CELEX: 31975R3083
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3083/75 of the Commission of 27 November 1975 amending for the second time Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 1896/73 in respect of the requirements which must be satisfied by beef bought in by the intervention agencies

No L 308 / 12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            28 . 11 . 75
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 3083/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 27 November 1975
               amending for the second time Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 1896/73 in
               respect of the requirements which must be satisfied by beef bought in by the
                                                    intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    means now available combine to indicate that this
COMMUNITIES,                                                      minimum period should be reduced to 24 hours ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Economic Community ;                                              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 0        27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular
Article 6 (5) (d) thereof ;                                                               Article 1
Whereas Annex III to Commission Regulation (EEC)                  Paragraph 4 of Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No
No 1896/73 (3) of 13 July 1973 on detailed rules for              1896/73 is amended to read as follows :
the application of intervention measures on the                       '4. The products specified in paragraph 1 must
market in beef and veal, as last amended by Regula­                       have been been chilled immediately after
tion (EEC) No 2500/75 (4), lays down the require­                         slaughter for at least 24 hours in such manner
ments which must be satisfied by beef bought in by                        that at the end of the period of chilling they
the intervention agencies, with particular regard to                      shall have an internal temperature not
chilling after slaughter ; whereas, in order to improve                   exceeding 4- 7° C. This temperature must be
the keeping quality of meat by preventing too rapid                       maintained until they are taken over by the
chilling, Regulation (EEC) No 1751 /75 (5) of 8 July                      intervention agency.'
1975 amending Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No
1896/73 laid down a minimum chilling period of 36                                         Article 2
hours ; whereas experience of the application of the
36-hour chilling period and the improved technical                This Regulation shall into force on 1 December 1975.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 27 November 1975 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No  L   148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ No  L   195, 18 . 7. 1974, p. 14.
(3) OJ No  L   193, 14. 7. 1973, p. 18 .
(4) OJ No  L  254,  1 . 10. 1975, p. 41 .
(5) OJ No  L   178, 9. 7. 1975, p. 18.