26. 3. 88 No L 81/43. . Official Journal of the European Communities COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 797/88 of 25 March 1988 amendmg Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 as regards products from animals treated with substances having a hormonal action THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having 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 (EEC) No 3905/87 (%), and in particular Article ‘6 (5) thereof, Whereas Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (%), lists the requirements that must be met by products bought in by intervention agencies; Whereas under Council Directive 88/146/EEC of 7 March 1988 prohibiting the use in livestock farming of certain substances having a hormonal action (), and in particular Atrticle 2 thereof, the administration of certain substances having a hormonal action to farm animals for purposes other than those specified in Article 4 of Council Directive 81/602/EEC of 31 July 1981 concerning the prohibition of certain substances having a hormonal action and of any substances having a thyrostatic action () is, from 1 January 1988, prohibited throughout the Community ; ‘ Whereas, therefore, provision should be made for meat from animals treated with the substances prohibited by the abovementioned Directive to be excluded from intervention from a date permitting the disposal of such meat within the time limits laid down for the placing on the market of all meat from animals treated with those substances ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 should therefore be amended to mcorporate the new requnrements for products bought in by intervention agencies ; Whereas the measures provxded for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The following point is added to Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 : ‘(e) they come from animals to which substances prohibited by Article 2 of Council Directive 88/146/EEC (") have not been administered. () OJ No L™70, 16. 3. 1988, p. 16. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into. force on 1 April 1988. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 March 1988. ") OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 7. %) OJ No L 261, 26. 9. 1978, p. 5. ) OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1987, p. 31. , () OJ No L 70, 16. 3. 1988, p. 16. (9 OJ No L 222, 7. 8. 1981, p. 32. For the Commission - Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President