Council Regulation (EEC) No 2835/80 of 30 October 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2967/76 laying down common standards for the water content of frozen and deep-frozen chickens, hens and cocks
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2835/80 of 30 October 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2967/76 laying down common standards for the water content of frozen and deep-frozen chickens, hens and cocks
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( 1 ) OJ NO L 282 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , P . 77 .
( 2 ) OJ NO L 270 , 15 . 10 . 1980 , P . 14 .
( 3 ) OJ NO L 339 , 8 . 12 . 1976 , P . 1 .
COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2835/80
OF 30 OCTOBER 1980
AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2967/76 LAYING DOWN COMMON STANDARDS FOR THE WATER CONTENT OF FROZEN AND DEEP-FROZEN CHICKENS , HENS AND COCKS
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,
HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2777/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN POULTRYMEAT ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2632/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS THE EFFECT OF USING POLYPHOSPHATES WHEN PREPARING FROZEN AND DEEP-FROZEN CHICKENS , HENS AND COCKS IS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF WATER WHICH THE SAID POULTRY ABSORBS AND RETAINS ; WHEREAS THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD DURING WHICH THE SAID POULTRY IS STILL NOT SUBJECT TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2967/76 OF 23 NOVEMBER 1976 LAYING DOWN COMMON STANDARDS FOR THE WATER CONTENT OF FROZEN AND DEEP-FROZEN CHICKENS , HENS AND COCKS ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2632/80 , SHOULD BE EXTENDED IN ORDER TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO DEFINE THE MAXIMUM WATER CONTENT OF THE SAID POULTRY ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
IN THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2967/76 , THE DATE ' 1 NOVEMBER 1980 ' SHALL BE REPLACED BY ' 1 APRIL 1981 ' .
ARTICLE 2
THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF 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 LUXEMBOURG , 30 OCTOBER 1980 .
FOR THE COUNCIL
THE PRESIDENT
G . THORN