COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 10.03.1998 
COM(1998) 88 final 
98/ 0062 (CNS) 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat 
(codified version) 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
In the context of a people's Europe, the Commission attaches great importance to simplify­
ing and clarifying Community law so as to make it clearer and more accessible to the 
ordinary citizen, thus giving him new opportunities and the chance to make use of the 
specific rights it gives him. 
This aim cannot be achieved so long as numerous provisions that have been amended 
several times, often quite substantially, remain scattered, so that they must be sought partly 
in the original instrument and partly in later amending ones. Considerable research work, 
comparing many different instruments, is thus needed to identify the current rules. 
For this reason a consolidation of rules that have frequently been amended is also essential 
if Community law is to be clear and transparent. 
On 1 April 1987, the Commission therefore decided to instruct its staff that all legislative 
measures should be consolidated after no more than ten amendments, stressing that this 
was a minimum requirement and that departments should endeavour to consolidate at even 
shorter intervals the texts for which they were responsible, to ensure that the Community 
rules were clear and readily understandable. 
The Conclusions of the Presidency of the Edinburgh European Council (December 1992) 
confirmed this, stressing the importance of legislative consolidation as it offers certainty as 
to the law applicable to a given matter at a given time. 
It must be undertaken in full compliance with the normal Community legislative procedure. 
Given that no changes of substance may be made to the instruments affected by legislative 
consolidation. Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed, by an interinstitu-
tional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for 
the fast-track adoption of codification instruments. 
The purpose of this proposal (l) for legislative consolidation of Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheep-
meat and goatmeat, is to undertake official codification of this type. The new regulation 
will supersede the various directives incorporated in it (2); their content is fully preserved, 
and they are brought together with only such formal amendments as are required by the 
codification exercise itself. 
This legislative consolidation proposal was drawn up on the basis of a preliminary conso­
lidation, in all the official languages, of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 and the instruments 
amending it, carried out by the Office for Official Publications of the European Commu­
nities, by means of the data-processing system referred to in the conclusions of the Euro­
pean Council meeting at Edinburgh. Although the articles have been given new numbers, 
the old numbering has been retained in the margin for ease of reference; the correlation 
between the old and new numbers is shown in a table set out in the Annex II, Part A, to 
the consolidated Regulation. 
(*) Entered in the legislative programme for 1997. 
(2) See Annex II, Part B of the present proposal. 
PROPOSAL FOR A 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No ..7... 
of... 
on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­
ment (1), 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and So­
cial Committee (2); 
(1) Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 
September 1989, on the common organization of the 
market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (3) has been fre­
quently and substantially amended (4), whereas for rea­
sons of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should 
therefore be codified; 
(2) Whereas the operation and development of the common 
market in agricultural products must be accompanied by 
the establishment of a common agricultural policy in­
volving common organization of the agricultural markets; 
whereas the form of such organization may vary from 
one product to another; 
(3) Whereas in order to attain the objectives set out in Ar­
ticle 39 of the Treaty, in particular market stability and a 
fair standard of living for the agricultural community 
concerned, it is necessary to retain certain arrangements 
facilitating adjustment of supply to market requirements; 
whereas, in particular, Community sheepmeat and goat­
meat producers should continue to be granted a pre­
mium to compensate for loss of income, and intervention 
measures should be continued; 
(4) Whereas provision should be made for the fixing of a 
basic price at which intervention measures will come into 
operation and which will protect the Community market 
against price fluctuations on the world market for certain 
products in the sector; 3013/89 
() 
(? 
(3) 
(4) OJ L 289, 7.10.1989, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by 
Regulation (EC) No 1589/% (OJ No L 206,16.8.1996, p. 
25). 
See Annex H, Part B. 
(5) Whereas the amount of the premium to be granted to 
producers, determined on the basis of a Community 
single income loss, must take account of the different 
specializations of production systems in the Community; 
whereas, in order to limit any increase in the budget cost 
in this sector, provision should be made for limiting the 
full rate of the premium to 1 000 animals per producer 
in the less-favoured areas within the meaning of Council 
Directive 75/268/EEC (l) and to 500 animals per pro­
ducer in other areas; whereas, above these figures, the 
premium will continue to be paid at the reduced level of 
50%; 
(6) Whereas it is opportune for administrative purposes that 
the latest date for the payment of the premium should 
coincide with the end of the budgetary year; 
(7) Whereas the upward trend in ewe numbers in the Com­
munity and the resulting substantial drop in prices are 
having serious repercussions on the market balance; 
whereas, while being partly curbed by the various 
measures, in particular as regards prices and stabilizers, 
this trend has nevertheless resulted in an increase in 
production and in EAGGF expenditure; 
(8) Whereas, subject to special provisions applicable to pro­
ducer groups, an individual limit should be imposed on 
each producer, based on the total premiums granted for 
the 1991 marketing year to each producer; 
(9) Whereas, in order to take account of trends in produc­
tion throughout the Community, this total should how­
ever be multiplied by a coefficient established for each 
Member State and representing the ratio between the 
total number of ewes eligible at the beginning of 1989, 
1990 or 1991 and the total number of eligible animals 
conferring entitlement to the premium for the 1991 
marketing year; whereas, however, special provisions 
should be adopted for Germany in order to take account 
of certain specific problems in the new 'Lander'; 
(10) Whereas new producers and existing producers whose 
reference flocks are not in line with the normal trend in 
ewe numbers should not be excluded from entitlement 
to the premium; whereas, to that end, provision should 
be made for a national reserve made up initially of a 
flat-rate levy on the individual limits of all producers; 
whereas provision should be made to increase the re­
serve in less-favoured areas; 3013/89 
(adapted) 
3. 2069/92 
(adapted) 
(adapted) 
5. (adapted) 
(adapted) 
(adapted) 
(!) OJNoL128,19.5.1975, p. 1; Directive replaced by Regulation 
(EC) No 950/97 (OJ L 142, 2.6. 1997, p. 1). 
