NoL105/50 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.4.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1023/91
of24April1991
suspendingtheissuingofimportlicencesforliveanimalsofthebovinespecies
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inbeefandveal('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No3577/90(2),andinparticularArticle21(2)thereof,Whereas,whenthesupplybalancewasdrawnup,account
wastakenbothofthespecialimportarrangements
providedforinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No611/77
of18March1977fixingthespecificlevyinrespectoflive
bovineanimalsandbeefandvealotherthanfrozen(•*),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No925/77(6),andofthe
specialimportquotasopenedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2207/90of24July1990openingandprovi­
dingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forheifersandcows,otherthanthoseintendedfor
slaughter,ofcertainmountainbreeds(7),CouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No2208/90of24July1990openingand
providingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforbulls,cowsandheifers,otherthanthose
intendedforslaughter,ofcertainAlpinebreeds(*);and
CouncilDecision87/604/EECof21December1987
concerningtheconclusionofthesecondProtocolon
financialcooperationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugos­
laviaf);whereastheabovementionedprotectivemeasures
shouldaccordinglynotapplytothosespecialarrange­
ments,Whereas,undertheimportarrangements applicableto
youngbovineanimalsintendedforfattening,theCouncil
hasdrawnupanestimatedsupplybalanceof198000
headfortheperiod1Januaryto31December1991;
whereas,inviewoftheaverageimportsinpreviousyears
andofallthefactorsaffectingtheforeseeabletrendon
themarketforbeefandvealandinparticularofthe
importedquantitiesnotcoveredbythesupplybalance,
thelatterreflectstheCommunitymarket'scapacitiesfor
absorption ;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : Whereasallimportsofliveanimalsofthebovinespecies
aresubjecttothepresentationofimportlicencesin
accordancewithCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2377/80of4September 1980onspecialdetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofthesystemofimportandexport
licencesinthebeefandvealsector(J),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No815/91(4),Article1
Forliveanimalsofthebovinespeciesfallingwithin
subheading01029010ofthecombinednomenclature
referredtoinArticle1(1)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68,theissueofimportlicencesappliedforunder
Article3(a)and(c)ofRegulation(EEC)No2377/80,with
theexceptionofimportlicencesappliedforunderthe
specialarrangements providedforinRegulations (EEC)
No611/77,(EEC)No2207/90and(EEC)No2208/90
andinDecision87/604/EEC,shallbesuspendedfrom25
April1991.Whereastheimportlicencesissuedupto16April1991
forcalvesweighingupto220kilogramstobeimported
outsidethesupplybalanceoverapproximately 230000
head;whereas,atthisrateofimportsthemarketforbeef
andveal,featuresofwhicharehugequantitiesboughtin,
anunsatisfactory levelofmarketpricesandreducedpossi­
bilitiesofexporttotheworldmarket,willbeseriously
imbalancedtotheextentthattheobjectivesofthe
commonagriculturalpolicyareliabletobejeopardized ;
Article2 Whereasprotectivemeasuresarethereforenecessary;
whereassuchmeasuresmustbeadoptedurgentlyifthe
situationisnottobecomeirreversible ;whereas,therefore,
theissuingoflicencesshouldbesuspendedfrom25April
1991;ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25April1991.
oOJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.14.
(6)OJNoL109,30.4.1977,p.1.nOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.13.(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL353,17.12.1990,p.23.
OOJNoL241,13.9.1980,p.5.
(4)OJNoL83,3.4.1991,p.6.(8)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.19.0OJNoL389,31.12.1987,p.65.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24April1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission