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►B COUNCILREGULATION(EC)No1254/1999
of17May1999
onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinbeefandveal
(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
►M2Council Regulation (EC) No 1512/2001 of 23 July 2001 L 201 1 26.7.2001
►M3Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 of 14 April 2003 L 122 1 16.5.2003
►M4Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 L 270 1 21.10.2003
Amended by:
►A1Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic ofMalta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak
Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European
Union is foundedL 236 33 23.9.2003
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 263, 18.10.2000, p. 34 (1254/1999)
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COUNCILREGULATION(EC)No1254/1999
of17May1999
onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinbeefandveal
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 establish-ment 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 attainthe objectives set out in Article 33 of the Treaty; whereas, in
the beef and 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 measurescomprising, in particular, direct payments to beef producers,private storage aid and a public storage scheme;
(3)Whereas, in order to rebalance meat consumption in theCommunity to the benefit of the beef sector and to improve the
competitiveness of these products on the international markets,
the level of market support should be gradually reduced;whereas, given the consequences for producers, the level ofincome aid provided for under the common market organisationshould be adapted and reshaped; whereas, to that end, it isappropriate to establish a comprehensive scheme of direct
payments for producers; whereas the amounts of these payments
should develop in parallel with the gradual reduction of marketsupport;
(4)Whereas, given the variety of stockfarming enterprises, directpayments should include a special premium for producers ofbulls and steers, a premium for maintaining suckler cow herdsand a slaughter premium available for all types of bovine
animals including dairy cows and calves; whereas the granting
of the premiums should not be reflected by an increase in overallproduction; whereas, to that end, the number of male bovineanimals and suckler cows eligible for special and suckler cowpremiums should be limited by applying respectively regionaland individual ceilings and, in the case of the special premium,
a headage limit per holding which Member States should have
the power to modulate in the light of their specific situation;whereas, as regards the slaughter premium, national ceilingsshould 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 setthe special premium for steers at a different level per animal1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 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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than for bulls; whereas, however, the special premium for steers
should be split into two payments for specific age brackets;
(6)Whereas slaughtering too great a number of steers during the
slaughtering season in Member States where this type of produc-
tion is particulary important, could disturb the stability of themarket and, in particular, lead to a fall in market prices; whereasto 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, elig-ibility for suckler cow premium should be extended to heifersmeeting the 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 animalseligible to suckler cow premium are kept in mountain areas,should be authorised to manage the premium separately forsuckler cows and heifers and, as regards heifers, to operate aseparate national premium ceiling within the above ratio;
(8)Whereas the suckler cow premium should in principle berestricted 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 an addi-tional levy in the milk and milk products sector (
1); whereas,
however, income support may also needed in the case of hold-
ings with a dairy herd and a suckler cow herd; whereas sucklercow premium should therefore also be granted for small andmedium-sized mixed holdings with a total individual milk refer-ence quantity of not more than 120000 kilograms; whereas,given the variety 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 appropriateto maintain individual ceilings for producers; whereas some ofthe premium rights conferred by the individual ceilings havenot been used 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 eligiblefor suckler cow premium; whereas to avoid such an effect, thetotal number of suckler cow premium rights of each MemberState should be fixed 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; whereasMember States should take the necessary measures to ensure therespect of their national ceilings; whereas, if necessary, theyshould adjust the individual ceilings of their producers withoutcompensation according to certain objective criteria; whereas
these criteria should ensure, in particular, equal treatment of the
producers concerned and the protection of legitimate expecta-tions;
(10)Whereas a producer's level of production may vary because ofchanges in stock or production capacity; whereas it is therefore
advisable to provide for the possibility of transferring suckler
cow premium rights acquired in respect of individual ceilings toother producers, under certain conditions, either together withthe holding or without retaining the link between premium rightsand land farmed;
(11)Whereas new producers and existing producers whose individual
ceilings do not correspond, for various reasons, to changed
circumstances of their suckler cow herds should not be excludedfrom rights to premium; whereas provision should therefore be1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 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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made to operate national reserves to be stocked and administered
in accordance with Community criteria; whereas, for the samereason, it is appropriate to subject the transfer of rights to
premium without the transfer of the associated holding to rules
whereby part of the rights transferred shall be withdrawn withoutcompensatory payment and allocated to that national reserve;
(12)Whereas it is opportune to allow Member States to establish alink between sensitive zones or localities and the production ofsuckler cows so as to ensure the maintenance of such production
especially in areas where there is no other alternative;
(13)Whereas, given the trend towards intensification of beef and veal
production, 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 avoid exces-sively intensive types of production, the grant of suchpremiums should be subject to compliance with a maximum
stocking density on the holding; whereas, however, the situation
of small producers should be taken into consideration;
(14)Whereas, to strengthen incentives to extensify production with aview to improving their effectiveness in relation to environ-mental objectives, an additional amount should be granted toproducers who comply with severe and genuine stocking density
requirements; 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 scheme
withuniform payments to all producers would be too rigid to
