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REGULATION ( EEC) No 2630/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 October 1975 on the boning of beef bought-in by the intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES,
Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; 1 . The intervention agencies of the Member States are hereby authorized to arrange for the boning of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No beef bought-in in accordance with Article 6 of Regula 805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza tion (EEC) No 805/68 . However, this authorization tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended shall apply only in respect of the first 1 000 metric by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), in particular Ar tons of the quantities purchased during any one week ticles 7 (3) and 25 thereof ; and in respect of 25 % of the quantities purchased during any week in excess of that amount. Whereas the intervention agencies have in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 2. The boned cuts must satisfy the conditions laid bought-in beef as defined in Commission Regulation down in the Council Directive of 26 June 1964 on ( EEC) No 536/75 (3) of 28 February 1975 fixing the health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat . buying-in prices for intervention on the market in beef applicable from 3 March 1975, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 20 1 1 /75 (4) ; Article 2
Whereas, in view of the large quantities of beef 1 . Boning shall be carried out under contract on bought-in by the intervention agencies, the latter terms laid down by the intervention agencies in accor were, as a temporary measure , authorized by Commis dance with their specifications. Such contracts shall be sion Regulation (EEC) No 1315/74 (5) of 28 May 1974 concluded solely with approved cutting plants within on the boning of beef bought-in by the intervention the meaning of Article 4(1 ) of the Council Directive agencies, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No referred to in Article 1 (2) above . 2473/75 (6), to arrange for the boning of the products bought-in by them ; 2. The specifications drawn up by the intervention agencies shall lay down the requirements to be met by Whereas the experience acquired during the period of the cutting plants, specify the installations required application of that Regulation has shown that boning and ensure that proper standards are maintained with can be continued, thus permitting better use of respect to the preparation of cuts . storage facilities ; They shall in particular lay down detailed conditions for boning, specifying the method of preparation , Whereas, however, detailed rules concerning such cutting, packing, freezing and preservation of cuts. boning should be laid down, in order to ensure that Council Directive ( 7) of 26 June 1964 on health The specifications as aforesaid can be obtained from problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh the addresses listed in the Annex hereto . meat, as last amended by the Directive of 24 June 1975 (8), is applied and to guarantee the quality of the 3 . Each Member State shall send to the Commis products in storage, to ensure their preservation under sion , at the latest 10 days before boning is begun , a the best possible conditions and to facilitate their list and definitions of the boned cuts referred to in marketing after removal from storage ; Article 1 (2), together with the specifications of the intervention agency located on its territory. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage Article 3 ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
1 . The intervention agencies shall be responsible (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. (2 ) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7. 1974, p. 14. for supervision of all operations carried out pursuant (3 ) OJ No L 56, 3 . 3 . 1975, p. 28 . to this Regulation . (4 ) OJ No L 204, 2. 8 . 1975, p. 6 . (5) OJ No L 144, 29 . 5 . 1974, p. 11 . 2 . No other meat may be in the boning room (o) OJ No L 253, 30 . 9 . 1975, p. 22. when intervention beef is being boned , trimmed and ( 7) OJ No 121 , 29 . 7. 1964, p . 2012/ 64 . (8) OJ No L 172, 3 . 7. 1975, p. 17 . packed .
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However, pigmeat may be in the boning room at the Article 5 same time as beef provided it is treated on a separate production line . 1 . The contracts referred to in Article 2 and the payment made thereunder shall cover the operations and costs resulting from the application of this Regula Article 4 tion , and in particular :
(a) boning, trimming, packing, loading, blast-freezing 1 . The boning room shall be maintained at a and storage ; temperature not exceeding + 10° C. (b) storage of frozen cuts until they are taken over by the intervention agency ; 2. During transport, boning, trimming and packing before blast-freezing the internal meat temperature (c) the cost of materials, in particular of packing, and must at no time exceed + 7° C. transport charges between the cutting plant and the refrigeration plant. 3 . All the bones, neckstrap, backstrap and connec tive tissue must be removed . 2. The intervention agencies may provide that bones, pieces of fat and other trimmings are to be 4. The boned cuts from the hindquarter, excluding retained by the cutting plants. In such cases the value the plate, flank and brisket, may not have a fat cover of the items retained is to be deducted from the of more than 1 cm, measured before freezing at the payment due under the contract. thickest point ; the fillet must be completely defatted.
Article 6 The weight of the visible fat, both external and intersti tial , of the forequarter excluding the plate, flank and brisket, including boned cuts from this quarter, 1 . The intervention agencies shall make available to expressed as a percentage of the product, may not the cutting plants the products referred to in Article exceed 10 % . 1 ( 1 ) at the latest on the second day after taking them over . However, in the case of the shoulder clod this maximum percentage shall be 6 % and in the case of 2. All the operations of boning, trimming, packing the plate, flank and brisket 30 % . and blast-freezing must be terminated within four days after the products concerned have been made The intervention agencies are authorized to apply available by the intervention agency. stricter criteria in respect of defatting.
Article 7 5 . The cuts shall be packed, in accordance with the following rules, in such a way that no part of the meat shall enter into direct contact with the carton : The intervention agencies shall make sure that the boned cuts obtained in conformity with the preceding (a) cuts from the hindquarter shall be packed in Articles are accepted and stored in easily identifiable cartons containing a maximum net weight of 30 lots . kg. Before being placed in the carton the cuts shall be wrapped separately and completely in polythene or like material ; Article 8 (b) cuts from the forequarter shall be placed either in cartons lined with a sheet of polythene or like The intervention agencies shall forward to the material , or wrapped in bags or polythene or like Commission within 21 days following the end of each material with a maximum net weight of 30 kg per week detailed information on the quantity of meat carton or bag. boned and the cuts produced during that week.
6. Only cuts with the same designation and from the same type of animal may be placed in the same Article 9 carton or bag . Regulation (EEC) No 1315/74 is hereby replealed. However there may be placed in the same carton or bag : Article 10 (a) cuts from hindquarters of steers and heifers ; (b) cuts from forequarters of cows and steers or of This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 October steers and heifers . 1 975 .
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 16 October 1975 .
For the Commission
P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission
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ANNEXE — ANHANG — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE — ANNEX — BILAG
Adresses des organismes d'intervention — Adressen van de interventiebureaus — An schriften der Interventionsstellen — Addresses of the intervention agencies — Indirizzi degli organismi d'intervento — Interventionsorganernes adresser
BELGIQUE/BELGIE : Office belge de l économie et Belgische Dienst voor Bedrijfs de l'agriculture leven en Landbouw rue de Trêves 82 Trierstraat 80-82 1040 Bruxelles 1040 Brussel
Tel . 02/513 /98 /20 , telex 240 76 OBEA BRU B
DANMARK : Direktoratet for Markedsordningerne Torvegade 2 DK- 1400 København K Tel . (01 ) Sundby 9810, Télex 15 137 DK
DEUTSCHLAND : Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Schlachtvieh, Fleisch und Fleischerzeug nisse ( EVSt) 6 000 Frankfurt am Main 18 Adickesallee 40 Tel . (06 11 ) 55 04 61 , Telex EVFLF D 04 11156
FRANCE : Office national interprofessionnel du bétail et des viandes (ONIBEV) 8-10, boulevard de Vaugirard, 75738 Paris CEDEX 15 telephone 273 88 00
IRELAND : Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Agriculture House Kildare Street Dublin 2 Tel . (01)78 90 11 , ext. 2356, Telex 4280 and 5118
ITALIA : Azienda di Stato per gli Interventi nel Mercato Agricolo (AIMA) Roma , Via Palestra 81 Tel . 49 57 283
LUXEMBOURG : Services d'économie rurale — section cheptel et viande — 113-115, rue de Hollerich Luxembourg, telephone 478 /443
NEDERLAND : Voedselvoorzienings In - en Verkoopbureau (V.I.B.) Hoensbroek ( L) Kouvenderstraat 229 Tel . 045-214 746
UNITED KINGDOM : Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce, Fountain House, 2 West Mall , Reading RG1 7QW Berks., Telex 848 302 Tel . : 0734-583 626