17. 2. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 48/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 467/87 of 10 February 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal and the systems of premiums granted in the beef and veal sector THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commuission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- _ament ('), Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (3, provided for public buying-in as the main instrument for supporting the market in beef and veal ; whereas, in the current situation, public intervention has gradually lost its original function as a safety net and has become an outlet in its own right ; whereas the scheme should therefore be revised by restric- ting public buying-in, which should restore the market price to its essential role as a guide of supply and demand ; Whereas, however, at the present time, particularly in view of the effect on the market in beef and veal of the measures taken in the dairy sector, the application of a temporary scheme derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 for the period from 6 April 1987 to 31 December 1988 should appear to be more appropriate than a perma- nent change in the said market organization; whereas, with this in mind, the Commission, while maintaining its basic position with regard to the long-term reform of the market in beef and veal, has amended its proposal pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the Treaty; Whereas the above petiod has been fixed independently of the beginning of the 1987/88 marketing year ; whereas, therefore, if the present marketing year is extended, it will be necessary to derogate from Council Regulation (EEC) No 1354/86 of 6 May 1986 fixing the guide price and the intervention price for adult bovine animals for the 1986/87 marketing year () ; () OJ No C 120, 20. 5. 1986, p. 80. () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8. () OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 37. Whereas, in the framework of the temporary scheme envisaged, recourse to intervention should be made more restrictive by making its activation dependent on the level of market prices both in the Community and in the Member States concerned and by bringing the buying-in price much closer to the market price; Whereas, in view of the uncertainties linked to the impact of the measures taken in the dairy sector and to the operation of the new intervention scheme, it should be possible in case of necessity to take exceptional interven- tion measures and provision should be made for remedy- ing the effect of an excessive fall in prices on the buying-in prices; Whereas, to offset the effect of the adjustment to the intervention scheme, provision should be made for supporting producers’ income while maintaining the exis- ting premium schemes during the present period of uncertainty on the market in beef and veal; Whereas, to this end, provision should be made, for the period in question, for extending for the majority of the States concerned the validity of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1346/86 of 6 May 1986 on the granting of a calf birth premium in Greece, Ireland, Italy and Northern Ireland and on the granting of an additional national premium in Italy (), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4049/86 (¥), and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1347/86 of 6 May 1986 on the granting of a premium for the slaughter of certain adult bovine animals in the United Kingdom (), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4049/86, and for gran- ting producers in the Member States which are not affected by the measures provided for in those Regula- tions a special premium paid once only for each animal kept, whereas however, in view of the crucial role of beef production in Ireland, it is appropriate that producers in that country, while benefiting from the measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1346/86, should also receive () O] No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 39. (9 O] No L 377, 31. 12. 1986, p. 28. () O] No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 40.