CELEX: 31975R2711
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2711/75 of the Commission of 24 October 1975 on the granting at a standard rate fixed in advance of private storage aid for beef

25 . 10 . 75                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 274/27
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2711 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 24 October 1975
               on the granting at a standard rate fixed in advance of private storage aid for beef
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas , in order to avoid financing normal storage,
COMMUNITIES,                                                     it appears desirable to specify a high minimum quan­
                                                                 tity ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                 Whereas it is desirable, having regard to the present
                                                                 abundance of beef on the Community market, to
                                                                 allow the products stored to be exported before the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 expiry of the storage period, subject to a provision for
805/68 (>) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended
                                                                 a minimum period of storage ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular
Articles 6 (5) (b) and 8 (2) thereof ;
                                                                 Whereas the amount of the security required should
                                                                 be such as to oblige the storer to fulfil the obligations
Whereas Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68               undertaken by him ; ,
provides that intervention measures shall be taken for
the whole of the Community when the price for adult
bovine animals as recorded on representative Commu­
nity markets in accordance with Article 10 of the                Whereas, pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regula­
same Regulation is lower than the guide price ;                  tion (EEC) No 1134/68 of 30 July 1968 laying down
whereas this condition is fulfilled at present ;                 general rules for the implementation of Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 653/68 (5) on conditions for alterations to
                                                                 the value of the unit of account used for the common
Whereas the present and foreseeable market situation             agricultural policy, the sums owed by a Member State
indicates a need for private storage aid to be granted           or a duly authorized body, expressed in national
for carcases, half-carcases and compensated quarters,            currency and representing amounts fixed in units of
bone-in ;                                                        account, are paid on the basis of the relationship
                                                                 between the unit of account and the national currency
                                                                 obtaining at the time when the transaction or part
                                                                 transaction was carried out ;
Whereas, in order to facilitate storage operations, it
appears appropriate to amend certain conditions laid
down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1071 /68 (3) of 25 July 1968 laying down detailed rules          Whereas, pursuant to Article 6 of the Regulation
for granting private storage for beef and veal, and in           referred to above, the time when a transaction is
particular those concerning the security required and            carried out is considered as being the date on which
the time elapsing between slaughter and placing in               occurs the event, as defined by Community rules or,
private storage ; whereas the consequences of putting            in the absence of and pending adoption of such rules,
too small a quantity into storage and of withdrawing             of the Member States concerned, in which the amount
meat prematurely should also be specified ;                      involved in the transaction becomes due and payable ;
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
989/68 (4) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules             Whereas, in respect of private storage aid for beef, the
for granting private storage aid for beef and veal               rate of exchange to be used for calculating the amount
provides that a decrease or an increase of the storage           of this aid in national currency should be that
period can be decided on if the market situation calls           obtaining at the time when the contract for private
for it ; whereas it is therefore appropriate to fix, in          storage aid is concluded ;
addition to the amounts of aid for a specified storage
period, amounts to be deducted when this period is
shortened ;
                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(>) OJ   No  L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
                                                                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
(2) OJ   No  L 195, 18 . 7. 1974, p. 14.                         ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
(3) OJ   No  L 180, 26.  7. 1968, p. 19.
(4) OJ   No  L 169, 18 . 7. 1968, p. 10.                         (5) OJ No L 188, 1 . 8 . 1968, p. 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                  only for products obtained from animals slaughtered
                                                               within the Community not more than 10 days previ­
                         Article 1                             ously.
1 . Aid shall be granted for the private storage of                                      Article 6
products as specified in the Annex hereto stored for
periods of four, five or six months.                           Storing must be completed within 60 days following
                                                               the conclusion of the contract.
The amounts of such aid per metric ton, exclusive of
packaging, shall be as shown in the said Annex.                The storage period shall begin on the day on which
                                                               storing is completed.
2. The amount of aid shall be adjusted if the dura­
tion of storage is extended or curtailed. The additional                                 Article 7
amounts per month or amounts to be deducted per
day are given in columns 5 and 6 of the said Annex.            1.    The amount of the security required is fixed at
                                                               100 u.a./metric ton .
                         Article 2
                                                               2. In cases of force majeure, the intervention
The minimum quantity per contract shall be 50                  agency shall take such measures as it considers neces­
metric tons . 1                                                sary having regard to the circumstances invoked.
                                                               The intervention agency shall inform the Commission
                         Article 3                             of each case of force majeure and of the action taken
                                                               in respect thereof.
The contractor may, before placing it in store, cut and
bone all or part of the meat, provided that all the                                      Article 8
 meat resulting from such boning or cutting operations
 is placed in store .                                          Aid shall be paid at the request of the person entitled
                                                               and at the latest on the fifteenth day following that on
                         Article 4                             which it is ascertained that the obligations under the
                                                               contract have been fulfilled .
 1 . No aid shall be payable unless the meat remains
 in store for the whole of the storage period.                                           Article 9
 2.    However, the contractor may, prior to the termi­         1 . The Member States may require contractors to
 nation of the storage period, withdraw from the cold­          comply with the conditions set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) of
 store all or part of the meat for which he has                 the Council Directive of 26 June 1964 (!) on health
 contracted, provided that the quantity so withdrawn is         problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh
 equal to not less than five metric tons and that it has        meat, as last amended by the Directive of 24 June
 remained in store for at least three months and is,            1975 (2).
 within 10 working days of such withdrawal, exported
 from the Community.                                            2. For the purposes of this Regulation, 100 kg of
                                                                bone-in meat shall be equivalent to 77 kg of boned
 In this case, the contractor must furnish proof that the       meat .
 meat has left the geographical territory of the Commu­
 nity or has been supplied in accordance with Article 3         3 . In the case of meat stored without cutting and
 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75. Such proof shall be             boning, if the quantity placed in store is less than the
  furnished in the same way as for the purpose of               quantity contracted for but equal to :
 export refunds .                                               (a) 90 % or more of that quantity, the amount of
 The amount of the aid shall be reduced as provided in              private storage aid shall be reduced proportio­
 Article 1 (2), the day of withdrawal from the cold-store           nately ;
 being regarded as the last day of storage.                     (b) less than 90 % of that quantity, private storage aid
                                                                    shall not be paid.
  3.    The  contractor shall    inform   the  intervention
  agency at least two days before beginning withdrawal          In the case of cut and boned meat the percentage as
  of the meat from the cold-store, indicating the               specified in (a) and (b) shall be 85 % .
  products and the quantities which he intends to               4. If the quantity placed in store is greater than the
  export.                                                       quantity contracted for, the amount of the aid shall be
                                                                equal to that which was indicated for the quantity
                          Article 5                             contracted for.
  By way of derogation from Article 2 (2) of Regulation         (!) OJ No 121 , 29 . 7. 1964, p. 2012/64.
  (EEC) No 1071 /68 , private storage aid may be granted        (2) OJ No L 172, 3 . 7. 1975, p. 17.
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                        Article 10                                                                       Article 11
The date on which occurs the event within the
meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68
in which private storage aid becomes due and payable
shall be regarded as being the date on which the                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
contract was concluded .                                                 1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 24 October 1975.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                         P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
                                                               Amount of aid, in u.a./metric ton                   Amount in u.a./metric ton
       CCT                     Products                            for a storage period of
      heading               for which aid
                                                                           y
         No                   is granted                                                                        to be added       to be deducted
                                                       4 months           5 months              6 months
                                                                                                                 per month            per day
 02.01 A II       Carcases,           half-carcases,
 a) 1 bb) 1 1     compensated               quarters
                  (bone-in)                              470                 500                  530                30                  1