CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1976-08-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 July 1976 authorizing the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to waive the provisions relating to the wrapping of beef quarters subject to intervention measures

No L 231 / 2                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              21 . 8 . 76
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 16 July 1976
             authorizing the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to waive the provisions relating to
                         the wrapping of beef quarters subject to intervention measures
                                                (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                           (76/671 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                        Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                     Beef quarters held in intervention storage in the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Grand Duchy of Luxembourg may be wrapped in two
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                    cotton (stockinette) coverings which meet the
of the market in beef and veal ( 1 ), as last amended by             following requirements :
Regulation (EEC) No 568/76 (2), and in particular
Article 6 (5) thereof,                                               (a) for forequarters the dimensions shall be :
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 4 (2) of                      — nominal width : 60 cm ,
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1896/73 of 13 July                        — nominal length : 160 cm ;
1973 on detailed rules for the application of interven­
tion measures on the market in beef (3), as last                         for hindquarters the dimensions shall be :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 333/76 (4), lays                        — nominal width : 46 cm ,
down the wrapping requirements for meat in quarters
subject to intervention measures ; whereas the same                      — nominal length : 190 cm ;
subparagraph provides that Member States may be                      (b) quality of yarn : 40 000 m per kg.
authorized to use wrappings other than polythene and
cotton (stockinette) coverings where necessary ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has
requested authorization to use a wrapping comprising                 This Decision is addressed to the Grand Duchy of
two cotton (stockinette) coverings ; whereas that wrap­              Luxembourg.
ping may be considered as equivalent to the normal
wrapping provided for in Regulation (EEC) No
 1896/73 ; whereas the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
should therefore be authorized to waive the provisions               Done at Brussels, 16 July 1976.
of the first sentence of the second subparagraph of
Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1896/73 ;                                                 For the Commission
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Beef and Veal,                                                           Member of the Commission
(')  OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.
(2 ) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 28 .
(3)  OJ No L  193 , 14. 7. 1973 , p. 18 .
(4)  OJ No L 151 , 10 . 6. 1976, p. 7 .