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►B COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)No 1254/1999
of 17 May 1999
on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal
(OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Regulation (EC) No 1455/2001 of 28 June 2001 L 198 58 21.7.2001
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 263, 18.10.2000, p. 34 (1254/1999)
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)No 1254/1999
of 17 May 1999
on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and
in particular Articles 36 and 37 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions(4),
Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors(5),
(1)Whereas the operation and development of the common market in
agricultural products should be accompanied by the establishment
of a common agricultural policy to include in particular acommon organisation of agricultural markets which may takevarious forms depending on the product;
(2)Whereas the aim of the common agricultural policy is to attain theobjectives set out in Article 33 of the Treaty; whereas, in the beefand veal sector, in order to stabilise markets and to ensure a fair
standard of living for the agricultural community, provision
should be made for internal market measures comprising, inparticular, direct payments to beef producers, private storage aidand a public storage scheme;
(3)Whereas, in order to rebalance meat consumption in theCommunity to the benefit of the beef sector and to improve thecompetitiveness of these products on the international markets,
the level of market support should be gradually reduced; whereas,
given the consequences for producers, the level of income aidprovided for under the common market organisation should beadapted and reshaped; whereas, to that end, it is appropriate toestablish a comprehensive scheme of direct payments forproducers; whereas the amounts of these payments should
develop in parallel with the gradual reduction of market support;
(4)Whereas, given the variety of stockfarming enterprises, direct
payments should include a special premium for producers of bullsand steers, a premium for maintaining suckler cow herds and aslaughter premium available for all types of bovine animalsincluding dairy cows and calves; whereas the granting of thepremiums should not be reflected by an increase in overall
production; whereas, to that end, the number of male bovine
animals and suckler cows eligible for special and suckler cowpremiums should be limited by applying respectively regional andindividual ceilings and, in the case of the special premium, aheadage limit per holding which Member States should have thepower to modulate in the light of their specific situation; whereas,
as regards the slaughter premium, national ceilings should be
established on the basis of historic production figures;
(5)Whereas the conditions of steer production usually differ fromthose of bull production; whereas it is therefore justified to set thespecial premium for steers at a different level per animal than forbulls; whereas, however, the special premium for steers should besplit into two payments for specific age brackets;1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ C 170, 4.6.1998, p. 13.
(2) Opinion delivered on 6 May 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(3) OJ C 407, 28.12.1998, p. 196.
(4) OJ C 93, 6.4.1999, p. 1.
(5) OJ C 401, 22.12.1998, p. 3.
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(6)Whereas slaughtering too great a number of steers during the
slaughtering season in Member States where this type of
production is particulary important, could disturb the stability ofthe market and, in particular, lead to a fall in market prices;whereas to encourage the slaughter of steers outside the annual‘off grass’ period, an additional premium should be granted,subject to certain conditions, in addition to the special premium
for animals slaughtered out of season during the first 23 weeks of
the year;
(7)Whereas, in order to give more flexibility to producers, eligibilityfor suckler cow premium should be extended to heifers meetingthe same breeding requirements as suckler cows; whereas,however, the number of eligible heifers in suckler cow herds
should be limited to the normal ratio of replacement; whereas
Member States where more than 60 % of the animals eligible tosuckler cow premium are kept in mountain areas, should beauthorised to manage the premium separately for suckler cowsand heifers and, as regards heifers, to operate a separate national
premium ceiling within the above ratio;
(8)Whereas the suckler cow premium should in principle be
restricted to producers who do not supply milk to dairies underthe additional levy scheme provided for by Council Regulation(EEC) No 3950/92 of 28 December 1992 establishing anadditional levy in the milk and milk products sector(
1); whereas,
however, income support may also needed in the case of holdings
with a dairy herd and a suckler cow herd; whereas suckler cowpremium should therefore also be granted for small and medium-sized mixed holdings with a total individual milk referencequantity of not more than 120 000 kilograms; whereas, given thevariety of production structures in the Community, Member
States should have the power to change or waive this quantitative
limitation on the basis of objective criteria;
(9)Whereas, as regards the suckler cow premium, it is appropriate tomaintain individual ceilings for producers; whereas some of thepremium rights conferred by the individual ceilings have not beenused in the past; whereas these unused rights would be likely to
encourage production and increase expenditure, in particular, as a
consequence of heifers becoming fully eligible for suckler cowpremium; whereas to avoid such an effect, the total number ofsuckler cow premium rights of each Member State should befixed on the basis of the premium payments actually made in
respect of historical reference years, increased by a certain margin
for maintaining the national reserve; whereas Member Statesshould take the necessary measures to ensure the respect of theirnational ceilings; whereas, if necessary, they should adjust theindividual ceilings of their producers without compensationaccording to certain objective criteria; whereas these criteria
should ensure, in particular, equal treatment of the producers
concerned and the protection of legitimate expectations;
(10)Whereas a producer's level of production may vary because ofchanges in stock or production capacity; whereas it is thereforeadvisable to provide for the possibility of transferring suckler cowpremium rights acquired in respect of individual ceilings to other
producers, under certain conditions, either together with the
holding or without retaining the link between premium rights andland farmed;
(11)Whereas new producers and existing producers whose individualceilings do not correspond, for various reasons, to changedcircumstances of their suckler cow herds should not be excluded
from rights to premium; whereas provision should therefore be
made to operate national reserves to be stocked and administeredin accordance with Community criteria; whereas, for the same1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 405, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC)
1256/1999 (See page 73 of this Official Journal).
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reason, it is appropriate to subject the transfer of rights to
premium without the transfer of the associated holding to ruleswhereby part of the rights transferred shall be withdrawn without
compensatory payment and allocated to that national reserve;
(12)Whereas it is opportune to allow Member States to establish a linkbetween sensitive zones or localities and the production of suckler
cows so as to ensure the maintenance of such productionespecially in areas where there is no other alternative;
(13)Whereas, given the trend towards intensification of beef and vealproduction, premiums for stockfarming should be limited withregard to the forage capacity of each holding in relation to thenumbers and species of animals held; whereas, to avoidexcessively intensive types of production, the grant of such
premiums should be subject to compliance with a maximum
stocking density on the holding; whereas, however, the situationof small producers should be taken into consideration;
(14)Whereas, to strengthen incentives to extensify production with aview to improving their effectiveness in relation to environmentalobjectives, an additional amount should be granted to producerswho comply with severe and genuine stocking density require-ments; whereas, to avoid a major change in the global level of
support and ensure reasonable control of expenditure, provision
should be made for adjusting the additional amount, if necessary;
(15)Whereas the conditions for beef production and the incomesituation of producers varies significantly in different productionareas of the Community; whereas a Community-wide schemewith uniform payments to all producers would be too rigid torespond adequately to the structural and natural disparities and thediverse needs resulting therefrom; whereas, therefore, it is
appropriate to provide for a flexible framework of additional
Community payments to be determined and made by MemberStates within fixed global amounts and in accordance with certaincommon criteria; whereas the global amounts should be allocatedto the Member States on the basis of their share in Community
beef production; whereas the common criteria are intended, inter
alia, to prevent additional payments from producing discrimina-
tory effects and to take full account of the relevant multilateralcommitments of the Community; whereas, in particular, it isessential that Member States be obliged to use their discretionarypowers exclusively on the basis of objective criteria, to pay full
regard to the concept of equal treatment and to avoid market and
competition distortions; whereas it is appropriate to provide forthe forms that additional payments may take; whereas these formsshould be headage payments for certain categories of bovineanimals and area payments;
(16)Whereas, as regards additional headage payments, certainquantitative limits are required to ensure a reasonable level ofproduction control; whereas, moreover, the concept of applying
stocking density requirements should be followed by Member
States;
(17)Whereas additional area payments should only be granted forpermanent pasture which does not benefit from other Communitymarket support measures; whereas area payments should beapplied within the limits of regional base areas of permanentpasture which should be established by Member States accordingto historical reference data; whereas the maximum amount of area
payments which may be granted per hectare, including additional
area payments under the common market organisation for milkand milk products, should be comparable to the average supportper hectare under the support system for producers of certainarable crops;
(18)Whereas direct payments should be subject to compliance by thekeepers of the animals concerned with the relevant Communityrules on identification and registration of bovine animals;1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 4
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whereas, in order to achieve the desired economic impact, direct
payments must be granted within certain time limits;
(19)Whereas the use of certain substances in beef production isprohibited under Community law; whereas appropriate penaltiesshould apply where the relevant provisions are not respected;
(20)Whereas under the price and income support arrangementsprovided for in this Regulation, the existing public interventionin the form of buying-in by intervention agencies and publicstorage is no longer indispensable to balance the market butwould cause considerable expenditure; whereas it should, there-
fore, be phased out gradually; whereas, however, in order to
contribute to stabilising the market prices around the basic pricewhich represents the desired market support level aid for privatestorage should be provided for; whereas, to that end, theCommission should be authorised to decide the grant of private
storage aid when the market price falls below 103 % of the basic
price; whereas, moreover, a ‘safety net’ intervention schemeshould be established with a view to support the beef and vealmarket in Member States or regions of Member States wheremarket prices fall short of a critical price level; whereas provisionshould be made for the private storage aid and the intervention
scheme to be implemented on the basis of the grading scale laid
down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981determining the Community scale for the classification ofcarcases of adult bovine animals(
1);
(21)Whereas the creation of a single Community market for beef andveal involves the introduction of a single trading system at theexternal frontiers of the Community; whereas a trading systemincluding import duties and export refunds, in addition to theinternal market measures, should, in principle, stabilise the
Community market; whereas the trading system should be based
on the undertakings accepted under the Uruguay Round ofmultilateral trade negotiations;
(22)Whereas, in order to monitor the volume of trade in beef with
third countries, provision should be made for a system of import
and export licences for certain products, which includes thelodging of a security to guarantee that the transactions for whichsuch licences are granted are effected;
(23)Whereas in order to prevent or counteract adverse effects on theCommunity market which could result from imports of certainagricultural products, imports of one or more such productsshould be subject to payment of an additional import duty, ifcertain conditions are fulfilled;
(24)Whereas it is appropriate, under certain conditions, to confer onthe Commission the power to open and administer tariff quotasresulting from international agreements concluded in accordancewith the Treaty or from other acts of the Council;
(25)Whereas provisions for granting a refund on exports to thirdcountries, based on the difference between prices within theCommunity and on the world market, and falling within the WTOAgreement on Agriculture(
2), should serve to safeguard Commu-
nity participation in international trade in beef and veal; whereas
these refunds should be subject to limits in terms of quantity andvalue;
(26)Whereas compliance with the limits in terms of value should beensured at the time when refunds are fixed through the monitoringof payments under the rules relating to the European AgriculturalGuidance and Guarantee Fund; whereas monitoring can befacilitated by the compulsory advance fixing of refunds, whileallowing the possibility, in the case of differentiated refunds, of1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 5
(1) OJ L 123, 7.5.1981, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1026/91 (OJ L 106, 26.4.1991, p. 2).
