31985R2624

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2624/85

of 18 September 1985

amending Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 laying down detailed rules on the sale of frozen beef and veal for export from intervention stocks

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 7 (3) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 (2) lays down detailed rules on the sale of frozen beef and veal for export from intervention stocks;

Whereas forequarters and hindquarters from intervention stocks may in certain cases have been handled a number of times; whereas in order to help with the presentation and marketing of such meat its repackaging should be authorized, subject to the observance of precise conditions;

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

The following Article 5a is hereby inserted in Regulation (EEC) No 985/81:

'Article 5a

The competent authorities may allow bone-in forequarters and hindquarters, the packaging material of which is torn or soiled, to be placed in new packaging of the same type under their supervision before presentation for consignment at the customs office of departure.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 18 September 1985.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.

(2) OJ No L 99, 10. 4. 1981, p. 38.