(11) Whereas changes in production may be made necessary 
by possible alterations to the assets or production capa­
city of recipients; whereas, therefore, provision should be 
made that entitlements to the premium acquired in re­
spect of individual limits may be transferred under cer­
tain conditions to other producers; whereas, in order to 
make the system of transfer as flexible as possible, it is 
appropriate to allow the transfer of rights to take place 
also without the transfer of the holding; whereas it is 
appropriate to submit the transfer to rules which allow 
some rights to be surrendered, without payment to the 
national reserve in order that it can provide, in particu­
lar, rights for new entrants; 
(12) Whereas, in order to take account of the fact that pro­
ducers should be permitted to reduce their production 
for a limited period, it is appropriate to authorize the 
Member States to provide the option of a temporary 
transfer of premium rights; 
(13) Whereas it is opportune to establish a link between 
sensitive zones or localities and the production of sheep 
and goats so as to ensure the maintenance of this pro­
duction especially in areas where there is no other alter­
native; 
(14) Whereas the individual ceiling placed on the premium 
per producer leads to a limitation of the number of eli­
gible ewes and goats; 
(15) Whereas this measure renders nugatory limits per head 
for the purpose of determining the amount of premiums 
to be paid in the sector, without affecting the right to 
premiums which producers already enjoy; whereas, there­
fore, provision should be made for the possibility of 
rectifying individual limits; 
(16) Whereas the grant of an individual limit per producer 
for obtaining the right to the premium may give rise to 
administrative difficulties in the case of certain groups of 
producers, in particular family groups, during the 
transfer of premium rights between members of the said 
groups; whereas, therefore, for reasons of correct admi­
nistration, provision should be made for certain groups 
to be exempted, under certain conditions, from payment 
to the national reserve of the percentage of rights pro­
vided for in the case of a transfer of rights without 
transfer of holding; whereas that provision should not 
lead to an increase in individual rights currently allo­
cated in each Member State, nor give rise to the forma­
tion of new producer groups created with the sole aim 
of avoiding payment to the national reserve of the per­
centage of rights provided for in the case of a transfer of 
rights without transfer of holding; 7. 2069/92 
(adapted) 
(adapted) 
9. 
233/94 
(adapted) 
3. 
1265/95 
(adapted) 
(17) Whereas the individual limit was established on the basis 
of the total amount of premiums granted for the 1991 
marketing year for each producer; whereas in Italy and 
in Greece, because that marketing year was a year of 
transition between two different premium systems, a 
number of producers were not able to submit an ap­
plication for a premium for the 1991 marketing year for 
the number of eligible animals they held; whereas, in 
order to remedy this situation, special reserves should be 
created for Italy and for Greece corresponding to the 
estimated maximum number of rights which the pro­
ducers concerned were unable to claim; whereas the 
competent authorities of those two Member States 
should initially be allowed to grant new rights up to the 
limit of the special reserve referred to above and then, 
subject to verification by the Commission of the correct 
allocation of the rights granted, in particular in the re­
gions most affected, the national reserves will be in­
creased for Italy and Greece by the sum of the rights 
newly granted with effect from the 1995 marketing year; 
(18) Whereas it is necessary to clarify the conditions under 
which special provisions may be adopted by Germany in 
order to take account of the specific problems which re­
main in the new Lander, 
(19) Whereas, in order to effect a smooth passage from the 
current provisions in the territories of the new German 
Lander to the premium regime applicable in the rest of 
the Community, certain temporary measures may be 
found to be necessary, 
(20) Whereas, within the framework of the production of 
sheepmeat and goatmeat, environmental protection has 
become an important element which must be taken into 
consideration; whereas Member States should thus have 
the possibility of limiting or abolishing payments under 
the premium regime for producers of sheepmeat and 
goatmeat, if the producer in question does not fully 
comply with the rules fixed by the Member States with 
respect to the environment, subject to compliance with 
the proportionality principle; 
(21) Whereas, as regards intervention measures, provision 
should be made for them to take the form of private 
storage aid, which least affects normal marketing of 
products; 1265/95 
1589/% 
(adapted) 
4. 233/94 
(adapted) 
5. 3013/89 
(22) Whereas, as a general rule, whenever certain market 
price criteria are met the decision to grant private stor­
age aid should be taken in the context of a tendering 
procedure; whereas however, that private storage aid 
could be made more effective if the amount of the aid is 
fixed in advance, where urgent recourse to private stor­
age proves neces-sary in the light of a particularly diffi­
cult market situation in one or more quotation areas; 
whereas it is therefore necessary to authorize the Com­
mission to carry out advance fixing of the aid where such 
