CELEX: 31974R2622
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2622/74 of the Commission of 16 October 1974 laying down detailed rules for the taking over of certain transport costs in respect of beef and veal offered for intervention

17 . 10 . 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 280/9
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 2622/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 16 October 1974
                laying down detailed rules for the taking over of certain transport costs in
                                        respect of beef and veal offered for intervention
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         borne by the seller, namely those in respect of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                           distance from the place where the product offered for
                                                                       intervention is located to that one of the five interven­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  tion centres mentioned in Article 8 (3) of Regulation
Economic Community ;                                                   (EEC) No 1896/73 which is the furthest from that
                                                                       place, while a maximum distance should be fixed
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           such as will ensure that products are bought in on
805/ 68 ( J ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                  terms which are both technically acceptable and
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended
                                                                       economically reasonable ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
1302/73 (3 ) of 15 May 1973 laying down general rules                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
for intervention on the market in beef and veal , as                   ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 729/74 (4), and in
particular the second paragraph of Article 4a thereof ;
Whereas Article 4a of Regulation (EEC) No 1302/73                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
provides that in certain cases the intervention agencies
are to bear the cost, calculated on a flat-rate basis, of
additional transport in respect of products offered for
intervention ;                                                                                  Article 1
Whereas Article 8 ( 1 ) and (3) of Commission Regula­                   1 . Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2, the addi­
tion (EEC) No 1896/73 (5 ) of 13 July 1973 on detailed                  tional transport costs to be borne by the intervention
rules for the application of intervention measures on                   agency pursuant to Article 4a of Regulation (EEC) No
the market in beef and veal, as last amended by Regu­                   1302/73 shall be calculated by reference to the shor­
lation (EEC) No 720/74 (6), lays down that the inter­                   test distance in kilometres by road within the Commu­
vention agency shall determine the place where a                        nity between the place where the product offered for
product is to be taken over if it cannot be accepted at                 intervention is located as communicated by the seller
the intervention centre indicated by the seller ;                       pursuant to Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the terms for taking over products and for                      1896/73 and the intervention centre, not being one of
paying the cost of additional transport must be such                    the five intervention centres mentioned in paragraph
as to ensure equal treatment of sellers irrespective of                 3 of that Article, where the product is actually taken
whether their products are taken over by one of the                     over by the intervention agency, less the distance
five intervention centres nearest to where the product                  between the place where the product is located and
                                                                        that one of the five intervention centres as aforesaid
is located or by a more distant centre ;
                                                                        which is the furthest from that place .
Whereas to this end a flat rate for the cost of addi­
tional transport should be fixed and the time of                        2 . The intervention agency shall determine the
payment specified ;                                                     place at which the products are to be taken over and
                                                                        the distance to be taken into account for the purpose
Whereas there must be provisions concerning the                         of calculating additional transport costs as determined
method of determining the additional distance over                       in accordance with Article 2 ( 1 ) and (2). This distance,
which the product is transported and also provisions                    which shall be determined as provided in paragraph 1
concerning the place where the product is taken over ;                  above, must relate to the outward journey only and
whereas for the purpose of calculating the additional                    may in no case exceed 750 kilometres .
transport costs to be borne by the intervention agency
allowance should be made for the transport costs to be
                                                                                                Article 2
(')  OJ  No   L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .
(2 ) OJ  No   L  195, 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14.
(3 ) OJ  No   L  132, 19 . 5 . 1973 , p. 3 .
(4 ) OJ  No   L  182, 5 . 7 . 1974, p. 4 .                               1.   Additional transport costs shall be calculated at
(5 ) OJ  No   L  193, 14. 7 . 1973 , p. 18 .                             the rate of 0-07 unit of account per metric ton per
(')  OJ  No   L 88 , 1 . 4. 1974, p. 27 .                                kilometre .
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2. Additional transport costs shall be borne by the                                   Article 3
intervention agency only in respect of the tonnage
actually taken over by the agency.
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
3 . The costs as aforesaid shall be paid by the inter­       following that of its publication in the Official
vention agency at the same time as the buying-in            Journal of the European Communities.
price for the meat, provided it can be shown to the
satisfaction of the intervention agency that the meat
has actually been transported as claimed.                    It shall apply until 6 April 1975.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 16 October 1974 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                           The President
                                                                      Francois-Xavier ORTOLI