respond adequately to the structural and natural disparities andthe diverse needs resulting therefrom; whereas, therefore, it isappropriate to provide for a flexible framework of additionalCommunity payments to be determined and made by Member
States within fixed global amounts and in accordance with
certain common criteria; whereas the global amounts should beallocated to the Member States on the basis of their share inCommunity beef production; whereas the common criteria areintended, inter alia , to prevent additional payments from produ-
cing discriminatory effects and to take full account of the
relevant multilateral commitments of the Community; whereas,
in particular, it is essential that Member States be obliged touse their discretionary powers exclusively on the basis of objec-tive criteria, to pay full regard to the concept of equal treatmentand to avoid market and competition distortions; whereas it is
appropriate to provide for the forms that additional payments
may take; whereas these forms should be headage payments forcertain categories of bovine animals and area payments;
(16)Whereas, as regards additional headage payments, certain quan-titative limits are required to ensure a reasonable level ofproduction control; whereas, moreover, the concept of applyingstocking density requirements should be followed by Member
States;
(17)Whereas additional area payments should only be granted for
permanent pasture which does not benefit from other Commu-nity market support measures; whereas area payments should beapplied within the limits of regional base areas of permanentpasture which should be established by Member States according
to historical reference data; whereas the maximum amount of
area payments which may be granted per hectare, including addi-tional area payments under the common market organisation formilk and milk products, should be comparable to the averagesupport per hectare under the support system for producers ofcertain arable crops;1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 4
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(18)Whereas direct payments should be subject to compliance by the
keepers of the animals concerned with the relevant Community
rules on identification and registration of bovine animals;whereas, in order to achieve the desired economic impact, directpayments must be granted within certain time limits;
(19)Whereas the use of certain substances in beef production isprohibited under Community law; whereas appropriate penalties
should apply where the relevant provisions are not respected;
(20)Whereas under the price and income support arrangements
provided 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 privatestorage aid when the market price falls below 103 % of the basic
price; whereas, moreover, a ‘safety net’ intervention scheme
should 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 provi-sion should 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 1981 determining the Community scale for theclassification of carcases 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 the
external frontiers of the Community; whereas a trading system
including import duties and export refunds, in addition to theinternal market measures, should, in principle, stabilise theCommunity market; whereas the trading system should be basedon the undertakings accepted under the Uruguay Round of multi-lateral trade negotiations;
(22)Whereas, in order to monitor the volume of trade in beef withthird countries, provision should be made for a system of importand export licences for certain products, which includes thelodging of a security to guarantee that the transactions for whichsuchlicences are granted are effected;
(23)Whereas in order to prevent or counteract adverse effects on the
Community market which could result from imports of certain
agricultural products, imports of one or more suchproductsshould 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 quotas
resulting from international agreements concluded in accordance
with 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 theWTO Agreement on Agriculture (
2), should serve to safeguard
Community participation in international trade in beef and veal;
whereas these refunds should be subject to limits in terms ofquantity and value;
(26)Whereas compliance with the limits in terms of value should beensured at the time when refunds are fixed through the moni-toring of payments under the rules relating to the European1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 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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Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund; whereas monitoring
can be facilitated by the compulsory advance fixing of refunds,while allowing the possibility, in the case of differentiated
refunds, of changing the specified destination within a geogra-
phical area to which a single refund rate applies; whereas, inthe case of a change of destination, the refund applicable to theactual destination should be paid, with a ceiling of the amountapplicable to the destination fixed in advance;
(27)Whereas ensuring compliance with the quantity limits calls for
the 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 situationof each product concerned; whereas exceptions to that rule
should only be permitted in the case of food-aid operations,
which are exempt from any limit; whereas monitoring of thequantities exported withrefunds during th e marketing years asreferred to in the WTO Agreement on Agriculture should becarried out on the basis of export licences issued for eachmarketing year;
(28)Whereas, in addition to the system described above, and to theextent necessary for its proper working, provision should bemade for regulating or, when the situation on the market sorequires, 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 the
Community; whereas, however, the internal market and duty
mechanism could, in exceptional circumstances, prove defective;whereas, in such cases, so as not to leave the Community marketwithout defence against disturbances which may arise therefrom,the Community should be able to take all necessary measureswithout delay; whereas those measures should be in accordance
with the obligations derived from the relevant WTO agreements;
(30)Whereas, in order to ensure proper application of the instruments
provided for in this Regulation, the Commission should be fullyinformed about the development of prices on the commonmarket for beef and veal; whereas, therefore, provision shouldbe made for a system for recording the prices of bovine animals
and meat of suchanimals;
(31)Whereas it is appropriate to provide for measures to be taken
when a substantial rise or fall in prices disturbs or threatens todisturb the Community market; whereas these measures mayalso include ad hocintervention buying-in;
(32)Whereas restrictions on free movement resulting from the appli-
cation of measures intended to prevent the spread of animal
diseases could cause difficulties on the market of one or more
Member States; whereas provision should be made for the intro-duction of exceptional market support measures in order toremedy suchsituations;
(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 the
assessment of aids granted by Member States and the prohibitionof those which are incompatible with the common market shouldapply 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 should
keep each other supplied with the information necessary for
