Article 1 
For the 1997/1998 marketing year, the intervention price for carcases of male animals in category R 3 of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 (6) shall be ECU 347,5 per 100 kilograms deadweight. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 1997. For the Council The President J. VAN AARTSEN (1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2222/96 (OJ No L 296, 21. 11. 1996, p. 50). (2) OJ No C 101, 27. 3. 1997, p. 15. (3) Opinion delivered on 12 June 1997 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (4) Opinion delivered on 29 May 1997 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (5) OJ No L 156, 29. 6. 1996, p. 3. (6) OJ No L 123, 7. 5. 1981, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1026/91 (OJ No L 106, 26. 4. 1991, p. 2).
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 1997