Commission Regulation (EEC) No 796/84 of 27 March 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 796/84
of 27 March 1984
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981 establishing the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (2) lays down that carcases and half-carcases must be classified as soon as possible after slaughter, that such classification must be carried out in the slaughterhouse itself and that the classified products must be identified by marking;
Whereas a better knowledge of the products in intervention stocks is needed; whereas, to this effect, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3042/83 (4), should contain a provision requiring the intervention agencies to ensure the classification of the products taken over and to identify them by means of marking;
Whereas Member States should be authorized, until 30 June 1984, to apply a method of identification other than marking, on condition that category, conformation and fat class are identified;
Whereas the letters A or C which should be used for marking the appropriate category should correspond to the definitions laid down in the first and third indents respectively of Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81, the letter A referring to carcases of uncastrated young male animals of less than two years of age and the letter C referring to carcases of castrated male animals;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,