CELEX: 31976R2453
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-05 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2453/76 of 5 October 1976 on the transfer to the Italian intervention agency of frozen beef and veal held by the intervention agencies of other Member States

9 . 10 . 76                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 279 / 3
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2453/76
                                                           of 5 October 1976
               on the transfer to the Italian intervention agency of frozen beef and veal held by
                                       the intervention agencies of other Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                            Whereas such measures imply that the Guarantee
COMMUNITIES,                                                           Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and
                                                                       Guarantee Fund should bear the cost of transport,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in beef and veal (•), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 568 /76 (2), and in particular
                                                                                                Article 1
Article 7 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            1 . The Belgian, Danish, Dutch, French , German
729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the                         and Irish intervention agencies shall make available to
common agriculture policy (3), as last amended by                       the Italian intervention agency 30 000 metric tons of
Regulation (EEC) No 2788/72 (4), and in particular                      carcases and compensated quarters and 10 000 metric
Article 3 (2) thereof,                                                  tons of boned beef, to be placed on the Italian market
                                                                        before 1 April 1977.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                        2. The arrangements for applying this Regulation
                                                                        shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
Whereas the Community market is characterized by                        laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No
large stocks of beef and veal ; whereas these stocks are                805/68 . These arrangements shall establish which
held primarily by certain Member States, while the                      intervention agencies are to make the beef available
quality and quantity of stocks in Italy are too low for                 and how it is to be transported .
its needs ;
Whereas, in view of the present economic situation in
                                                                                                Article 2
Italy, which is due in particular to a very high rate of
inflation , it seems advisable to make available to the
Italian intervention agency part of the stocks of frozen                1 . The Belgian , Danish, Dutch, French , German
beef and veal which are available in intervention in                    and Irish intervention agencies shall enter the quanti­
other Member States ; whereas this meat is intended                     ties of meat transferred pursuant to Article 1 as a zero
to be placed on the Italian market, which has a shor­                   debit in the account referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) of
tage in this product, in order to help stabilize                        Regulation ( EEC) No 2305/70 .
consumer prices ;
                                                                        2. The Italian intervention agency shall enter the
Whereas rules should be laid down for taking over the                   quantities of meat of which it has taken delivery in
meat and for transferring responsibility for it ;                       accordance with Article     1  as a zero credit in the
                                                                        account referred to in paragraph 1 .
Whereas the provisions covering the accounting side
of this operation should be determined in accordance                    3.    The costs of transporting the quantities of meat
with the arrangements laid down in Council Regula­                      referred to in Article 1 shall be entered in the account
tion (EEC) No 2305/70 of 10 November 1970 on the                        referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No
financing of intervention expenditure in respect of the                 2305/ 70 .
domestic markets in beef and veal (5 ), as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 74/75 (6) ;
                                                                                                Article 3
(')  OJ  No L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24 .
(^)  OJ  No L  67 , 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 28 .
(3 ) OJ  No L  94, 28 . 4 . 1970 , p . 13 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(4 ) OJ  No L  295, 30 . 12 . 1972, p . 1 .
(5 ) OJ  No L  249, 17 . 11 . 1970, p . 1 .                             following its publication in the Official Journal of
 b)  OJ  No L  117 , 7 . 5 . 1975 , p . 7 .                             the European Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Luxembourg, 5 October 1976.
                                                                      For the Council
                                                                        The President
                                                                A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE