CELEX: 31974R3188
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3188/74 of the Commission of 17 December 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2622/74 as regards the method of calculation of certain transport costs in respect of beef offered for intervention

19 . 12 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 340 / 7
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3188/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 17 December 1974
                amending Regulation ( EEC) No 2622/74 as regards the method of calculation of
                          certain transport costs in respect of beef offered for intervention
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             'Article 2a
COMMUNITIES, .                                                             1.     By way of   alternative to the method of calcu­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     lation provided     for in Article 1 , additional trans­
Economic Community ;                                                       port costs may     be calculated on a fixed-rate basis
                                                                           as follows by       reference to the total transport
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                               distance :
805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended                     — distances of less than 100 km 0 u.a./metric ton,
                                                                          — distances of 100 km or more but less than 200
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2) ;
                                                                                km                             3-5 u.a./ metric ton ,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             — distances of 200 km or more but less than 300
 1302/73 (3) of 15 May 1973 laying down general rules                           km                            10-5 u.a./ metric ton ,
for intervention on the market in beef and veal, as                       — distances of 300 km or more but less than 400
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 729/74 (4), and in                             km                            17-5 u.a./ metric ton ,
particular the second paragraph of Article 4a thereof ;                   — distances of 400 km or more
Whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation                                                              27-0 u.a./ metric ton .
(EEC) No 2622/74 (5) of 16 October 1974 laying down
detailed rules for the taking over of certain transport                    2. The intervention agency shall determine the
costs in respect of beef and veal offered for interven­                    place at which the products are to be taken over
                                                                           and the total distance to be taken into account for
tion lays down a method for determining the distance
in respect of which additional transport costs are to be                   the purpose of calculating additional transport
                                                                          costs .
borne by the intervention agency ; whereas having
regard to the geographical location of the intervention                   That     distance   shall  be   considered   to  be   that
centres in certain Member States the application of                       between the place where the product offered for
that method could lead to difficulties in according                        intervention is located as communicated by the
equal treatment to producers who offer meat for inter­                    seller pursuant to Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
vention ; whereas it is therefore appropriate to provide                   No 1896/ 73 and the intervention centre where the
in the alternative for a method of calculating these                       product is actually taken over by the intervention
costs on a flat-rate basis ;                                              agency. This distance shall be calculated in kilome­
Whereas in this case only transport costs in respect of                    tres on the basis of the shortest route by road .
a distance of 100 kilometres or more should be taken
                                                                           3.     Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 2 shall apply.
into account ;
                                                                          Article 2b
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                      The Member States shall inform the Commission
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                          if they use the method of calculation provided for
ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,                                         in Article 2a .'
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                  Article 2
                              Article 1
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
The following Articles are added to Regulation (EEC)                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
No 2622/ 74 :                                                          the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 17 December 1974 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                 Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')  OJ No   L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.
(2 ) OJ No   L 195,  18 . 7. 1974, p. 14.
(3 ) OJ No   L 132,  19 . 5 . 1973 , p. 3 .
(4)  OJ No   L 182,  5 . 7. 1974, p. 4.
(5 ) OJ No   L 280 , 17 . 10 . 1974, p. 9 .