22. 6. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 149/23 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1124/9¢ of 21 June 1996 opening intervention in accordance with Article 6 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Heving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 894/96 (3, and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof, Whereas Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 provides that intervention must be opened in a Member State or region of a Member State if for two consecutive weeks the average Community market price of young uncastrated male animals less than two years old or castrated male animals, recorded on the basis of the Community grading scale is less than 78 % of the inter- vention price and the average market price in the Member State concerned, calculated on the same basis, is less than 60 % of the intervention price; Whereas where the conditions are met, all offers to sell into intervention must be accepted in the Member State or region of the Member State concerned for those products referred to in Article 4 of Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 as regards the general and special inter- vention measures for beef (*), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 307/96 (¥) and in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1037/96 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 (% Whereas the conditions referred to above are met in rela- tion to young uncastrated male animals less than two years old in Great Britain, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Intervention, as referred to in Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, is opened in the Member States and regions of the Member States listed in the Annex to this Regulation of the categories and qualities referred to therein. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 21 June 1996. () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () O] No L 125, 23. 5. 1996, p. 1. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission () OJ No L 225, 4. 9. 1993, p. 4. () OJ No L 43, 21. 2. 1996, p. 3. () OJ No L 138, 11. 6. 1996, p. 8.