a market situation has arisen, even if the market price 
criteria referred to above have not been met; 
(23) Whereas the purpose of the abovementioned premium is 
to ensure a fair return for producers; whereas, however, 
in view of the possibilities for disposal on the Commu­
nity market and the Community's international commit­
ments, production of sheepmeat and goatmeat should no 
longer be encouraged once the Community flock exceeds 
a certain level established in the light of the market situ­
ation; whereas to that end provision should be made for 
reducing the degree of guarantee afforded by the 
measures in question; whereas the maximum guaranteed 
level should be fixed at that which obtained for ewes on 
31 December 1987 in the regions concerned and provi­
sion should be made for its eventual revision; 
(24) Whereas the introduction of individual limits by pro­
ducers for the granting of the premium by maintaining 
flock numbers at their existing level, should reduce very 
appreciably the risk of budgetary overspending; whereas, 
in these circumstances, the coefficient for reducing the 
basic price referred to in Article 13 (2) of this Regula­
tion should be fixed at the level adopted for the 1990 
marketing year; 
(25) Whereas trade arrangements, in combination with price 
arrangements, premiums and intervention arrangements 
and containing a system of import duties, should serve 
to stabilize the Community market; whereas this trading 
arrangement is based on the agreements concluded in 
the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral 
trade negotiations, hereinafter referred to as the "GATT 
Agreement"; 1589/96 
(adapted) 
3013/89 
10. 2069/92 
(adapted) 
(26) Whereas the competent authorities should be placed in a 
position to follow trade developments constantly in order 
to appraise market developments and, when necessary, 
the possible application of measures provided for this 
Regulation; whereas to that end, provision should be 
made for issuing import licences and, where appropriate, 
the corresponding export licences providing a guarantee 
to ensure the fulfilment of dealings for which the li­
cences are sought; 
(27) Whereas in order to prevent or counteract adverse ef­
fects on the market in the Community due to the im­
portation of certain agricultural products, the import­
ation of one or more of these products must be subject 
to additional import duties if certain conditions are ful­
filled; 
(28) Whereas under certain conditions, the Commission 
should be empowered to open and administer tariff quo­
tas arising under the GATT Agreement; 
(29) Whereas, in addition to the system described above, 
provision should be made to the extent necessary for its 
proper working, prohibiting in whole or in part, when 
the situation on the market so requires, the use of in­
ward or outward processing arrangements; 
(30) Whereas the customs duty arrangements make it poss­
ible to dispense with all other protective measures at the 
external frontiers of the Community; whereas, however, 
the mechanism of common prices, customs duties and 
levies may, in exceptional circumstances, prove defective; 
whereas in such cases, so as not to leave the Community 
market without defence against disturbances that may 
consequently arise, the import barriers that previously 
existed having been removed, the Community should be 
able to take all necessary measures without delay; 
whereas these measures must be in conformity with trie 
obligations arising from the GATT Agreement; 
(31) Whereas there are provisions for the possibility of 
measures to be taken when a substantial price rise dis­
turbs or threatens to disturb the Community market; 
whereas the situation on the market demands that such 
provision be extended to cover the case of a substantial 
fall in prices; 
(32) Whereas restrictions on free movement resulting from 
the application of measures intended to prevent the 
spread of animal diseases may cause difficulties on the 
market of one or more Member States; whereas provi­
sion should be made for the introduction of exceptional 
market support measures in order to remedy such situ­
ations; 
(33) Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of the 
proposed measures, a procedure should be provided for 
establishing close cooperation between the Member 
States and the Commission within a management com­
mittee; 11. 3013/89 
(adapted) 
13. 
14. (adapted) 
(adapted) 
15. 1855/74 
(adapted) 
3013/89 
16. 
(34) Whereas the common organization of the market in 
sheepmeat and goatmeat must take appropriate account 
of the objectives set out in both Article 39 and Article 
110 of the Treaty; 
(35) Whereas the proper working of the internal market 
based on a common price system would be jeopardized 
by the granting of certain aids; whereas, therefore, the 
provisions of the Treaty which allow the assessment of 
aid granted by Member States and the prohibition of 
that which is incompatible with the common market 
should be made to apply to sheepmeat and goatmeat; 
(36) Whereas expenditure incurred by the Member States in 
carrying out obligations under this Regulation falls to 
the Community in accordance with Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of 
the common agricultural policy (l). 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 17. 
18. 3013/89 
(adapted) 
20. (adapted) 
(*) OJ No L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13. Regulation as last amended 
by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (OJ No L 125, 8.6.1995, 
p. 1). 
