No C 84/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 3. 88 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 on the 
common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat 
COM(88) 84 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 25 February 1988) 
(88/C 84/19) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas the common organization of the market in 
sheepmeat and goatmeat provides for certain measures in 
the form of premiums and intervention prices the purpose 
of which is to ensure that producers receive a fair income; 
whereas, however, in view of the existing potential for 
disposal on the Community market and of the latter's 
undertakings in GATT, production of sheepmeat and 
goatmeat should not be encouraged once numbers exceed a 
level determined in the light of the market situation; 
whereas, to that end, provision should be made for a 
reduction in the guarantee provided for by the measures in 
question; whereas, however, regional differences in the 
support arrangements provided for by the rules in force 
may lead to encouragement of production in different ways 
according to those regional differences; whereas this 
measure should therefore be applied separately in region 5 
should the United Kingdom decide to apply the variable 
premium arrangement there; 
Whereas the Council will have to review the stabilization 
mechanism, including the maximum guaranteed level, in 
connection with the adjustment of the market organization 
both internally and externally, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The following Article 9a is added to Regulation (EEC) No 
1837/80: 
'Article 9a 
1. Pending an adjustment to the common organiza­
tion of the market both internally and externally, a 
maximum guaranteed level for ewe numbers is hereby 
fixed at 62 million head. 2. For each marketing year: 
— if the estimate of ewe numbers for the marketing 
year in question exceeds the maximum guaranteed 
level for that year, the premium provided for in 
Article 5 shall be reduced for both ewes and she-
goats by the impact on the basic price of a coefficient 
representing a reduction of 1 % for each 1 % by 
which the maximum guaranteed level is exceeded, 
— where the mechanism provided for in the preceding 
indent, applied to the actual ewe numbers recorded 
for the preceding marketing year, leads to a premium 
different from that fixed, the estimate of numbers for 
the marketing year following that in which numbers 
were recorded shall be adjusted to take account of 
that situation. 
3. Should paragraph 2 be applied, the intervention 
price provided for in Article 7(2) and the 'guide level' 
referred to in Article 9 used for calculating the variable 
premium shall be reduced by the same amount as that by 
which the basic price is reduced pursuant to the first 
subparagraph of paragraph 2. 
4. Should the United Kingdom apply Article 9, the 
provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply 
separately to region 5 on the one hand and to all the 
other regions on the other. To that end the figure fixed 
in paragraph 1 shall be broken down as follows: 
— region 5: 18 million, 
— other regions: 44 million. 
5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article, 
and in particular the arrangements applicable to the 
1988 marketing year, to which this Article shall apply 
from 4 April 1988, and the coefficient and the amounts 
referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be adopted in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following 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.