CELEX: 31974D0423
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31 July 1974 on the sale of beef and veal at reduced prices to certain categories of consumer

13 . 8 . 74                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 223/9
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 31 July 1974
               on the sale of beef and veal at reduced prices to certain categories of consumer
                                                       (74/423/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
COMMUNITIES .                                                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                 ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing . the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1855/74 (2), and in particular                                    Article 1
Articles 22a (2) and 25 thereof ;
                                                                 Member States are hereby authorized, until 6 April
Whereas under Council Regulation (EEC) No                        1975, to grant an aid to consumers in receipt of social
1856/74 (3) of 16 July 1974 laying down general rules            welfare benefits to enable them to purchase at reduced
governing the sale of beef and veal at reduced prices            prices fresh, frozep or chilled beef and veal .
to certain categories of consumer Member States may
be authorized to grant aid to enable recipients of
social welfare benefits to purchase beef and veal at                                     A rticlc 2
reduced prices ; whereas, given the present situation
on the market in beef and veal, provision should be              1 . The aid shall be granted in the form of coupons
made for aid to be granted over a period long enough             or equivalent documents of entitlement. These shall
for the operation to have some effect and to make                be distributed free of charge to consumers, shall be of
some contribution towards the relief of the market ;
                                                                 a certain face value expressed in national currency and
                                                                 destined to be used for payment of an amount not
Whereas the amount of the aid must be such as to                 exceeding 50 % of the price of the meat purchased.
enable the meat to be sold at a price which takes into
account the financial resources of the recipients and            2.    The maximum aid payable to consumers shall be
their habits of consumption ; whereas it is not                  2 units of account per person per month .
possible, however, owing to the differing natures of
the products concerned, to provide for a price reduc­
tion by reference to the weight of the product ;
                                                                                         Article 3
whereas a flat rate system should be adopted,
consisting in the distribution of coupons or other
documents of entitlement representing the average                The Member States shall be responsible through their
value of the various qualities of meat which a recip­            competent authorities for making the necessary
ient would be likely to consume during one month,                arrangements for the distribution of coupons or other
such coupons to be used in partial payment for the               documents of entitlement and for control arrange­
meat purchased ;                                                 ments designed to ensure that the aid benefits only its
                                                                 intended recipients.
Whereas the choice of measures to ensure that the
operation is carrjed out in a proper manner should, be
left to the Member States, so that they may have                                         Article 4
recourse to the system most appropriate ;
                                                                 Member States shall inform the Commission :
Whereas Member States should inform the Commis­
sion of the measures proposed by them and of the                 (a) whether and to what extent they intend to make
                                                                     use of this authorization ;
numbers of coupons or other documents of entitle­
ment issued ;                                                    (b) of the criteria for determining the categories of
                                                                     consumer referred to in Article 1 and of the prob­
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                              able number of recipients ;
0 OJ No L 195, 18 . 7. 1974, p. 14.
P) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7. 1974, p. 15.                             (c) of measures taken pursuant to Article 3 ;
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(d) each month, of the total value of coupons or other      Done at Brussels, 31 July 1974.
    documents of entitlement issued during the
    preceding month .                                                               For the Commission
                      Article 5                                                         The President
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .                                  Francois-Xavier ORTOLI