CELEX: 51978PC0271
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-14
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC) No 2453/76 on the transfer to the Italian intervention agency of frozen beef and veal held by the intervention agencies of other Member States (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                              COM(78 ) 271 final
                                              Brussels . 14 June 1978
                               Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
       amending for "the fourth time Regulation ( EEC ) No 2453/76 on the
       transfer to the Italian intervention agency of frozen "beef and
       veal held by the intervention agencies of other Member States
            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M(78 ) 271 final
 ---pagebreak---                                          MEMORANDUM
1 . This draft Regulation recongnizes the practical problems encountered during tne
    sale in Italy of the 40 000 tonnes of frozen "beef ( 30 000 tonnes of "bone–in beef
    and 10 000 tonnes of boneless beef ) made available to the Italian intervention
    agency by the intervention agencies of other Member States . It is recalled that
    the first consignments of this meat from the intervention stocks of the other
    Member States have been transferred to Italy since 20 January 1977 an(i that the
    last consignments were stored in Italy on 1 March 1978 •
    Council Regulation (EEC ) N° 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 ( l ) envisaged that                this meat would
    be sold before 1 April 1977® Then , this Regulation was extended , in turn ,
    by Council Regulation (EEC ) N° 314/77 ( 2 ) fixing the end date at 1 July 1977 ?
    Council Regulation (EEC ) N° 1330/77 ( 3 ) fixing the end date at 1 December 1977 ,
    and by Council Regulation (EEC ) N° 2584/77 ( 4 ) which , yet again , extended the end
    date to 1 July 1978 .
2 . The problems encountered during the sale of the stocks in question on the Italian
    market could be summarized as follows *
    a) Legal and administrative problems : the Italian Government was obliged to amend
         the national regulations concerning the possibility of retailing this frozen
         beef ; the Commission changed , on four occasions , the selling prices ex cold
         store in uas of the different cuts and presentations of this meat , in order
         to keep consumer prices expressed in lira,constent ;
    b ) economic and marketing difficulties : in effect the sale of this meat takes
         place without the intermediary wholesaler and the retailing butchers are not
         adequately organized or equipped to carry out quickly the operations of
         advance financing of purchases ,       the technical preparation of frozen meat
         and its marketing in a condition acceptable to consumers .
3 . Taking account of the afore mentioned , it is appropriate to note that the commen­
    cement of the sale of this meat in Italy was very difficult and that the rythem
    of sale increases regularly but slowly.
                                                                                 ./•
    (1)   OJ N° L 279 ,  9.10.1976 ,  p. 3
    (2)   OJ N° L  45 , 19 . 2.1977 , p. 1
    (3)   OJ N° L 154 , 23 . 6.1977 , p. 1
    ( 4)  OJ N° L 301 , I5.ll.i977 ,  p. 6
 ---pagebreak--- At the moment the (juantity sold each week oscillates "between 500 and 600 tonnes .
On 15 May 1978 a total of 6 962 . tonnes of bone-in "beef and 7 808 tonnes of
boneless "beef were sold, so that the stocks transferred have been used only in
part and consequently about 22 997 tonnes of "bone-in "beef and about 2 168 tonnes
of boneless beef remain unsold .
It seems appropriate therefore to note that it will not be possible for the
Italian authorities to sell this quantity before 1 July 1978, the end date fixed
by the Council .
To the extent that the reoent amendments to the regulations applicable to the
sale of this meat will make the sale more easy, it is possible to envisage that
a sale of 1 000 tonnes per week oould be achieved . In these circumstances one
is justified in hoping that the remainder of the meat transferred will be sold
by 31 December 1978 .
This draft aims to replace the current end date of 1 July 1978 by 1 January 197 9 •
 ---pagebreak---                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
           amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC)N° 2453/76 on the transfer to t.i -
           Italian intervention agency of frozen beef and veal held "by the intervention
                                  agencies of other Member States
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Eoonomio Community ,
Having regard to Counoil Regulation (EEC ) N° 805/68 of 2^ June 1968 on the common orga ¬
nization of the market in beef and veal ( l),as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) N®
425/77(2 ), and in particular Article 7 (2) thereof ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing
of the common agricultural policy ( 3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) N® 2788/72 (^)
and in particular Artiole 3(2 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) N® 2453/76 of 5 October 1976 on the trans­
fer to the Italian intervention agency of frozen beef and veal held by the intervention
agencies of other Member States ( 5 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) N® 2584/77
(6 ), provides for the disposal on the Italian market before 1 July 1978 of certain
quantities of carcases , compensated quarters and boned beef .
Whereas this date Bhould be replaced by 1 January 1979 as a result of the practical
difficulties encountered in organizing the selling of this beef ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION r
                                        Article 1
In Artiole l(l ) of Regulation (EEC) N® 2453/76 "the date *1 July 1978' is hereby repla­
ced by *1 January 1979 * •
                                        Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1978 *
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States *
Done at Brussels ,                                           For the Council
( 1 ) OJ N® L 148 , 28 . 6.1968, p. 24          (4) OJ N° L 295 , 30.12.1972 , p.  1
(2 ) OJ N® L 61 , 5 . 3.1977 , P. 1             ( 5 ) OJ N® L 279 , 9.10.1976 , p. 3
( 3) OJ N® L 94 , 28. 4.1970, p. 13             (6 ) OJ N® L 301 , 25.11.1977 , P. 1
 ---pagebreak---                     FINANCIAL              .STATEMENT
                                                                                 DATE i  25 May 197°
1 . mimv.T UNS C01ICUWKD 1 6511                                     Appropriations : 218.3 million EUA
2. ACTIOM I Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation No 2453 on the
                  transfer of frozen "beef to the Italian intervention agency.
3. LEGAL BASIS » Article 7 of Council Regulation No 805/68.
4 . OBJECTIVES s         Ibct ent ion , for reasons specified in the explanatory memorandum f of "the
                         time lit for the disposal of the "beef transferred to the Italian inter­
                      ' vention agency (Art# l )                                                             .
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