CHAPTER I 
Scope 
Article 1 
The common organization of the market in sheepmeat and 
goatmeat shall comprise a price system and trading system 
and cover the following products: 
CNcode 
(a) 010410 30 
01041080 
0104 2090 
0204 
0210 9011 
0210 90 19 
(b) 0104 10 10 
0104 2010 
0206 8099 
0206 90 99 
0210 90 60 
6X15Q2QQ9Q 
(c)ifiû2J&LZZ 
16Q2 9Q74 
(d)16Q2 9Q7fi 
1602 90 78 Description 
Live lambs up to a year old 
Live other sheep other than purebred 
breeding animals 
Live goats other than purebred breeding 
animals 
Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or 
frozen 
Meat of sheep and goats, with bone in, 
salted, in brine, dried or smoked 
Meat of sheep and goats, boneless, salted, 
in brine, or smoked 
Live sheep — purebred breeding animals 
Live goats — purebred breeding animals 
Edible offal of sheep and goats, fresh or 
chilled, other than for the manufacture of 
pharmaceutical products 
Edible offal of sheep and goats, frozen, 
other than for the manufacture of 
pharmaceutical products 
Edible offal of sheep and goats, salted, in 
brine, dried or smoked 
Fats of sheep or goats, other than those in 
No 15Q3 
Other prepared or preserved meat or offal 
of sheep or goats, uncooked; mixtures of 
cooked and uncooked meat or offal 
Other prepared or preserved offal of 
sheep or goats 3013/89 
(adapted) 
3890/92 - Art. 5(1) 
(adapted) Article 1 
1096/94 - Art 1(2) - 1734/96 - Art. 1 
1734/96 - Art. 1 
1734/96 - Art. 1 
10 
CHAPTER II 
Price, premium and intervention arrangements 
Article 2 
In order to encourage action by trade and joint trade or­
ganizations to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market 
requirements, the following Community measures may be 
taken in respect of the products listed in Article 1: 
(a) measures to improve sheep and goat farming; 
(b) measures to promote better organization of produc­
tion, processing and marketing; 
(c) measures to improve quality; 
(d) measures to permit the establishment of short- and 
long-term forecasts on the basis of the means of pro­
duction used; 
(e) measures to facilitate the recording of market price 
trends. 
General rules concerning these measures shall be adopted 
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 
(2) of the Treaty. 
Article 3 
1. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Ar­
ticle 43 (2) of the Treaty, a basic price shall be fixed an­
nually, for the following marketing year, for fresh and 
chilled sheep carcasses. 
2. When the basic price is fixed, account shall be taken 
in particular of: 
(a) the situation on the sheepmeat market during the cur­
rent year; 
(b) the prospects for the production and consumption of 
sheepmeat; 
(c) sheepmeat production costs; 
(d) the market situation in the other livestock product 
sectors, particularly the beef and veal sector; 
(e) past experience. 
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal 
from the Commission, shall fix seasonally adjusted basic 
prices to take account of the normal seasonal variations on 
the Community market in sheepmeat. 
3. Save where a decision to the contrary is taken by the 
Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from 
the Commission, the marketing year shall begin on the 
first Monday in January and shall end on the day preced­
ing that day in the following year. 3013/89 
(adapted) TITLE I 
Article 2 
AnkkA 
11 
Article 4 
1. A weekly average weighted price for the carcasses of 
sheep, fresh or chilled, on the representative Community 
markets shall be established on the basis of the prices re­
corded on the representative market or markets of each 
quotation area for the Community standard quality of 
fresh or chilled sheep carcasses, account being taken of the 
relative volume of total sheepmeat production in each 
quotation area. 
Quotation area shall mean: 
— Great Britain, 
— Northern Ireland, 
— every other Member State taken separately. 
2. The Community quotation for the standard quality re­
ferred to in paragraph 1 shall be the most widespread pro­
duction, on average throughout the Community, for flocks 
specialized in the production of sheepmeat which produce 
heavy lambs. 
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a Commis­
sion proposal, 
— shall determine the standard quality, 
— shall lay down a definition of lambs which are fat­
tened as heavy carcasses. 
3. A producer of light Iambs is to be understood as any 
sheep farmer marketing sheep's milk products based on 
sheep's milk. All other sheep farmers are to be understood 
as producers of heavy lambs. 
4. Member States shall introduce, to the Commission's 
satisfaction and by the 1991 marketing year at the latest, a 
mechanism for differentiating between producers of heavy 
lambs and producers of light lambs. 
5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 25. 
Article 5 
1. To the extent necessary to offset an income loss by 
sheepmeat producers in the Community during a market­
ing year, a premium shall be granted 
To this end, a single income loss shall be determined which 
shall be deemed to be any difference, per 100 kilograms 
carcass weight, between the basic price referred to in Ar­
ticle 3 (1) and the arithmetic mean of the weekly market 
prices recorded in accordance with Article 4. 3013/89 Article 4 
(adapted) 
(adapted) 
Article 5 
12 
2. The premium payable per ewe to the producers of 
heavy lambs referred to in Article 4 (3) shall be obtained 
by multiplying the income loss referred to in paragraph 1 
of this Article by a coefficient expressing for the Commun­
ity as a whole the annual average production of meat from 
heavy lambs per ewe producing such lambs, expressed per 
100 kilograms carcass weight. 
