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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2691/84

of 24 September 1984

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2267/84 providing for the grant of private storage aid fixed at a standard rate in advance in respect of carcases, half-carcases, hindquarters and forequarters of beef

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 Articles 6 (5) (b) and 8 (2) thereof,

Whereas the definitions of 'carcase' and 'half-carcase' are laid down in Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981 determining the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (2); whereas, however, in the light of the practice in certain Member States, presentations which still include the mammary fat should be authorized for the purposes of applying Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2267/84 (3);

Whereas in order to facilitate the concurrent application of the arrangements for private storage aid and the advance payment of refunds provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2267/84, provision should be made for allowing a payment declaration as referred to in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 798/80 of 31 March 1980 laying down general rules on the advance payment of export refunds and positive monetary compensatory amounts in respect of agricultural products (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1663/81 (5), to be drawn up separately in respect of each of several lots covered by a storage contract;

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 2267/84 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The following paragraph 3 is added to Article 2:

'3. For the purposes of this Article, carcases and half-carcases shall be presented in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 (1). Carcases and half-carcases may, however, be presented with the mammary fat.

(1) OJ No L 123, 7. 5. 1981, p. 3.'

2. The following paragraph 3 is added to Article 6:

'3. For the purposes of paragraph 1, where a private storage contract is concluded for a quantity which consists of several lots which are placed in storage on different dates, each of the said lots may be the subject of a separate payment declaration. A payment declaration, as referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 798/80, shall be submitted for each lot on the day of its entry into storage.

"Lot" shall be taken to mean a quantity which is placed in storage on a given day.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 September 1984.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 September 1984.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 123, 7. 5. 1981, p. 3.

(3) OJ No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 31.

(4) OJ No L 87, 1. 4. 1980, p. 42.

(5) OJ No L 166, 24. 6. 1981, p. 9.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2691/84 of 24 September 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2267/84 providing for the grant of private storage aid fixed at a standard rate in advance in respect of carcases, half-carcases, hindquarters and forequarters of beef

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