applying 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 withina Management Committee;1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 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 Regula-
tion should be financed by the Community in accordance withCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on thefinancing of the common agricultural policy (
1);
(37)Whereas the common organisation of the market in beef andveal should take appropriate account, at the same time, of the
objectives set out in Articles 33 and 131 of the Treaty;
(38)Whereas the common organisation of the market in beef and
veal laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (2)ha s
been amended several times; whereas, by reason of their number,their complexity and their dispersal among several Official Jour-
nals, these texts are difficult to use and thus lack the clarity
which should be an essential feature of all legislation; whereas,under these circumstances, they should be consolidated in a newregulation and the aforementioned Regulation (EEC) No 805/68should be repealed; whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 98/
69 of 16 January 1969 laying down general rules for the disposal
of frozen beef and veal by intervention agencies (
3), (EEC)
No 989/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules forgranting private storage aid for beef and veal (
4) and (EEC)
No 1892/87 of 2 July 1987 on the recording of market prices inthe beef and veal sector (
5), the legal base of which was Regula-
tion (EEC) No 805/68, are replaced by new arrangements in this
Regulation and should therefore be repealed;
(39)Whereas the change from the arrangements in Regulation (EEC)No 805/68 to those in this Regulation could give rise to difficul-ties 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 withth ird countries system andcover the following products:
CN code Description of goods
(a) 0102 9005
to 0102 9079Live animals of the domestic bovine species, other than
pure-bred breeding animals
0201 Meat of bovine animals, freshor ch illed
0202 Meat of bovine animals, frozen
0206 1095 Thick skirt and thin skirt, fresh or chilled0206 2991 Thick skirt and thin skirt, frozen
0210 20 Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or
smoked
0210 9041 Thick skirt and thin skirt, salted, in brine, dried or
smoked
0210 9090 Edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 7
(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 5010 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of
bovine animals, uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or
offal and uncooked meat or offal
1602 9061 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 1091 Edible offal of bovine animals excluding thick skirt and
thin skirt, fresh or chilled, other than for the manufac-
ture of pharmaceutical products0206 1099
0206 2100 Edible offal of bovine animals excluding thick skirt and
thin skirt, frozen, other than for the manufacture of
pharmaceutical products0206 2290
0206 2999
0210 9049 Edible meat offal of bovine animals, salted, in brine,
dried or smoked, other than thick skirt and thin skirt
ex 15020090 Fats of bovine animals, raw or rendered, whether or not
pressed or solvent-extracted
1602 5031
to 1602 5080Other 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 9069 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 to0102 9079;
(b) ‘adult bovine animals’ shall mean bovine animals the live weight
of which is more than 300 kilograms.
TITLE I
INTERNALMARKET
Article 2
In order to encourage action by trade and joint trade organisations to
facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements, the
following Community measures may be taken in respect of theproducts listed in Article 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 fore-
casts 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 withth e procedure laid down in Article 37(2)of the Treaty.1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 8
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CHAPTER 1
DIRECTPAYMENTS
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 ofthe legal status conferred by national law on such a group or itsmembers, whose holding is located in Community territory andwho is engaged in rearing bovine animals,
(b)holding shall 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 witha meat breed, and belonging to a h erd intended forrearing calves 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
Specialpremium
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 foreachof th e age brackets referred to in paragraph2.
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.
However, for the year 2001, the second payment referred to in the
second indent of point (b), may also be granted for bovine animals forwhich a first payment as referred to under point (a) has been made.
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 infor-
mation on its premium status or, if not available, an equivalentadministrative document.1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 9
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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
for granting the special premium exceeds the regional ceiling referred
to in Annex I, the number of all eligible animals under paragraph 2(a)and (b) per producer for the year in question shall be reduced propor-tionately.
Within the meaning of this Article, ‘regional ceiling’ shall mean the
number of animals entitled to benefit, in a region and per calendaryear, from the special premium.
However, for the years 2002 and 2003, the following regional ceilings
shall apply:
Belgium 228787
Denmark 221688Germany 1 536113Greece 141606Spain 643525France 1 734779Ireland 1 028153Italy 478997Luxembourg 18922Netherlands 126346Austria 338720Portugal 160720Finland 200000Sweden 233481United Kingdom 1 361978
The existing footnotes to Annex I remain valid during this period.
However, during this period, the maximum ceiling for the UnitedKingdom referred to in the last footnote is 1 461978.
5. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 4, Member States
may:
— on the basis of objective criteria that are part of a rural development
policy and only on the condition that they take into account envir-onmental as well as employment aspects, change or waive theheadage limit of 90 animals per holding and age bracket and,
— 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 in
paragraph 2(a) shall be replaced by a minimum carcase weight of
185 kilograms.
The premium shall be paid or passed back to the producers.1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 10
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The United Kingdom shall be authorised to apply in Northern Ireland a
system for granting the special premium which differs from thatapplied 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.
However, for bovine animals referred to in the second subpara-
graph of paragraph 2, the amount of the premium shall be set atEUR 98.
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
Deseasonalisationpremium
Article 5
1. Where, in a Member State the number of steers:
(a) slaughtered in a given year exceeds 60 % of total annual slaughter-
ings 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 bothtrig-gering rates referred to above are reached in Ireland or in NorthernIreland, 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 a given year,
— 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 a given year.