(2) OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.
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changing the specified destination within a geographical area to
which a single refund rate applies; whereas, in the case of achange of destination, the refund applicable to the actual
destination should be paid, with a ceiling of the amount
applicable to the destination fixed in advance;
(27)Whereas ensuring compliance with the quantity limits calls forthe introduction of a reliable and effective system of monitoring;whereas, to that end, the granting of refunds should be madesubject to an export licence; whereas refunds should be grantedup to the limits available, depending on the particular situation of
each product concerned; whereas exceptions to that rule should
only be permitted in the case of food-aid operations, which areexempt from any limit; whereas monitoring of the quantitiesexported with refunds during the marketing years as referred to inthe WTO Agreement on Agriculture should be carried out on thebasis of export licences issued for each marketing year;
(28)Whereas, in addition to the system described above, and to the
extent necessary for its proper working, provision should be made
for regulating or, when the situation on the market so requires,prohibiting the use of inward-processing arrangements;
(29)Whereas the customs duty system makes it possible to dispensewith all other protective measures at the external frontiers of theCommunity; whereas, however, the internal market and dutymechanism could, in exceptional circumstances, prove defective;whereas, in such cases, so as not to leave the Community market
without defence against disturbances which may arise therefrom,
the Community should be able to take all necessary measureswithout delay; whereas those measures should be in accordancewith the obligations derived from the relevant WTO agreements;
(30)Whereas, in order to ensure proper application of the instrumentsprovided for in this Regulation, the Commission should be fullyinformed about the development of prices on the common market
for beef and veal; whereas, therefore, provision should be made
for a system for recording the prices of bovine animals and meatof such animals;
(31)Whereas it is appropriate to provide for measures to be takenwhen a substantial rise or fall in prices disturbs or threatens todisturb the Community market; whereas these measures may alsoincludead hocintervention buying-in;
(32)Whereas restrictions on free movement resulting from the
application of measures intended to prevent the spread of animaldiseases could cause difficulties on the market of one or more
Member States; whereas provision should be made for the
introduction of exceptional market support measures in order toremedy such situations;
(33)Whereas the establishment of a single market based on commonprices would be jeopardised by the granting of certain aids;whereas, therefore, the provisions of the Treaty which allow theassessment of aids granted by Member States and the prohibition
of those which are incompatible with the common market should
apply in the common market organisation for beef and veal;
(34)Whereas it is necessary that, as the common market in beef andveal develops, the Member States and the Commission shouldkeep each other supplied with the information necessary forapplying this Regulation;
(35)Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of the proposedmeasures, a procedure should be provided for establishing closecooperation between Member States and the Commission within aManagement Committee;1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 6
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(36)Whereas expenditure incurred by the Member States as a result of
the obligations arising out of the application of this Regulation
should be financed by the Community in accordance with CouncilRegulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financingof the common agricultural policy(
1);
(37)Whereas the common organisation of the market in beef and vealshould take appropriate account, at the same time, of theobjectives set out in Articles 33 and 131 of the Treaty;
(38)Whereas the common organisation of the market in beef and veallaid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68(
2) has been
amended several times; whereas, by reason of their number, their
complexity and their dispersal among several Official Journals,these texts are difficult to use and thus lack the clarity whichshould be an essential feature of all legislation; whereas, underthese circumstances, they should be consolidated in a new
regulation and the aforementioned Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
should be repealed; whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 98/69of 16 January 1969 laying down general rules for the disposal offrozen beef and veal by intervention agencies(
3), (EEC) No 989/
68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting privatestorage aid for beef and veal(
4) and (EEC) No 1892/87 of 2 July
1987 on the recording of market prices in the beef and veal
sector(5), the legal base of which was Regulation (EEC) No 805/
68, are replaced by new arrangements in this Regulation andshould therefore be repealed;
(39)Whereas the change from the arrangements in Regulation (EEC)No 805/68 to those in this Regulation could give rise todifficulties which are not dealt with in this Regulation; whereas,
in order to deal with that eventuality, provision should be made
for the Commission to adopt the necessary transitional measures;whereas the Commission should also be authorised to solvespecific practical problems,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The common organisation of the market in beef and veal shall
comprise an internal market and trade with third countries system and
cover the following products:
CN code Description of goods
(a) 0102 90 05
to 0102 90 79Live animals of the domestic bovine species, other than
pure-bred breeding animals
0201 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
0202 Meat of bovine animals, frozen0206 10 95 Thick skirt and thin skirt, fresh or chilled
0206 29 91 Thick skirt and thin skirt, frozen
0210 20 Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
0210 90 41 Thick skirt and thin skirt, salted, in brine, dried or
smoked
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(1) See page 103 of this Official Journal.
(2) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1633/98 (OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 17).
(3) OJ L 14, 21.1.1969, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 10. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 428/77 (OJ L 61, 5.3.1977, p. 17).
(5) OJ L 182, 3.7.1987, p. 29.
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CN code Description of goods
1602 50 10 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of bovine
animals, uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and
uncooked meat or offal
1602 90 61 Other prepared or preserved meat containing bovine meat
or offal, uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and
uncooked meat or offal
(b) 0102 10 Live bovine pure-bred animals
0206 10 91 Edible offal of bovine animals excluding thick skirt and
thin skirt, fresh or chilled, other than for the manufacture
of pharmaceutical products0206 10 99
0206 21 00 Edible offal of bovine animals excluding thick skirt and
thin skirt, frozen, other than for the manufacture of
pharmaceutical products0206 22 90
0206 29 99
0210 90 49 Edible meat offal of bovine animals, salted, in brine,
dried or smoked, other than thick skirt and thin skirt
ex 1502 00 90 Fats of bovine animals, raw or rendered, whether or not
pressed or solvent-extracted
1602 50 31
to 1602 50 80Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of bovine
animals, other than uncooked meat or meat offal and
mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or
offal
1602 90 69 Other prepared or preserved meat containing bovine meat
or offal other than uncooked, and mixtures of cooked
meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal
2. For the purposes of this Regulation:
(a) ‘bovine animals’ shall mean live animals of the domestic bovine
species falling within CN codes ex 0102 10, 0102 90 05 to
0102 90 79;
(b) ‘adult bovine animals’ shall mean bovine animals the live weight of
which is more than 300 kilograms.
