CELEX: 31977R0490
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 490/77 of 10 March 1977 bringing forward the qualifying date for the sale of beef by the intervention agencies under Regulations (EEC) No 2073/74 and (EEC) No 2320/74

11 . 3 . 77                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 65/25
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 490/77
                                                         of 10 March 1977
              bringing forward the qualifying date for the sale of beef by the intervention
                      agencies under Regulations (EEC) No 2073/74 and (EEC) No 2320/74
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       tities available are limited, thus avoiding discouraging
COMMUNITIES,                                                         prospective purchasers who are unable to submit their
                                                                     applications in time ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in beef and veal (x), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 568/76 (2), and in particular                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 7 (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2073/74                                                Article 1
of 5 August 1974 concerning the sale at prices fixed
in advance at a standard rate of beef and veal held by               In Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulations (EEC) No 2073/74 and
intervention agencies (3), and Commission Regulation                 (EEC) No 2320/74 the date '31 July 1976' is hereby
(EEC) No 2320/74 of 10 September 1974 on the sale                    replaced by *31 August 1976'.
at prices fixed at a standard rate in advance of beef
and veal held by the intervention agencies and                                                Article 2
intended for export (4), both as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 191 /77 (5), fix certain sale prices for             If the quantities available from an intervention agency
beef taken over by the intervention agencies before 31               are not sufficient to satisfy all the applications
July 1976 ; whereas the situation regarding stocks is                submitted on the day on which this Regulation enters
such that, in order to facilitate the sale of meat bought            into force, all such applications shall be deemed to
                                                                     have been submitted at the same time .
in by the intervention agencies during recent months,
this date should be brought forward to 31 August
1976 ;                                                                                        Article 3
Whereas provision should be made for the fairer                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 March
apportionment of the meat concerned where the quan­                   1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 10 March 1977.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
(■)  OJ  No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2)  OJ  No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 28 .
(3)  OJ  No L 216, 7. 8 . 1974, p. 1 1 .
(4 ) OJ  No L 248 , 11 . 9 . 1974, p. 8 .
(5 ) OJ  No L 25, 29 . 1 . 1977, p. 31 .