CELEX: 31975R2630
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2630/75 of the Commission of 16 October 1975 on the boning of beef bought-in by the intervention agencies

No L 268 / 16                           Official Journal of the European Communities                           17. 10 . 75
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2630/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 16 October 1975
                             on the boning of beef bought-in by the intervention agencies
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                           Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;                                               1 . The intervention agencies of the Member States
                                                                   are hereby authorized to arrange for the boning of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      beef bought-in in accordance with Article 6 of Regula­
 805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                tion (EEC) No 805/68 . However, this authorization
 tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended              shall apply only in respect of the first 1 000 metric
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), in particular Ar­            tons of the quantities purchased during any one week
 ticles 7 (3) and 25 thereof ;                                     and in respect of 25 % of the quantities purchased
                                                                   during any week in excess of that amount.
 Whereas the intervention agencies have in accordance
 with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                      2. The boned cuts must satisfy the conditions laid
 bought-in beef as defined in Commission Regulation                down in the Council Directive of 26 June 1964 on
( EEC) No 536/75 (3) of 28 February 1975 fixing the                health problems affecting intra-Community trade in
 buying-in prices for intervention on the market in                fresh meat.
 beef applicable from 3 March 1975, as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 20 1 1 /75 (4) ;                                                    Article 2
Whereas, in view of the large quantities of beef                    1 . Boning shall be carried out under contract on
bought-in by the intervention agencies, the latter                 terms laid down by the intervention agencies in accor­
were, as a temporary measure, authorized by Commis­                dance with their specifications. Such contracts shall be
sion Regulation (EEC) No 1315/74 (5) of 28 May 1974                concluded solely with approved cutting plants within
on the boning of beef bought-in by the intervention                the meaning of Article 4(1 ) of the Council Directive
agencies, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   referred to in Article 1 (2) above .
2473/75 (6), to arrange for the boning of the products
bought-in by them ;                                                2. The specifications drawn up by the intervention
                                                                   agencies shall lay down the requirements to be met by
Whereas the experience acquired during the period of               the cutting plants, specify the installations required
application of that Regulation has shown that boning               and ensure that proper standards are maintained with
can be continued, thus permitting better use of                    respect to the preparation of cuts .
storage facilities ;
                                                                   They shall in particular lay down detailed conditions
Whereas, however, detailed rules concerning such                   for boning, specifying the method of preparation ,
boning should be laid down, in order to ensure that                cutting, packing, freezing and preservation of cuts.
Council Directive (7) of 26 June 1964 on health
                                                                   The specifications as aforesaid can be obtained from
 problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh                 the addresses listed in the Annex hereto .
meat, as last amended by the Directive of 24 June
 1975 (8), is applied and to guarantee the quality of the          3.     Each Member State shall send to the Commis­
products in storage, to ensure their preservation under            sion , at the latest 10 days before boning is begun , a
the best possible conditions and to facilitate their               list and definitions of the boned cuts referred to in
marketing after removal from storage ;                             Article 1 (2), together with the specifications of the
                                                                   intervention agency located on its territory.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,                                                         Article 3
(')  OJ No   L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                         1 . The intervention agencies shall be responsible
(2 ) OJ No   L 195, 18 . 7. 1974, p. 14.                           for supervision of all operations carried out pursuant
(3 ) OJ No   L 56, 3 . 3 . 1975, p. 28 .                           to this Regulation .
(4 ) OJ No   L 204, 2. 8 . 1975, p. 6 .
(5)  OJ No   L 144, 29 . 5 . 1974, p. 11 .                         2.     No other meat may be in the boning room
(o)  OJ No   L 253, 30 . 9 . 1975, p. 22.
(7)  OJ No   121 , 29 . 7. 1964, p. 2012/64.                       when intervention beef is being boned , trimmed and
(8)  OJ No   L 172, 3 . 7. 1975, p. 17 .                           packed .
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 However, pigmeat may be in the boning room at the                                         Article 5
 same time as beef provided it is treated on a separate
 production line .                                              1.      The contracts referred to in Article 2 and the
                                                                payment made thereunder shall cover the operations
                                                               and costs resulting from the application of this Regula­
                           Article 4                           tion , and in particular :
                                                               (a) boning, trimming, packing, loading, blast-freezing
 1 . The boning room shall be maintained at a                         and storage ;
 temperature not exceeding + 10° C.
                                                               (b) storage of frozen cuts until they are taken over by
 2.      During transport, boning, trimming and packing               the intervention agency ;
before blast-freezing the internal meat temperature            (c) the cost of materials, in particular of packing, and
 must at no time exceed + 7° C.                                       transport charges between the cutting plant and
                                                                      the refrigeration plant.
