31996R0608

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 608/96 of 3 April 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 443/96 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing within the Community and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1181/95

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 443/96 (3) provides for a sale of beef stored in Germany and the United Kingdom; whereas, given the present situation on the market in the United Kingdom, the sale provided for in that Member State should be cancelled;

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 (EC) No 443/96 is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 (1) (c) is deleted;

2. the third indent and the second subparagraph of Article 3 (2) are deleted;

3. Part (c) in Annex I is deleted;

4. the part headed 'UNITED KINGDOM` in Annex II is deleted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 9 April 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 April 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39.

(3) OJ No L 61, 12. 3. 1996, p. 16.