COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2099/91 of 15 July 1991 determining for the Member States, for the 1991 marketing year, the estimated loss of income and the estimated level of the premium payable per ewe and per female goat and fixing the first advance payment for this premium and of the specific aid for sheep and goat farming in certain less-favoured areas of the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1741/91 (2), and in particular Article 5 (6) thereof,

Whereas Article 5 (1) and (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 provides for the granting of a premium to compensate for any loss of income sustained by producers of sheepmeat and, in certain areas, of goatmeat; whereas those areas are defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 and in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1065/86 of 11 April 1986 determining the mountain areas in which the premium for goatmeat is granted (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3519/86 (4); whereas

Article 5

(8) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 provides for the possibility of granting premiums to producers holding females of the ovine species of certain mountain breeds other than eligible ewes, in certain areas; whereas those sheep and those areas are defined in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 872/74 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1970/87 (6);

Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 and to enable an advance payment to be made to sheepmeat and goatmeat producers, the foreseeable loss of income should be estimated in the light of the foreseeable trend in market prices;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, the amount of the premium per ewe and per region for producers of heavy lambs is obtained transitionally for the 1991 marketing year by multiplying the loss of income referred to in paragraph 3 of that Article by a coefficient expressing for each region the annual average production of heavy lamb meat per ewe producing these lambs expressed per 100 kilograms of carcase weight; whereas the coefficient for 1991 has not yet been fixed in view of the lack of full Community statistics; whereas, pending the fixing of that coefficient, a provisional coefficient should be used; whereas, for region 1 the loss of income must be reduced by the weighted average of the variable premiums actually granted and the foreseeable premiums for the remainder of the 1991 marketing year, such average being obtained in accordance with Article 24 (4) of that Regulation; whereas Article 23 (4) of that Regulation also fixes for the 1991 marketing year the amount per ewe for producers of light lambs, per female of the caprine species and per female of the ovine species other than eligible ewes, at 70 % of the premium per ewe for producers of heavy lambs;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 24 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, the losses of income in Great Britain on the one hand (impact of the non-deducted variable premium) and of Ireland-Northern Ireland on the other hand and the coefficients expressing the annual average production of heavy lamb meat per ewe producing these lambs are to be gradually merged into a single income loss and single coefficients in proportion to the actual dismantling of the variable slaughter premium during each marketing year;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 23 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, for the 1991 marketing year Greece has been authorized to apply the arrangements laid down in Article 22 (6) of that Regulation; whereas, as a result, provision should be made, on request by those concerned, for a premium per ewe equal in amount to the amount payable per ewe in region 2 for producers of heavy lambs to be granted in Greece if the beneficiaires have shown, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, that the lambs born of the ewes they hold have not been slaughtered before the age of two months; whereas the same paragraph also lays down, for the 1991 marketing year, that a premium per she-goat equal in amount to 80 % of the premium payable per ewe in region 2 for producers of heavy lambs shall be granted in the regions of that Member State if beneficiaries have shown, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, that the kids born of the she-goats they hold have not been slaughtered before the age of two months;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, the premium must be reduced by the impact on the basic price of the coefficient provided for in Article 8 (2) of that Regulation; whereas that coefficient was fixed provisionally by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3546/91 (7) on the application of the guarantee limitation arrangements for sheepmeat and goatmeat for the 1991 marketing year;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, the half-yearly advance payment is fixed at 30 % of the expected premium; whereas, in accordance with Article 4 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3007/84 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1260/90 (9), the advance payment is to be paid only if it is equal to or greater than ECU 1;

Whereas, under Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 of 14 May 1990 (10), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1743/91 (11), the Council instituted specific aid for sheep and goat farming in certain less-favoured areas of the Community, the amounts of which it has fixed for the 1991 marketing year, whereas it lays down that the aid is to be granted under the same conditions as those for the grant of the premium for producers of sheepmeat and goatmeat; whereas, as a result, provision should be made for the limits and the rates of payment laid down in Article 5 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 to apply equally to this specific aid; whereas, as regards Greece, further provision should be made to fix the amount for animals satisfying the conditions laid down in

Article 22

(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 and the amount applicable to other animals qualifying for the premium for producers of sheepmeat and goatmeat; whereas, in view of the especially difficult situation on the market, provision should be made for Member States to be authorized, for the 1991 marketing year, to pay the full amount of the aid with immediate effect;

Whereas the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

A difference is hereby estimated between the basic price, reduced by the impact of the coefficient laid down in Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, and the foreseeable market price during the 1991 marketing year for the following regions:

(ECU/100 kg)

Region Difference 1 178,152 2 129,703 - Ireland-Northern Ireland 160,004 - Greece 17,233

Article 2

1. The estimated amount of the premium payable per ewe and per region is as follows:

(in ecus)

Region Estimated amount of the premium payable per ewe Producers of heavy lambs Producers of light lambs 1 15,717 11,002 2 - Ireland-Northern Ireland 25,601 17,921 - Remainder of region 2 20,752 14,526 - Greece: (Article 23 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89) 20,752 20,752 - Greece (other ewes) 1,733 1,206

2. Pursuant to Article 5 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, the advance that the Member States are authorized to pay to producers shall be as follows:

(in ecus)

Region Advance payable per ewe Producers of heavy lambs Producers of light lambs 1 4,715 3,301 2 - Ireland-Northern Ireland 7,680 5,376 - Remainder of region 2 6,226 4,358 - Greece: (Article 23 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89) 6,226 6,226 - Greece (other ewes) - -

Article 3

1. The estimated amount of the premium payable per female of the caprine species and per region in the areas designated in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1065/86 is as follows:

(in ecus)

Region Estimated amount of the premium payable per female of the caprine species 2 Rest of region 2 14,526 - Greece: (Article 23 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89) 16,601 - Greece (other females) 1,206

2. Pursuant to Article 5 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, the advance which the Member States are authorized to pay to goatmeat producers located in the areas designated in paragraph 1 shall be as follows:

(in ecus)

Region Advance on premium payable per female of the caprine species 2 Rest of region 2 4,358 - Greece (Article 23 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89) 4,983 - Greece (other females) -

Article 4

1. The estimated amount of the premium payable per female of the ovine species other than eligible ewes and per region in the areas mentioned in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 872/84 is as follows:

(in ecus)

Region Estimated amount of the premium payable per female of ovine species other than eligible ewes 1 11,002

2. Pursuant to Article 5 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, the advance which Member States are authorized to pay to producers holding females of the ovine species other than eligible ewes located in the areas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as follows:

(in ecus)

Region Advance on premium payable per female of the ovine species other than eligible ewes 1 3,301

Article 5

Pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90, the amount which Member States are authorized to pay to producers of sheepmeat and goatmeat located in less-favoured areas within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (12), within the limits and at the rates provided for in Article 5 (7) and the second indent of the second subparagraph of Article 5 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is hereby fixed as follows:

- ECU 4 per ewe for the producers referred to in Article 5 (2) and (4) of that Regulation,

- ECU 2,8 per ewe for the producers referred to in Article 5 (3) of that Regulation,

- ECU 2,8 per she-goat for the producers referred to in Article 5 (5) of that Regulation,

- ECU 2,8 per female of the ovine species where Article 5 (8) of that Regulation applies.

However, for Greece, where Article 22 (6) of that Regulation applies, the amount is hereby fixed as follows:

- animals satisfying the conditions laid down in these provisions:

ECU 4 per ewe,

ECU 3,2 per she-goat, and

ECU 4 per ewe producing heavy lambs,

- other animals:

ECU 2,8 per ewe producing light lambs, and

ECU 2,8 per she-goat;

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 July 1991. For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

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