CELEX: 31974R1856
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1856/74 of the Council of 16 July 1974 laying down general rules governing the sale of beef and veal at reduced prices to certain categories of consummer

18 . 7. 74                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 195/ 15
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1856/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 16 July 1974
                 laying down general rules governing the sale of beef and veal at reduced prices
                                            to certain categories of consumer
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas detailed      rules   should be laid down     for
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    controlling such use and for implementing the
                                                                 measures required for the operation envisaged ;        ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43               Whereas provision should be made for the Member
 and 209 thereof ;                                              States to participate in the financing of this operation
                                                                and for the participation of the European Agricultural
                                                                Guidance and Guarantee Fund to be limited accord­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 805/68 ( J ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­           ingly to 50 % of the expenditure involved,
 tion of the market in beef and veal as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular
Article 22a (2) thereof ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                                         Article 1
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­
 ment ;
                                                                Member States are hereby authorized to grant aid to
Whereas the situation obtaining on the market in beef           enable recipients of social welfare benefits to purchase
and veal within the Community has for several                   beef and veal at reduced prices.
months been characterized by abnormally low prices
which have fallen to a level below that of the interven­
tion price ; whereas this situation has led to the exist­                                Article 2
ence of large stocks following intervention buying ;
                                                                The detailed rules for the application of this Regula­
Whereas there is 3 risk that this situation may deteri­         tion shall, in particular, cover the amount of the aid,
orate in coming the months when animals are                     controls to ensure that the meat is used as intended
removed from pasture ;                                          and, where appropriate, the selling price and charac­
                                                                teristics of the meat.
Whereas the current disturbance is aggravated because
it is technically impossible to buy into intervention
                                                                                         Article 3
sufficient quantities to relieve the market ; whereas,
releases from storage will not be sufficient to prevent
stocks increasing in the near future, in particular             By way of derogation from the arrangements set out
because of the limited outlets for frozen meat bought           in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
into intervention ;                                             729/70 (3) of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the
                                                                common agricultural policy, as last amended by Regu­
Whereas, other measures must accordingly be taken to            lation (EEC) No 2788 /72 (4), the Guarantee. Section of
facilitate sales of temporary surpluses of beef and veal ;      the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
whereas the sale of meat at reduced prices to certain           Fund shall finance only 50 % of expenditure incurred
categories of consumers, who purchase a limited                 in the sale provided for in this Regulation .
amount of such meat, constitutes such a measure,
since it enables them to consume a greater quantity of
meat than hitherto ; whereas, to this end, provision                                     Article 4
should be made for the granting of aid to such
consumers ;                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                following its publication in the Official Journal of
Whereas the aim of the operation entails taking appro­          the European Communities.
priate measures to ensure that the meat is used as
intended ;                                                      It shall apply until 6 April 1975.
(1 ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                         (3) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970 , p. 13.
(2) See page 14 of this Official Journal .                      (4) OJ No L 295, 30 . 12. 1972, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 16 July 1974.
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                      The President
                                                                   Christian BONNET