CELEX: 31974R0647
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 647/74 of the Commission of 22 March 1974 on the intervention measures to be taken in respect of beef and veal following the introduction of measures to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease

23 . 3 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 78 / 21
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 647/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 22 March 1974
                on the intervention measures to be taken in respect of beef and veal following
                the introduction of measures to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                          are in accordance with the Management 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 ( J ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended
                                                                                               Article 1
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 87/73 (2), and in particular
Articles 6 (4), 23 and 25 thereof ;                                   During such time as the measures to prevent the
Whereas an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has                     spread of foot-and-mouth disease provided for in the
occurred in France prompting the adoption of the                      Commission Decision of 18 March 1974 are in force,
Commission Decision of 18 March 1974 (3)                              and by way of derogation from Article 7 ( 1 ) (b) of
concerning certain measures to prevent the spread of                  Regulation (EEC) No 1896/73, intervention agencies
foot-and-mouth disease ; whereas in the French depar­                 shall also buy-in meat from the parts of the French
tements affected the stamping of meat with health                     territory specified in that Decision which does not
marks and the issue of health certificates, as required               satisfy the requirements laid down in Article 3 ( 1 ) (A)
under Article 3 ( 1 ) (A) (e) and (f) of the Council Direc­           (e) and (f) on the Directive on health problems
tive of 26 June 1964 (4) on health problems affecting                 affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat but
intra-Community trade in fresh meat, as last amended                  which bears a distinctive mark equivalent to the mark
by the Act of Accession (5), are no longer authorized ;               required under Article 3 ( 1 ) (A) (e) of that Directive
Whereas such meat no longer satisfies the require­                    and which are stored in separate places and readily
                                                                      identifiable lots .
ments for buying-in by intervention agencies laid
down in Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1896/73 (6) of 13 July 1973 on detailed rules for                                           Article 2
the application of intervention measures on the
market in beef and veal, as last amended by Regula­                   In the communications required under Article 12 of
tion (EEC) No 31 19/73 (7) ; whereas, in order to avert               Regulation (EEC) No 1896/73, the meat specified in
consequences incompatible with the principles of                      Article 1 of this Regulation shall be returned sepa­
price guarantees afforded beef and veal producers by                  rately.
the intervention system , provision should be made to
enable such meat to be bought-in, while still main­                                            Article 3
taining the safeguards necessary to prevent contamina­
tion of healthy animals and to ensure that the meat                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
concerned can be readily indentified so that it may be                publication in the Official Journal of the European
removed from storage separately ;                                      Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 22 March 1974.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
( l ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
I2) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 23.
(*)   OJ No  L 77, 22. 3 . 1 974, p . 40 .
(4)   OJ No  121 , 29 . 7 . 1964, p . 2012/64 .
(5)   OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.
(6)   OJ No  L 193 , 14 . 7 . 1973, p . 18 .
(7)   OJ No  L 316, 17. 11 . 1973 , p. 26.