CELEX: 31971R1795
Language: en
Date: 1971-08-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1795/71 of the Commission of 17 August 1971 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1097/68 as regards storage conditions and the definition of forequarters and hindquarters of adult bovine animals

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                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1795/71 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 17 August 1971
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 1097/68 as regards storage conditions and the definition
                                 of forequarters and hindquarters of adult bovine animals
 THE    COMMISSION       OF     THE    EUROPEAN      COM­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 MUNITIES,
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community ;
                                                                  The following shall be substituted for Article 4 (2) of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Regulation (EEC) No 1097/68 :
 805/68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation
of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by                     '2.    Member     States  shall take   all  measures
Regulation (EEC) No 1261/71 ,2 and in particular                       necessary to ensure the satisfactory preservation
Article 6 (4) thereof;                                                 of   the    stored   products.   The    refrigeration
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1097/683                        temperature shall not exceed minus 30 °C so that
of 27 July 1968, as last amended by Regulation                         an internal temperature not exceeding minus 7 °C
 (EEC) No 1536/71,4 laid down detailed rules for the                   may be obtained. The storage temperature shall
                                                                       not exceed minus 17 °C. '
application of intervention measures on the market in
beef and veal ;                                                        Meat in quarters shall be wrapped after
Whereas in order that intervention measures may be                     refrigeration in polythene or a like material , at
carried out as efficiently as possible, it is necessary to             least 0 05 mm thick, suitable for wrapping food
ensure that losses sustained during cold storage are as                products .'
low as possible and that the quality of the products
bought in by intervention agencies is maintained, as
                                                                                           Article 2
far as possible, even during a relatively long storage
period;
                                                                  The following shall be substituted for item 1 (b ) and
Whereas it is therefore necessary to adopt                        ( c) of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1097/68 :
Community measures on refrigeration and storage
temperatures and on packing;                                           '(b) Forequarters :
Whereas the requirements that meat should satisfy to                        — cut from the carcase after cooling off;
qualify for intervention measures were laid down in
Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1097/68 ; whereas                           — 10- or 8-rib straight cut; or 5- or 7-rib cut
the definition of certain cuts of forequarters and                              with the skirt included in the forequarter ;
hindquarters has proved to be too restrictive and
does not in every case take account of commercial                       (c) Hindquarters :
practice ; whereas it is therefore necessary to allow
other cuts ;                                                                — cut from the carcase after cooling off;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                        — 3 - or 5-rib straight cut; or 6- or 8-rib cut
are in accordance rwith the Opinion of the                                      known as pistola.'
Management Committee for Beef and Veal ;
                                                                                           Article 3
1 OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 24.
2 OJ No L 132, 18.6.1971 , p. 1 .                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
3 OJ No L 184, 29.7.1968 , p. 5.                                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
4 OJ No L 162 , 20.7.1971 , p . 25 .                              European Communities.
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    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
    States .
    Done at Brussels, 17 August 197L
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                     The President
                                                                 Franco M. MALFATTI