COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3270/94 of 21 December 1994 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 on the determination of prices of adult bovine animals on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and in particular Article 169 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1884/94 (2), and in particular Articles 12 (7) and 25 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1155/94 (4), lays down detailed rules relating to the determination of prices of adult bovine animals recorded on the representative markets of the Community; whereas, in view of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union, Annexes I and II to the said Regulation on the coefficients to be used in calculating the price of adult bovine animals and the factors taken into account for determining those prices should be adapted;
Whereas, in order better to follow market trends for certain other categories of bovine animals in the Community, provision should be made for a survey of prices in respect of those categories; whereas, to this end, Annexes III to V should, for the benefit of the Member States representative of those different types of production, be drawn up setting out the factors to be considered for the survey of prices in respect of each of those categories of bovine animals;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 8 is replaced by the following Articles:
'Article 8
1. The average Community price, expressed per head, for male calves eight days to three weeks old, shall be the average, weighted by the coefficients set out in Annex III A, of prices for the cattle referred to above recorded on the main markets of the Member States representative of that type of production.
2. The prices for the cattle referred to in paragraph 1 recorded on the representative market or markets of each of the Member States concerned shall be the average, weighted by coefficients reflecting the relative magnitude of each breed or quality, of the prices net of value-added tax recorded for the said cattle during a seven-day period in that Member State at the same wholesale stage.
3. In Annex III the following are set out:
(a) the weighting coefficients referred to in paragraph 1 used in calculating the average Community price of the cattle referred to in paragraph 1; these coefficients are established on the basis of the number of dairy cows recorded in the Community,
(b) the breeds and qualities of such cattle,
(c) the weighting coefficients referred to in paragraph 2.
4. The Member States concerned shall inform the Commision not later than Thrusday each week at noon of the quotations for the cattle referred to in paragraph 1 recorded on their representative markets during the seven-day period preceding the day on which the information is given.
Article 9
1. The average Community price, expressed in live kg, of light store cattle six to 12 months old on average, male, with an average weight of 300 kgs or less, shall be the average, weighted by the coefficients set out in Annex IV A, of the prices for the cattle referred to above recorded on the main markets of the Member States representative of this type of production.
2. The prices for the cattle referred to paragraph 1 recorded on the representative market or markets of each of the Member States concerned shall be the average, weighted by the coefficients reflecting the relative magnitude of each breed or quality, of the prices net of value-added tax recorded for the said cattle during a seven-day period in that Member State at the same wholesale stage.
3. In Annex IV the following are set out:
(a) the weighting coeficients referred to in paragraph 1 used in calculating the average Community price of the cattle referred to in paragraph 1; these coefficients are established on the basis of the number of suckler cows recorded in the Community,
(b) the breeds and qualities of such cattle,
(c) the weighting coefficients referred to in paragraph 2.
4. The Member States concerned shall inform the Commission not later than Thursday each week at noon of the quotations for the cattle referred to in paragraph 1 recorded on their representative markets during the seven-day period preceding the day on which the information is given.
Article 10
1. The average Community price, expressed per 100 kg of carcase, of veal calves obtained exclusively from milk or milk-based preparations and slaughtered when about six months old, shall be the average, weighted by the coefficients set out in Annex V A, of prices for the cattle referred to above recorded on the main markets of the Member States representative of that type of production.
2. The prices for the cattle referred to in paragraph 1 recorded in the quotation centre or centres of each of the Member States concerned shall be the average, weighted, where appropriate, by coefficients reflecting the relative magnitude of each quality, of the prices net of value-added tax recorded for the said cattle at the slaughterhouse entry stage during a seven-day period.
3. In Annex V the following are set out:
(a) the weighting coefficients referred to in paragraph 1 used in calculating the average Community deadweight price of the cattle referred to in paragraph 1; these coefficients are established on the basis of data on the net production (slaughterings) of calves in the Community,
(b) the qualities of such cattle,
(c) the weighting coefficients referred to in paragraph 2.
4. The Member States concerned shall inform the Commission not later than Thrusday each week at noon of the quotations for the carcases of the cattle referred to in paragraph 1 recorded in their respective quotation centres during the seven-day period preceding the day on which the information is given.'
2. Articles 9 and 10 becomes Articles 11 and 12 respectively.
3. Annexes I and III are replaced by the Annexes I, III, IV and V set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
4. Annex II is supplemented by the factors set out in Annex II to this Regulation which are to be inserted in the existing text in the alphabetical order of the Act of Accession.
Article 2
For the purpose of the provisions on the determination of prices of adult bovine animals, this Regulation shall enter into force on the day of and subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Norway, Austria, Finland and Sweden.
For the purposes of the provisions relating to the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the Community, this Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities and shall apply from 1 January 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1994.