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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 870/77

OF 26 APRIL 1977

AUTHORIZING THE MEMBER STATES TO GRANT A PREMIUM FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF CERTAIN ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS FOR SLAUGHTER DURING THE 1977/78 MARKETING YEAR

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,

WHEREAS THE INTERVENTION PRICE APPLICABLE IN THE BEEF AND VEAL SECTOR HAS BEEN FIXED FOR THE MARKETING YEAR 1977/78 AT A LEVEL BELOW THAT RESULTING FROM THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 6 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL ( 2 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 425/77 ( 3 ) ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , THE MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO GRANT AID ONCE AGAIN TO PRODUCERS WHO SPECIALIZE IN CATTLE PRODUCTION , SINCE THE DANGER OF A FALL IN THEIR INCOMES PERSISTS IN VIEW OF THE SHORT-TERM PROPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL ;

WHEREAS THIS OBJECTIVE COULD BE ATTAINED BY GRANTING A PREMIUM FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF CERTAIN ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS FOR SLAUGHTER , OF COMMUNITY ORIGIN , OTHER THAN COWS ;

WHEREAS SUCH A PREMIUM CONSTITUTES INTERVENTION ON THE INTERNAL MARKET WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 3 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 729/70 OF 21 APRIL 1970 ON THE FINANCING OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ( 4 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE ACT OF ACCESSION ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , PARTICIPATION OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND IN THE FINANCING OF THIS PREMIUM SHOULD BE LIMITED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE MEMBER STATES ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO GRANT , DURING THE 1977/78 MARKETING YEAR , A PREMIUM TO PRODUCERS FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF CERTAIN ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS FOR SLAUGHTER , OF COMMUNITY ORIGIN , OTHER THAN COWS .

2 . THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM , WHICH MAY VARY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME , MAY NOT IN ANY CASE EXCEED 45 UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER ADULT BOVINE ANIMAL OF AN AVERAGE WEIGHT TO BE DETERMINED .

THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM SHALL BE CALCULATED IN SUCH A WAY THAT , WHEN A PREMIUM IS GRANTED , THE SUM OF THE MARKET PRICE RECORDED IN THE MEMBER STATE AVAILING ITSELF OF THE AUTHORIZATION REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 AND OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM ACTUALLY GRANTED DOES NOT EXCEED , ON AVERAGE AND FOR THE DURATION OF THE 1977/78 MARKETING YEAR , 85 % OF THE GUIDE PRICE APPLICABLE IN THAT MEMBER STATE . THAT SUM MAY , AT NO POINT , EXCEED 88 % OF THE LATTER PRICE .

ARTICLE 2

THE INTERVENTION PURCHASE PRICE FOR MEAT OBTAINED FROM ANIMALS FOR WHICH A PREMIUM HAS BEEN GRANTED SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM ACTUALLY GRANTED .

ARTICLE 3

BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 729/70 , FINANCING BY THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND SHALL BE LIMITED TO 25 % OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUMS ACTUALLY GRANTED .

ARTICLE 4

1 . THE DETAILED RULES FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS REGULATION SHALL BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 27 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 .

2 . THE RULES REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 MAY INCLUDE INTER ALIA :

( A ) A DEFINITION OF THE CATEGORIES AND QUALITIES OF ANIMALS FOR WHICH A PREMIUM CAN BE GRANTED ;

( B ) MEASURES NECESSARY TO AVOID , FOR LIVE ANIMALS AND MEAT , DISTURBANCES OF TRADE RESULTING FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF PREMIUMS ;

( C ) THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH PREMIUMS MAY BE GRANTED WHEN ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS FOR SLAUGHTER ARE FIRST PUT ON THE MARKET .

ARTICLE 5

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 MAY 1977 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 26 APRIL 1977 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . SILKIN

( 1 ) OJ NO C 93 , 18 . 4 . 1977 , P . 11 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 24 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977 , P . 9 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1970 , P . 13 .