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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2104/83

of 27 July 1983

authorizing the German intervention agency to sell forequarters of bovine animals for processing into preserves with a view to constituting security 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 for strategic reasons the Federal Republic of Germany has safety stocks of certain foodstuffs; whereas these include beef preserves;

Whereas, moreover, substantial purchases by the intervention agency are a feature of the current situation on the beef and veal market in the Federal Republic of Germany; whereas in these circumstances the immediate utilization of part of the meat thus bought in for processing into the abovementioned preserves provides a useful outlet for the meat in question; whereas, therefore, the sale of this meat should be authorized before it is placed in stock, at a price equal to the buying-in price, with a view to processing it into preserves in order to constitute security stocks for the Land of Berlin in the Federal Republic of Germany;

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

From 1 August 1983 to the end of the 1983/84 marketing year, the German intervention agency shall be authorized to sell up to 12 000 tonnes of fresh or refrigerated forequarters which it has purchased under Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68.

Article 2

1. The products specified in Article 1 shall be sold only to the German public authorities and shall be processed into preserves with a view to constituting security stocks for the Land of Berlin.

2. The selling price of the products specified in Article 1 shall be equal to the buying-in price of the carcases or half-carcases, multiplied by 0,78.

3. For the purposes of this Regulation 'forequarters' shall mean the front part of the half-carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder and cut straight at the eighth rib, with the flank and breast attached.

Article 3

The Federal Republic of Germany shall notify the Commission of the measures taken to implement this Regulation.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1983.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 July 1983.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

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