TITLE I
INTERNAL MARKET
Article 2
In order to encourage action by trade and joint trade organisations to
facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements, the followingCommunity measures may be taken in respect of the products listed inArticle 1:
(a) measures to improve stock breeding;
(b) measures to promote better organisation of production, processing
and marketing;
(c) measures to improve quality;
(d) measures to permit the establishment of short- and long-term
forecasts on the basis of the means of production used;
(e) measures to facilitate the recording of market price trends.
General rules concerning these measures shall be adopted by the Council
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 37(2) of theTreaty.1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 8
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CHAPTER 1
DIRECT PAYMENTS
Article 3
For the purposes of this chapter:
(a)producer shall mean an individual farmer, whether a natural or a
legal person or group of natural or legal persons, irrespective of the
legal status conferred by national law on such a group or its
members, whose holding is located in Community territory and whois engaged in rearing bovine animals,
(b)holdingshall mean all the production units managed by the producer
and located in the territory of a single Member State,
(c)regionshall mean a Member State or a region within a Member
State, at the option of the Member State concerned,
(d)bullshall mean an uncastrated male bovine animal,
(e)steershall mean a castrated male bovine animal,
(f)suckler cow shall mean a cow belonging to a meat breed or born of a
cross with a meat breed, and belonging to a herd intended for rearingcalves for meat production,
(g)heifershall mean a female bovine animal from the age of eight
months which has not yet calved.
SECTION 1
Premiums
Subsection 1
Special premium
Article 4
1. A producer holding male bovine animals on his holding may
qualify, on application, for a special premium. It shall be granted in the
form of an annual premium per calendar year and per holding within the
limits of regional ceilings for not more than 90 animals for each of theage brackets referred to in paragraph 2.
2. The special premium shall be granted no more than:
(a) once in the life of each bull from the age of nine months, or
(b) twice in the life of each steer:
— the first time at the age of nine months,
— the second time after it has reached the age of 21 months.
3. To qualify for the special premium:
(a) any animal covered by an application shall be held by the producer
for fattening for a period to be determined,
(b) each animal shall be covered until slaughter or until export by an
animal passport referred to in Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC)No 820/97 of 21 April 1997 establishing a system for theidentification and registration of bovine animals and regarding thelabelling of beef and beef products(
1) containing all relevant
information on its premium status or, if not available, an equivalent
administrative document.
4. When in a given region the total number of bulls from the age of
nine months and of steers from nine months to 20 months of age, forwhich an application has been made and which satisfy the conditions forgranting the special premium exceeds the regional ceiling referred to inAnnex I, the number of all eligible animals under paragraph 2(a) and (b)per producer for the year in question shall be reduced proportionately.1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 9
(1) OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.
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Within the meaning of this Article, ‘regional ceiling’ shall mean the
number of animals entitled to benefit, in a region and per calendar year,from the special premium.
5. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 4, Member States
may:
— on the basis of objective criteria, which they determine, change or
waive the headage limit of 90 animals per holding and age bracketand,
— where exercising this power, decide to apply paragraph 4 in such a
way as to reach the level of reductions required to comply with theapplicable regional ceiling, without applying such reductions tosmall producers who, in respect of the year in question, did notsubmit special premium applications for more than a minimumnumber of animals determined by the Member State concerned.
6. Member States may decide to grant the special premium at the
time of slaughter. In this case, for bulls the age criterion referred to inparagraph 2(a) shall be replaced by a minimum carcase weight of185 kilograms.
The premium shall be paid or passed back to the producers.
The United Kingdom shall be authorised to apply in Northern Ireland a
system for granting the special premium which differs from that applied
in the remainder of its territory.
7. The amount of the premium shall be set at:
(a) per eligible bull:
— EUR 160 for the calendar year 2000,
— EUR 185 for the calendar year 2001,— EUR 210 for the calendar year 2002 and the subsequent calendar
years;
(b) per eligible steer and age bracket:
— EUR 122 for the calendar year 2000,
— EUR 136 for the calendar year 2001,— EUR 150 for the calendar year 2002 and the subsequent calendar
years.
8. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted by
the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 43.
Subsection 2
Deseasonalisation premium
Article 5
1. Where, in aMember Sta te the number of steers:
(a) slaughtered in a given year exceeds 60 % of total annual
slaughterings of male bovine animals, and
(b) slaughtered during the period 1 September to 30 November in a
given year exceeds 35 % of total annual slaughterings of steers,
producers may qualify, on application, for an additional premium to the
special premium (deseasonalisation premium). However, if both
triggering rates referred to above are reached in Ireland or in Northern
Ireland, the premium shall apply in Ireland and in Northern Ireland.
For the purpose of applying this Article in the United Kingdom,
Northern Ireland shall be regarded as a separate entity.
2. The amount of this premium shall be set at:
— EUR 72,45 per animal slaughtered during the first 15 weeks in a
given year,
— EUR 54,34 per animal slaughtered during the 16th and 17th weeks in
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— EUR 36,23 per animal slaughtered during the 18th to the 21st week
in a given year, and
— EUR 18,11 per animal slaughtered during the 22nd and 23rd weeks
in agiven yea r.
3. Where the rate referred to in paragraph 1(b) is not achieved, taking
into account the penultimate sentence of paragraph 1, Member States
whose producers have previously received the deseasonalisationpremium may decide to grant this premium at the rate of 60 % of theamounts set in paragraph 2.
In such case, the Member State concerned:
(a) may decide to grant this premium for the first two or three of the
periods in question only,
(b) shall ensure the measure is financially neutral in respect of the same
budget year by accordingly reducing:
— the amount of the second age bracket of the special premium
applicable to steers granted in that Member State, and/or
— the additional payments to be made under section 2,
and shall inform the Commission of the reduction measure applied.
For the purpose of applying this measure, Ireland and Northern Ireland
shall be regarded as one entity for the calculation of the rate referred toin paragraph 1(a) and consequently for qualification for the premium.
4. In order to establish whether the percentages referred to in this
Article have been exceeded, account shall be taken of slaughteringscarried out during the second year preceding that in which the animal
qualifying for the premium was slaughtered.
5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted by
the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 43.
Subsection 3
Suckler cow premium
Article 6
1. A producer keeping suckler cows on his holding may qualify, on
application, for a premium for maintaining suckler cows (suckler cowpremium). It shall be granted in the form of an annual premium percalendar year and per producer within the limits of individual ceilings.
2. The suckler cow premium shall be granted to any producer:
(a) not supplying milk or milk products from his farm for 12 months
from the day on which the application is lodged.
The supply of milk or milk products directly from the holding to the
consumer shall not, however, prevent grant of the premium,
(b) supplying milk or milk products whose total individual reference
quantity as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92does not exceed 120 000 kilograms. However, Member States maydecide on the basis of objective criteria, which they determine, tochange or waive this quantitative limit,
provided that he keeps, for at least six consecutive months from the day
on which the application is lodged a number of suckler cows at leastequal to 80 % and of heifers at most equal to 20 % of the number forwhich the premium was requested.1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 11
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For the purposes of determining the number of eligible animals under
points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, whether cows belong to asuckler herd or to a dairy herd shall be established on the basis of the
beneficiary's individual reference quantity as defined in Article 16(3) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the commonorganisation of the market in milk and milk products(
1) and the average
milk yield.
3. The producers' entitlement to the premium shall be limited by the
application of an individual ceiling as defined in Article 7.
4. Per eligible animal, the amount of the premium shall be set at:
— EUR 163 for the calendar year 2000,
— EUR 182 for the calendar year 2001,
— EUR 200 for the calendar year 2002 and the subsequent calendar
years.
5. Member States may grant an additional national suckler cow
premium, up to a maximum of EUR 50 per animal, provided that no
discrimination is caused between stockfarmers in the Member State
concerned.
In respect of holdings located in a region as defined in Articles 3 and 6
of Council Regulation ►C1(EC) No 1260/1999 ◄of 21 June 1999
laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds ►C1(2)◄,
the first EUR 24,15 per animal of this additional premium shall befinanced by the Guarantee Section of the European Guidance and
Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).
In respect of holdings located throughout the territory of a Member State
if in the Member State concerned the cattle population has a high
proportion of suckler cows, representing at least 30 % of the totalnumber of cows, and if at least 30 % of male bovine animals slaughteredbelong to conformation classes S and E, the Guarantee Section ofEAGGF shall finance the additional premium in total. Any overshoot of
these percentages is established on the basis of the average of the two
years preceding that for which the premium is granted.
6. For the purposes of this Article, only heifers belonging to amea t
breed or born of across with amea t breed a nd belonging to aherdintended for rearing calves for meat production shall be taken intoaccount.
