14. 4. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 85/81 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending for the 10th time Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 on the 
common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/48) 
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, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas, in view of the fact that their conditions of 
production and marketing are similar, Ireland and Northern 
Ireland should henceforth constitute a single region; whereas 
this is especially so since the weighting coefficient used in 
respect of each of those regions for the purpose of calculating 
the average Community market price is low in relation to the 
enlarged Community as a whole; 
Whereas, in order to avoid a possible excessive increase in 
sheepmeat production in the Community and a sharp rise in 
the budget costs concerned provision should be made for 
allowing the premium granted to sheepmeat producers to be 
limited in respect of each beneficiary producer by way of 
amendment to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 (*), 
as last amended by , 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 3 (5) is replaced by the following: 
'5. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following 
regions are hereby defined: 
— region 1: Italy and Greece, 
— region 2: France, 
— region 3: Belgium, Denmark, Federal Republic of 
Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, 
(») OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1. — region 4: Ireland and Northern Ireland, 
— region 5: Great Britain, 
— region 6: Portugal and Spain.' 
2. In Article 4 (1), 'regions 1, 3 and 7' are replaced by 
'regions 1, 3 and 6'. 
3. Article 5 (8) is replaced by the following: 
'8. The granting of the premium may be limited to a 
certain number of ewes and/or goats per beneficiary 
producer. 
The premium shall be paid to the beneficiary producer 
according to the number of ewes and/or goats kept on 
the holding over a minimum period to be determined in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26. 
However, that requirement shall apply only in respect of 
the limit referred to in the preceding subparagraph.' 
4. The first subparagraph of Article 5 (9) is replaced by the 
following: 
'The Council, acting by a qualified majoritiy on a 
proposal from the Commission, shall adopt general rules 
for the scheme provided for in this Article, and in 
particular shall define which producers may receive the 
premium and which ewes and, in the areas specified in 
the first and second indents of the first subparagraph of 
paragraph 1, which goats will be eligible and shall fix the 
limits applicable to the granting of the premium per 
beneficiary producer'. 
5. In the first subparagraph of Article 7 (2), 'regions 1, 3 
and T are replaced by 'regions 1, 3 and 6'. 
6. Articles 31 and 32 are repealed. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from the beginning of the marketing year 
commencing in 1987. 
This Regulation shall be applicable in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States.