EUR-Lex - 31968R0391 - EN

Article 1

1. Intervention centres shall be selected by Member States with a view to ensuring the efficiency of intervention measures and so that taking over and refrigeration are effected under satisfactory technical conditions.

1. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure satisfactory preservation of the stored products.

Article 2

The minimum quantity for delivery shall be: (a) 1 metric ton in respect of carcases or half carcases,

(b) 0 75 metric ton in respect of breast of pork (streaky),

(c) 0 75 metric ton in respect of unrendered pig fat.

Article 3

The buying-in price shall be the price free at the intervention centre's refrigeration plant, unloading charges being borne by the seller. 1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2283/67. 2 OJ No 135, 30.6.1967, p. 2872/67.

Article 4

1. When the offer for sale is submitted to the intervention agency the intervention centre to which the seller intends to deliver the product and where the product is located at the time of the offer must be stated.

1. The intervention agency shall determine the taking over date.

1. If the product cannot be taken over at the intervention centre referred to in paragraph 1, the intervention agency shall select the place of where the product is to be taken over among the three intervention centres nearest to where the product is located at the time of the offer.

Article 5

1. Products may be bought-in only if: (a) they comply with the provisions of the Council Directive of 26 June, 1 on health problems concerning intra-Community trade in fresh meat, as amended by the Council Directive of 25 October 1966, 2 and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,

(b) they satisfy the requirements defined in the Annex hereto, and

(c) they are classified, so far as pig carcases or half-carcases are concerned, in accordance with Regulation No 211/67/EEC.

1. The following products may not be bought-in: (a) those possessing characteristics which render them unsuitable for storage or subsequent use,

(b) those derived from the slaughter of sows or boars, or

(c) those not derived from pigs originating in the Community.

1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the provisions adopted in application of this Article.

Article 6

Member States shall communicate to the Commission, not later than at the time when products are first bought-in, the intervention centres and their refrigeration and storage capacity. Any subsequent amendment shall be communicated forthwith.

Article 7

1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission by telex every other working day of the week the following information relating to the buying-in operations of the preceding week: (a) the products, qualities und quantities bought-in,

(b) the price paid for each product and quality.

1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission with the minimum delay the products and quantities in store at the end of the second and fourth weeks of each month, stating the products and quantities stored and the address of their place of storage.

1. The working of the intervention system shall be reviewed periodically under the provisions of Article 25 of Regulation No 121/67/EEC.

Article 8

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

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

Done at Brussels, 1 April 1968.

For the Commission

The President

Jean REY 1 OJ No 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64. 2 OJ No 192, 27.12.1966, p. 3302/66.

ANNEX Products which may be bought-in

1. Carcases or half carcases of domestic swine, fresh or chilled (subheading No ex 02.01 A III (a) 1 of the Common Customs Tariff): (a) of animals slaughtered not more than four days previously and well bled,

(b) symmetrically divided following the spine,

(c) offered without head, chaps, necks, flare fat, kidneys, forefeet, tail, flank and marrow.

1. Breast (streaky) fresh or chilled (subheading No ex 02.01 A III (a) 5 of the Common Customs Tariff): (a) of animals slaughtered not more than eight days previously,

(b) of a maximum weight of 8 kg per piece,

(c) having at least eight ribs and cut at a right angle from the shoulder between the third and fourth ribs,

(d) presented with rind but without flank, outer pig fat or dugs.

1. Unrendered back-fat, fresh or chilled (subheading No ex 02.05 A I of the Common Customs Tariff): (a) of animals slaughtered not more than eight days previously,

(b) cut at a right angle,

(c) presented with rind free of meat,

(d) of a minimum thickness of 2 cm and a minimum width of 15 cm between the back and the breast.

1. The products referred to in 1, 2 and 3 must have been chilled from the time of slaughtering until taken over and must have when taken over an internal temperature not exceeding + 4 °C.