CELEX: 31972R1654
Language: en
Date: 1972-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1654/72 of the Council laying down general rules applicable in the event of a substantial rise in price of beef and veal

106                                      Official Journal of..the European Communities
No L 174/56 /( i v ; -                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                     1.8.72
                                    REGULATION (EEC) No 1654/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                    laying down genera! rules applicable in the event of a substantial rise inprice ofbeef and
                                                                 veal
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              must by increased; whereas , given that in such a situa­
                                                                      tion the levy on adult bovine animals fixed in accordance
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 with Article 10 ( 1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
Economic Community ;                                                  is nil but that a levy may nonetheless continue to apply
                                                                      for frozen meat, provision should be made for total or^
Having regard to Councii Regulation (EEC) No 805/                     partial suspension not only of the autonomous duties in
68 1 of 27 June 1.968 on the common organization of the               the Common Customs Tariff but also of levies ;
market .in. beef and - veal, as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2838/71 2, and in particular the second para­                Whereas in order to deal effectively with a substantial
graph of Article 17 thereof;                                          price rise and to enable a return to be made to the nor­
                                                                      maf rules in the light of market price developments, re­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                   course must be had to a procedure which allows the ne­
                                                                      cessary measures to be taken quickly ; whereas the proce­
Whereas, under Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/                 dure laid down in Article 27. of Regulation (EEC) No.
 68, when a substantial price rise is recorded on the v                805/68 fulfils these requirements,
Community market and this situation is likely to con­
tinue, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
market , the necessary measures may be taken ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1109/72 3 of 30
May 1972 laid down general rules applicable in the event                                         Article 1
of such a rise in beef and veal prices ;
                                                                       1 . A ' substantial price rise' on the Community market
                                                                      in adult bovine animals shall exist where, simultaneously
Whereas under - that Regulation the recording of a sub­               and for two consecutive weeks :
stantial price rise is governed solely by prices of adult
bovine animals ; whereas the special characteristics of               (a) the price of adult bovine animals recorded on the
the market in calves have shown that provision should                       representative markets of the Community in accord­
also be made for recording prices of calves, since this                     ance with Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/
market may develop independently ;                                           68 is more than 113% of the guide price for those
                                                                            animals ;
Whereas the consequences of a substantial rise in prices              (b) the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on the
of these two products being recorded should not be total­                   representative market or markets of each Member
ly unrelated, since the prices of young bovine animals                      State in accordance with Article 10 of that Regula­
referred to in Article 11 ( 1 ) (a) of-Regulation (EEC) No                  tion are more than 109% of the guide price for those
805/68 are governed by prices of calves ;                                   animals .
Whereas the seasonal nature of production and foresee­
able price movements on the beef and veal markets with­               2. A ' substantial price rise' on the Community market
in and outside the Community should be taken into ac­                 in calves shall exist where, simultaneously and for two
count when assessing the likely duration of such a price              consecutive weeks :
increase;
                                                                      (a) the price of calves recorded on the representative
                                                                            markets of the Community in accordance with Arti­
Whereas, to remove the disturbance or threat of disturb­
                                                                            cle 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is more than
ance resulting from a continuing rise in prices, supplies                    1 10% of the guide price for calves ;
                                                                      (b) the prices of calves recorded on the representative
                                                                            market or markets of each Member State in accord­
1 OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p.24.
2 OJ No L 286 , 30.12.1971 , p. 1 .                                         ance with Article 10 of that Regulation are more
3 OJ No L 126, 1.6.1972, p.l .                                              than 106% of the guide price for calves.
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3 . A substantial price rise shall be ' likely to continue         3 . Discontinuance of the measures taken pursuant to
where there is an imbalance between the supply and the             paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be decided upon as soon as it is
demand for beef and veal and where that imbalance is               found that during two consecutive weeks the two condi­
likely to persist, in view of the seasonal nature of produc­       tions referred to in Article 1 ( 1) or in Article 1 (2), as the
tion and foreseeable price movements on the beef and               case may be, are not fulfilled simultaneously .
veal markets within and outside the Community .
                                                                                              A rticle 3
                          Articles                                 Detailed rules for applying this Regulation, in particular
                                                                   the application and discontinuance of the measures
1 . When a substantial price rise is recorded on the               provided for in Article 2 and the fixing of a transit time
Community market in beef and veal and this situation is            in the event of an increase in duties or levies, shall be
likely to continue, the measures which may be taken
                                                                   adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
shall be total or partial suspension of the autonomous
duties in the Common Customs Tariff and of levies both
                                                                   Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68.
on adult bovine animals and on the meats listed in sub­
headings Nos 02 01 A II (a) 1 (bb) and (cc) of Section (a)                                   Article 4
and in Sections (b) and (c) of the Annex to Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68.                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 1 109/ 72 is hereby repealed.
2. When a substantial price rise is recorded on the                Measures taken for implementation of that Regulation
Community market in calves and this situation is likely            shall remain in force as measures for the implementation
to continue, the measure which may be taken shall be               of this Regulation .             i
partial suspension up to a maximum of 50% of the au­
tonomous duties in the Common Customs Tariff in re­                                          Articles
spect of calves, young male bovine animals for fattening           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
of a weight of not less than 220 kg and not more than              publication in the Official Journal of the European
300 kg and the meats listed in subheading No 02 01 A II            Communities .
(a) 1 (aa) of Section (a) of the Annex to Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68.                                                   it shall apply until 31 December 1972 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at Brussels , 31 July 1972 .
                                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                                   The President
                                                                                                 T. WESTERTERP