20. 10. 80 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 276/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2658/80 of 17 October 1980 laying down detailed rules on intervention buying-in in the sheepmeat sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organiza- tion of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (!), and in particular Article 7 (7) (a) and (c) thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 made provi- sion for a system of buying-in of certain products in the sheepmeat sector by the Member States’ interven- tion agencies ; whereas the general rules for the said system were laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2644/80 (2); whereas it is necessary to lay down detailed implementing rules ; Whereas, in order to ensure efficient intervention buying-in, a minimum quantity for delivery to inter- vention agencies should be laid down ; whereas, more- over, in order to guarantee the quality of the products bought-in, they must comply with the requirements of Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat(®), as last amended by Directive 75/379/EEC (*); Whereas, in order to ensure equal treatment of sellers, the buying-in price and the place where the product is taken over by the intervention agency should be defined ; whereas that place may, in principle, be the intervention centre to which the seller intends to deliver his products ; whereas it must, however, be left to the intervention agency to appoint another place if taking over at the centre designated by the seller is not possible ; Whereas, with the object of organizing buying-in by intervention agencies in a rational manner, criteria for the selection of intervention centres should be laid down ; whereas the choice of such centres should be determined by certain technical requirements to ensure satisfactory storage of the meat; Whereas, in order that intervention measures may be carried out as efficiently as possible, it is necessary to (1) OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 275, 18. 10. 1980, p. 8. () O] No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64. *) ensure that losses sustained during cold-storage are as low as possible and that the quality of the products bought-in by intervention agencies is maintained, as far as possible, even during a relatively long storage period ; Whereas it is therefore necessary to adopt Community measures on freezing and storage temperatures and on packing ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Sheep and Goats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 For the purposes of the intervention measures laid down in Article 6 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80, the minimum quantity for delivery shall be two tonnes. However, the intervention agencies may fix higher minimum quantities but these may not exceed five times the quantity fixed in the above subparagraph. Article 2 Products may be bought-in only if they: (@) come from animals slaughtered not more than six days previously, other than rams, ewes and preg- . nant lambs ; (b) are classified and identified according to a national classification system in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2644/80 ; (c) comply with the Directive 64/433/EEC; provisions  of (d) satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex; (e) have no characteristics rendering them unsuitable for storage or subsequent use ; (f) originate in the Community, within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 ; (g) do not come from animals slaughtered as a result of emergency measures.