3.      All the bones, neckstrap, backstrap and connec­
tive tissue must be removed .                                   2. The intervention agencies may provide that
                                                               bones, pieces of fat and other trimmings are to be
4. The boned cuts from the hindquarter, excluding              retained by the cutting plants. In such cases the value
the plate, flank and brisket, may not have a fat cover         of the items retained is to be deducted from the
of more than 1 cm, measured before freezing at the             payment due under the contract.
thickest point ; the fillet must be completely defatted.
The weight of the visible fat, both external and intersti­                                 Article 6
tial , of the forequarter excluding the plate, flank and
brisket, including boned cuts from this quarter,                1 . The intervention agencies shall make available to
expressed as a percentage of the product, may not              the cutting plants the products referred to in Article
exceed 10 % .                                                   1 ( 1 ) at the latest on the second day after taking them
                                                               over .
 However, in the case of the shoulder clod this
maximum percentage shall be 6 % and in the case of             2. All the operations of boning, trimming, packing
the plate, flank and brisket 30 % .                            and blast-freezing must be terminated within four
                                                               days after the products concerned have been made
The intervention agencies are authorized to apply              available by the intervention agency.
stricter criteria in respect of defatting.
5 . The cuts shall be packed, in accordance with the                                       Article 7
following rules, in such a way that no part of the meat
shall enter into direct contact with the carton :              The intervention agencies shall make sure that the
                                                               boned cuts obtained in conformity with the preceding
(a) cuts from the hindquarter shall be packed in               Articles are accepted and stored in easily identifiable
      cartons containing a maximum net weight of 30            lots .
      kg. Before being placed in the carton the cuts
      shall be wrapped separately and completely in
      polythene or like material ;                                                         Article 8
(b) cuts from the forequarter shall be placed either in
      cartons lined with a sheet of polythene or like          The intervention agencies shall forward to the
      material , or wrapped in bags or polythene or like       Commission within 21 days following the end of each
      material with a maximum net weight of 30 kg per          week detailed information on the quantity of meat
      carton or bag.                                           boned and the cuts produced during that week.
6. Only cuts with the same designation and from
the same type of animal may be placed in the same                                          Article 9
carton or bag.
                                                               Regulation (EEC) No 1315/74 is hereby replealed.
However there may be placed in the same carton or
bag :
                                                                                          Article 10
(a) cuts from hindquarters of steers and heifers ;
(b) cuts from forequarters of cows and steers or of            This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 October
      steers and heifers .                                      1 975 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 16 October 1975 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                    ANNEXE — ANHANG — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE — ANNEX — BILAG
            Adresses des organismes d'intervention — Adressen van de interventiebureaus — An­
            schriften der Interventionsstellen — Addresses of the intervention agencies — Indirizzi
                        degli organismi d'intervento — Interventionsorganernes adresser
            BELGIQUE/BELGIE :         Office belge de l économie et              Belgische Dienst voor Bedrijfs­
                                      de l'agriculture                           leven en Landbouw
                                      rue de Trêves 82                           Trierstraat 80-82
                                       1040 Bruxelles                            1040 Brussel
                                                     Tel . 02/513/98/20, telex 240 76 OBEA BRU B
            DANMARK :                 Direktoratet for Markedsordningerne
                                      Torvegade 2
                                      DK- 1400 København K
                                      Tel . (01 ) Sundby 9810, Télex 15 137 DK
            DEUTSCHLAND :             Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Schlachtvieh, Fleisch und Fleischerzeug­
                                      nisse ( EVSt)
                                      6 000 Frankfurt am Main 18
                                      Adickesallee 40
                                      Tel . (06 11 ) 55 04 61 , Telex EVFLF D 04 11156
            FRANCE :                  Office national interprofessionnel du bétail et des viandes (ONIBEV)
                                      8-10, boulevard de Vaugirard,
                                      75738 Paris CEDEX 15
                                      telephone 273 88 00
            IRELAND :                 Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Agriculture House
                                      Kildare Street
                                      Dublin 2
                                      Tel . (01)78 90 11 , ext. 2356, Telex 4280 and 5118
            ITALIA :                  Azienda di Stato per gli Interventi nel Mercato Agricolo (AIMA)
                                      Roma, Via Palestra 81
                                      Tel . 49 57 283
            LUXEMBOURG :              Services d'économie rurale — section cheptel et viande —
                                      113-115, rue de Hollerich
                                      Luxembourg,
                                      telephone 478 /443
            NEDERLAND :               Voedselvoorzienings In - en Verkoopbureau (V.I.B.)
                                      Hoensbroek ( L)
                                      Kouvenderstraat 229
                                      Tel . 045-214 746
            UNITED KINGDOM :          Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce, Fountain House,
                                      2 West Mall ,
                                      Reading RG1 7QW Berks.,
                                      Telex 848 302
                                      Tel . : 0734-583 626