7. Detailed rules for the application of this Article and, in particular,
those relating to the definition of the concept of suckler cow referred to
in Article 3, shall be adopted and the average milk yield shall be
determined by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laiddown in Article 43.
Article 7
1. On 1 January 2000, the individual ceiling of each producer shall be
equal to the number of suckler cow premium rights (premium rights)which he held on 31 December 1999 in accordance with the relevantCommunity rules and, where appropriate, adjusted according toparagraph 3.
2. Member States shall take the necessary steps to ensure that, from
1 January 2000, the sum of premium rights on their territory does not
exceed the national ceilings set out in Annex II and that the national
reserves referred to in Article 9 may be set up.
3. Where the adjustment referred to in paragraph 2 requires a
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without compensatory payment and decided on the basis of objective
criteria, including, in particular:
— the rate at which producers have used their individual ceilings during
the three reference years prior to the year 2000,
— the implementation of an investment or extensification programme
in the beef and veal sector,
— particular natural circumstances or the application of penalties,
resulting in anon-pa yment or areduced pa yment of the premium forat least one reference year,
— additional exceptional circumstances having the effect that the
payments made for at least one reference year do not correspond tothe actual situation as established during the previous years.
4. Premium rights which have been withdrawn pursuant to the
measure provided for in paragraph 2 shall be abolished.
5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted by
the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 43.
Article 8
1. Where a producer sells or otherwise transfers his holding, he may
transfer all his suckler cow premium rights to the person taking over hisholding. He may also transfer, in full or in part, his rights to other
producers without transferring his holding.
In the case of transfer of premium rights without transfer of the holding
a part of the transferred rights, which shall not exceed 15 %, shall bereturned without compensatory payment to the national reserve of the
Member State where the holding is situated for redistribution free of
charge.
2. The Member States:
(a) shall take the necessary measures to prevent premium rights being
transferred outside sensitive areas or regions where beef and vealproduction is particularly important for the local economy;
(b) may provide either that the transfer of rights without transfer of the
holding is carried out directly between producers or that it is carriedout through the intermediary of the national reserve.
3. Member States may authorise, before a date to be determined,
temporary transfers of part of the premium rights which are not intendedto be used by the producer who holds them.
4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted by
the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 43.
These detailed rules may concern in particular:
— provisions enabling the Member States to resolve problems relating
to the transfer of premium rights by producers who are not the
owners of the land occupied by their holdings, and,
— specific rules relating to the minimum number which may form the
subject of a partial transfer.
Article 9
1. Each Member State shall maintain a national reserve of suckler
cow premium rights.
2. Any premium rights withdrawn pursuant to Article 8(1) or other
Community provisions shall be added to the national reserve, without
prejudice to Article 7(4).
3. The Member States shall use their national reserves for allocating,
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4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted by
the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 43. These rules shall concern, in particular:
— the measures applicable where, in a Member State, the national
reserve is not used,
— the measures relating to unused premium rights which have been
returned to the national reserve.
Article 10
1. By way of derogation from Article 6(3), Member States where
more than 60 % of suckler cows and heifers are kept in mountain areas
within the meaning of Article 18 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/
1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from theEuropean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) andamending and repealing certain Regulations(
1) may decide to manage
the granting of the suckler cow premium for heifers separately from thatfor suckler cows within the limits of a separate national ceiling to be set
up by the Member State concerned.
Such separate national ceiling shall not exceed 20 % of the national
ceiling of the Member State concerned set out in Annex II to thisRegulation. That national ceiling shall be reduced by an amount equal tothe separate national ceiling.
When in a Member State exercising the power under paragraph 1 the
total number of heifers, for which an application has been made, and
which satisfy the conditions for granting the suckler cow premium,exceeds the separate national ceiling, the number of eligible heifers perproducer for the year in question shall be reduced proportionately.
2. For the purpose of this Article, only heifers belonging to amea t
breed or born of a cross with a meat breed shall be taken into account.
3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted by
the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 43.
Subsection 4
Slaughter premium
Article 11
1. A producer keeping bovine animals on his holding may qualify, on
application, for a slaughter premium. It shall be granted on slaughter of
eligible animals or their export to a third country and within national
ceilings to be determined.
The following shall be eligible for the slaughter premium:
(a) bulls, steers, cows and heifers from the age of eight months,
(b) calves of more than one and less than seven months old and of
carcase weight of less than 160 kilograms,
provided they have been held by the producer for a period to be
determined.
2. The amount of the premium shall be set at:
(a) per eligible animal as specified under paragraph 1(a):
— EUR 27 for the calendar year 2000,
— EUR 53 for the calendar year 2001,
— EUR 80 for the calendar year 2002 and the subsequent calendar
years;
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— EUR 33 for the calendar year 2001,
— EUR 50 for the calendar year 2002 and the subsequent calendar
years.
3. The national ceilings referred to in paragraph 1 shall be established
per Member State and separately for both groups of animals as specifiedin (a) and (b) thereof. Each ceiling shall be equal to the number ofanimals of each of these two groups which in 1995 were slaughtered inthe Member State concerned to which are added those animals exportedto third countries, according to Eurostat data or any other published
official statistical information for that year accepted by the Commission.
4. When in a given Member State the total number of animals, for
which an application has been made in respect of one of the two groups
of animals specified in (a) or (b) of paragraph 1, and which satisfy theconditions for granting the slaughter premium exceeds the nationalceiling laid down for that group, the number of all eligible animals underthat group per producer for the year in question shall be reducedproportionately.
5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted by
the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 43.
Subsection 5
Stocking density
Article 12
1. The total number of animals qualifying for the special premium
and the suckler cow premium shall be limited by the application of a
stocking density on the holding of two livestock units (LU) per hectareand calendar year. This stocking density shall be expressed in LU perunit of forage area of the holding used for the animals carried on it.However, a producer shall be exempt from the application of the
stocking density if the number of animals held on his holding and to be
taken into account for determining the stocking density is not more than15 LU.
2. For determining the stocking density on the holding, account shall
be taken of:
(a) the male bovine animals, suckler cows and heifers, sheep and/or
goats for which premium applications have been submitted, as wellas the dairy cows needed to produce the total reference quantity ofmilk allocated to the producer. The number of animals shall beconverted to LU by reference to the conversion table in Annex III,
(b) the forage area, meaning the area of the holding available
throughout the calendar year for rearing bovine animals and sheep
and/or goats. The forage area shall not include:
— buildings, woods, ponds, paths,
— areas used for other crops eligible for Community aid or for
permanent crops or horticultural crops, except permanent pasture
for which area payments are granted pursuant to Article 17 ofthis Regulation and Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999,
— areas qualifying for the support system laid down for the
producers of certain arable crops, used for the aid scheme fordried fodder or subject to a national or Community set-asidescheme.
Forage area shall include areas in shared use and areas which are subject
to mixed cultivation.
3. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of
this Article in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43.These rules shall, in particular, concern those:
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— enabling improper application of the stocking density to be
prevented.
Subsection 6
Extensification payment
Article 13
1. Producers receiving the special premium and/or the suckler cow
premium may qualify for an extensification payment.
2. The extensification payment shall be EUR 100 per special
premium and suckler cow premium granted, provided that in respect
of the calendar year concerned the stocking density on the holding
concerned is less than or equal to 1,4 LU per hectare.
However, Member States may decide to grant the extensification
payment as follows:
(a) in respect of the calendar years 2000 and 2001, at an amount of
EUR 33 for a stocking density of 1,6 LU per hectare or more and
less than or equal to 2,0 LU per hectare, and at an amount of EUR
66 for a stocking density of less than 1,6 LU per hectare;
(b) in respect of the calendar year 2002 and the subsequent years, at an
amount of EUR 40 for a stocking density of 1,4 LU per hectare or
more and less or equal to 1,8 LU per hectare, and at an amount of
EUR 80 for a stocking density of less than 1,4 LU per hectare.
3. For the purposes of the application of paragraph 2:
(a) by way of derogation from Article 12(2)(a), the stocking density of
the holdings shall be determined by taking into account the malebovine animals, cows, and heifers present thereon during the
calendar year concerned, as well as the sheep and/or goats for which
premium applications have been submitted for the same calendaryear. The number of animals shall be converted to LU by referenceto the conversion table in Annex III.
(b) without prejudice to the third indent of Article 12(2)(b), areas used
for the production of arable crops as defined in Annex I of CouncilRegulation (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17 May 1999 establishing asupport system for producers of certain arable crops(
1) shall not be
taken as ‘forage area’;
(c) the forage area to be taken into account for the calculation of the
stocking density shall consist of at least 50 % of pasture land.‘Pasture land’ shall be defined by Member States. The definition
shall include at least the criterion that pasture land shall be grassland
which, following the local farming practices is recognised as beingdestined for grazing bovine animals and/or sheep. However, thisshall not exclude the mixed use of pasture land during the same year(pasture, hay, grass silage).
