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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2880/80

OF 6 NOVEMBER 1980

PROVIDING FOR THE GRANTING OF PRIVATE STORAGE AID FIXED AT A STANDARD RATE IN ADVANCE IN RESPECT OF VEAL

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2916/79 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 23 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS SOME MEMBER STATES AND SOME NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES WHICH IMPORT VEAL HAVE TAKEN SPECIAL MEASURES TO RESTRICT THE FREE CIRCULATION OF THIS TYPE OF MEAT , THEREBY THREATENING THE STABILITY OF THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL ; WHEREAS MEASURES SHOULD THEREFORE BE TAKEN TO SUPPORT THE SAID MARKET ; WHEREAS PRIVATE STORAGE AID WOULD APPEAR TO BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE MEASURE ;

WHEREAS THE PROVISIONS OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1091/80 ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2629/80 ( 4 ), SHOULD BE FOLLOWED IN RESPECT OF THE GRANTING OF PRIVATE STORAGE AID FOR BEEF AND VEAL ;

WHEREAS PROVISIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO ENSURE THAT CALVES FROM WHICH CARCASES AND HALF-CARCASES ARE PRODUCED ARE SLAUGHTERED EXCLUSIVELY IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES WHICH ARE APPROVED AND SUPERVISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 64/433/EEC ( 5 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 77/99/EEC ( 6 );

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 989/68 ( 7 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 428/77 ( 8 ), PROVIDES THAT , IF THE MARKET SITUATION SO REQUIRES , THE PERIOD OF STORAGE MAY BE CURTAILED OR EXTENDED ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE APPROPRIATE THAT , IN ADDITION TO THE AMOUNTS OF AID GRANTED FOR A SPECIFIC STORAGE PERIOD , AMOUNTS TO BE ADDED OR REDUCED IN THE EVENT OF THAT PERIOD BEING EXTENDED OR CURTAILED SHOULD ALSO BE FIXED ;

WHEREAS PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF REDUCING THE STORAGE PERIOD WHERE MEAT REMOVED FROM STORAGE IS INTENDED FOR EXPORT ; WHEREAS PROOF THAT THE MEAT HAS BEEN EXPORTED MUST BE SUPPLIED AS IN THE CASE OF REFUNDS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2730/79 ( 9 );

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . APPLICATIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED BETWEEN 5 NOVEMBER AND 6 DECEMBER 1980 FOR AID FOR THE PRIVATE STORAGE OF CARCASES AND HALF-CARCASES OF CALVES AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) ( A ) AND ( B ).

THE AMOUNTS OF THIS AID , BY TONNE OF PRODUCT , BONE IN , SHALL BE AS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX HERETO .

IF THE QUANTITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR OR THE MARKET SITUATION MAKE IT ADVISABLE , THE DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS MAY BE CHANGED .

2 . THE AMOUNTS OF AID SHALL BE ADJUSTED IF THE PERIOD OF STORAGE IS EXTENDED OR REDUCED . THE SUPPLEMENTS PER MONTH AND DEDUCTIONS PER DIEM FOR EACH OF THE CUTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) SHALL BE AS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX HERETO .

3 . SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS REGULATION , THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1091/80 SHALL APPLY .

ARTICLE 2

1 . ONLY MEAT PRODUCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 3 ( 1A ) ( A ) TO ( E ) OF DIRECTIVE 64/433/EEC SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PRIVATE STORAGE AID .

2 . FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REGULATION :

( A ) ' CARCASES OF CALVES ' MEANS WHOLE CARCASES OF SLAUGHTERED CALVES , WITHOUT THE HEAD , FEET , TAIL , OFFALS , KIDNEY FAT AND PELVIS FAT ; THE WEIGHT OF THE CARCASE MUST BE NOT LESS THAN 80 KG AND MUST BE LESS THAN 150 KG ;

( B ) ' HALF-CARCASES OF CALVES ' MEANS THE PRODUCT RESULTING FROM THE SYMMETRICAL DIVISION OF THE WHOLE CARCASE THROUGH THE CENTRE OF EACH CERVICAL , DORSAL , LUMBAR AND SACRAL VERTEBRAE AND THROUGH THE CENTRE OF THE STERNUM AND THE ISCHIO-PUBIC SYMPHYSIS ; THE WEIGHT OF THE HALF-CARCASE MUST BE NOT LESS THAN 40 KG AND MUST BE LESS THAN 75 KG .