3. The amount of the premium payable per ewe to the 
producers of light lambs referred to in Article 4 (3) shall 
be obtained by multiplying the income loss referred to in 
paragraph 1 of this Article by a coefficient representing 
80% of the coefficient determined in accordance with the 
provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article. 
4. Each producer shall receive the premium calculated 
for the category in which he is classified. However, a pro­
ducer marketing sheep's milk or sheep's milk products will, 
if he can prove that at least 40 % of the lambs born on his 
holding have been fattened as heavy carcasses with a view 
to their slaughter, be able, at his request, to receive the 
premium for the heavy category, in proportion with the 
number of lambs born on his holding which are fattened 
as heavy carcasses. 
5. To offset an income loss by goatmeat producers, a 
premium shall be granted: 
(a) firstly, in the areas indicated in Annex I, 
(b) secondly, in the mountain and hill areas within the 
meaning of Article 23 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 
950/97, other than the areas indicated in Annex I to 
this Regulation, provided that it is established follow­
ing the procedure laid down in Article 25 that the 
production of those areas meets the following two cri­
teria: 
— goat rearing is mainly directed towards the pro­
duction of goatmeat; 
— goat and sheep rearing techniques are similar in 
nature. 
The premium payable per she-goat shall be 80 % of the 
amount per ewe in accordance with paragraph 2. 
6. Before the end of each half-year, the Commission 
shall — in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 25 — assess the foreseeable income loss for the 
entire marketing year and the foreseeable amount of the 
premium. 
On the basis of this estimated income loss, the Member 
States shall be authorized to pay all their producers a half-
yearly advance payment of 30 % of the expected premium. 3013/89 
(adapted) 
2069/92 - Art. 1(1) 
(adapted) 
2069/92 - Art. 1(1) 
13 
Member States may make provision for these two advance 
payments to take the form of a single payment to pro­
ducers as of the end of the second half-year. 
The amount of the final premium shall be determined 
without delay after the end of the marketing year in ques­
tion and not later than 31 March. Before 15 October of 
the same year, any balance, where appropriate, shall be 
paid. 
Premiums shall be paid to recipient producers on the basis 
of the number of ewes and/or she-goats kept on their hold­
ing over a minimum period to be determined in ac­
cordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25. 
7. Until the end of the 1994 marketing year premiums 
for producers of sheepmeat and goatmeat referred to in 
Article 5 shall be paid at the full rate within the limit of 
1000 animals per producer in the less-favoured areas with­
in the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 
75/268/EEC and within the limit of 500 animals in other 
areas. 
Outside the limits indicated in the first subparagraph, the 
premiums payable shall until the end of the 1994 market­
ing year, be fixed at 50 % of the amount to be calculated. 
In the case of groups, associations or other forms of 
cooperation between producers, the limits indicated in the 
first subparagraph shall be applied individually to each of 
the member farmers. 
8. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a pro­
posal from the Commission, shall adopt general rules for 
implementing this Article, and in particular shall define 
which producers may receive the premium and for which 
ewes, and in the areas specified in paragraph 5, for which 
goats. 
The Council, by the same procedure: 
— may extend the premium to certain mountain-breed 
ewes raised in precisely defined areas presenting par­
ticularly difficult production conditions that do not 
qualify as eligible ewes: in such cases the premium 
payable shall be 70 % of that for eligible ewes in ac­
cordance with paragraph 2, 
— may specify that the premium is to be granted only to 
producers keeping a minimum number of ewes or, in 
the case of the areas specified in paragraph 5, a mini­
mum number of ewes and/or she-goats. 
9. The Commission, acting in accordance with the pro­
cedure laid down in Article 25: 3013/89 
2069/92 - Art 1(1) 
3013/89 
233/94 - Art 1(1) 
(adapted) 
3013/89 
14 
— shall fix as appropriate the premium payable per ewe 
to the producers specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 per 
mountain-breed female within the meaning of para­
graph 8 and per she-goat in the areas specified in 
paragraph 5, 
— shall fix for the duration of each marketing year the 
coefficients referred to in paragraph 2, 
— shall adopt implementing rules for this Article cover­
ing, in particular, the submission of premium applica­
tions and payment of the premium. 
10. Expenditure under the arrangements provided for in 
this Article shall be deemed to form part of intervention 
for the purpose of stabilizing agricultural markets. 3013/89 
Article 6 
1. An individual limit per producer is hereby introduced 
in respect of the grant of the premium provided for in 
Article 5. 
In the case of producers who have been granted the pre­
mium prior to the 1992 marketing year, the premium shall 
be paid for the 1993 marketing year and subsequent years 
within the limits of the number of animals for which the 
premium has been paid for the 1991 marketing year, such 
number being multiplied by the coefficient referred to in 
paragraph 5. 
