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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 261 , 26 . 9 . 1978 , P . 5 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 99 , 10 . 4 . 1981 , P . 22 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 99 , 10 . 4 . 1981 , P . 25 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 132 , 19 . 5 . 1973 , P . 3 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977 , P . 16 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2298/81

OF 10 AUGUST 1981

AMENDING REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 2226/78 AND ( EEC ) NO 980/81 AS REGARDS THE BEEF PRODUCTS WHICH MAY BE TAKEN INTO INTERVENTION IN CERTAIN MEMBER STATES , AND THEIR COEFFICIENTS

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 ) ( C ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS THE COEFFICIENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 WERE FIXED BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2226/78 ( 2 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 979/81 ( 3 ); WHEREAS IT APPEARS ADVISABLE TO AMEND CERTAIN OF THOSE COEFFICIENTS ; WHEREAS THIS ENTAILS ALTERING CERTAIN OF THE INTERVENTION PURCHASE PRICES FOR BEEF VALID WITH EFFECT FROM 6 APRIL 1981 AND FIXED BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 980/81 ( 4 );

WHEREAS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1302/73 ( 5 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 427/77 ( 6 ), THE QUALITIES AND CUTS OF THE PRODUCTS TO BE BOUGHT IN BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES MUST BE DETERMINED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT , ON THE ONE HAND , THE NEED TO GIVE EFFECTIVE SUPPORT TO THE MARKET AND TO MAINTAIN THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE MARKET CONCERNED AND THAT IN COMPETING ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND , ON THE OTHER HAND , THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS APPLICATION OF THESE CRITERIA IN THE PRESENT SITUATION ON THE BEEF MARKET AT THE START OF THE PERIOD FOR THE MARKETING OF GRASS FEED CATTLE INDICATES THAT ' OCHSEN A ' SHOULD BE INCLUDED TEMPORARILY IN THE LIST OF PRODUCTS WHICH MAY BE TAKEN INTO INTERVENTION IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IN ORDER TO COPE WITH THE SUBSTANTIAL SEASONAL SUPPLIES OF THIS CATEGORY OF ANIMAL ;

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

ANNEX I TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2226/78 IS REPLACED BY ANNEX I TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 980/81 IS REPLACED BY ANNEX II TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 17 AUGUST 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 10 AUGUST 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION