COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1811/84
of 28 June 1984
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
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 the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 6 (5) (d) thereof,
Whereas Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 941/84 (3), lays down the requirements to be satisfied by products bought in by intervention agencies;
Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 869/84 (4) the Council decided that, for a three-year experimental period, interventions measures would be applied on the basis of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 (5);
Whereas it is therefore necessary to lay down new requirements for the classification, identification and marking of meat to be bought in by intervention agencies;
Whereas, for accuracy and clarity in relation to the definition of the products and the presentation of carcases and half-carcases, certain specific provisions adopted in this respect by Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 referred to above should be included in Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 6 is replaced by the following:
'Article 6
1. Products may be bought in only if:
(a) in the case of live animals, they comply with the provisions of Directive 64/432/EEC;
(b) in the case of meat, they comply with the provisions of Directive 64/433/EEC;
(c) they have no characteristics rendering them unsuitable for storage or subsequent use;
(d) they originate in the Community, within the meaning of Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods (1).
2. Furthermore, in the case of meat, this may be bought in only if:
(a) it does not come from animals slaughtered as a result of emergency measures;
(b) it satisfies the requirements defined in Annex II;
(c) it is classified in accordance with the Community scale provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81; the intervention agencies may not alter the classification of the products offered;
(d) it is identified by means of markings indicating the category, the conformation class and the degree of fat cover. Marking shall be carried out by stamping with non-toxic indelible ink which cannot be altered, in accordance with a procedure agreed by the competent national authorities; the letters and figures must be at least 2 cm high. The markings shall be applied externally, on the upper part of each hindquarter and at the level of the shoulder of each forequarter;
(e) for the purposes of applying subparagraph (d), the letter ''A'' shall designate the category of carcases of uncastrated young male animals of less than two years of age defined in the first indent of Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81, and the letter ''C'' shall designate the category of carcases of castrated male animals defined in the third indent of the same paragraph.
(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1.'
2. Article 6a is repealed.
3. Annex II is replaced by the contents of the Annex to this Regulation.
4. Annex III is amended as follows:
(a) for France: the term 'ONIBEV' is replaced by 'OFIVAL';
(b) the following is inserted:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
(1) and (2) shall apply from 1 November 1984.
(3) and (4) shall apply from 1 July 1984.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.