CELEX: 31977R2632
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-29
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2632/77 of 29 November 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2697/76 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2453/76 on the transfer to the Italian intervention agency of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies of other Member States

No L 306/20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                30 . 11 . 77
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2632/77
                                                      of 29 November 1977
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 2697/76 laying down detailed rules for the imple­
              mentation of Regulation (EEC) No 2453/76 on the transfer to the Italian interven­
              tion agency of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies of other Member
                                                              States
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,
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 425/77 (2),
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2453 /76 of 5 October 1976 on the transfer to the                    In Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2697/76 :
Italian intervention agency of frozen beef held by the
intervention agencies of other Member States (3), as                 — in respect of the German intervention agency, for
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2584/77 (4), and                      ' 14 000 tonnes' read ' 18 000 tonnes',
in particular Article 1 (2) thereof,                                 — in respect of the French intervention agency, for
                                                                          ' 10 000 tonnes' read '6 000 tonnes'.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2697/76
of 5 November 1976 (5) laid down detailed rules for
the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2453/76 ;
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas difficulties have arisen regarding the transfer
of certain meat from the French intervention agency                  The following Article la is inserted ill Regulation
to the Italian intervention agency ; whereas it is there­            (EEC) No 2697/76 :
fore necessary to reduce the quantity of meat made
available to the Italian intervention agency by the                        'Article la
French intervention agency and consequently to
increase the quantity made available to the Italian                         1 . The Italian intervention agency shall take
intervention agency by the German intervention                             over all the products made available to it by 31
agency ;                                                                   December 1977 at the latest.
Whereas it is essential from the budgetary point of
view that all of the meat made available to the Italian                 ^ 2.      By 31 December 1977 at the latest, the rights
intervention agency should be taken over at the latest                     and obligations relating to all the products placed
by 31 December 1977 ; whereas as regards the meat                          at the disposal of the Italian intervention agency
                                                                           shall be transferred to it.
stored by the French intervention agency, however,
taking into account the period for which it has been
                                                                           However :
stored, it should be provided that, if the meat cannot
be transferred to the Italian intervention agency
within the time limit laid down , the French interven­                     (a) products placed by the French intervention
tion agency may sell it in accordance with the current                          agency at the disposal of the Italian interven­
rules on the sale of intervention meat ;                                        tion agency which are not taken over by the
                                                                                latter before the date specified in paragraph 1
Whereas, in these circumstances, since a relatively                             shall, from 1 January 1978 , be again available
short period is fixed for the transport to Italy of meat                        to the French intervention agency ;
still stored in Germany, it is necessary to provide that                   (b) as regards products placed at the disposal of
this transport should be carried out by private                                 the Italian intervention agency by the German
contract ;                                                                      intervention agency which have not been trans­
                                                                                ported to Italy by 31 December 1977, the
(')  OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.                                      German intervention agency shall be respon­
(2 ) OJ No  L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No  L 279, 9 . 10 . 1976, p. 3 .                                        sible for their storage until the day when they
(4 ) OJ No  L 301 , 25 . 11 . 1977, p. 6 .                                      are removed ; for this purpose it shall receive
(5)  OJ No  L 304, 6 . 11 . 1976, p. 19 .                                       the fixed amount laid down for storage.'
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                         Article 3                                 3 . The Italian intervention agency shall inform
                                                                  the Commission of the terms of each private
1 . In the first subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Regu­           contract at least 24 hours before it is concluded .'
lation (EEC) No 2697/76 the words 'by tender' are
replaced by :                                                 3 . Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 2 of Regulation
                                                              (EEC) No 2697/76 are hereby repealed.
    'by means of private transport contracts concluded
    on the most favourable terms.'                                                   Article 4
2.     Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2697/76 is        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
amended to read as follows :                                  1977.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 29 November 1977.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                           Vice-President