CELEX: 31968R1261
Language: en
Date: 1968-08-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1261/68 of the Commission of 20 August 1968 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1097/68 as regards the definition of frozen beef and veal of qualities and cuts suitable for industrial use

424                                    Official Journal of the European Communities
21.8.68                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 208/7
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1261/68 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 20 August 1968
                supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1097/68 as regards the definition of frozen beef and
                                veal of qualities and cuts suitable for industrial use
THE    COMMISSION        OF    THE   EUROPEAN      COM­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
MUNITIES , .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                                Article 1
European Economic Community ;
                                                                An Article 8a worded as follows shall be inserted
                                                                after Article 8 in Regulation (EEC) No 1097/68 :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805./68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organis­                    'Article 8a
ation of the market in beef and veal, and in particular
Article 14 (4) thereof;                                             1 . For the purposes of Article 14 (3 ) ( b) ( aa)
                                                                    of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, the products
                                                                    listed in section (c) of the Annex to that Regu­
Whereas detailed rules for the application of inter­                lation under the following tariff headings :
vention measures in the market in beef and veal
                                                                     ( a) 02.01 A II ( a) 2 ( bb);
were laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1097/682 ;
                                                                     (b) 02.01 A II ( a) 2 (dd ) ex 22, if obtained from
                                                                          products listed in the same section under
Whereas, in order to apply the provisions of Article                      tariff headings 02.01 A II (a) 2 (aa) and 02.01
14 (3 ) (b ) ( aa) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , the                    A II ( a) 2 (bb )
products considered suitable for industrial use need
to be defined; whereas, having regard to the products               shall be considered as frozen meats of qualities
normally used by the processing industry, such                       and cuts suitable for industrial use .
definition must include products in which the percent­
age by weight of fat, though varying, from product                  2. For the product referred to in subparagraph
to product, is fairly low ;                                          1 ( a), the weight of the visible internal and
                                                                    external fat for a given consignment shall not
                                                                    exceed 15% of the weight of the product
Whereas it is therefore necessary to supplement                     expressed in boned meat.
Regulation (EEC) No 1097/68 in this respect;
                                                                This percentage may vary' by l-5°/o within each
Whereas, however, in order to facilitate the transition              consignment.
from the system formerly applied to that established
by Regulation (EEC) No 805 /68, a higher percentage                 However, for frozen meats within the meaning
by weight of fat should be prescribed for forequarters              of subparagraph 1 (a) which were not sold by
that were not the subject of sales contracts by 29                  29 Jtily 1968, the percentage mentioned in the
July 1968 ;                                                         first subparagraph shall be raised to 19'°/a of the
                                                                    weight of the product expressed in boned meat,
                                                                    subject to the same variation of l-5°/o within each
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­                      consignment.
lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the
Management Committee for Beef and Veal ;                            For the product referred to in subparagraph 1
                                                                     (b ), the weight of the fat, whether visible or inter­
1 OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p. 24.                                  stitial, shall not exceed 6% of the weight of the
2 OJ No L 184, 29.7.1968 , p . 5 .                                  product.
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3 . Products bought in which fall within the                                   Article 2
definitions stated in paragraph 1 shall be stored        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
by identifiable consignments and be separately           day following its publication in the Official Journal
recorded.'                                               of the European Communities.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 20 August 1968 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                               *           H. ROCHERAU
                                                                     Member of the Commission