No C 4/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 1. 89 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulations (EEC) No 805/68, (EEC) No 
1346/86, (EEC) No 1347/86, (EEC) No 1357/80, (EEC) No 1199/82 and (EEC) No 3697/88 
as regards the expiry dates for the arrangements for the buying-in and the granting of certain 
premiums in the beef and veal sector 
COM(88) 755 final 
(Submited by the Commission on 5 December 1988) 
(89/C 4/08) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 
June 1968 on the common organization of the market in 
beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No 2248/88 (2), provides for the application until 31 
December 1988 of temporary arrangements on buying-in 
and the granting, until that date, of a special premium 
for producers of beef and veal; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1346/86 of 6 
May 1986 on the granting of a calf birth premium in 
Greece, Ireland, Italy and Northern Ireland and on the 
granting of an additional national premium in Italy (3), 
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 467/87 (4), is 
applicable until 31 December 1988; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1347/86 of 6 
May 1986 on the granting of a premium for the 
slaughter of certain adult bovine animals in the United 
Kingdom ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
467/87, authorizes the United Kingdom to grant a 
premium to producers until 31 December 1988; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80 of 5 
June 1980 introducing a system of premiums for main­
taining suckler cows (6), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 467/87, fixes the premium for maintaining 
suckler cows until 31 December 1988; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1199/82 of 18 
May 1982 on the gaming of an additional premium for 
maintaining suckler cows in Ireland and Northern 
(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 
O OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 24. 
(5) OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 39. 
(4) OJ No L 48, 17. 2. 1987, p. 1. 
(5) OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 40. 
(*) OJ No L 140, 5. 6. 1980, p. 1. Ireland (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
467/88, provides for the granting of an additional 
premium for suckler cows in Greece, Ireland and 
Northern Ireland until 31 December 1988; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3697/88 of 24 
November 1988 applying the full amount of the premium 
for maintaining suckler cows in Spain (8) fixes the 
premium for maintaining suckler cows applicable in 
Spain until 31 December 1988; 
Whereas, pending the new arrangements for buying-in 
and the new system of premiums to be applied in the 
beef and veal sector, the current arangements introduced 
by the abovementioned Regulations should be extended 
until 5 March 1989 to avoid any disturbance on the 
market in beef and veal, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. In Articles 4a (1) and 6a (1) of Regulation (EEC) 
No 805/68, the words 'to 31 December 1988' are hereby 
replaced by 'to 5 March 1989'. 
2. In Articles 1 (1) and 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 
1346/86, the words 'to 31 December 1988' are hereby 
replaced by 'to 5 March 1989'. 
3. In Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1347/86, 
the words 'to 31 December 1988' are hereby replaced by 
'to 5 March 1989'. 
4. In Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80, 
the words 'to 31 December 1988' are hereby replaced by 
'to 5 March 1989'. 
5. In the second subparagraph of Article 1 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1199/82, the words 'to 31 December 
1988' are hereby replaced by 'to 5 March 1989'. 
6. In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3697/88, the 
words 'to 31 December 1988' are hereby replaced by 'to 
5 March 1989'. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
O OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 30. 
(8) OJ No L 325, 29. 11. 1988, p. 1.