3. Where the rate referred to in paragraph 1(b) is not achieved,
taking into account the penultimate sentence of paragraph 1, MemberStates whose producers have previously received the deseasonalisationpremium may decide to grant this premium at the rate of 60 % of theamounts set in paragraph2.
In suchcase, th e Member State concerned:
(a) may decide to grant this premium for the first two or three of the
periods in question only,1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 11
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(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 paragraph1(a) and consequently for qualification for th e premium.
4. In order to establish whether the percentages referred to in this
Article have been exceeded, account shall be taken of slaughterings
carried out during the second year preceding that in which the animalqualifying 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 inArticle 43.
Subsection 3
Sucklercowpremium
Article 6
1. A producer keeping suckler cows on his holding may qualify, on
application, for a premium for maintaining suckler cows (suckler cow
premium). 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/
92 does not exceed 120000 kilograms. However, Member Statesmay decide on the basis of objective criteria, which they determine,to change 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 atleast equal to ►
M260 %◄and of heifers at most equal to
►M240 %◄of the number for which the premium was requested.
However, for the years 2002 and 2003, the number of heifers to be
kept shall be equal to at least 15 % of the total number of animals forwhich the premium is requested.
In the United Kingdom, the obligation to keep a minimum number of
heifers is not applicable in 2002 and is limited to 5 % in 2003.
A producer applying for less than 14 suckler-cows premium shall be
exempt from the application of the condition regarding the minimumnumber of heifers.
For the purposes of determining the number of eligible animals under
points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, whether cows belong to a
suckler herd or to a dairy herd shall be established on the basis of thebeneficiary's individual reference quantity as defined in Article 16(3) ofCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on thecommon organisation of the market in milk and milk products (
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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 nodiscrimination is caused between stockfarmers in the Member Stateconcerned.
In respect of holdings located in a region as defined in Articles 3 and 6
of Council Regulation ►
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laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds ►C1(1)◄,
the first EUR 24,15 per animal of this additional premium shall befinanced by the Guarantee Section of the European Guidance andGuarantee Fund (EAGGF).
In respect of holdings located throughout the territory of a Member
State if in the Member State concerned the cattle population has ahigh proportion of suckler cows, representing at least 30 % of the totalnumber of cows, and if at least 30 % of male bovine animals slaugh-tered belong 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 a meat
breed or born of a cross witha meat breed and belonging to a h erdintended 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 toin Article 3, shall be adopted and the average milk yield shall be deter-mined by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid downin 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 therelevant Community rules and, where appropriate, adjusted accordingto paragraph3.
2. Member States shall take the necessary steps to ensure that, from
1 January 2000, the sum of the premium rights on their territory does
not exceed the national ceilings set out in Annex II and that thenational reserves referred to in Article 9 may be set up. The CzechRepublic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,Slovenia and Slovakia shall allocate individual ceilings to producersand shall set up the national reserves from the overall number of rights
to the premium reserved for each of these Member States as set out in
Annex II, no later than one year after the date of accession.
3. Where the adjustment referred to in paragraph 2 requires a reduc-
tion of individual ceilings held by producers, it shall be carried out
without compensatory payment and decided on the basis of objective
criteria, including, in particular:
— the rate at which producers have used their individual ceilings
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— the implementation of an investment or extensification programme
in the beef and veal sector,
— particular natural circumstances or the application of penalties,
resulting in a non-payment or a reduced payment of the premiumfor at least one reference year,
— additional exceptional circumstances having the effect that the
payments made for at least one reference year do not correspond
to the 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
his holding. He may also transfer, in full or in part, his rights to otherproducers 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 theMember State where the holding is situated for redistribution free ofcharge.
2. The Member States:
(a) shall take the necessary measures to prevent premium rights being
transferred outside sensitive areas or regions where beef and veal
production 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 iscarried out 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 notintended to 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 theowners 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. EachMember State sh all 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,
within the limits of those reserves, premium rights in particular to
newcomers, young farmers and other priority producers.
However, in 2002 and 2003, rights returned to the national reserve
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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 areaswithin the meaning of Article 18 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/
1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the
European 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 fromthat for suckler cows within the limits of a separate national ceiling tobe set up by the Member State concerned.
Suchseparate national ceiling sh all not exceed ►
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national ceiling of the Member State concerned set out in Annex II tothis Regulation. That national ceiling shall be reduced by an amountequal to the separate national ceiling.
However, for the years 2002 and 2003, such separate national ceiling
shall be at least 10 % and not exceed 40 % of the national ceiling ofthe Member State concerned set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
If, in 2002 and 2003, Member States decide to apply the possibility
provided for in the first subparagraph, the suckler-cow premium shallbe granted to any producer keeping a number of heifers equal to atleast 5 % and at most 20 % of the total number of animals for whichthe premium is requested.
A producer applying for less than 14 suckler-cows premium shall be
exempt from the application of the condition regarding the minimumnumber of heifers.
