CELEX: 31976R1228
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-25
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1228/76 of 25 May 1976 prolonging the duration of private storage periods for beef and veal

26 . 5 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 137/ 25
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1228/76
                                                         of 25 May 1976
                        prolonging the duration of private storage periods for beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :•
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in beef and veal ( ! ), as last amended by                                   A rticle 1
Regulation (EEC) No 568 /76 (2), and in particular Arti­
cles 8 (2) and 25 thereof,                                          1 . At the request of the contractor, the term of
                                                                   storage contracts concluded pursuant to Regulations
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1860/75                     (EEC) No 1860/75 and (EEC) No 2711 /75 may be
of 18 July 1975 on the granting of private storage aid             extended by two months in the case of contracts
for beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No               concluded for four months and by one month in the
2698/75 (4), provides that private storage aid may be              case of contracts concluded for five or six months.
granted for forequarters for periods of five or six
months ;                                                           The amount of aid shall be adjusted to correspond to
                                                                   the new storage period in accordance with the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2711 /75                    Annexes to Regulations (EEC) No 1860/75 and (EEC)
of 24 October 1975 on the granting, at a standard rate             No 2711 / 75 .
fixed in advance, of private storage aid for beef (5), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 94/75 (6),                       2.    The   contractor shall    inform the  intervention
provides that private storage aid may be granted for               agency of his intention to extend the storage period at
carcases, half-carcases and compensated quarters                   least five working days before the date on which the
(bone-in) for periods of four, five and six months ;               storage period should normally have ended.
Whereas, in view of the development of the market                  3 . The intervention agency shall notify the
situation in recent weeks and especially of the short­             Commission whenever the preceding paragraphs are
term supply difficulties of the Member State with the              applied.
largest shortage, which in turn affects availabilities in
the producer Member States, and of the foreseeable                                         Article 2
seasonal price trends on the beef market, provision
should be made for an extension of the private storage             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
periods stipulated in contracts which have already                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
been made :                                                         the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 25 May 1976.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         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  188 , 19 . 7. 1975, p. 30 .
(4) OJ   No L 273, 24. 10 . 1975, p . 26.
(5) OJ   No L 274, 25 . 10 . 1975, p. 27 .
(6) OJ   No L 316, 6 . 12. 1975, p . 16 .