CELEX: 31974R2668
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2668/74 of the Commission of 21 October 1974 temporarily suspending the issue of import licences and advance fixing certificates for beef and veal

No L 285/22                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             22 . 10 . 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2668 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 21 October 1974
              temporarily suspending the issue of import licences and advance fixing certifi­
                                                   cates for beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas it is also necessary to continue to suspend
COMMUNITIES,                                                      the application of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             1 790/74 (4) of 9 July 1974 linking the importation of
Economic Community ;                                              beef and veal to the sale of meat held by the interven­
                                                                  tion agencies,
Having , regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular                                         Article 1
Article 21 (2) thereof ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 846/74 (3) of               The issue of import licences and advance fixing certifi­
16 July 1974 suspended until 31 October 1974 the                  cates for the products referred to under (a) in Article 1
issue of import licences and advance fixing certificates          of Regulation (EEC) No 805/ 68 shall be suspended .
for beef and veal , given that the prices of beef and
                                                                                                Article 2
veal on representative Community markets are
markedly lower than the intervention price ; whereas              This Regulation shall be without prejudice to imports
the intervention machinery does not permit this situa­            effected under Community tariff quotas for bulls,
tion to be remedied at short notice ;                             heifers and cows , other than those intended for
Whereas, if imports of beef and veal were resumed as              slaughter, of certain alpine and mountain breeds, and
from 1 November 1974, this would appreciably                      for frozen beef and veal .
worsen the situation on the Community beef and veal
market ; whereas the quantities which are likely to be                                          Article 3
imported in the near future would prevent, in parti­               1 . The application of Regulation ( EEC) No 1790/ 74
cular when the animals are brought in from pasture,               shall be suspended .
the stabilizing of the market and the return to a situa­
tion where prices were guaranteed, in particular by the            2. Contracts of sale in respect of meat held by the
intervention system ;                                              intervention agencies concluded during the period of
                                                                  application of this Regulation shall not give entitle­
Whereas the Commission , having undertaken a                       ment to the linked sales laid down in Regulation
detailed examination of the situation on the beef and
                                                                  ( EEC) No 1790/74.
veal market, has established that that market will
continue to be threatened in the coming months by                  3.      Article 3 of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
serious disturbances, a result of imports, which are               2073/ 74 (5 ) of 5 August 1974 concerning the sale at
 likely to jeopardize the objectives of Article 39 of the          prices fixed in advance at a standard rate of beef and
Treaty ;                                                           veal held by the intervention agencies is hereby
                                                                   repealed .
Whereas, in these circumstances, the temporary
 suspension of the issue of import licences and                                                 Article 4
 advance fixing certificates for beef and veal should be
 maintained until import patterns have been                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
 re-established and adjusted to market trends ;                     1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 21 October 1974 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.
 (2 ) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14.                            (4 ) OJ No L 187 , 1 1 . 7 . 1974, p. 21 .
 0 ) OJ No L 194, 17 . 7 . 1974, p. 8 .                             (5 ) OJ No L 216 , 7 . 8 . 1974, p. 1 1 .