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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)729 final
Brussels,19November1980
amendingcertain
relatingtothesProposalfora
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
sofDirectives73/132/EECand78/53/EEC
surveys carriedoutbytheMember
>\
StatesonbovinelivestockprovisionsofDirectives
statisticalsurveyst
|-States^onbovine
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0MC80)729final

\
Explanatory Statement
Aspointed,outinthesecondreportsubmittedtotheCouncil^^pursuant
(2)toArticle10ofDirective73/132/EEC,certainamendmentsshouldbe
madetotheexistingrules.Theseamendmentsconcern
1.theextensionoftheperiodcoveredbytheforwardestimates;
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2.thebreakdownof'cow'numbersaccordingtopurpose#
Theproposalalsoprovidesforanextensiontotheexemptiongrantedto
ItalyandforthepossibilityfortheFederalRepublicofGermanyto
supplystructuraldataforevenratherthanoddyears.Boththeseexemptions
havebeenexpresslyrequestedbythetwoMemberStatesinquestion.
(1)Doc.COM(79/622finalof12November1979*
(2)OJNoL153of9June1973.p.25.
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Proposalfora -
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingcertainprovisionsofDirectives 73/132/EECand78/53/EECrelating
tothestatistical surveystobecarriedoutbytheMemberStatesonbovine
livestock >
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,,
andinparticularArticles43and209thereof; v,
• - -- »
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective 73/132/EECof15May1973onthestatistical
M ;surveystobecarriedoutbytheMemberStatesonbovinelivestock,onforecasts
ontheavailability ofbovineanimalsforslaughterandonstatistics onslaugh-
1teredbovineanimals;
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective 78/53/EEClayingdownadditionalprovisions
relatingtothestatistical surveystobecarriedoutbyMemberstatesonbovine
livestock;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
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,_... 3'HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament;
Whereas,inordertopromotetheapproximation ofsurveymethodsandtheharmoni­
zationofcattlestatistics,certain'provisions ofDirective 73/132/EECshouldbe
mademoreexplicitorsupplemented ; .
WhereasduringtheperiodcoveredbyDirective 73/132/EECItalyhasbeenunable,
fortechnicalreasons,toupdatethesamplingcriteriainordertoobservethe
Communitymarginsoferrorandthereforewishestoextendtheexemptionprovided
for--by-Article'-4oftheDirective;
WhereasfortechnicalreasonstheFederalRepublicofGermanycarriesoutagri­
culturalsurveysinevenyearsandwhereasarrangements shouldforthwith bemade
topermitthedateprovidedforbyArticle5(4)ofDirective 73/132/EECtobe
suppliedaccordingtothispattern;
10JNoL153,9.6.1973,p.25
20JNoL16,20.1.1978,p.20
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WhereasexperienceindicatesthattheCommission departments responsible
foradministering themarketshouldhaveaccesstocertainadditional break­
downsandproduction forecastscoveringtheentireyearfollowingtheyear
underreview;
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
Article 1
Directive 73/132/EECisherebyamendedasfollows:
1 v *
1.TheexemptionprovidedforinArticle4(3)shallbeextendedto1983
forItaly..
2.Article5(2)isreplacedbythefollowing :
'2.TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission annually,notlater
thantenweeksafterthereference month,ofthefinalresultsof
oneofthetwosurveysonthepopulation,brokendownaccording -to
thefollowingterritorial subdivisions :
*
Belgium: provinces/provincies
Denmark:
FRofGermany: Regierungsbezi rke
France: régionsdeprogramme
Ireland:, -
Italy: regioni ,'"
Luxembourg :
Netherlands : Provincies
UnitedKingdom:Standardregions"
3.Article5(3)and(4)arereplacedbythefollowing :
'3.Onthebasisoftheresultsofoneofthetwosurveysonthepopulation,
theMemberStatesshallprocessandforwardtotheCommission,atleast
everytwoyearsstartingwiththedatafor1981,thenationaldata
accordingtothesizeoftheherdkeptandintheformofthetables
drawnupinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle9.

•4.TheMember States shall notify theCommission atthesame time ,on
thebasis ofanyavailable source ofinformation tobespecified
intheir notification ,thecomposition oftheir 'cow' population
\
according topurpose ,intheform oftables tobedrawn upin
accordance with theprocedure laid down inArticle 9.'
4.Thefirst subparagraph ofArticle 6(1 )ofDirective 73/132/EEC isreplaced
bythefollowing :
'1.Onthe basis ofthe results and ofother available data the Member
States shall estimate gross indigenous production ofcattle :
-inthecase oftheintermediate survey ,forthesecond half of
thecurrent year andforeach half ofthefollowing calendar year ;
-inthecase oftheDecember survey ,foreach half ofthefollowing
calendar year .1
Article 2 /
Theexemption provided for inArticle 2(3 )ofDirective 78/53/EECshall be
extended to1983 .
i
- Article 3
This Directive isaddressed tothe Member States .
Done at