4. Without prejudice to the stocking density requirements set out in
paragraph 2, producers in Member States where more than 50 % of milk
production takes place in mountain areas within the meaning ofArticle 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 and whose holdings arelocated in such areas, may receive extensification payments as set out inparagraph 2 for the dairy cows kept thereon.
5. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 the
Commission shall:
— adopt detailed rules for the application of this Article,
— if necessary, adjust the amounts set out in paragraph 2 taking
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Section 2
Additional payments
Article 14
1. Member States shall, on a yearly basis, make additional payments
to producers in their territory totalling the global amounts set out inAnnex IV. Such payments shall be made according to objective criteriaincluding, in particular, the relevant production structures and condi-tions, and in such a way as to ensure equal treatment between producers
and to avoid market and competition distortions. Moreover, such
payments shall not be linked to fluctuations of market prices.
2. Additional payments may be made in the form of headage
payments (Article 15) and/or area payments (Article 17).
Article 15
1. Headage payments may be granted for:
(a) male bovine animals,
(b) suckler cows,
(c) dairy cows,
(d) heifers.
2. Headage payments may be granted as supplementary amounts per
slaughter premium unit as set out in Article 11, except for calves. In theother cases, the grant of headage payments shall be subject:
(a) to the special conditions set out in Article 16,
(b) to specific stocking density requirements to be established by
Member States.
3. The specific stocking density requirements shall be established:
— on the basis of the forage area referred to in Article 12(2)(b), with
the exception of areas for which area payments are granted in
accordance with Article 17,
— taking account of, in particular, the invironmental impact of the type
of production concerned, the environmental sensitivity of the land
used for rearing cattle and the measures which have been
implemented with a view to stabilise or improve the environmentalsituation of this land.
Article 16
1. Headage payments for male bovine animals may be granted per
calendar year for no more than a number of animals in a Member State:
— equal to the regional ceiling of the Member State concerned set out
in Annex I or
— equal to the number of male bovine animals for which premiums
were granted in 1997, or
— equal to the average number of slaughterings of male bovine animals
during the years 1997, 1998 and 1999 deriving from Eurostat
statistics for these years or any other published official statistical
information for these years accepted by the Commission.
Member States may also provide for a headage limit of number of male
bovine animals per holding to be determined by the Member State on a
national or regional basis.
Only male bovine animals from the age of eight months shall be eligible.
If headage payments are made at the time of slaughter, Member Statesmay decide to replace this condition by a minimum carcase weight of atleast 180 kilograms.
2. Headage payments for suckler cows and heifers qualifying for
suckler cow premium under Article 6(4) and Article 10 may only begranted as a supplementary amount per suckler cow premium unit as setout in Article 6(4).1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 17
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3. Headage payments for dairy cows may only be granted as amount
per tonne of reference quantity eligible for premium available on theholding to be established in accordance with Article 16(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999.
Article 15(2)(b) shall not apply.4. Headage payments for heifers other than those referred to in
paragraph 2 may be granted per Member State and calendar year for nomore than a number of heifers equal to the average number ofslaughterings of heifers during the years 1997, 1998 and 1999 derivingfrom Eurostat statistics for these years or any other published official
statistical information for these years accepted by the Commission.
Article 17
1. Area payments shall be granted per hectare of permanent pasture:
(a) which is available to a producer during the calendar year concerned,
(b) which is not used to comply with the specific stocking density
requirements referred to in Article 15(3), and
(c) in respect of which no payments under the support system laid down
for producers of certain arable crops, under the aid system for driedfodder and under Community aid schemes for other permanent orhorticultural crops are claimed for the same year.
2. The area of permanent pasture in a region for which area payments
may be granted shall not exceed the relevant regional base area.
Regional base areas shall be established by Member States as the
average number of hectares of permanent pasture available for rearingbovine animals during the years 1995, 1996 and 1997.
3. The maximum area payment per hectare which may be granted,
including area payments pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EC)No 1255/1999 shall not exceed:
— EUR 210 for the calendar year 2000,
— EUR 280 for the calendar year 2001,
— EUR 350 for the calendar year 2002 and the subsequent calendar
years.
Article 18
Before 1 January 2000, Member States shall provide the Comission with
detailed information on their national arrangements concerning thegranting of additional payments. Any changes of these arrangementsshall be communicated to the Commission not later than one month aftertheir adoption.
Article 19
Before 1 April 2004, Member States shall submit to the Commission
detailed reports on the implementation of this section.
Before 1 January 2005, the Commission shall evaluate the implementa-
tion of this section and examine the distribution of Community funds
between Member States as provided for in Annex IV, taking account of,in particular, the development of the Member States shares inCommunity beef production. If necessary, the Commission shall makeappropriate proposals to the Council.
Article 20
Detailed rules of application of this section shall be adopted by the
Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43.1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 18
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SECTION 3
Common provisions
Article 21
To qualify for direct payments under this chapter, an animal shall be
identified and registered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 820/97.
Article 22
1. Direct payments under this chapter, except the deseasonalisation
premium, shall be paid as soon as the inspections are carried out but not
earlier than 16 October of the calendar year in respect of which they are
applied for.
2. Save in duly justified exceptional cases:
— direct payments under this chapter shall be made not later than
30 June of the year following the calendar year in respect of whichthe payment is applied for,
— the deseasonalisation premium shall be paid as soon as the
inspections are carried out and no later than 15 October of thecalendar year in respect of which it is applied for.
Article 23
1. Where residues of substances prohibited under Council Directive
96/22/EC(
1), or residues of substances authorised under the aforemen-
tioned act but used illegally, are detected pursuant to the relevantprovisions of Directive 96/23/EC(
2), in an animal belonging to the
bovine herd of aproducer, or where anon-a uthorised substa nce orproduct, or a substance or product authorised under Council Directive
96/22/EC but held illegally is found on the producer's holding in any
form, the producer shall be excluded, for the calendar year of thatdiscovery, from receiving the amounts provided for under this section.
In the event of arepea ted infringement, the length of the exclusion
period may, according to the seriousness of the offence, be extended tofive years as from the year in which the repeated infringement wasdiscovered.
2. In the event of obstruction on the part of the owner or holder of the
animals when inspections are being carried out and when the samplesare being taken which are necessary for the application if national
residue-monitoring plans or when the investigations and checks
provided for under Directive 96/23/EC are being carried out, thepenalties provided for in paragraph 1 shall apply.
3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted by
the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 43.
Article 24
The amounts of the direct payments set out in sections 1 and 2 may be
changed in the light of developments in production, productivity and the
markets, according to the procedure laid down in Article 37(2) of theTreaty.1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 19
(1) Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the prohibition on
the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic
action and of β-agonists, and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC
and 88/299/EEC (OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 3).
(2) Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain
substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and
repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC
and 91/664/EEC (OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10).
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Article 25
The expenditure incurred in granting the direct payments provided for in
this chapter shall be considered as intervention measures within themeaning of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999.
CHAPTER 2
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC STORAGE
Article 26
1. From 1 July 2002, the granting of aids for private storage may be
decided, when the average Community market price recorded, on thebasis of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adultbovine animals provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 (called
hereinafter ‘Community scale’), is, and is likely to remain, at less than
103 % of the basic price.
2. The basic price for carcases of male bovine animals of grade R3 in
the Community scale shall be set at EUR 2 224/t.
3. Private storage aid may be granted for fresh or chilled meat of
adult bovine animals presented in the form of carcases, half-carcases,compensated quarters, forequarters or hindquarters, classified in
accordance with the Community scale.
4. The Council, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 37(2) of the Treaty, may:
— change the basic price taking account, in particular, of the need to fix
this price at a level which contributes towards stabilising market
prices without, however, leading to the formation of structuralsurpluses in the Community,
— amend the list of products in paragraph 3 which may be the subject
of private storage aid.
5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted
and the granting of aids for private storage shall be decided by theCommission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43.
Article 27
1. From 1 July 2002, public intervention shall be opened if, for a
period of two consecutive weeks, the average market price in a Member
State or in a region of a Member State recorded on the basis of theCommunity scale provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 fallsshort of EUR 1 560/t; in this case, one or more categories, qualities orquality groups, to be determined, of fresh or chilled meat falling within
CN codes 0201 10 00 and 0201 20 20 to 0201 20 50 originating in the
Community may be bought in by intervention agencies.