However, where this coefficient is higher than one, 
Member States may decide to use, in whole or in part, the 
additional number of rights to the premium resulting 
therefrom in order to stock the national reserve referred to 
in Article 7 (1). 
These limits shall be reduced in such a way as to enable 
the national reserve referred to in Article 7 (1) to be con­
stituted. 
2. In the case of natural circumstances which led to a 
non-payment or to a reduced payment of the premium for 
the 1991 marketing year, the number of animals 
corresponding to the payments made during the most re­
cent marketing year shall be used. In the case of 
non-payment of the premium or of reduced payment for 
the 1991 marketing year, as a result of the imposition of 
penalties provided for to that end, the number recorded 
during the check which gave rise to those penalties shall 
be used. 
3. In the case of groups, associations or other forms of 
cooperation between producers, the limits laid down in 
paragraph 1 shall be applied individually to each associate 
member in accordance with the following rule: 2069/92 - Art. 1(2) 
(adapted) Article 5a 
15 
(a) where the group has notified the competent authority 
of the formula for apportioning livestock referred to 
in Article 2 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 
2385/91 (J) in respect of the 1991 marketing year, in 
accordance with Article 4 of that Regulation, those 
limits shall be fixed for each producer member using 
that formula as a basis; 
(b) where the group has not notified the competent 
authority of the formula for apportionment referred 
to in (a) in respect of the 1991 marketing year, the 
premium shall be paid to the group in respect of not 
more than the number of animals for which it was 
granted to the group for the 1991 marketing year, in 
accordance with the rules laid down in paragraph 1. 
An individual limit shall be fixed for each producer 
member in respect of the 1993 marketing year, in ac­
cordance with the allocation formula communicated 
by the group. 
In the event of subsequent changes in the membership of 
the group, account shall be taken, when the premium is 
paid to the group, of the individual limit of each producer 
member who has joined or left the group. 
4. Entitlement to the premium shall be subject to the 
following rules: 
(a) The right to premium attaches to producers who have 
been granted the premium in respect of the 1991 
marketing year and who have also applied for a pre­
mium, under the 1992 marketing year. 
(b) When a producer sells or otherwise transfers his hold­
ing, he may transfer all his premium rights to the per­
son who takes over his holding. 
He may also transfer, in whole or in part, his rights to 
other producers without transferring his holding. Ac­
cording to the procedure provided for in Article 25, 
the Commission may draw up specific rules relating to 
the minimum number which could form the subject of 
the partial transfer. 
In the case of a transfer without transfer of the hold­
ing, a part of the premium rights transferred, not ex­
ceeding 15 %, shall be surrendered without com­
pensation to the national reserve of the Member 
State where his holding is situated for free distribu­
tion to new entrants or other priority producers re­
ferred to in Article 7 (2). 
(*) OJ No L 219, 7. 8. 1991, p. 15. 2069/92 - Art. 1(2) 
(adapted) 
16 
However, with effect from the 1995 marketing year 
the third subparagraph shall not apply to groups of 
producers, in the case of a transfer of rights between 
members of the same group of producers meeting 
conditions to be determined by the Commission in ac­
cordance with the procedure provided for in 
Article 25. 
These conditions should take into account at least: 
— the status of the group members, 
— the length of time members have belonged to 
and participated in the group, 
— the composition of the group, 
to the extent necessary not to jeopardize the applica­
tion of the third subparagraph. 
(c) Member States: 
— must take the necessary measures to avoid pre­
mium rights being moved away from sensitive 
zones or regions where sheep production is espe­
cially important for the local economy, 
— may provide either that the transfer of the rights 
without transfer of the holding is carried out di­
rectly between the producers or that it is carried 
out through the intermediary of the national re­
serve. 
(d) Member States may authorize, before a date to be 
fixed, temporary leases of that part of the premium 
rights which the producer who is entitled thereto does 
not intend to use. 
(e) Entitlement to the premium transferred or temporari­
ly leased to a producer shall be aggregated with that 
originally granted to him. 
(f) The Commission shall lay down the detailed rules for 
implementing this paragraph in accordance with the 
procedure provided for in Article 25, and in particular 
those rules which enable Member States to determine, 
bearing in mind the structure of their flocks, the re­
duction referred to in paragraph 1 and those enabling 
Member States to resolve specific problems linked to 
the transfer of premium rights by producers who do 
not own the areas on which their holdings are si­
tuated. 
5. For the purpose of applying paragraph 1, Member 
States shall establish a single coefficient representing the 
ratio between: 1265/95 - Art. 
(adapted) 1(1) 
2069/92 - Art. 
(adapted) 1(2) 
(adapted) 
17 
(a) the total number of eligible animals conferring entitle­
ment to the premium present at the beginning of one 
of the 1989, 1990 or 1991 marketing years on the 
holdings of beneficiaries, and 
(b) the total number of eligible animals conferring entitle­
ment to the premium for the 1991 marketing year. 
Member States shall inform the Commission before 31 Oc­
tober 1992 of the year which they have chosen for the 
purpose of point (a). 
