CELEX: 31968R0972
Language: en
Date: 1968-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 972/68 of the Council of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in beef and veal

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                               REGULATION (EEC) No 972/68 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                  of 15 July 1968
                     laying down general rules for intervention on the market in beef and veal
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                     moreover, such adjustments should be made to these
                                                              prices in the light of experience as will promote the
                                                              harmonisation of buying-in prices in the Commu­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  nity :
European Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
805/68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation
of the market in beef and veal, and in particular
                                                                                       Article 1
Article 6 (3 ) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Com­                   1 . Intervention measures and the products to which
mission ;                                                     they apply shall be determined with a view to the
Whereas it is for the Council to lay down general             need to give effective support to the market and to
rules for the application of Article 6 of Regulation          limit the financial burden on the Community.
(EEC) No 805 /68, and in particular criteria for ap­
plication of the provisions of paragraph 1 (b) of that        2. The qualities and cuts of products to be bought
Article; whereas common criteria should be laid               in by intervention agencies shall be determined with
down in view of the purposes of the intervention              a view to the need, when stocks are being released,
system and of the Community's financial responsi­             to facilitate their disposal .
bilities in this matter;
Whereas the regionalisation of intervention measures                                   Article 2
is necessary since the conditions of price formation
within the Community vary between and even within             The regions referred to in Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of Regu­
Member States ; whereas, therefore, regions should            lation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be determined having
be determined for a Member State where intervention
                                                              regard to economic considerations and more par­
measures are taken having regard to economic                  ticularly to natural conditions of price formation .
considerations and more particularly to natural con­
ditions of price formation ;
                                                                                       Article 3
Whereas it is necessary to stipulate that intervention
measures can only be taken in Member States or in
regions of Member States where prices on represen­            In the circumstances referred to in Article 6 ( 1 ) of
tative markets are below a certain level ;                    Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 intervention measures
                                                              shall be taken in Member States or in regions thereof
Whereas the coefficients mentioned in Article 6 ( 1 )         only if the condition set out in that paragraph under
( b ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 should express            (b ) is fulfilled.
the normal ratio between the price of the quality in
question and the price of adult bovine animals re­
corded on representative Community markets in ac­                                      Article 4
cordance with Article 10 of that Regulation ; whereas
the prices of the products in question should be              The coefficients mentioned in Article 6 ( 1 ) ( b ) of
determined with reference to the periods most rep­             Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be determined with
resentative of normal market conditions ; whereas,            reference to the prices recorded in accordance with
                                                              Article 10 (4) of that Regulation and, for each Mem­
                                                              ber State or a region thereof and for the products in
                                                              question, to a normal market situation over the
1 OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p. 24.                            most representative periods . In order to promote the
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harmonisation of buying-in prices in the Community,           question and the live bovine animals of each
such coefficients shall be reviewed annually and ad­          category.
justed in the light of experience.
                                                                                    Article 6
                       . Article 5
The maximum buying-in price for a given cut of                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
meat shall correspond to the price resulting from             day following its publication in the Official Journal
the average value ratio between the cut of meat in            of the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 15 July 1968 .
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                     G. SEDATI