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C 59/24 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 3. 1999 Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. /1999 of. 1999 99/0037(CNS) fixing the intervention price for adult bovine animals for the period from 1 July to 31 December 1999 (1999/C 59/14) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(2) thereof, in beef and veal (1), as Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard Parliament, to the opinion of the European Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, Whereas, when fixing the common agricultural prices each year, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy; whereas the objectives of the common agricultural policy are in particular to guarantee a fair standard of living for the agricultural community and to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices; whereas the draft reform of the beef and veal sector currently under discussion already proposes that the intervention factors price should be fixed for the period from 1 January to 30 June 2000; whereas the these intervention price fixed for the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999 by Council Regulation (EC) No 1364/98 of 26 June 1998 fixing, for the 1998/1999 marketing year, the intervention price for adult bovine animals (3), being retained for the period from 1 July to 31 December 1999, result in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the period from 1 July to 31 December 1999 the intervention price for carcases of male animals in category R3 of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 (4), as amended by (EEC) No 1026/91 (5), shall be EUR Regulation 347,5/100 kg deadweight. Article 2 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. For the Council The President. (1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. (2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 17. (3) OJ L 185, 30. 6. 1998, p. 7. (4) OJ L 123, 7. 5. 1981, p. 3. (5) OJ L 106, 26. 4. 1991, p. 2