CELEX: 31979R1198
Language: en
Date: 1979-06-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1198/79 of 15 June 1979 on the granting at a standard rate fixed in advance of private storage aid for beef forequarters

19 . 6 . 79                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 150 / 5
                                             COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1198 /79
                                                               of 15 June 1979
                    on the granting at a standard rate fixed in advance of private storage aid for beef
                                                                 forequarters
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           granting private storage aid for beef and veal (8), as
  COMMUNITIES ,                                                            amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 428 / 77 (9), provides
                                                                           that a decrease or an increase of the storage period
                                                                           can be decided on if the market situation calls for it ;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   whereas it is therefore appropriate to fix, in addition
   Economic Community,                                                     to the amounts of aid for a specified storage period ,
                                                                           the amount to be added when this period is
  Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                            lengthened ;
  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 Arti­
                                                                           whereas, in order to avoid financing normal private
  cles 6 (5) (b) and 8 (2) thereof,
                                                                           storage, it appears desirable to specify high minimum
                                                                           quantities ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
  878 /77 of 25 April 1977 on the exchange rates to be
  applied in agriculture (3 ), as last amended by Regula­
  tion ( EEC) No 705/79 (4 ),                                              Whereas the amount of the security required should
                                                                          be such as to oblige the storer to fulfil the obligations
                                                                          undertaken by him ;
  Whereas, in the present situation , which is character­
  ized by diverging prices in the different Member
  States and in particular by seasonal difficulties in the
  market for forequarters, aids for the private storage of                Whereas under Article 4 ( 2) of Council Regulation
  beef forequarters should be granted ;                                   ( EEC) No 1 134/ 68 ( 10) sums referred to in the said
                                                                          Article are to be paid on the basis of the conversion
                                                                          rate applicable at the time when the transaction or
 Whereas it should be ensured that the animals from                       part transaction is carried out ; whereas under Article
 which the forequarters come are slaughtered solely in                    6 of the same Regulation the time when a transaction
  slaughterhouses approved and supervised in accor­                       is carried out shall be considered as being the date on
  dance with Council Directive 64/433/ EEC of 26 June                     which the event occurs, as defined by Community
  1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community                       rules or, in the absence of and pending adoption of
  trade in fresh meat (5), as last amended by Directive                   such rules, by the rules of the Member State
  75/379/ EEC (6) ;                                                       concerned, which gives entitlement to the amount
                                                                          involved in the transaction ; whereas, however, by
                                                                          virtue of Article 4 (3) of Regulation ( EEC) No 878 /77,
 Whereas, in order to facilitate storage operations,                      derogations may be made from the abovementioned
 certain conditions of Commission Regulation ( EEC)                       provisions ;
  No 1071 / 68 of 25 July 1968 laying down detailed
 rules for granting private storage aid for beef and
 veal ( 7), and in particular those concerning the security
 required, should be amended ; whereas the                                Whereas, in respect of private storage aid for beef, the
 consequences of putting too small a quantity into                        rate of exchange to be used for calculating the amount
 storage and of withdrawing meat prematurely should                       of this aid in national currency should be that
 also be specified ;                                                      obtaining at the time when the contract for private
                                                                          storage aid is concluded ;
 Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No
 989/ 68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for
                                                                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(')  OJ    No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .                           are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
(2 ) OJ    No  L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .                                ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
(3)  OJ    No  L 106, 29 . 4 . 1977, p . 27 .
(•*) OJ    No  L 89 , 9 . 4 . 1979 , p . 1 .
(5 ) OJ    No  121 , 29 . 7 . 1964, p . 2012/ 64 .                       ( s ) OJ No L 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p . 10,
(6)  OJ    No  L 172, 3 . 7 . 1975 , p. 17 .                             O OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p . 17.
( 7) OJ    No  L 180 , 26 . 7 . 1968 , p. 19 .                           ( IC ) OJ No L 188 , 1 . 8 . 1968 , p . 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                 (a) not less than 90 % of that quantity, the amount of
                                                                   private storage aid shall be reduced proportion­
                                                                   ally ;
                         Article 1
                                                              (b) less than 90 % of that quantity, private storage aid
 1.     From 25 June until 31 July 1979 applications               shall not be paid .
may be submitted for aid for the private storage of
forequarters from adult bovine animals . The amounts           In the case of boned meat, the percentage indicated in
of such aid per tonne, exclusive of packaging, shall be       (a) and (b) and the lower percentage indicated in
as shown in the Annex hereto . If the quantities for          Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1071 / 68 shall be
which contracts have been applied for or if the market        equal to 85 % .
situation make it appropriate the final date for the
submission of applications may be changed .                   4.     No aid shall be granted in respect: of any quan­
                                                              tity placed in store in excess of the quantity for which
2.      The amount of aid shall be adjusted if the dura­      the contract was concluded .
tion of storage is lengthened . The amount to be added
per month shall be as shown in column 4 of the
Annex hereto .
                                                                                       Article 5
3.      Subject as provided in this Regulation , the rules
laid down in Regulation ( EEC) No 1071 / 68 shall              1 . The period of storage shall , at the request of the
apply.                                                        storer to be submitted when lodging his tender, be
                                                              either five or six months .
                         Article 2                            2.     No aid shall be payable unless all the meat
                                                              remains in store throughout the storage period .
Private storage aid may be granted only in respect of
meat produced in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) A (a)
to (e) of Council Directive 64/433 / EEC .                                             Article 6
                         Article 3                             1.    The amount of the security shall be 120 ECU
                                                              per tonne .
1.      The minimum quantity per contract shall be 30
tonnes .                                                      2.     In cases of force majeure, the intervention
                                                              agency shall take such measures as it considers neces­
2.      Storing must be completed within 40 days              sary having regard to the circumstances invoked .
following the conclusion of the contract and at the
latest on 1 September 1979 .                                  The intervention agency shall inform the Commission
                                                              of each case of force majeure and of the action taken
The storage period shall begin on the day on which            in respect thereof.
storing is completed .
3.      By way of derogation from Article 2 ( 2) of Regu­
                                                                                       Article 7
lation ( EEC) No 1071 /68 , private storage aid may be
granted only for products obtained from animals
slaughtered within the Community not more than 10             Aid shall be paid at the request of the person entitled
days previously.                                              thereto and at the latest on the 1 5th day following
                                                              that on which it is ascertained that the obligations
                                                              under the contract have been fulfilled .
                         Article 4
1 . The contractor may , before placing them in                                        Article 8
store, cut and bone all or part of the products referred
to in the Annex, provided that all the meat resulting
from such boning or cutting operations is placed in           The rate to be used in relation to private storage aid is
store .
                                                              the representative rate on the day the contract is
                                                              finalized .
2.      For the purposes of this Regulation , 100 kilo­
grams of unboned meat shall be equal to 70 kilograms
of boned meat .                                                                        Article 9
3.      In the case of meat stored without cutting or         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
boning, if the quantity stored is less than the quantity      publication in the Official Journal of the European
for which the contract was concluded and :                    Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 15 June 1979 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                       Vice-President
                                                          ANNEX
                                                          Amount of aid , in ECU / tonne ,
                                                             for a storage period of           Amount in ECU / tonne
                    Products for which aid is granted
                                                                                               to be added per month
                                                           5 months          6 months
           Forequarters, fresh or chilled , from
           adult bovine animals                              365                400                      35