NoL338/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.12.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2902/77
of22December 1977
fixingthequantityofyoungmalebovineanimalswhichmaybeimportedon
specialtermsinthefirstquarterof1978
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforBeefandVeal,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No425/77(2),andinparticular
Article13(4)(a)thereof,
WhereastheCouncilhasestablished ,underthenew
importarrangements foryoungmalebovineanimals
forfattening,anestimateof200000headforthe
period1Januaryto31December1978;whereas,
underArticle13(4)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68,thequantitywhichmaybeimportedeach
quarterandtherateofreductionoftheimportlevy
ontheseanimalsmustbedetermined ;
Whereasdetailedrulesforthepracticalapplicationof
thespecialarrangements werelaiddowninCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No585/77of18March1977
onthesystemofimportandexportlicencesforbeef
andveal(3),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2901/77(4);
Whereasthesupplyrequirementsofcertainregionsof
theCommunitywhichhaveaseriousdeficitinbovine
animalsforfatteningmustbetakenintoaccount;
whereastheserequirements areparticularlyapparent
inItalyandmaybeestimated,forthefirstquarterof
1978,ataminimumof45000headforthatMember
State;
Whereasthesupplyrequirements inyoungbovine
animalsforfatteningjustify,forthefirstquarterof
1978,ahigherrateofreductionofthelevyfor
animalsweighingfrom220to300kilogramsperhead
originatinginandcomingfromYugoslavia ;
Whereasthepartialreductionofthelevyisintended
tohelpimprovecattlerearingandbeefandveal
productionstructuresinItaly;whereasappropriate
measuresmustthereforebetakentoensurethat
producerscan,asfaraspossible,benefitdirectlyfrom
thearrangements withouttraditionaltradebeing
excluded;whereasthisobjectivecanbeachievedby
givingagriculturalproducersandtheirorganizations
prioritywhenissuingthelicencesconferringentitle­
menttobenefitfromthearrangements ;Article1
1.Fortheperiod1Januaryto31March1978,the
maximumquantityreferredtoinArticle13(4)(a)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68shallbe50000headof
youngmalebovineanimalsforfattening,ofalive
weightof300kilogramsorless,ofwhichatleast
45000headmustbeimportedintoandfattenedin
Italy.
2.Thelevychargedonimportsoftheyoung
bovineanimalsreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbe
equaltothelevyapplicableonthedayofimportless
50%.
However,thelevyapplicableonthedayofimport
shallbereducedby70%inrespectofamaximumof
12000youngbovineanimalsweighingfrom220to
300kilogramsperhead,originatinginandcoming
fromYugoslavia .
3.Theapplicationforalicenceandthelicence
shallinaccordancewithArticle8(b)ofRegulation
(EEC)No585/77relateto:
—eitheryoungbovineanimalsofaweightperhead
notexceeding300kilograms,
—oryoungbovineanimalsofaweightperheadof
from220to300kilograms,originatinginand
comingfromYugoslavia.
Inthelattercasesections13and14oftheapplication
foralicenceandthelicenceshallincludeoneofthe
followingentries:
—Yugoslavia,
—Jugoslavien ,
—Jugoslawien ,
—Yougoslavie ,
—Iugoslavia,
—Joegoslavie .
Thelicenceshallmakeitcompulsorytoimportfrom
thecountryindicated.(•)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.0OJNoL61,5.3.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.5.
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Article2
ForthepurposeofArticle11(5)ofRegulation(EEC)
No585/77,allapplicationsfromoneapplicantwhich
relatetothesamecategoryofweightandthesame
rateofreductionofthelevyshallbetreatedasone
application .4.MemberStatesshallspecifyinthecommunica­
tionreferredtoinArticle11(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No585/77thecategoryofliveweight,andtheorigin
oftheproductsinthecasereferredtointhesecond
indentofthefirstsubparagraph ofparagraph3.
5.WithinthequantityreservedforItaly,import
licencesmaybeissueddirectlytoagricultural
producersortheirorganizations inrespectofa
maximumof30000head.
Italyshall,forthispurpose,specifythecategoriesof
applicantsinthecommunication referredtoinArticle
11(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No585/77.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President