the beginning of the marketing
(5) OJ  No  L 90 , 1 . 4 . 1984 , p . 32 .                                     year for such qualities or groups of qualities;
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2 . the Commission shall decide on the suspension of the               States , limit the list of qualities or groups of qualities of meat
     purchases referred to in point 1 when the average price           eligible for intervention ;
     for certain qualities or groups of qualities of meat ,
     recorded on the market of a Member State , or of a region         5 . the Commission , in accordance with the procedure
     of a Member State, on the basis of the scale referred to in            provided for in Article 27 of Regulation ( EEC) No
     point 1 is , for a period of three consecutive weeks , above           805 / 68 , shall :
     the intervention purchase price fixed at the beginning of
     the marketing year for these qualities or groups of                    ( a ) establish the intervention purchase prices ;
     qualities;
                                                                            ( b ) adopt procedures for applying this Article .
3 . if the purchases referred to in point 1 have been
     suspended under the terms of point 2 , the Commission
     shall decide on their resumption when the average price
     recorded for the qualities or groups of qualities in                                            Article 4
     question has , for a period of two consecutive weeks , been
     equal to or less than the intervention purchase price fixed       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
     for the same qualities or groups of qualities at the              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
     beginning of the marketing year ;                                 European Communities .
4 . the Commission , in accordance with the procedure
     provided for in point 5 , may , in one or more Member             It shall apply from 27 May 1985 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels , 23 May 1985 .
                                                                                         For the Council
                                                                                           The President
                                                                                          C. SIGNORILE