Commission Regulation (EEC) No 797/88 of 25 March 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 as regards products from animals treated with substances having a hormonal action

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 797/88
of 25 March 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 as regards products from animals treated with substances having a hormonal action
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 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3905/87 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (4), lists the requirements that must be met by products bought in by intervention agencies;
Whereas under Council Directive 88/146/EEC of 7 March 1988 prohibiting the use in livestock farming of certain substances having a hormonal action (5), and in particular Article 2 thereof, the administration of certain substances having a hormonal action to farm animals for purposes other than those specified in Article 4 of Council Directive 81/602/EEC of 31 July 1981 concerning the prohibition of certain substances having a hormonal action and of any substances having a thyrostatic action (6) is, from 1 January 1988, prohibited throughout the Community;
Whereas, therefore, provision should be made for meat from animals treated with the substances prohibited by the abovementioned Directive to be excluded from intervention from a date permitting the disposal of such meat within the time limits laid down for the placing on the market of all meat from animals treated with those substances; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 should therefore be amended to incorporate the new requirements for products bought in by intervention agencies;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,