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of8June1984
laying down detailed rules for applying the variable slaughter premium for sheep and repealing
Regulation(EEC)No2661/80
(OJ L 154, 9.6.1984, p. 27)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3451/85 of 6 December 1985 L 328 23 7.12.1985
►M2Commission Regulation (EEC) No 9/86 of 3 January 1986 L 2 14 4.1.1986
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EEC)No1633/84
of8June1984
laying down detailed rules for applying the variable slaughter
premiumforsheepandrepealing Regulation(EEC)No2661/80
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 of 27 June
1980 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat andgoatmeat (
1), aslas t amended by Regulation (EEC) No 871/84 (2), and
in particular Article 9 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1223/83 of 20 May
1983 on the exchange ratesto be applied in agriculture (3), aslas t
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 (4), and in particular Article
4 (3) thereof,
WhereasArticle 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 makesprovis ion,
in the case of the United Kingdom only, for the possible granting, inregion 5, of a variable slaughter premium for sheep; whereas detailedrulesfor itsimplementation s hould be laid down;
Whereas it should be stipulated that only animals born or reared in
region 5, where the premium isgranted, s hould qualify;
Whereas it is necessary to enable the United Kingdom to grant the
premium when animalsare firs t placed on the market with a view totheir slaughter; whereas, in this case, measures should be taken to
ensure that animals or the meat therefrom cannot qualify more than
once for the premium;
WhereasArticle 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 laysdown that
the amount of the premium isto be equal to the difference between theseasonalized guide level and the recorded market price in this region;
WhereasArticle 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 laysdown that,
in the event of payment of the premium in region 5, an amount equiva-lent to that premium isto be charged for the productsreferred to inArticle 1 (a) and (c) of the said Regulation when those products leave
that region; whereasthe detailed rulesfor calculating thisamount mus t
be laid down; whereas the said amount can be ascertained only afterthe products have so left; whereas it is accordingly necessary to requireprovision of a security for the said amount;
Whereas, in order to prevent, in so far as live animals and meat are
concerned, disturbances in trade which may result from the implemen-tation of the arrangementsfor the premium, a maximum period s houldbe fixed, commencing at the time the animalsare firs t placed on the
market, on the expiry of which the live animalsfor which the premium
has been granted must be slaughtered or consigned to a location outsideregion 5; whereas, in addition, with a view to combating fraud, provi-sion should be made, in order to facilitate checks in slaughterhouses,for the marking of all carcases of sheep slaughtered in the region in
question;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 1134/68 (
5), the sums stated are to be paid on the basis of the
conversion rate which obtained at the time when the transaction orpart transaction was carried out; whereas Article 6 of the same Regula-tion stipulates that the time when a transaction is carried out is to becons idered asbeing the date on which occursthe event, asdefined byCommunity rulesor, in the abs ence of and pending the adoption of1984R1633 — EN — 06.01.1986 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 35.
(3) OJ No L 132, 21. 5. 1983, p. 33.
(4) OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 118, 1. 8. 1968, p. 1.
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such rules, by the rules of the Member State concerned, in which the
amount involved in the transaction becomes due and payable; whereas,however, by virtue of Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1223/83,
the said provisions may be derogated from;
Whereas this Regulation intended to replace Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2661/80 (
1); whereas it is therefore necessary to repeal that
Regulation;
Whereasthe meas uresprovided for in thisRegulation are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep andGoats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The premium referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC)
No 1837/80 shall be granted only in respect of sheep which:
(a) correspond to the quality standards laid down in the Annex;
(b) attain an estimated carcase weight of not less than 8 kilograms;
furthermore, the premium shall be granted in respect of a
maximum of 24,5 kilogramscarcas e weight only; and
(c) originate in region 5 where the premium isgranted or have been
raised in that region for at least two months.
2. The following shall not qualify for the premium:
(a) rams or carcases of rams or other male sheep or their carcases
having the characteristics of that of a ram;
(b) ewes or their carcases.
3. The United Kingdom may lay down that the premium shall be
granted when the animal isfirs t placed on the market with a view toslaughter. It shall inform the Commission of any use made of thisprovision.
4. Animalsfor which the premium hasbeen granted in accordance
with paragraph 3 shall, within 21 days of the date on which they werefirst placed on the market with a view to their slaughter:
— be slaughtered in region 5,
— be consigned to a location outside that region.
The competent authorities shall adopt measures for:
— supervision of the animals between certification and slaughter,
— marking all carcases of sheep slaughtered in region 5 so that the
place of slaughter can be identified.
5. Where animalsfor which the premium hasbeen granted in accor-
dance with paragraph 3 and which have been consigned to a location
outside region 5 must be placed in quarantine in order to comply with
the health regulationsof the country or region of importation, the dateof consignment for the purposes of paragraph 4 shall be the date onwhich they are placed in quarantine with a view to their consignment.
Article 2
1. The United Kingdom shall take the necessary measures to ensure
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are indelibly marked as such in order to ensure that they cannot again
qualify for the premium.
2. The United Kingdom shall take the measures necessary to ensure
that animals and fresh or chilled sheep carcases brought onto the terri-tory of region 5 are identified ass uch.
Article 3
1. For region 5, the level of the premium shall be fixed each week
by the Commission in respect of the week commencing 21 days beforethe week of fixing.
2. For the purpose of calulating the level of the premium, the market
price shall be that recorded in accordance with the provisions of Article
3 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2657/80.
Article 4
1. For the United Kingdom, the amount to be charged on departure
of the productsreferred to in Article 1 (a) and (c) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1837/80 from region 5, in accordance with Article 9 (3) of thatRegulation, shall be fixed each week by the Commission. It shall beequal to the amount of the premium fixed in accordance with Article3 (1), for the week during which departure of the productsin ques tiontook place.
