Article 1 
1. Operators and organisations marketing beef within the meaning of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 820/97 shall label it in accordance with the rules referred to in the first, third and fourth indents of the second subparagraph of Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 820/97. However, Member States may continue to have recourse to the possibility provided for in Article 19(4) of Regulation (EC) No 820/97 after 1 January 2000. In this case, the provisions of Article 19(5) of Regulation (EC) No 820/97 shall continue to apply. 2. The rules relating to the voluntary system, which applied until 31 December 1999 in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97, will continue to be applicable to any voluntary indication, additional to the obligatory labelling system referred to in paragraph 1. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2000 until 31 August 2000. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 December 1999. For the Council The President T. HALONEN (1) OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2000 until 31 August 2000. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 December 1999. For the Council The President T. HALONEN (1) OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.