CELEX: 31974R3180
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3180/74 of the Commission of 17 December 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 221/72 as regards the maximum tolerance for quantity losses occurring during the storage of beef held in intervention

No L 339 / 14                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             18 . 12 . 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 3180/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 17 December 1974
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 221 /72 as regards the maximum tolerance for
                  quantity losses occurring during the storage of beef held in intervention
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                      Article 1
Economic Community ;
                                                                 The text of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 221 /72
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     is replaced by the following :
2305/70 (*) of 10 November 1970 on the financing of
intervention expenditure in respect of the domestic                   '1 .  The maximum tolerance as referred to in
market in beef and veal, as amended by Regulation                     Article 3 (2) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2305/70
(EEC) No 330/74 (2), and in particular Article 3 (2)(c)               shall be 1 % . Such tolerance represents the differ­
thereof ;                                                             ence between the weight of the product unpacked
                                                                      as recorded on taking over and the weight of the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 221 /72 (3)                    product packed as recorded on release from
of 31 January 1972 fixing the coefficients to be used                 storage .
for the purpose of determining inventory value and                    In the case of forequarters or hindquarters boned
specifying the maximum tolerance for quantity losses                  after taking over, allowance shall be made in
occurring during the storage of beef held in interven­                applying the tolerance for a weight loss of 32 % as
tion specifies a maximum for weight losses occurring                  a result of boning.
during intervention storage in respect both of
unboned meat and of forequarters boned by the inter­                  2. The maximum tolerance specified in para­
vention agencies ;                                                    graph 1 shall apply only in respect of quantities
Whereas it has become clear in the course of interven­                taken over before 1 January 1975 .'
tion measures by the Member States that average
maximum tolerance of 1 % in respect of meat stored                                         Article 2
unboned should be maintained until the end of 1974 ;
Whereas the permissible average weight loss as a                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
result of the boning by intervention agencies of fore­            following that of its publication in the Official
quarters and hindquarters should be set at 32 % ;                Journal of the European Communities.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              It shall be applicable in respect of intervention opera­
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                 tions carried out by the Member States since 14 May
ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,                                1973 .
              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 249, 17. 11 . 1970 , p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 37, 9 . 2 . 1974, p. 5 .
(3 ) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2 . 1972, p. 54 .