CELEX: 31977R0869
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-26 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 869/77 of 26 April 1977 fixing the guide price and the intervention price for adult bovine animals for the 1977/78 marketing year

No L 106/ 12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                              29 . 4 . 77
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 869/77
                                                         of 26 April 1977
              fixing the guide price and the intervention price for adult bovine animals for
                                                    the 1977/78 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Member States by 1 January 1 978 at the latest ;
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       whereas these provisions apply to the guide .price for
                                                                    adult bovine animals under Article 90 of the Act of
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Accession ;
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                    Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 provides for an
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       intervention system including inter alia the obliga­
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   tion to buy in beef meeting certain quality require­
                                                                    ments ; whereas the reasons, which in the 1976/77
of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by
                                                                    marketing year resulted in provisions being made for
 Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular
                                                                    the possible suspension of intervention measures in
Article 3 (3), the first paragraph of Article 4 and the
second subparagraph of Article 6 (4) thereof,                       regions where prices were relatively high, are still
                                                                    valid for the 1977/78 marketing year,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­
ment (3),                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee (4),                                                                              A rticle 1
Whereas, when the guide price for adult bovine
animals is fixed, account should be taken both of the               For the 1977/78 marketing year the guide price for
objectives of the common agricultural policy and of                 adult bovine animals shall be fixed at the following
                                                                    levels :
the contribution which the Community desires to
                                                                                                                  (u.a./100 kg lireweight)
make to the harmonious development of world trade ;
whereas the common agricultural policy aims inter                                                            Other Member States and , from
                                                                       Ireland and United Kingdom
alia to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricul­                                                  I January i 978 , all Member States
tural community, to guarantee the availability of
supplies and to ensure that supplies reach consumers
                                                                                  118.27                                  1 22.90
at reasonable prices ;
Whereas the guide price must be fixed in accordance
with the criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 805/68 ; whereas for the 1977/78
marketing year it should be fixed at a slightly higher                                             Article 2
level than that adopted for the previous marketing
year ;                                                              For the 1977/78 marketing year :
Whereas, moreover, in view of the current economic                  — the intervention price referred to in the second
situation on the beef and veal market the intervention                  subparagraph of Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
price for the 1977/78 marketing year for adult bovine                    No 805/68 shall be fixed at the following levels :
animals should be fixed at the same level in relation                                                              (u.a./100 kg hi t weight)
to the guide price as that adopted for the previous                                                            Other Member States and, from
marketing year ;                                                           Ireland and United Kingdom        1 January' 1978 , all Member States
Whereas Article 52 (2) of the Act of Accession
provides for annual alignment at the beginning of                                     106.44                                110.61
each marketing year of the prices applied in the new
Member States ; whereas paragraph 4 thereof provides
that the common prices are to be applied in the new
                                                                    — the price level referred to in the first sentence of
(')  OJ No L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .                              Article 6 (3) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 shall
(:)  OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977 , p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No C  93 , 18 . 4 . 1977, p. 11 .                                be 110-61 units of account per 100 kilograms live­
(«)  OJ No C  77, 30 . 3 . 1977, p. 15.                                  weight.
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                     Article 3                              totally or partially suspended in a Member State or a
                                                            region when the price recorded on the representative
The dates 30 April 1977 and 1 May 1977 in Article 1         market or markets of that Member State or of that
of Regulation (EEC) No 649/77 shall be replaced by 1        region is equal to or higher than 95 % of the guide
May 1977 and 2 May 1977 respectively.                       price for a certain period.
                     Article 4
                                                                                    Article 5
By way of derogation from Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regultion
(EEC) No 805/68, the intervention measures may be           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1977.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Luxembourg, 26 April 1977.
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                         The President
                                                                            J. SILKIN