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make to the harmonious development of world 
trade; whereas the common agricultural policy aims 
inter alia to ensure a fair standard of living for the 
agricultural community, to guarantee the availability 
of supplies and to ensure that supplies reach con­
sumers at reasonable prices; 
Whereas the guide price must be fixed in accord­
ance with the criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68; whereas, for the 
1984/85 marketing year, it should be fixed at a 
higher level than that adopted for the preceding 
marketing year; 
Whereas, in view of the current economic situation 
on the beef and veal market, the intervention price 
for adult bovine animals for the 1984/85 marketing 
year should be fixed at the same level in relation to 
the guide price as that adopted for the preceding 
marketing year, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas provision was made in Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 1199/82 ('), as amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 1216/83 (2), for the granting of an addi­
tional premium for maintaining suckler cows in Ire­
land and Northern Ireland, in so far as the Member 
States concerned did not grant nationally the addi-Article 1 
For the 1984/85 marketing year the guide price shall 
be 362,41 ECU per 100 kilograms of carcase. 
Article 2 
For the 1984/85 marketing year, the intervention 
price shall be 326,17 ECU per 100 kilograms of car­
case. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 
day following its publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Communities. 
It shall apply with effect from 2 April 1984. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
tional premium referred to in Article 3 (2) of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80 of 5 June 
1980 introducing a system of premiums for main­
taining suckler cows (3), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1198/82 (4); 
Whereas the situation of farmers in those regions of 
the Community has not improved appreciably 
during the marketing year 1983/84 and an identical 
measure should accordingly be adopted for the 
1984/85 marketing year; 
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1199/82 
should therefore be amended, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
In the second paragraph of Article 1 of Regulation 
(EEC) No 1199/82, '1983/84 marketing year' is 
hereby replaced by '1984/85 marketing year'. Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1199/82 on the grant 
of an additional premium for maintaining suckler cows in Ireland and Northern Ireland 
(84/C 62/43) 
(') OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 30. 
(2) OJ No L 132, 21. 5. 1983, p. 16. (3) OJNoL140, 5.6. 1980, p. 1. 
(4) OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 28. 
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Article 2 It shall apply from 2 April 1984. 
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. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC) No 
1837/80 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat 
(84/C 62/44) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Article 34 of Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 1837/80 ('), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 1195/82(2), provided that the Commis­
sion was to submit to the Council, before 1 October 
1983, a report on the functioning of the common 
organization of the market in this sector; whereas 
examination of the report submitted by the Com­
mission has indicated that the rules governing this 
sector should be amended; for the new marketing year can be brought into force 
at a time of the year when both the seasonally 
adjusted basic price and, as a rule, the average Com­
munity market price are on the increase; 
Whereas a partial regrouping of the regions referred 
to in Article 3 (1) would bring together regions 
where lamb production and consumption structures 
are very comparable or which are closely dependent 
on the same trade patterns; 
Whereas, apart from the fact that for the reasons 
mentioned above no reference price will be fixed as 
from the marketing year beginning in 1984, it would 
seem appropriate to simplify the method of calculat­
ing the premium for sheepmeat producers; whereas 
the loss of income suffered by producers in a given 
region should be calculated from the difference, if 
any, between the Community basic price and the 
arithmetic mean of the market prices recorded in the 
region concerned; whereas a coefficient represent­
ing the normal average annual level of lamb produc­
tion in the region in question should be applied to 
the said loss of income; 
Whereas the four-year period referred to in Article 3 
(4) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80, which was 
provided for at the beginning of the common organ­
ization of the market so that production and market­
ing structures in the various Member States could be 
gradually adjusted, expires at the end of the 1983/84 
marketing year; whereas the fixing of a single refer­
ence price at a different level from the basic price is 
not justified; whereas no distinction need hence­
forth be made between the reference price and the 
basic price; 
Whereas, if the beginning of the marketing year is 
set at the beginning of the calendar year, the prices 
(') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 22. Whereas, to ensure more effective management and 
support of the market, provision should be made for 
the regionalization of private storage measures so 
that they are implemented in accordance with rules 
similar to those for intervention buying; whereas 
provision should also be made so that the amount of 
the aid granted may be regionally differentiated; 
Whereas the United Kingdom is the only Member 
State which grants the variable slaughter premium 
referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 
1837/80; whereas, as a result of supervision difficul­
ties, application of this provision was restricted to 
Great Britain as from the beginning of the 1982/83 
marketing year; whereas experience would indicate 
that the provision should not be applied in the other