ARTICLE 3

1 . THE MINIMUM QUANTITY PER CONTRACT SHALL BE 20 TONNES .

2 . A CONTRACT MAY RELATE ONLY TO THE KINDS OF PRODUCT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ).

3 . PRODUCTS MUST BE PLACED IN STORAGE WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF CONCLUSION OF THE CONTRACT .

THE STORAGE PERIOD SHALL COMMENCE ON THE DAY ON WHICH PLACING IN STORE IS COMPLETED .

ARTICLE 4

1 . IF THE QUANTITY STORED IS LESS THAN THE QUANTITY FOR WHICH THE CONTRACT WAS CONCLUDED , AND :

( A ) NOT LESS THAN 90 % OF THAT QUANTITY , THE AMOUNT OF PRIVATE STORAGE AID SHALL BE REDUCED PROPORTIONALLY ;

( B ) LESS THAN 90 % OF THAT QUANTITY , PRIVATE STORAGE AID SHALL NOT BE PAID .

2 . NO AID SHALL BE GRANTED IN RESPECT OF ANY QUANTITIES PLACED IN STORE IN EXCESS OF THE QUANTITY FOR WHICH THE CONTRACT WAS CONCLUDED .

ARTICLE 5

1 . THE PERIOD OF STORAGE SHALL BE THREE , FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS , AT THE STORER ' S OPTION ; THE STORER SHALL STATE HIS PREFERENCE AT THE TIME OF SUBMITTING HIS OFFER .

2 . ENTITLEMENT TO PAYMENT OF THE AID SHALL BE ESTABLISHED ONLY IF ALL THE MEAT HAS REMAINED IN STORAGE THROUGHOUT THE STORAGE PERIOD .

3 . ON THE EXPIRY OF A STORAGE PERIOD OF 45 DAYS , THE CONTRACTING PARTY MAY WITHDRAW FROM STORE ALL OR PART OF THE QUANTITY OF MEAT UNDER CONTRACT , SUBJECT TO A MINIMUM OF 10 TONNES , PROVIDED THAT IT IS EXPORTED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS OF THE DATE OF ITS REMOVAL FROM STORAGE .

IN THIS CASE , THE AMOUNT OF AID SHALL BE REDUCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ), THE DAY OF REMOVAL FROM STORAGE BEING THE LAST DAY OF STORAGE .

THE CONTRACTING PARTY SHALL INFORM THE INTERVENTION AGENCY AT LEAST TWO WORKING DAYS BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF REMOVAL OPERATIONS , STATING THE QUANTITIES WHICH HE INTENDS TO EXPORT .

4 . IN CASES OF EXPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 3 , THE CONTRACTING PARTY SHALL PROVIDE PROOF IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 9 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2730/79 THAT THE MEAT HAS BEEN EXPORTED OR HAS CONSTITUTED SUPPLIES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 5 OF THAT REGULATION .

ARTICLE 6

THE AMOUNT OF THE SECURITY PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1091/80 SHALL BE 110 ECU PER TONNE .

ARTICLE 7

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 , 6 NOVEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT

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ANNEX

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// AMOUNT OF AID IN ECU/TONNE , FOR A STORAGE PERIOD : // AMOUNTS ( ECU/TONNE ): //

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PRODUCTS IN RESPECT OF WHICH AID IS GRANTED // OF THREE MONTHS // OF FOUR MONTHS // OF FIVE MONTHS // TO BE ADDED PER DAY // TO BE DEDUCTED PER DAY //

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CARCASES OR HALF-CARCASES OF CALVES // 570 // 610 // 650 // 40 // 1.35 //