6. Member States shall recalculate the individual limits 
in such a way that quantities above the limits of 500 and 
1 000 animals referred to in Article 5 (7) are reduced by 
50 %. These recalculated limits shall apply with effect from 
the 1995 marketing year. 2069/92 - Art. 1 (2) 
233/94 - Art 1(2) 
(adapted) 
Article 7 
1. Each Member State shall establish an initial national 
reserve equal to at least 1 % and at most 3 % of the sum 
of the individual limits applicable to producers whose hold­
ings are situated in its territory. The national reserve shall 
also receive the entitlements pursuant to Article 6 (4) (b). 
For Germany, the initial national reserve shall be calcu­
lated on the basis of the total number of the sum of the 
individual limits applicable to producers whose holdings 
are situated in the former German Lander. This reserve 
concerns only those producers. 
In addition, for Italy and Greece a special reserve with a 
ceiling of 600 000 rights for each of those two Member 
States shall be established to permit the granting of addi­
tional rights to producers affected by the fact that the 
changes in the conditions of eligibility of animals for the 
premium and the introduction of individual limits on the 
guarantee per producer based on the number of premiums 
paid for the marketing year both occurred in 1991. 
The Commission shall verify that the allocation of the 
additional rights to be provided is to be limited to the pro­
ducers concerned and that those producers do not ulti­
mately obtain more rights than would have been granted 
to them if the situation referred to in the third subpara­
graph had not occurred. 
Subject to that verification and within the limit of the 
special reserve referred to in the third subparagraph, the 
national reserve established pursuant to this Article shall 
be increased by an amount corresponding to the sum of 
the additional rights to be granted; that increase shall not 
affect the additional reserve referred to in paragraph 3. 2069/92 - Art. 1(2) Article 5b 
1265/95 - Art. 1(2) 
(adapted) 
18 
2. Member States shall use their national reserves to 
grant, within the limits of the reserves, entitlements to the 
following producers in particular: 
(a) producers who have submitted an application for a 
premium prior to the 1992 marketing year and who 
have shown, to the satisfaction of the competent 
authority, that the application of the limits, pursuant 
to Article 6, would jeopardize the viability of their 
holdings, taking into consideration the implementation 
of an investment programme in the sheep and goat 
sector drawn up before 1 January 1993; 
(b) producers who have submitted, in respect of the 1991 
marketing year, an application for a premium which, 
owing to exceptional circumstances, does not 
correspond to the true situation as ascertained in 
previous marketing years; 
(c) producers who have regularly submitted an applica­
tion for a premium without having submitted an ap­
plication in respect of the 1991 marketing year; 
(d) producers who submit an application for a premium 
for the first time in the 1993 or subsequent marketing 
years; 
(e) producers who have acquired part of an area formerly 
used for sheep and/or goat production by other 
producers. 
3. An additional reserve shall be created equal to 1 % of 
the sum of the limits of individual producers in the less-fa­
voured areas of each Member State; this reserve shall be 
allocated exclusively to producers in these same areas in 
accordance with criteria to be defined by Member States. 
For Germany, the additional reserve shall be equal to 1 % 
of the sum of the individual limits applicable to producers 
whose holdings are situated in the less-favoured areas of 
the former German Lander. This reserve concerns only 
those producers. 
4. Without prejudice to Article 6 (4) (f), detailed rules 
for the application of Article 6 and this Article shall be 
laid down in accordance with the procedure provided for 
in Article 25. 
In accordance with the same procedure measures appli­
cable in cases where the national reserve in a Member 
State is not allocated shall be adopted. 2069/92 - Art. 1(2) 
(adapted) 
Article 8 
1. By way of derogation from Article 6 (1), for the new 
Lander of Germany; 
(a) a regional ceiling of one million eligible animals shall 
be fixed; 1589/96 - Art. 1(1) Article 5ç 
19 
(b) Germany shall determine the conditions for the dis­
tribution of this ceiling and its regional breakdown. 
2. In the territories of the new German Lander, not 
later than the marketing year 2000, Germany shall apply 
the provisions on individual limits applicable in the rest of 
the Community, subject to the provisions of this Article. 
Germany shall notify the producers of their individual limit 
per producer, in respect of the granting of the premium 
provided for in Article 5. The individual producer limit 
shall be determined on the basis of the number of ewes 
for which premium was paid in the marketing year preced­
ing the year in which notification to producers of their 
individual limits was made. 
3. In the case of natural circumstances which led to a 
non-payment or to a reduced payment for the reference 
year, the number of animals corresponding to the pay­
ments made during the most recent marketing year shall 
be used. In the case of non-payment of the premium or of 
reduced payment for the reference year, as a result of the 
imposition of penalties provided for to that end, the 
number recorded during the check which gave rise to those 
penalties shall be used. 
4. In the event that the sum of the individual limits of 
producers whose holdings are situated in the new German 
Lander is less than the regional ceiling fixed for this terri­
tory, the remaining rights shall be added to the German 
national reserve, referred to in Article 7 (1). The new re­
serve thus constituted shall be applicable in the entire Ger­
man territory. 
