Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2755/80 of 28 October 1980 on the conditions for implementing and suspending intervention buying in of sheepmeat

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2755/80 of 28 October 1980 on the conditions for implementing and suspending intervention buying in of sheepmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), and in particular Article 7 (7) (b) and (c),
Whereas Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 lays down that intervention measures in the form of the buying in of sheepmeat may be taken where the price recorded pursuant to Article 4 of that Regulation is equal to or less than the seasonally-adjusted intervention price and, at the same time, the price recorded on the representative markets of a given region is lower than that price ; whereas, moreover, paragraph 4 of the same Article provides that the said intervention measures may be taken only in respect of qualities whose price is below a buying-in price calculated on the basis of the seasonally-adjusted intervention price ; whereas, finally, paragraph 5 of the same Article provides that intervention buying in is to be suspended where the price recorded pursuant to Article 4 is, for a certain period, above the seasonally-adjusted intervention price ; whereas it is desirable to fix the said period at two consecutive weeks;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2644/80 (2) laid down the conditions subject to which certain qualities may be bought in by intervention ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2658/80 (3) laid down detailed rules for such buying in;
Whereas the prices recorded on the representative markets are to be sent by the Member States to the Commission not later than each Thursday, pursuant to Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2657/80 (4) ; whereas it is necessary to lay down the conditions for implementing and suspending intervention buying in;
Whereas such buying in may be carried out only in the Member States which so request;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,