Article 1 
For the 1996/97 marketing year the intervention price for carcases of male animals in category R3 of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 (8) shall be ECU 347,5 per 100 kilograms deadweight. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 26 June 1996. For the Council The President M. PINTO (1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (OJ No L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39). (2) OJ No C 125, 27. 4. 1996, p. 32. (3) Opinion delivered on 23 May 1996 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (4) Opinion delivered on 24 April 1996 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (5) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 58. (6) OJ No L 57, 1. 3. 1994, p. 50. (7) OJ No L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39. (8) OJ No L 123, 7. 5. 1981, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1206/96 (OJ No L 106, 26. 4. 1991, p. 2).
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 26 June 1996