When in a Member State exercising the power under paragraph 1 the
total number of heifers, for which an application has been made, andwhich satisfy the conditions for granting the suckler cow premium,exceeds the separate national ceiling, the number of eligible heifersper producer for the year in question shall be reduced proportionately.
2. For the purpose of this Article, only heifers belonging to a meat
breed or born of a cross witha meat breed sh all 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
Slaughterpremium
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:
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(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 deter-
mined.
2. The amount of the premium shall be set at:
(a) per eligible animal as specified under paragraph1(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;
(b) per eligible animal as specified under paragraph1(b):
— EUR 17 for the calendar year 2000,
— 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 estab-
lished per Member State and separately for both groups of animals asspecified in (a) and (b) thereof. Each ceiling shall be equal to thenumber of animals of each of these two groups which in 1995 wereslaughtered in the Member State concerned to which are added thoseanimals exported to third countries, according to Eurostat data or any
other published official statistical information for that year accepted
by the Commission.
For the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,
Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia the national ceilings shall be
those contained in the following table.
Slaughter premium:
Bulls, steers, cows and
heifersCalves more than 1 and
less than 7 months old and
of carcass weight less than
160 kg
CzechRepublic 483382 27380
Estonia 107813 30000
Cyprus 21000 —
Latvia 124320 53280
Lithuania 367484 244200
Hungary 141559 94439
Malta 6 002 17
Poland 1 815430 839518
Slovenia 161137 35852
Slovakia 204062 62841
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 twogroups of animals specified in (a) or (b) of paragraph1, and wh ichsatisfy the conditions for granting the slaughter premium exceeds thenational ceiling laid down for that group, the number of all eligible
animals under that group per producer for the year in question shall
be reduced proportionately.
5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted
by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 43.1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 16
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Subsection 5
Stockingdensity
Article 12
1.►M2The total number of animals qualifying for the special
premium and the suckler-cow premium shall be limited by the applica-tion of a stocking density on the holding of two livestock units (LU)per hectare and calendar year. The stocking density shall be 1,9 LU
from 1 January 2002 and 1,8 LU from 1 January 2003. ◄This
stocking density shall be expressed in LU per unit of forage area ofthe holding used for the animals carried on it. However, a producershall be exempt from the application of the stocking density if thenumber of animals held on his holding and to be taken into accountfor determining the stocking density is not more than 15 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
well as the dairy cows needed to produce the total reference quan-
tity of milk allocated to the producer. The number of animals shallbe converted to LU by reference to the conversion table in AnnexIII,
(b) the forage area, meaning the area of the holding available
throughout the calendar year for rearing bovine animals and sheepand/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 permanentpasture for which area payments are granted pursuant toArticle 17 of this Regulation and Article 19 of Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999,
— areas qualifying for the support system laid down for the produ-
cers of certain arable crops, used for the aid scheme for driedfodder or subject to a national or Community set-aside scheme.
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:
— relating to areas in shared use and to areas which are subject to
mixed cultivation,
— enabling improper application of the stocking density to be
prevented.
Subsection 6
Extensificationpayment
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 respectof the calendar year concerned the stocking density on the holdingconcerned 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 andless than or equal to 2,0 LU per hectare, and at an amount of EUR66 for a stocking density of less than 1,6 LU per hectare;1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 17
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(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 ormore 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 thecalendar year concerned, as well as the sheep and/or goats forwhich premium applications have been submitted for the samecalendar year. The number of animals shall be converted to LU
by reference to 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 grass-
land which, following the local farming practices is recognised asbeing destined for grazing bovine animals and/or sheep. However,this shall not exclude the mixed use of pasture land during thesame 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 of
Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 and whose holdings arelocated in suchareas, may receive extensification payments as set outin paragraph 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
account, in particular, of the number of animals qualifying for the
payment for the preceding calendar year.
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. Suchpayments sh all be made according to objective criteriaincluding, in particular, the relevant production structures and condi-
tions, and in sucha way as to ensure equal treatment between
producers and to avoid market and competition distortions. Moreover,suchpayments sh all 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,
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(d) heifers.
2. Headage payments may be granted as supplementary amounts per
slaughter premium unit as set out in Article 11, except for calves. Inthe other 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 inaccordance withArticle 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 witha view to stabilise or improve th e 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 MemberState:
— 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 Euro-stat statistics for these years or any other published officialstatistical information for these years accepted by the Commissionor
— for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia: equal to the ceil-ings set out in Annex I or equal to the average number of
slaughterings of male bovine animals during the years 2001, 2002
and 2003 deriving from Eurostat statistics for these years or anyother published official statistical information for these yearsaccepted 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 anational 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 States may decide to replace this condition by a minimumcarcase weight of at least 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 asset out in Article 6(4).
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 Regula-tion (EC) No 1255/1999.
Article 15(2)(b) shall not apply.
4. Headage payments for heifers other than those referred to in
paragraph2 may be granted per Member State and calendar year forno more than a number of heifers equal to the average number ofslaughterings of heifers during the years 1997, 1998 and 1999 deriving1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 19
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from Eurostat statistics for these years or any other published official
statistical information for these years accepted by the Commission.
