CELEX: 31978R1988
Language: en
Date: 1978-08-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1988/78 of 16 August 1978 postponing the qualifying date for the sale of beef held by the intervention agencies under Regulation (EEC) No 1027/78

No L 228 / 10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              19 . 8 . 78
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1988/78
                                                       of 16 August 1978
               postponing the qualifying date for the sale of beef held by the intervention agen­
                                            cies under Regulation (EEC) No 1027/78
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                    ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in beef and veal ( ! ), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular                                           Article 1
Article 7 (3) thereof,
                                                                    In Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1027/78 the
Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC)                   date '1 November 1977' is hereby replaced by '1
 No 1027/78 of 19 May 1978 concerning the sale for                 January 1978 '.
export at prices fixed at a standard rate in advance of
beef held by the intervention agencies (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1406/78 (4), fixed                                           Article 2
certain sale prices for beef taken over by the interven­
tion agencies before 1 November 1977 ; whereas the                  If the quantities available from an intervention agency
situation regarding stocks is such that this date should           are not sufficient to satisfy all the applications
be postponed to 1 January 1978 in order to facilitate              submitted on the day on which this Regulation enters
the sale of meat bought in by the intervention agen­               into force, all such applications shall be deemed to
cies before that date ;                                            have been submitted at the same time.
Whereas provision should be made for the fairer
apportionment of the meat concerned where the quan­                                         Article 3
tities available are limited, thus avoiding discouraging
prospective purchasers who are unable to submit their              This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 September
applications in time ;                                              1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 16 August 1978 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
(>) OJ  No  L 148 , 28 .  6. 1968 , p. 24.
(2) OJ  No  L 61 , 5. 3 . 1977, p.   1.
(3) OJ  No  L 132, 20.    5. 1978,  p. 53 .
(<) OJ  No  L 170, 27.    6. 1978,  p. 23 .