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( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 24 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 210 , 1 . 8 . 1974 , P . 56 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 102 , 25 . 4 . 1979 , P . 11 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 41 , 16 . 2 . 1979 , P . 31 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1043/79

OF 28 MAY 1979

COMPLETING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2036/74 FIXING PRICES FOR THE SALE AT REDUCED PRICES TO CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES OF A SOCIAL CHARACTER OF HINDQUARTERS OF ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS HELD BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES

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 REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 425/77 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 7 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS THE SELLING PRICES FOR BEEF AND VEAL HELD BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES WERE FIXED BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2036/74 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 803/79 ( 4 );

WHEREAS IT APPEARS APPROPRIATE , AS A MATTER OF PRIORITY , TO PROVIDE FOR THE SALE OF THE OLDEST MEAT ;

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 295/79 ( 5 ) LIMITS SUCH SALES TO MEAT BOUGHT IN BEFORE 31 DECEMBER 1978 ;

WHEREAS IT IS NOW APPROPRIATE TO RELEASE FURTHER BEEF FOR THIS SALE ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR BEEF AND VEAL ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2036/74 IS COMPLETED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' ARTICLE 1A

THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES SHALL GIVE PRIORITY TO SALES OF MEAT WHICH HAVE BEEN IN STORE LONGEST .

THEY MAY IN NO CASE SELL MEAT WHICH THEY HAVE RECEIVED AFTER 31 MARCH 1979 . '

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 BRUSSELS , 28 MAY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT