CELEX: 31974R3028
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3028/74 of the Commission of 29 November 1974 on certain transitional measures to be taken in the United Kingdom in respect of beef

No L 321 /72                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             30 . 11 . 74
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 3028 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 29 November 1974
                on certain transitional measures to be taken in the United Kingdom in respect
                                                                of beef
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        kept fully informed as to the measures taken and the
COMMUNITIES,                                                          result obtained in order for it to be able to assess their
                                                                      effectiveness and their possible effect on the operation
Having regard to the Treaty ( ! ) concerning the acces­               of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 (5) of 27 June
sion of new Member States to the European Economic                     1968 on the common organization of the market in
Community and to the European Atomic Energy                           beef and veal , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)
Community, and in particular Article 63 of the Act (2)                No 1 855/74 (6);
annexed thereto ;
                                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas the special situation on the beef market in                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
the United Kingdom , which had already led to the                     ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
adoption of transitional measures in order to facilitate
the changeover from the system in force before the
accession of that Member State to that resulting from
the application of the common organization of the                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
market, has also led to the suspension of buying-in by
the intervention agency of that Member State ;
                                                                                                 Article 1
whereas the application of intervention measures in
the United Kingdom therefore calls for transitional
measures to enable the buying-in prices for the                        1 . The United Kingdom intervention agency shall
products listed in Annex II to Commission Regula­                     buy in meat from the animals specified in the section
tion (EEC) No 1896/73 (3 ) of 13 July 1973 on detailed                 headed 'United Kingdom ' in Annex II to Regulation
rules for the application of intervention measures on                 ( EEC) No 1896/73 .
the market in beef and veal , as last amended by Regu­
lation ( EEC) No 3027/ 74 (4), to be progressively                     2. The buying-in price free at the intervention
increased ;                                                           centre's refrigeration plant shall be fixed by the
                                                                       United Kingdom intervention agency, within the
Whereas it should be made possible for beef                            limits laid down in the Annex hereto for each product
producers to be guaranteed as of now the income                        having regard to the age, weight, conformation and
which will accrue to them as a result of this increase                 finish of the animal from which it was obtained .
in prices ; whereas this objective may be attained by
the temporary granting of aid for the slaughter of
                                                                                                 Article 2
certain adult bovine animals other than cows ;
Whereas      this aid    must     not exceed       the difference     The United Kingdom is hereby authorized until 31
between the intervention price actually applied and                   January 1975 to grant a national aid for the slaughter
                                                                       in that Member State of certain adult bovine animals
that normally applicable ; whereas the payment of
such aid may nevertheless cause deflection of trade ;                  other than cows of a live weight of not less than 330
whereas it is therefore necessary to offset its effect at              kg­
the frontier of the Member State concerned ;
                                                                      The maximum amount of such aid per 100 kg of live
Whereas the economic situation of beef producers in                   weight shall be as follows :
Ireland depends very largely on the United Kingdom                    — from 18 November
market ; whereas it is therefore necessary, in order to                       to 1 December 1974 :                   24-108 u.a .
prevent distortion of competition between producers                   — from 2 December
from these Member States, to provide for special                              to 15 December 1974 :                  20-664 u.a .
measures to ensure that the pattern of trade is main­                  — from 16 December
tained unchanged ;                                                            to 29 December 1974 :                  17-220 u.a .
                                                                      — from 30 December 1974
Whereas the operation of measures of a kind provided
for in this Regulation calls for the Commission to be                         to 12 January 1975 :                   13-776 u.a .
                                                                       — from 13 January to 26 ( anuarv 1975 :       10-332 u.a .
                                                                       — from 27 januarv to 31 ( anuarv 1^75 :        6-888 u.a .
(')  OJ  No L 73 , 27 . 1 1972, p. 5 .
(2)  OJ  No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 19 72, p. 14 .
(} ) OJ  No L 193 , 14 . 7 . 1973 , p. 18 .                            0 0 | No L 148 , 28 . b . 1968 , p. 24 .
