CELEX: 31974R1315
Language: en
Date: 1974-05-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1315/74 of the Commission of 28 May 1974 on the deboning of beef bought-in by intervention agencies

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                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1315/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 2S May 1974
                           on the deboning of beef bought-in by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                                Article 2
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                    1 . Where the deboning is to be carried out under
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             contract the intervention agencies shall award
Economic Community ;                                              contracts, on the terms laid down in the general
                                                                   trading conditions, for the production of frozen cuts
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       of beef to cutting plants approved within the meaning
805/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiz­                 of Article 4(1 ) of the Council Directive of 26 June
ation of the market in beef and veal, as last amended              1 964 (') on health problems affecting intra-Com­
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 87/73 (2) , and in particular             munity trade in fresh meat, as last amended by the "
Article 7 (3) thereof ;                                            Directive of 26 February 1 973
Whereas the current situation on the market in beef
                                                                   2. The general trading conditions, which can be
and veal has led to extensive buying-in by the inter­
                                                                   obtained by those interested from the addresses given
vention agencies under the intervention arrangements               in the Annex, fix in particular the requirement
provided for in Article 6(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 ; whereas, in view of current stocks and the
                                                                   demanded from the cutting plants regarding the neces­
                                                                   sary technical installations and allow the assurance
amount of meat at present on offer, it is not possible
                                                                   that production is carried out in a proper manner
to buy-in enough meat to provide effective market
                                                                   particularly as concerns preservation and the possi­
support, since freezing capacity and cold storage space            bility of constant supervision .
are becoming exhausted ;
Whereas these circumstances create in particular the
necessity to make the maximum usage of storage                       #                        Article 3
possibilities ; whereas it is therefore necessary to
foresee the deboning of the meat taken over by the
intervention agencies ;                                           The processing shall refer to the following operations :
Whereas, in the absence of sufficient experience                   (a) trimming, packing and freezing of cuts in accor­
within the framework of the market organization, it                      dance with the trading terms referred to in
                                                                         Article 2 ;
appears desirable as far as the deboning operation is
concerned to leave the details to be regulated largely             (b) storage of the frozen cuts until they are taken back
by the general trading conditions of the intervention                    by the intervention agency.
agencies in order to adjust the provisions of this Regu­
lation later in the light of the experience acquired ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                                           Article 4
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
                                                                   Remuneration under contract as provided for in
                                                                   Article 2 shall cover expenditure in respect of the
                                                                   operations specified in Article 3, including in par­
                                                                   ticular :
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                   (a) direct wage costs in respect of deboning, pack­
                                                                         aging, leading, freezing and storage,
                           Article 1
                                                                   (b) the cost of materials, bags for packing the cuts of
                                                                         meat, other packaging,
This Regulation authorizes temporarily the interven­
tion agencies of Member States to debone meat                      (c) the cost of freezing, transportation and storage
bought-in under Article 6(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                     until the products are taken back by the interven­
805/ 68 .                                                                tion agency.
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.                           (3) OJ No 121 , 29 . 7 . 1964, p. 2012/ 64.
(2 ) OJ No L 25, 30 . I. 1973 , p. 23 .                            (■») OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1973, p. 43 .
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                      Article 5                                                    Article 6
The cutting plants specified in Article 2 shall under­
take to cut each week the quantities allotted to them       This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 May
by the intervention agency.                                 1974.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 28 May 1974.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                        The President
                                                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                     ANNEX
                                      Addresses of the intervention agencies
            Belgium                Office beige de l'économie et de l'agriculture
                                  rue de Trèves 82
                                   1040 Bruxelles
                                  Tel . 02/ 13 98 20
            Denmark :             Direktoratet for Markedsordninger
                                  Torvegade 2
                                  1400 København K
                                  Telex : 15 137 DK
            France :              Office national interprofessionnel du bétail et des viandes
                                   ( ON1BEV)
                                  8-10, Boulevard de Vaugirard
                                  75015 Paris
                                  Tel . 273 88 00
            Germany :             Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle fur Schlachtvieh, Fleisch und Fleisch­
                                  erzeugnisse
                                  6 Frankfurt/Main
                                  Adickesallee 40
                                  Tel . 55 04 61
            Ireland :             The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Meat Division
                                  14 Upper Merrion St.
                                  Dublin 2
                                  Tel . 789 011
            Italy                 Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo ( AIMA)
                                  Via Palestro 81 , Roma
                                  Tel . 49 57 283
            Luxembourg :          Services d'économie rurale — section cheptel et viande
                                  113-115 , rue de Hollerich
                                  Luxembourg
                                  Tel . 478 443
            Netherlands :         Voedselvoorzienings In- en Verkoopbureau (VIB)
                                  Hoensbroek ( L)
                                  Kouvenderstraat 229
                                  Tel. 045-214 746
            United Kingdom :      Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce, Fountain House
                                  2 West Mall, Reading RG1 7QW, Berks.
                                  Telex : 848 302