2. For buying-in under paragraph 1, only eligible offers equal to or
less than the average market price recorded in a Member State or a
region of a Member State and increased by an amount to be determinedon the basis of objective criteria may be accepted.
3. The buying-in prices and the quantities accepted for intervention
shall be determined under tender procedures and may, in special
circumstances, be fixed per Member State or per region of a MemberState on the basis of recorded average market prices. The tenderprocedures shall ensure equality of access of all persons concerned.They shall be opened on the basis of specifications to be determined
taking commercial structures into account, where necessary.
4. Under the procedure provided for in Article 43:
— the products, categories, qualities or quality groups of products
eligible for intervention shall be determined,
— the buying-in prices and the quantities accepted for intervention shall
be fixed,
— the amount of the increase referred to in paragraph 2 shall be
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— the detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted,
— any transitional provisions necessary for the implementation of these
arrangements shall be adopted.
The Commission shall decide on:
— opening buying-in when during two consecutive weeks the condition
referred to in paragraph 1 is met,
— closing buying-in when during at least one week the condition as
referred to in paragraph 1 is no longer met.
Article 28
1. Disposal of the products bought in by the intervention agencies in
accordance with the provisions of Articles 27 and 47 of this Regulationand of Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall take placein such a way as to avoid any disturbance of the market and to ensureequal access to goods and equal treatment of purchasers.
2. Detailed rules for the application of this Article, in particular as
regards selling prices, conditions for release from storage and, whereappropriate, the processing of products bought-in by the interventionagencies, shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with theprocedure laid down in Article 43.
TITLE II
TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES
Article 29
1. Imports into the Community of any of the products listed in
Article 1(1)(a) shall be subject to presentation of an import licence.
Imports into the Community of any of the products listed in
Article 1(1)(b) and exports from the Community of products listed in
Article 1(1)(a) and (b) may be subject to presentation of an import orexport licence.
Licences shall be issued by the Member States to any applicant,
irrespective of his place of establishment in the Community and without
prejudice to measures taken for the application of Articles 32 and 33.
Import and export licences shall be valid throughout the Community.
Such licences shall be issued subject to the lodging of a securityguaranteeing that the products are imported or exported during the term
of validity of the licence; except in cases of force majeure , the security
shall be forfeited in whole or in part if import or export is not carriedout, or is carried out only partially, within that period.
2. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted by
the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 43. These rules may concern, in particular:
(a) the term of validity of licences,
(b) the list of products for which import or export licences are requested
under paragraph 1 second subparagraph.
Article 30
Unless this Regulation provides otherwise, the rates of duty in the
Common Customs Tariff shall apply to the products listed in Article 1.
Article 31
1. In order to prevent or counteract adverse effects on the market in
the Community which may result from imports of certain products listed
in Article 1, imports of one or more of such products at the rate of duty
laid down in Article 30 shall be subject to payment of an additionalimport duty if the conditions set out in Article 5 of the Agreement onAgriculture concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty inthe framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiationshave been fulfilled unless the imports are unlikely to disturb the1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 21
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Community market, or where the effects would be disproportionate to
the intended objective.
2. The trigger prices below which an additional duty may be imposed
shall be those which are forwarded by the Community to the World
Trade Organisation.
The trigger volumes to be exceeded in order to have the additional
import duty imposed shall be determined particularly on the basis ofimports into the Community in the three years preceding the year in
which the averse effects referred to in paragraph 1 arise or are likely to
arise.
3. The import prices to be taken into consideration for imposing an
additional import duty shall be determined on the basis of the cif importprices of the consignment under consideration.
Cif import prices shall be checked to that end against the representative
prices for the product on the world market or on the Community import
market for that product.
4. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of
this Article in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43.Such detailed rules shall specify in particular:
(a) the products to which additional import duties may be applied under
the terms of Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture;
(b) the other criteria necessary to ensure application of paragraph 1 in
accordance with Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculure.
Article 32
1. Tariff quotas for the products listed in Article 1 resulting from
agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty or
from any other act of the Council shall be opened and administered bythe Commission in accordance with detailed rules adopted under theprocedure laid down in Article 43.
With regard to the import quota of 50 000 tonnes of frozen meat coming
within CN codes 0202 20 30, 0202 30 and 0206 29 91 and intended for
processing, the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission by a
qualified majority, may lay down that all or part of the quota shall coverequivalent quantities of quality meat, applying a conversion rate of4,375.
2. Quotas shall be administered by applying one of the following
methods or acombina tion of them:
— method based on chronological order of the lodging of applications
(‘first come, first served’ principle),
— method of distribution in proportion to the quantities requested when
the applications were lodged (using the ‘simultaneous examination’method),
— method based on taking traditional trade patterns into account (using
the ‘traditional importers/new arrivals’ method).
Other appropriate methods may be adopted.They shall avoid any discrimination between the operators concerned.3. The method of administration adopted shall, where appropriate,
give due weight to the supply requirements of the Community marketand the need to safeguard the equilibrium of that market, while at the
same time possibly drawing on methods which may have been applied in
the past to quotas corresponding to those referred to in paragraph 1,without prejudice to the rights resulting from agreements concluded aspart of the Uruguay Round trade negotiations.
4. The detailed rules referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide for
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determine the administrative method to be used and, where appropriate,
shall include:
(a) guarantees covering the nature, provenance and origin of the
product, and
(b) recognition of the document used for verifying the guarantees
referred to in (a), and
(c) the conditions under which import licences are issued and their term
of validity.
Article 33
1. To the extent necessary to enable the products listed in Article 1 to
be exported on the basis of quotations or prices for those products on the
world market and within the limits resulting from agreements concludedin accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty, the difference betweenthose quotations or prices and prices in the Community may be coveredby export refunds.
2. The method to be adopted for the allocation of the quantities which
may be exported with a refund shall be the method which:
(a) is most suited to the nature of the product and the situation on the
market in question, allowing the most efficient possible use of the
resources available, account being taken of the efficiency and
structure of Community exports without, however, creatingdiscrimination between large and small operators;
(b) is least cumbersome administratively for operators, account being
taken of administration requirements;
(c) prevents any discrimination between the operators concerned.
3. Refunds shall be the same for the whole Community.They may vary according to destination, where the world market
situation or the specific requirements of certain markets make thisnecessary.
Refunds shall be fixed by the Commission in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 43. Refunds may be fixed, in particular:
(a) at regular intervals;
(b) in addition and for limited quantities, by invitation to tender for
products for which that procedure seems appropriate.
Except where fixed by tender, the list of products on which an export
refund is granted and the amount of such refund shall be fixed at least
once every three months. The amount of the refund may, however,remain at the same level for more than three months and may, wherenecessary, be adjusted in the intervening period by the Commission atthe request of a Member State or on its own initiative.
4. The following shall be taken into account when refunds are being
fixed:
(a) the existing situation and the future trend with regard to:
— prices and availabilities of beef and veal sector products on the
Community market,
— prices for beef and veal sector products on the world market,
(b) the aims of the common organisation of the market in beef and veal,
which are to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of
prices and trade on this market;
(c) the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with
Article 300 of the Treaty;
(d) the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market;
(e) the economic aspect of the proposed exports.
Account shall also be taken in particular of the need to establish a
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use of products from these countries admitted to inward-processing
arrangements.
5. When prices within the Community listed in paragraph 1 are being
determined the following shall be taken into account:
— prices ruling on the representative Community markets,
— prices ruling at export.
When prices in international trade listed in paragraph 1 are being
determined account shall be taken of:
— prices ruling on third-country markets,
— the most favourable prices in third countries of destination for third-
country imports,
— producer prices recorded in exporting third countries, account being
taken, where appropriate, of subsidies granted by those countries,
— free-at-Community-frontier offer prices.
6. Refunds shall be granted only on application and on presentation
of the relevant export licence.
7. The refund applicable to exports of products listed in Article 1
shall be that applicable on the day of application for the licence and, inthe case of a differentiated refund, that applicable on the same day:
(a) for the destination indicated on the licence; or
(b) for the actual destination if it differs from the destination indicated
on the licence. In that case, the amount applicable may not exceed
the amount applicable for the destination indicated on the licence.
Appropriate measures may be taken to prevent abuse of the flexibility
provided for in this paragraph.
8. Paragraphs 6 and 7 may be waived in the case of products listed in
Article 1 on which refunds are paid under food-aid operations, inaccordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43.
9. The refund shall be paid on proof that:
— the products are of Community origin,
— the products have been exported from the Community, and
— in the case of a differentiated refund the products have reached the
destination indicated on the licence or another destination for whichthe refund was fixed, without prejudice to paragraph 3(b). Excep-tions may be made to this rule in accordance with the procedure laiddown in Article 43, provided conditions are laid down which offerequivalent guarantees.