For the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,
Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia the reference years shall be2001, 2002 and 2003.
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 systemfor dried fodder and under Community aid schemes for other
permanent or horticultural 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.
For the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,
Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia the reference years shall be1999, 2000 and 2001.
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 17a
The global amounts referred to in Article 14(1) and the maximum area
payment per hectare at EUR 350 referred to in Article 17(3) shall beapplied in accordance with the schedule of increments as set out inArticle 1a of Council Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999.
Article 18
Before 1 January 2000, Member States shall provide the Comission
withdetailed information on th eir national arrangements concerning
the granting of additional payments. Any changes of these arrange-ments shall be communicated to the Commission not later than onemonthafter th eir 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 fundsbetween Member States as provided for in Annex IV, taking accountof, in particular, the development of the Member States shares in1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 20
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Community beef production. If necessary, the Commission shall make
appropriate proposals to the Council.
Article 20
Detailed rules of application of this section shall be adopted by the
Commission in accordance withth e procedure laid down in Article 43.
SECTION 3
Common provisions
Article 21
To qualify for direct payments under this chapter, an animal shall be
identified and registered in accordance withRegulation (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 butnot earlier than 16 October of the calendar year in respect of whichthey 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 which
the payment is applied for,
— the deseasonalisation premium shall be paid as soon as the inspec-
tions are carried out and no later than 15 October of the calendaryear 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 a producer, or where a non-authorised substance or
product, or a substance or product authorised under Council Directive
96/22/EC but held illegally is found on the producer's holding in anyform, the producer shall be excluded, for the calendar year of thatdiscovery, from receiving the amounts provided for under this section.
In the event of a repeated infringement, the length of the exclusion
period may, according to the seriousness of the offence, be extendedto five 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
samples are being taken which are necessary for the application ifnational residue-monitoring plans or when the investigations andchecks provided for under Directive 96/23/EC are being carried out,the penalties 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 43.1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 21
(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 thyro-
static 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 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 andthe markets, according to the procedure laid down in Article 37(2) ofthe Treaty.
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
PRIVATEANDPUBLICSTORAGE
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 adult
bovine animals provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 (called
hereinafter ‘Community scale’), is, and is likely to remain, at lessthan 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 freshor ch illed meat of
adult bovine animals presented in the form of carcases, half-carcases,compensated quarters, forequarters or hindquarters, classified in accor-dance withth e 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 structural
surpluses 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 the
Commission in accordance withth e 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 aMember State or in a region of a Member State recorded on the basis
of the Community scale provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81
falls short of EUR 1 560/t; in this case, one or more categories, quali-ties or quality groups, to be determined, of freshor ch illed meat fallingwithin CN codes 0201 1000 and 0201 20 20 to 0201 2050 originatingin the Community may be bought in by intervention agencies.
2. For buying-in under paragraph1, only eligible offers equal to or
less than the average market price recorded in a Member State or aregion of a Member State and increased by an amount to be determined
on 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 tender proce-dures shall ensure equality of access of all persons concerned. Theyshall be opened on the basis of specifications to be determined takingcommercial structures into account, where necessary.1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 22
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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 deter-
mined,
— 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 condi-
tion referred to in paragraph1 is met,
— closing buying-in when during at least one week the condition as
referred to in paragraph1 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 Regulation
and of Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall take place
in sucha way as to avoid any disturbance of th e 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, where
appropriate, 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
TRADEWITHTHIRDCOUNTRIES
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 inArticle 1(1)(a) and (b) may be subject to presentation of an import or
export licence.
Licences shall be issued by the Member States to any applicant, irre-
spective of his place of establishment in the Community and withoutprejudice 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 security guar-anteeing that the products are imported or exported during the term ofvalidity 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 carried
out, 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 inArticle 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 paragraph1 second subparagraph .
Article 30
Unless this Regulation provides otherwise, the rates of duty in the
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Article 31
1. In order to prevent or counteract adverse effects on the market in
the Community which may result from imports of certain productslisted in Article 1, imports of one or more of suchproducts at th e rateof duty laid down in Article 30 shall be subject to payment of an addi-
tional import duty if the conditions set out in Article 5 of the
Agreement on Agriculture concluded in accordance withArticle 300of the Treaty in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateraltrade negotiations have been fulfilled unless the imports are unlikelyto disturb the 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 of
imports into the Community in the three years preceding the year inwhich the averse effects referred to in paragraph 1 arise or are likelyto arise.
3. The import prices to be taken into consideration for imposing an
additional import duty shall be determined on the basis of the cifimport prices 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 Communityimport 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.
Suchdetailed rules sh all 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 withArticle 5 of th e Agreement on Agriculure.
Article 32
1. Tariff quotas for the products listed in Article 1 resulting from
agreements concluded in accordance withArticle 300 of th e Treaty or
from any other act of the Council shall be opened and administered by
the Commission in accordance with detailed rules adopted under theprocedure laid down in Article 43.
Withregard to th e import quota of 50000 tonnes of frozen meat
coming within CN codes 020220 30, 0202 30 and 0206 2991 andintended for processing, the Council, acting on a proposal from theCommission by a qualified majority, may lay down that all or part ofthe quota shall cover equivalent quantities of quality meat, applying a
conversion rate of 4,375.
