Beef and veal: common organisation of the markets COM (amend. regul. 805/68/EEC)

The Council adopted by qualified majority an amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef, with the Italian and Spanish delegations voting against the proposal. The Italian and Spanish delegations, which voted against the amendment, gave two statements to be recorded in the minutes for the session. The amendment, which was drawn up following the conclusions of the informal meeting of Agriculture Ministers that was held in Killarney on 24 September 1996, was aimed at providing for sufficient intervention quantities (increased to 460 000 tonnes for 1996) to cover beef bids for October and November 1996 and to allow intervention buying-in for grazing animals up until the end of 1996.