Moreover, the payment of the refund for exports of live animals shall be
subject to compliance with the provisions established in Communitylegislation concerning animal welfare and, in particular, the protection
of animals during transport.
10. Without prejudice to paragraph 9 first indent, in the absence of a
derogation granted in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 43, no export refund shall be granted on products which are
imported from third countries and re-exported to third countries.
11. Observance of the volume limits resulting from the agreements
concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty shall be ensured
on the basis of the export licences issued for the reference periods
provided for therein which apply to the products concerned. With regardto compliance with the obligations arising in the framework of theUruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the ending of a referenceperiod shall not affect the validity of export licences.
12. Detailed rules for the application of this Article, including
provisions on the redistribution of exportable quantities which have notbeen allocated or utilised, shall be adopted by the Commission inaccordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43.1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 24
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With regard to paragraph 9, last subparagraph, the detailed rules for the
application may also include conditions concerning, in particular,imports into third countries.
Article 34
1. To the extent necessary for the proper working of the common
organisation of the market in beef and veal, the Council, acting by aqualified majority, on a proposal from the Commission, may, in specialcases, prohibit in whole or in part the use of inward or outwardprocessing arrangements in respect of products listed in Article 1.
2. However, by way of derogation from paragraph 1, if the situation
referred to in paragraph 1 arises with exceptional urgency and theCommunity market is disturbed or is liable to be disturbed by theinward- or outward-processing arrangements, the Commission shall, at
the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decide on the
necessary measures; the Council and the Member States shall be notifiedof such measures, which shall be valid for no more than six months andshall be immediately applicable. If the Commission receives a requestfrom a Member State, it shall take a decision thereon within a week
following receipt of the request.
3. Measures decided on by the Commission may be referred to the
Council by any Member State within a week of the day on which they
were notified. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may confirm,
amend or repeal the Commission decision. If the Council has not actedwithin three months, the Commission decision shall be deemed to havebeen repealed.
Article 35
1. The general rules for the interpretation of the Combined
Nomenclature and the detailed rules for its application shall apply to
the tariff classification of products covered by this Regulation; the tariff
nomenclature resulting from the application of this Regulation shall beincorporated into the Common Customs Tariff.
2. Safe as otherwise provided for in this Regulation or in provisions
adopted pursuant thereto, the following shall be prohibited in trade withthird countries:
— the levying of any charge having equivalent effect to a customs duty,
— the application of any quantitative restriction or measure having
equivalent effect.
Article 36
1. If, by reason of imports or exports, the Community market in one
or more of the products listed in Article 1 is affected by, or is threatenedwith, serious disturbance likely to jeopardise the achievement of theobjectives set out in Article 33 of the Treaty, appropriate measures maybe applied in trade with third countries until such disturbance or threat of
disturbance has ceased.
The Council, acting by a qualified majority, on a proposal from the
Commission, shall adopt general rules for the application of this
paragraph and shall define the circumstances and limits within which
Member States may adopt protective measures.
2. If the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises, the Commission
shall, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decide on
the necessary measures; the Member States shall be notified of suchmeasures, which shall be immediately applicable. If the Commissionreceives a request from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereonwithin three working days following receipt of the request.
3. Measures decided on by the Commission may be referred to the
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within one month following the day on which it was referred to the
Council.
4. This Article shall be applied having regard to the obligations
arising from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300(2) of
the Treaty.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 37
Member States shall record prices of bovine animals and of meat of
bovine animals on the basis of rules to be established by theCommission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43.
Article 38
1. When a substantial rise or fall in prices is recorded on the
Community market and this situation is likely to continue, therebydisturbing or threatening to disturb the market, the necessary measures
may be taken.
2. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted by
the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 43.
Article 39
In order to take account of the restrictions on free circulation which may
result from the application of measures for combating the spread of
diseases in animals, exceptional measures of support for the marketaffected by those restrictions may be taken in accordance with theprocedure laid down in Article 43. Those measures may only be taken inso far as, and for as long as, is strictly necessary for the support of thatmarket.
Article 40
Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation, Articles 87, 88 and 89 of
the Treaty shall apply to the production of and trade in the productslisted in Article 1.
Article 41
Member States and the Commission shall communicate to each other the
information necessary for implementing this Regulation. The informa-
tion to be communicated shall be determined in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 43. Rules for the communication anddistribution of such information shall be adopted in accordance with thesame procedure.
Article 42
A Management Committee for Beef and Veal (hereinafter called ‘the
Committee’) shall be established, composed of representatives of
Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission.
Article 43
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed,
the chairman shall refer the matter to the Committee either on his owninitiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall
deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman
may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shallbe delivered by the majority laid down in Article 205(2) of the Treaty inthe case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on aproposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 26
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Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner
set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote.
3. (a) The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply
immediately.
(b) However, if these measures are not in accordance with the
opinion of the Committee, they shall be communicated by theCommission to the Council forthwith. In that event:
— the Commission may defer application of the measures which
it has decided for a period of not more than one month from
the date of such communication,
— the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a
different decision within the time limit referred to in thepreceding indent.
Article 44
The Committee may consider any other question referred to it by its
chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of therepresentative of a Member State.
Article 45
Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and the provisions adopted in
implementation thereof shall apply to the products listed in Article 1.
Article 46
This Regulation shall be so applied that appropriate account is taken, at
the same time, of the objectives set out in Articles 33 and 131 of the
Treaty.
TITLE IV
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 47
1. Until 30 June 2002, products as referred to in paragraph 2 in
connection with Article 26(1), may be bought in by interventionagencies in accordance with the provisions laid down in this Article, toprevent or mitigate a substantial fall in prices.
2. Where the conditions laid down in paragraph 3 are met, buying in
by intervention agencies in one or more Member States or in a region ofa Member State of one or more categories, qualities or quality groups, tobe determined, of fresh or chilled meat falling within CN codes
0201 10 00 and 0201 20 20 to 0201 20 50 originating in the Community
may be organised under tender procedures arranged with a view toensuring reasonable support of the market, having regard to seasonaldevelopments as regards slaughterings.
Such buying in may not cover more than 3500 00 tonnes per year and
for the Community as a whole.
The Council may amend this quantity, acting by a qualified majority on
aproposa l from the Commission.
3. For each quality or quality group that may be bought in, the tender
procedures may be opened as provided in paragraph 8 whenever, in aMember State or in a region of a Member State, the following twoconditions are both met for a period of two consecutive weeks:
— the average Community market price recorded on the basis of
Community grading scale for the carcases of adult bovine animals is
less than 84 % of the intervention price,
— the average market price recorded on the basis of the said scale in the
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The intervention price shall be set at:
— EUR 3 475 per tonne for the period from 1 January until 30 June
2000,
— EUR 3 242 per tonne for the period from 1 July 2000 until 30 June
2001,
— EUR 3 013 per tonne for the period from 1 July 2001 until 30 June
2002.
4. Tender arrangements for one or more qualities or quality groups
shall be suspended in any one of the following two situations:
— where, for two consecutive weeks, the two conditions referred to in
paragraph 3 are no longer both met at the same time,
— where intervention buying-in is no longer appropriate in view of the
criteria set out in paragraph 2.
5. Intervention shall also be opened if, for a period of two
consecutive weeks, the average Community market price of younguncastrated male animals less than two years old or castrated male
animals, recorded on the basis of the Community grading scale for
carcases of adult bovine animals, falls short of 78 % of the interventionprice, and if in a Member State or regions of a Member State, theaverage market price of young uncastrated male animals less than twoyears old or castrated male animals, recorded on the basis of theCommunity grading scale for carcases of adult bovine animals, falls
short of 60 % of the intervention price; in this case, buying-in shall take
place for the categories concerned in the Member States or regions of aMember State where the price level is below that limit.
For this buying-in, and without prejudice to paragraph 6, all offers shall
be accepted.
The quantities bought in pursuant to this paragraph shall not be taken
into account for the purposes of applying the buying-in ceiling referred
to in paragraph 2.
6. Only offers equal to or less than the average market price recorded
in a Member State or a region of a Member State and increased by an
amount to be determined on the basis of objective criteria may beaccepted under the buying-in systems referred to in paragraphs 2 and 5.
7. For each quality or quality group eligible for intervention, the
buying-in prices and the quantities accepted for intervention shall bedetermined under tender procedures and may, in special circumstances,be fixed per Member State or per region of a Member State on the basisof recorded average market prices. The tender procedures must ensure
equality of access for all persons concerned. They shall be opened on the
basis of specifications to be determined taking commercial structuresinto account, where necessary.