2. Quotas shall be administered by applying one of the following
methods or a combination 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 exami-
nation’ 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,
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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
annual quotas, if necessary, suitably phased over the year, and shalldetermine 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 productson the world market and within the limits resulting from agreementsconcluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty, the differencebetween those quotations or prices and prices in the Community maybe covered by 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 theresources available, account being taken of the efficiency and struc-
ture of Community exports without, however, creating
discrimination 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 situa-
tion 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 leastonce 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 at
the 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 developmentof prices and trade on this market;
(c) the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with
Article 300 of the Treaty;
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(e) the economic aspect of the proposed exports.
Account shall also be taken in particular of the need to establish a
balance between the use of Community basic products in the manufac-
ture of processed goods exported to third countries and the use ofproducts from these countries admitted to inward-processing arrange-ments.
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 deter-
mined 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,in the 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, in
accordance withth e 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 which
the refund was fixed, without prejudice to paragraph 3(b). Excep-
tions may be made to this rule in accordance with the procedurelaid down in Article 43, provided conditions are laid down whichoffer equivalent guarantees.
Moreover, the payment of the refund for exports of live animals shall
be subject to compliance with the provisions established in Community
legislation concerning animal welfare and, in particular, the protectionof animals during transport.
10. Without prejudice to paragraph 9 first indent, in the absence of a
derogation granted in accordance withth e procedure laid down in
Article 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 beensured on the basis of the export licences issued for the referenceperiods provided for therein which apply to the products concerned.
With regard to compliance with the obligations arising in the frame-
work of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the endingof a reference period shall not affect the validity of export licences.
12. Detailed rules for the application of this Article, including provi-
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allocated or utilised, shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance
withth e procedure laid down in Article 43.
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 outward proces-
sing arrangements in respect of products listed in Article 1.
2. However, by way of derogation from paragraph1, if th e situation
referred to in paragraph1 arises withexceptional urgency and th eCommunity market is disturbed or is liable to be disturbed by theinward- or outward-processing arrangements, the Commission shall, atthe request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decide on the
necessary measures; the Council and the Member States shall be noti-
fied of such measures, which shall be valid for no more than sixmonths and shall be immediately applicable. If the Commissionreceives a request from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereonwithin 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, mayconfirm, amend or repeal the Commission decision. If the Council hasnot acted within three months, the Commission decision shall bedeemed to have been repealed.
Article 35
1. The general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomen-
clature and the detailed rules for its application shall apply to the tariff
classification of products covered by this Regulation; the tariff nomen-clature 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
withth ird 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 threa-tened with, serious disturbance likely to jeopardise the achievement ofthe objectives set out in Article 33 of the Treaty, appropriate measuresmay be applied in trade withth ird countries until suchdisturbance orthreat 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 para-graph and shall define the circumstances and limits within whichMember 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 such
measures, 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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which they were notified. The Council shall meet without delay. It
may, acting by a qualified majority, amend or repeal the measure inquestion 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 withArticle 300(2)
of the Treaty.
TITLE III
GENERALPROVISIONS
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 the Commis-
sion in accordance withth e 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 measuresmay 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 takenin so far as, and for as long as, is strictly necessary for the support ofthat market.
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 infor-mation to be communicated shall be determined in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 43. Rules for the communication and
distribution of suchinformation sh all be adopted in accordance withthe same procedure.
Article 42
A Management Committee for Beef and Veal (hereinafter called ‘the
Committee’) shall be established, composed of representatives ofMember States and chaired by a representative of the Commission.1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 28
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Article 43
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee
for Beef and Veal.
2. Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 4 and 7 of Deci-
sion 1999/468/EC (1) shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be
set at one month.
3. The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.
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 the represen-
tative of a Member State.
Article 45
Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and the provisions adopted in imple-
mentation 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 theTreaty.
TITLE IV
TRANSITIONALANDFINALPROVISIONS
Article 47
1. Until 30 June 2002, products as referred to in paragraph2 in
connection withArticle 26(1), may be bough t in by intervention agen-cies 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
of a Member State of one or more categories, qualities or qualitygroups, to be determined, of fresh or chilled meat falling within CNcodes 0201 10 00 and 0201 20 20 to 0201 2050 originating in theCommunity may be organised under tender procedures arranged with
a view to ensuring reasonable support of the market, having regard to
seasonal developments as regards slaughterings.
Suchbuying-in may not cover more th an 350000 tonnes per year for
the Community as a whole. However, for the year 2001, the maximumbuying-in is fixed at 500000 tonnes.
The Council may amend this quantity, acting by a qualified majority on
a proposal from the Commission.
3. For each quality or quality group that may be bought in, the
tender procedures may be opened as provided in paragraph8 wh enever,in a Member State or in a region of a Member State, the following two
conditions are bothmet for a period of two consecutive weeks:
— the average Community market price recorded on the basis of
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— the average market price recorded on the basis of the said scale in
the Member State or States or regions of a Member State is lessthan 80 % of the intervention price.
