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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1117/2006

of 20 July 2006         

on payment of the slaughter premium and additional payments under the veterinary measures prescribing the slaughter of animals in the Netherlands

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), and in particular the second indent of Article 50 thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.   The slaughter premium and the additional payments may be granted in the Netherlands until 15 October 2006 for livestock slaughtered in a slaughterhouse in 2001 under Directive 85/511/EEC during the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.

2.   The slaughter premium and the additional payments may also be granted for livestock slaughtered in a slaughterhouse under the measures to control bovine spongiform encephalopathy under Directive 90/425/EEC and Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 during the period of application thereof, from 1 January 2000 at the earliest to 31 December 2003 at the latest.

Article 2

1.   For the purposes of granting the slaughter premium, the competent authority of the Netherlands shall ensure that the animals met the following eligibility requirements at the time of slaughter:

The premium shall be paid to producers who have kept animals for a minimum retention period of two months ending less than one month before slaughter.

2.   The slaughter premium shall be granted within the limit of the unused part of the national ceiling of 1 207 849 adult bovine animals and 1 198 113 calves each year.

The amount of the premium for each eligible animal as referred to in paragraph 1(a) shall be EUR 27 for the 2000 calendar year, EUR 53 for the 2001 calendar year and EUR 80 for the 2002 and 2003 calendar years.

The amount of the premium for each eligible animal as referred to in paragraph 1(b) shall be EUR 17 for the 2000 calendar year, EUR 33 for the 2001 calendar year and EUR 50 for the 2002 and 2003 calendar years.

Article 3

The competent authority of the Netherlands shall make the additional payments per head and slaughter premium unit on the basis of objective criteria including, in particular, the relevant production structures and conditions, in such a way as to ensure equal treatment between producers and avoid distortion of the market or competition. Such payments shall not be linked to fluctuations in market prices.

The additional payments shall be granted within the limit of the unused part of a global amount of EUR 8,4 million for 2000, EUR 16,9 million for 2001 and EUR 25,3 million each for 2002 and 2003.

Article 4

The slaughter premium and the additional payments shall be granted provided that they have not been included in the value used to determine the compensation paid for the animals concerned under Decision 90/424/EEC and Decision 2001/652/EC nor actually paid out in that respect.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 July 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL            

Member of the Commission

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