8. Under the procedure provided for in Article 43:
— the categories, qualities or quality groups of products eligible for
intervention shall be determined,
— the opening or reopening of tender procedures and their suspension
in the case referred to in the last indent of paragraph 4 shall be
decided,
— the buying-in prices and the quantities accepted for intervention shall
be fixed,
— the amount of the increase referred to in paragraph 6 shall be
determined,
— the procedures implementing this Article, and in particular those
designed to prevent market prices spiralling downward, shall be
adopted,
— any transitional provisions necessary for the implementation of these
arrangements shall be adopted.
The Commission shall decide on:
— opening intervention as referred to in paragraph 5 and suspending it
where one or more conditions laid down in that paragraph no longerapply,1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 28
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— suspending buying-in as referred to in the first indent of paragraph 4.
Article 48
1. Until 30 June 2002, the granting of aids for private storage for
products as referred to in Article 26(3) may be decided.
2. Detailed rules of application with regard to private storage aid
shall be adopted and the granting of aids for private storage shall be
decided by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 43.
Article 49
1. Regulations (EEC) No 805/68, (EEC) No 989/68, (EEC) No 98/69
and (EEC) No 1892/87 are hereby repealed.
2. References to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and should be read in accordance with thecorrelation table in Annex V.
Article 50
The Commission shall adopt, in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 43:
— the measures required to facilitate the transition from the arrange-
ments provided in Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 to those establishedby this Regulation,
— the measures required to resolve specific practical problems. Such
measures, if duly justified, may derogate from certain parts of thisRegulation.
Article 51
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply as from 1 January 2000, save for Article 18 which shall
apply from the entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
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ANNEX I
SPECIAL PREMIUM
Regional ceilings of the Member States referred to in Article 4(4)of
Regulation (EC)No 1254/1999
Belgium 235 149
Denmark 277 110
Germany 1 782 700
Greece 143 134
Spain 713 999 (1)
France 1 754 732 (2)
Ireland 1 077 458
Italy 598 746
Luxembourg 18 962
Netherlands 157 932
Austria423 400
Portugal 175 075 (3)
Finland 250 000
Sweden 250 000
United Kingdom 1 419 811 (4)
(1) Without prejudice to the specific rules laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 1454/
2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products forthe Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1601/92 (Poseican) (see p. 45 of
this Official Journal).
(
2) Without prejudice to the specific rules laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/
2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products forthe French overseas departments, amending Directive 72/462/EEC and repealingRegulations (EEC) No 525/77 and (EEC) No 3763/91 (Poseidom) (see p. 11. of thisOfficial Journal).
(
3) Without prejudice to the specific rules laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 1453/
2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products forthe Azores and Madeira and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 (Poseima) (see p.26 of this Official Journal).
Excluding the extensification programme provided for in Council Regulation (EC)
No 1017/94 of 26 April 1994 concerning the conversion of land currently under arablecrops to extensive livestock farming in Portugal (OJ L 112, 3.5.1994, p. 2). Regulation aslast amended by Regulation (EC) No 1461/95 (OJ L 144, 28.6.1995, p. 4).
(
4) This ceiling is increased temporarily by 100 000 head to 1 519 811 head until such time
as live animals under six months of age can be exported.1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 30
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ANNEX II
SUCKLER COW PREMIUM
National ceilings referred to in Article 7(2)of Regulation (EC)No 1254/1999
applicable from 1 January 2000
Belgium 394 253
Denmark 112 932
Germany 639 535
Greece 138 005
Spain (1) 1 441 539
France (2) 3 779 866
Ireland 1 102 620
Italy 621 611
Luxembourg 18 537Netherlands 63 236
Austria325 000
Portugal (
3) 277 539
Finland 55 000
Sweden 155 000
United Kingdom 1 699 511
(1) Excluding the specific ceiling provided for in Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1454/
2001 and the specific reserve provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1017/94.
(2) Excluding the specific ceiling provided for in Article 9(4)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1452/2001.
(3) Excluding the specific ceiling provided for in Article 13(3) and Article 22(3)
respectively of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001.1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 31
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ANNEX III
Livestock unit (LU)conversion table referred to in Articles 12 and 13
Male bovine animals and heifers older than 24 months,
suckler cows, dairy cows1,0 LU
Male bovine animals and heifers from six months to
24 months0,6 LU
Sheep 0,15 LU
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ANNEX IV
ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS
Global amounts referred to in Article 14
(expressed in millions of euro)
2000 20012002 and
subsequent
years
Belgium 13,1 26,3 39,4
Denmark 3,9 7,9 11,8
Germany 29,5 58,9 88,4
Greece 1,3 2,5 3,8
Spain 11,0 22,1 33,1
France 31,1 62,3 93,4
Ireland 10,5 20,9 31,4
Italy 21,9 43,7 65,6
Luxembourg 1,1 2,3 3,4
Netherlands 8,4 16,9 25,3
Austria4,0 8,0 12,0
Portugal 2,1 4,1 6,2Finland 2,1 4,1 6,2
Sweden 3,1 6,1 9,2
United Kingdom 21,3 42,5 63,81999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 33
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ANNEX V
CORRELATION TABLE
Regulation (EEC)No 805/68 This Regulation
Article 1 Article 1
Article 2 Article 2
Article 4 —
Article 4a first and second indent Article 3(a) and (b)Article 4b(1) Article 4(1)
Article 4b(2) first subparagraph Article 4(2)
Article 4b(2) second subparagraph Article 4(3)(a)Article 4b(3) point (a) of the third subparagraph Article 3(c)
Article 4b(3a) —
Article 4b(4) —
Article 4b(5) Article 4(6)
Article 4b(7a) —Article 4b(8) Article 4(8)
Article 4c(1) second subparagraph Article 5(4)
Article 4c(1) third subparagraph Article 5(1) second subparagraphArticle 4c(2) second subparagraph Article 5(2)
Article 4c(2) third subparagraph Article 5(4)
Article 4c(3) third subparagraph Article 5(3) third subparagraphArticle 4c(4) Article 5(5)
Article 4d(1) first sentence Article 6(1) first sentence
Article 4d(1a) —Article 4d(2) first sentence Article 6(3)
Article 4d(3a) —
Article 4d(5) Article 6(2)(a)Article 4d(6) first subparagraph Article 6(2)(b) first sentence
Article 4d(6) second to fourth subparagraph —
Article 4d(6) fifth subparagraph Article 6(2) second subparagraphArticle 4d(8) second indent Article 6(7)
Article 4e(1) first sentence of the first subpara-
graphArticle 8(1) first subparagraph
Article 4e(1) second sentence of the first
subparagraphArticle 8(4) second indent of the second subpar-
agraph
Article 4e(1) second subparagraph Article 8(1) second subparagraph
Article 4e(2) Article 8(2)
Article 4e(3) Article 8(3)Article 4e(4) —
Article 4e(5) Article 8(4) first subparagraph and first indent of
the second subparagraph
Article 4f(4) first and second indents of the
second subparagraphArticle 9(4) first and second subparagraphs
Article 4g(3) Article 12(2)
Article 4g(4a) —
Article 4g(5) Article 12(3)Article 4i —
Article 4j(1) to (3) Article 23(1) to (3)
Article 4k —1999R1254 — EN — 24.07.2001 — 001.001 — 34
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Regulation (EEC)No 805/68 This Regulation
Article 4l Article 25
Article 5 —
Article 6(1) Article 47(2)
Article 6(2) Article 47(3)
Article 6(3) Article 47(4)
Article 6(4) Article 47(5)
Article 6(5) Article 47(6)
Article 6(6) Article 47(7)
Article 6(7) Article 47(8)
Article 6a—
Article 7 —Article 8 Article 48
Article 9 Article 29
Article 10 Article 30
Article 11 Article 31
Article 12(1) second subparagraph Article 32(1) second subparagraph
Article 12(2) to (4) Article 32(2) to (4)
Article 13(1) to (3) Article 33(1) to (3)
Article 13(4) first and second subparagraphs Article 33(4) first and second subparagraphs
Article 13(5) to (12) Article 33(5) to (12)
Article 14 Article 34
Article 15 Article 35
Article 16 Article 36
Article 22 —
Article 22a(1) Article 38(1)
Article 22a(2) —
Article 22a(3) Article 38(2)
Article 23 Article 39
Article 24 Article 40
Article 25 Article 41Article 26(1) Article 42
Article 26(2) —
Article 27 Article 43
Article 28 Article 44
Article 29 —
Article 30 Article 45
Article 30a—
Article 31 Article 46
Article 32 —
Article 33 —
Annex —
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