COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2787/98 of 22 December 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 on the determination of prices of fresh or chilled lamb carcases on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other qualities of sheep carcases in the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 of 3 November 1998 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 383/98 (3), lays down the rules for the determination of prices of fresh or chilled lamb carcases on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other qualities of sheep carcases in the Community;

Whereas the coefficients used for calculating the price of sheep carcases on the representative markets of the Community should be adjusted in the light of the figures available with regard to sheep production;

Whereas, the weighting coefficients used for the determination of prices recorded on the representative markets in the Member States should be adjusted in order to reflect the relative importance of the markets;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation;

2. in Annex II, paragraph G.1 is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from the beginning of the 1999 marketing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 312, 20. 11. 1998, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 130, 16. 5. 1986, p. 12.

(3) OJ L 48, 19. 2. 1998, p. 29.

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