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( 1 ) OJ NO L 183 , 16 . 7 . 1980 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 16 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 275 , 18 . 10 . 1980 , P . 6 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 276 , 20 . 10 . 1980 , P . 22 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 228/81

OF 29 JANUARY 1981

DETERMINING , FOR CERTAIN MEMBER STATES , THE ESTIMATED LOSS OF INCOME AND THE ESTIMATED LEVEL OF THE PREMIUM PAYABLE PER EWE FOR 1980/81

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 OF 27 JUNE 1980 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3446/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) AND ( 8 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 PROVIDES FOR THE GRANTING OF A PREMIUM TO SHEEPMEAT PRODUCERS ; WHEREAS THE ESTIMATED LEVEL OF THE SAID PREMIUM MUST BE CALCULATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MARKETING YEAR ON THE BASIS OF THE FORESEEABLE LOSS OF INCOME ;

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2643/80 ( 3 ), THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM IS TO BE CALCULATED BY USING AS A REFERENCE POINT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF SHEEPMEAT RECORDED FOR THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE CURRENT YEAR FOR EACH REGION IN QUESTION ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2662/80 ( 4 ) PROVIDES THAT , FOR THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR , THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE MARKET PRICE AND THE REFERENCE PRICE FOR THE PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE PREMIUM MUST BE CARRIED OUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SHEEPMEAT PRODUCTION RECORDED DURING THE PERIOD 1 JULY TO 31 DECEMBER 1979 IN RESPECT OF REGIONS 1 TO 5 ; WHEREAS THE SAID COMPARISON SHOWS THAT SOME OF THE SAID REGIONS HAVE SUFFERED A LOSS OF INCOME ; WHEREAS , ACCORDINGLY , THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM FOR THOSE REGIONS MUST BE FIXED ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR SHEEP AND GOATS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE DATA CONCERNING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF SHEEPMEAT IN THE PERIOD 1 JULY TO 31 DECEMBER 1979 , DETERMINED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2643/80 AND ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2662/80 , ARE GIVEN IN ANNEX I HERETO .

ARTICLE 2

1 . THE FOLLOWING IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REFERENCE PRICE AND THE FORESEEABLE MARKET PRICE DURING THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR FOR THE FOLLOWING REGIONS : // REGION // DIFFERENCE IN ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS //

4 // 16.5 //

5 // 79.4 //

2 . THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF LOSS OF INCOME REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 AND OBTAINED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1 ( A ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2662/80 IS HEREBY DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS : // REGION // TOTAL AMOUNT IN ECU //

4 // 2 888 000 //

5 // 15 350 000 //

ARTICLE 3

THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM PAYABLE PER EWE AND PER MEMBER STATE , OBTAINED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1 ( B ) AND ( C ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2662/80 , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS ON THE BASIS OF THE NUMBER OF EWES GIVEN IN ANNEX II HERETO : // MEMBER STATE // ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM PAYABLE PER EWE IN ECU PER EWE //

IRELAND // 1.866 //

UNITED KINGDOM // 1.125 //

ARTICLE 4

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 30 JANUARY 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 29 JANUARY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

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ANNEX I

SHEEPMEAT PRODUCTION IN THE MEMBER STATES MAKING UP REGIONS 1 TO 5 DURING THE PERIOD 1 JULY TO 31 DECEMBER 1979

// REGION // // MEMBER STATE // GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ( TONNES ) //

1 // // ITALY // 23 500 //

2 // // FRANCE // 80 700 //

3 // // // 26 492 //

// OF WHICH : // DENMARK515 //

// // NETHERLANDS13 060 //

// // LUXEMBOURG84 //

// // BELGIUM2 200 //

// // GERMANY10 613 //

4 // // IRELAND // 17 500 //

5 // // UNITED KINGDOM // 141 500 //

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ANNEX II

NUMBER OF EWES RECORDED IN THE MEMBER STATES MAKING UP REGIONS 1 TO 5

// REGION // // MEMBER STATE // NUMBER OF EWES RECORDED //

1 // // ITALY // 6 674 000 //

2 // // FRANCE // 7 109 000 //

3 // // // 1 260 000 //

// OF WHICH : // DENMARK46 000 //

// // NETHERLANDS390 000 //

// // LUXEMBOURG4 000 //

// // BELGIUM55 000 //

// // GERMANY765 000 //

4 // // IRELAND // 1 548 000 //

5 // // UNITED KINGDOM // 13 646 000 //