2. On departure of the productsreferred to in Article 1 (a) and (c) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 from the territory of region 5, a securityshall be lodged. The security shall be fixed by the United Kingdom at alevel which covers the amount due-pursuant to paragraph 1; it shall not
be less than the forecast amount of the premium for the week
preceding that during which departure takes place. The said securityshall be released as soon as the amount referred to in paragraph 1 hasbeen paid.
3. The amountsreferred to in paragraphs1 and 2 s hall be fixed for
fresh or chilled sheep carcases. The amounts applicable to the other
productsreferred to in Article 1 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80shall be determined by employing the coefficients referred to in Arti-cles12 (3) and 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80.
For the productsreferred to in Article 1 (c) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1837/80, the amountsapplicable s hall be determined by employingthe coefficientsreferred to in Article 12 (3) of the s aid Regulation andapplicable to the meats listed in Annex I under subheading 02.06 C IIa).
For the productsreferred to in Article 1 (c) of the s aid Regulation, the
space for the description of the goods and the export declaration shouldcontain an indication asto whether the productsare bone in or bone-less.
4. For carcases of animals other than those which may qualify for
the premium, the amountsreferred to in paragraphs1 and 2 s hall be
determined using the following coefficients:
— lambs attaining a carcase weight less than or equal to
14 kg: 0,10;
— animalsreferred to in Article 1 (2) (a): 0,5;— animalsreferred to in Article 1 (2) (b): 0,5;— other animals: 0,5.
These coefficients shall be applied without prejudice to the coefficients
referred to in paragraph 3.
5. The Commission shall review these coefficients referred to in
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Furthermore, the Commission shall review these coefficients every six
monthsin the light of the development of trade between region 5 andthe other regions of the Community and the trend in prices. It shall
take any decision to adjust these coefficients in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80.
Article 5
1. The United Kingdom shall take all necessary steps to ensure
compliance with the provisions of this Regulation.
2. The United Kingdom shall, where necessary, take the necessary
steps to ensure recovery of an amount equal to the premium whichhasbeen paid.
3. The competent authoritiesin the United Kingdom s hall take all
the necessary steps to ensure that implementation of the arrangements
for the variable premium doesnot res ult in irregular movementsof
productsand doesnot caus e any deflection of trade between-thatMember State'stwo regions .
In particular, the competent authoritiesof the United Kingdom:
— shall make it compulsory for the operators concerned to inform the
departmentsempowered to thiseffect of the quantitiesand des crip-tion of the productsreferred to in Article 1 (a) and (c) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 which are to be dispatched from
region 5, where the premium isgranted, to another region, eitherdirectly or via another region or a third country,
— shall introduce an administrative procedure entailing systematic
inspection from the carcase stage on, involving in particular the
individual marking of carcases and, where appropriate, of the cuts
therefore, so as to prevent the amounts referred to in Article 4 (4)from being charged in respect of products obtained from animalshaving qualified for the premium, mixturesof productsobtainedfrom animalswhich have and animalswhich have not qualified for
the premium or any other product subject to a higher amount.
Article 6
1. The United Kingdom shall inform the Commission, within 10
daysof the date on which they are adopted, of the meas urestaken toimplement the variable premium arrangements. ►
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the measures taken in application of the second indent of the second
subparagraph of Article 5 (3) shall be sent to the Commission forth-with.◄
2. The United Kingdom shall communicate the following to the
Commission, not later than Thursday each week:
(a) the forecast amount of the premium for the current week, taking
account of the market price pattern recorded in accordance with
the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2657/80;
(b) the provisional amount of the premium for the week preceding the
current week;
(c) the actual amount of the premium for the week commencing 21
daysbefore that during which the communication ismade and the
number of animalsin res pect of which entitlement to the premium
arose during the said week.
The United Kingdom shall also communicate to the Commission, as
soon as possible and on a weekly basis, the breakdown by category ofthe animals in respect of which entitlement to the premium has arisen,together with their total estimated carcase weight.1984R1633 — EN — 06.01.1986 — 002.001 — 5
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Article 7
The following shall be declared as deductions from EAGGF expendi-
ture:
— the amountscharged by the United Kingdom purs uant to Article 4
(1),
— the amountsrecovered by the United Kingdom in the circums tances
referred to in Article 5 (2) to the extent that expenditure corre-sponding to the said amounts was charged against Communityfunds.
Article 8
1. The conversion rate to be applied to the premium referred to in
Article 1 shall be the representative rate in force on the day the animalwhich isto qualify for the premium iss laughtered or, where the provi-
sions of Article 1 (3) are applied, the day the animal is first placed on
the market with a view to slaughter.
2. The conversion rate to be applied to the amounts to be charged
pursuant to Article 4 (1) shall be that in force on the day the customsformalitieson departure from the United Kingdom or, where applic-able, the administrative formalities relating the movement from region
5 granted to the other region, are completed.
Article 9
Regulation (EEC) No 2661/80 ishereby repealed.
Article 10
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force on 11 June 1984.
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1984R1633 — EN — 06.01.1986 — 002.001 — 6
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ANNEX
Qualitystandard
To qualify for the premium, a carcase must be reasonably well-fleshed
throughout. The loins must be well-developed, the legs and shoulders moder-
ately well-fleshed, but the forequarters may be relatively heavy. The flesh
should be firm. As a minimum the fat cover should be light. An over-fat carcase
will be rejected. A live animal must be such as to produce a carcase of at least
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