(4 ) See page 71 of this Official Journal .                            ( h ) OJ No I. 195 , IS .        p . |4
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                        Article 3                           2.      For each of the periods specified in Article 2 and
                                                            in the Annex hereto, the Member States concerned
If the United Kingdom makes use of the authoriza­           shall each week communicate to the Commission
tion provided for in Article 2, it shall levy on the        particulars as follows :
export of all beef to other Member States or to third
countries an amount equivalent to the amount of aid         (a) the quantities of meat, broken down by product,
applicable on the fourteenth day prior to the day of            bought in pursuant to Article 1 ;
export, multiplied by the coefficients fixed pursuant
to Articles 12 and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/ 68 .      (b) the number of animals in respect of which the aid
                                                                provided for in Article 2 was granted, together
                        Article 4                               with the amount of aid actually paid ;
If the United Kingdom makes use of the authoriza­
tion provided for in Article 2, Ireland and the United      (c) the qualities broken down by product exported
Kingdom shall take all the necessary measures to                under the arrangements provided for in Article 3 ;
ensure that beef originating in Ireland and destined
for the United Kingdom benefits from financial advan­       (d) the quantities of meat, broken down by product,
tages identical to those resulting from the granting of         having benefited under the measures provided for
                                                                in Article 4 .
the aid provided for in Article 2 on beef from animals
slaughtered in the United Kingdom .
                        Article 5                                                     Article 6.
1.    Ireland and the United Kingdom shall inform
the Commission of the measures taken by them in             This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 December
implementation of this Regulation .                          1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 29 November 1974 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                           The President
                                                                      Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                                                  ANNEX
                                  2 . 12 . 1974 to 15 . 12 . 1974 16 . 12 . 1974 to 29 . 12 . 1974 30 . 12 . 1974 to 12 . 1 . 1975 13. 1 . 1975 to 26. 1 . 1975 | 27 . 1 . 1975 to 31 . 1 . 1975
                                      Inferior       Superior         Inferior        Superior         Inferior       Superior       Inferior       Superior       Inferior         Superior
                                        limit           limit           limit            limit           limit           limit         limit           limit          limit            limit
A. GREAT BRITAIN
   — Carcases, half-carcases and
     compensated quarters,
     from i
     Steers M                        111-098         115-519        117-818          122-238         124-537          128-958       131-169         135-590        137-888          142-309
     Steers H                        108-887         113-308        115-430          119-851         122-062          126-483       128-605         133-025        135-148          139-568
      Heifers M/H                    107-826         112-247        114-281          118-702         120-824          125-245       127-322         131-743        133-865          138-286
   — Forequarters straight cut in
     10 rib, from :
      Steers M                         83-555          86-650          88-595          91-690           93-635         96-730         98-587        101-681        103-626          106-721
      Steers H                         81-875          84-970          86-783           89-877          91-778          94-873        96-686          99-780       101-593          104-687
      Heifers M/H                      81-080          84-174          85-943           89-037          90-850          93-945        95-7Î3          98-808       100-620          103-715
   — Hindquarters straight cut
     in 3 rib, from :
      Steers M                       133-114         138-640         141-160         146-686          149-206         154-732       157-164         162-690        165-254          170-780
      Steers H                       130-461         135-987         138-286         143-813          146-244         151-770        154-113        159-639        161-938          167-464
      Heifers M/H                    129-179         134-705         136-916         142-442          144-785         150-311        152-566        158-092        160-435          165-961
B. NORTHERN IRELAND
   — Carcases, half-carcases and
      compensated quarters,
      from :
      Steers L/ M                     108-887        113-308         115-430          119-851          122-062        126-483        128-605         133-025       135-148          139-568
      Steers L/H                      106-809        111-230          113-264         117-685          119-763         124-184       126-217         130-638       132-628          137-049
      Steers T                        107-694        112-115          114-237         118-657          120-780         125-200       127-234         131-655       133-733          138-154
      Heifers T                       104-201        108-622          110-523         114-944          116-845         121-266       123-078         127-499       129-400          133-821
   — Forequarters straight cut in
      10 rib, from :
      Steers L/ M                      81-875           84-970          86-783           89-877          91-778          94-873        96-686         99-780        101-593         104-687
      Steers L/H                       80-328           83-423         85-191            88-286          90-054          93-149        94-873         97-968          99-692        102-786
      Steers T                         80-991           84-086          85-898           88-993          90-806          93-900        95-669         98-763       100-532          103-626
       Heifers T                       78-383           81-478          83-113           86-208          87-844          90-938        92-530          95-624         97-260        100-355
   — Hindquarters straight cut
      in 3 rib, from :
       Steers L/ M                    130-461         135-987         138-286         143-813          146-244         151-770       154-113         159-639        161-938         167-464
       Steers L/H                     127-941          133-468        135-678         141-204          143-503         149-029       151-240         156-766        158-932          164-458
       Steers T                       129-002         134-529         136-872         142-398          144-697         150-223       152-478         158-004        160-258          165-785
       Heifers T                      124-803         130-329         132-407         137-933          140-011         145-537       147-482         153-008        155-042          160-568