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
paragraph3 are no longer bothmet at th e same time,
— where intervention buying-in is no longer appropriate in view of the
criteria set out in paragraph2.
5. Intervention shall also be opened if, for a period of two consecu-
tive weeks, the average Community market price of young uncastrated
male animals less than two years old or castrated male animals,
recorded on the basis of the Community grading scale for carcases ofadult bovine animals, falls short of 78 % of the intervention price, andif in a Member State or regions of a Member State, the average marketprice of young uncastrated 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 60 %of the intervention price; in this case, buying-in shall take place for thecategories concerned in the Member States or regions of a MemberState 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 referredto in paragraph2.
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 be accepted under the buying-in systems referred to inparagraphs 2 and 5.
7. For eachquality or quality group eligible for intervention, th e
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 thebasis of 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 commer-cial structures into 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 bedecided,
— 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 deter-
mined,
— 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.1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 30
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The Commission shall decide on:
— opening intervention as referred to in paragraph5 and suspending it
where one or more conditions laid down in that paragraph no longerapply,
— suspending buying-in as referred to in the first indent of
paragraph4.
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 withregard to private storage aid
shall be adopted and the granting of aids for private storage shall bedecided by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laiddown 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
established by this Regulation,
— the measures required to resolve specific practical problems. Such
measures, if duly justified, may derogate from certain parts of this
Regulation.
Article 51
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in
theOfficial 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
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ANNEX I
SPECIALPREMIUM
RegionalceilingsoftheMember Statesreferred toinArticle4(4)
Belgium 235149
CzechRepublic 244349
Denmark 277110
Germany 1 782700
Estonia 18800
Greece 143134
Spain 713 999(1)
France 1754 732(2)
Ireland 1 077458
Italy 598746
Cyprus 12000
Latvia 70200
Lithuania 150000
Luxembourg 18962
Hungary 94620
Malta 3201
Netherlands 157932
Austria 423400Poland 926000
Portugal 175 075(
3)
Slovenia 92276
Slovakia 78348
Finland 250000
Sweden 250000
United Kingdom 1419 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 for
the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (Poseican).
(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 repealing Regu-lations (EEC) No 525/77 and (EEC) No 3763/91 (Poseidom).
(
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).Excluding the extensification programme provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No1017/94 of 26 April 1994 concerning the conversion of land currently under arable
crops to extensive livestock farming in Portugal (OJ L 112, 3.5.1994, p. 2). Regulation
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2582/2001 (OJ L 345, 29.12.2001 p. 5).
(
4) This ceiling is increased temporarily by 100 000 head to 1 519 811 head until such time
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ANNEX II
SUCKLERCOWPREMIUM
NationalceilingsreferredtoinArticle7(2)applicablefrom1January2000
Belgium 394253
CzechRepublic (*) 90300
Denmark 112932
Germany 639535
Estonia (*) 13416
Greece 138005
Spain (1) 1 441539
France (2) 3 779866
Ireland 1 102620
Italy 621611Cyprus(*) 500
Latvia (*) 19368
Lithuania (*) 47232
Luxembourg 18537
Hungary(*) 117000
Malta (*) 454
Netherlands 63236
Austria 325000
Poland (*) 325581
Portugal (
3) 277539
Slovenia (*) 86384
Slovakia (*) 28080
Finland 55000
Sweden 155000
United Kingdom 1 699511
(*) Applicable from the date of accession.
(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) respec-
tively of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001.1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 33
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ANNEX III
Livestockunit(LU)conversiontablereferred toinArticles12and13
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
ADDITIONALPAYMENTS
Globalamountsreferred toinArticle14
(expressed in millions of euro)
2002 and subsequent years
Belgium 39,4
CzechRepublic 8,776017
Denmark 11,8
Germany 88,4
Estonia 1,13451
Greece 3,8
Spain 33,1
France 93,4
Ireland 31,4
Italy 65,6
Cyprus 0,308945
Latvia 1,33068
Lithuania 4,942267
Luxembourg 3,4
Hungary 2,936076
Malta 0,0637
Netherlands 25,3Austria 12,0
Poland 27,3
Portugal 6,2
Slovenia 2,964780
Slovakia 4,500535
Finland 6,2
Sweden 9,2
United Kingdom 63,81999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 35
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ANNEX V
CORRELATIONTABLE
Regulation(EEC)No805/68 ThisRegulation
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 subparagraphArticle 4(2)
Article 4b(2) second subparagraphArticle 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 subparagraphArticle 5(4)
Article 4c(1) third subparagraph Article 5(1) second subparagraphArticle 4c(2) second subparagraphArticle 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 subparagraphArticle 6(2)(b) first sentence
Article 4d(6) second to fourthsubparagraph —
Article 4d(6) fifthsubparagraph 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 subpar-
agraphArticle 8(4) second indent of the second subpar-
agraph
Article 4e(1) second subparagraphArticle 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 subparagraphand 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 — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 36
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Regulation(EEC)No805/68 ThisRegulation
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 subparagraphArticle 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 —
Annex II —1999R1254 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 006.001 — 37