5. The Commission shall lay down, if necessary, the de­
tailed rules for implementing this Article in accordance 
with the procedure provided for in Article 25. 1589/96 - Art 1(1) 
Article 9 
Member States may apply appropriate environmental 
protection measures on the basis of the specific situation 
of the land used for the production of sheep and goats 
eligible for benefit under the premium scheme. 
Member States which avail themselves of this possibility 
shall impose penalties appropriate to and commensurate 
with the seriousness of the ecological consequences of any 
breach of these measures. Such penalties may provide for 
the reduction or, where necessary, the abolition of the 
benefits linked to the respective premium schemes. 
Member States shall inform the Commission of the 
measures they take pursuant to this Article. 233/94 - Art 1(3) 
(adapted) Article 5d 
20 
Article 10 
1. By way of derogation from Article 6 (1), (2), (3), 
(4) (a), (5) and (6), an overall ceiling for the granting of 
the premium referred to in Article 5 shall be set for Aus­
tria, Finland and Sweden. The total number of entitle­
ments within that ceiling shall be set at: 
— 205 651 for Austria, 
— 80000 for Finland, 
— 180 000 for Sweden. 
These figures include both the quantities to be allocated 
initially and any reserve established by these Member 
States. 
2. On the basis of the ceilings set out in paragraph 1 
individual limits shall be assigned to producers in Austria, 
Finland and Sweden, at the latest on: 
— 31 December 1996 for Austria, 
— 31 December 1995 for Finland and Sweden. 
3. The Commission shall adopt detailed implementing 
rules for this Article, and in particular the necessary ad­
justing and transitional measures, in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 25. 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC 
(adapted) Article 5e 
Article 11 
Intervention measures may take the form of private stor­
age aid for carcasses of lambs and cuts thereof. 
Article 12 
1. Where: 
— the price established in accordance with Article 4 on 
the one hand, and 
— the market price in a quotation area referred to in 
Article 4 (1) on the other hand, 
are lower than 90 % of the seasonally adjusted basic price 
referred to in Article 3 (2) and if they are likely to remain 
so, a decision may be taken to grant private storage aid as 
provided for in Article 11 to the quotation area concerned. 
2. Where: 
— the price established in accordance with Article 4, on 
the one hand, and 
— the market price in a quotation area, on the other 
hand, 3013/89 AiûeteA 
Aaktl 
1589/96 - Art. 1(2) 
21 
are less than 70 % of the seasonally adjusted basic price 1589/96 - Art 1 (2) 
and are likely to remain at that level, the private storage 
aid provided for in Article 11 may be brought in for the 
quotation area in question. In this case, aid shall be 
introduced in the framework of a tendering procedure. 
However, it may be decided to grant aid in the framework 
of an advance fixing procedure where urgent recourse to 
private storage proves necessary in the light of a particu­
larly difficult market situation in one or more quotation 
areas. In such cases, this procedure may only be applied to 
those quotation areas where such a market situation has 
been established. 
3. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a pro- 3013/89 
posai from the Commission, shall adopt general rules for 
the application of this Article. 
4. The procedure laid down in Article 25 shall be used 
to determine: 
(a) the products and product qualities admitted for pri­
vate storage; 
(b) initiation of action under paragraphs 1 and 2. I 1741/91 - Art. 1 
(c) the private storage aid, the quantities accepted and 
termination of the period in respect of which aid may 
be granted; 
(d) other rules for the implementation of this Article, in 
particular the circumstances in which the intervention 
measures will be applied. 
Article 13 
1. The maximum guaranteed level is hereby fixed at 
63 400 000 head of ewes. 
2. For each marketing year: 
— if the estimate of ewe numbers for the marketing year 
exceeds the maximum guaranteed level for that year, 
the premium provided for in Article 5 shall be re­
duced for both ewes and she-goats by the effect on 
the basic price of a coefficient representing a reduc­
tion of 1 % for each 1 % by which the maximum 
guaranteed level is extended; 3013/89 
AûkkA 
22 
— where the mechanism provided for in the first indent, 
applied to the actual ewe numbers recorded for the 
preceding marketing year, leads to a premium differ­
ent from that calculated, the correction shall be made 
at the time of fixing the definitive premium for ewes 
for the marketing year in question or, failing that, 
shall be included in the calculation of the premium 
for the following marketing year. 
When the ewe herd is estimated, no account shall be taken 
of the number of ewes bred in the territory of the former 
German Democratic Republic. 
3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article, and 
in particular the coefficient and the premium referred to in 
paragraph 2, shall be adopted in accordance with the pro­
cedure laid down in Article 25. 
4. However, from the 1993 marketing year, the coeffi­
cient for reducing the basic price referred to in para­
graph 2 shall be 7 %. 3013/89 
3577/90 - Art 1 
3013/89 
2069/92 - Art. 1(3) 
CHAPTER HI 
Trade with third countries 
Article 14 
1. Imports into the Community, or exports therefrom, of 
any of the products listed in Article 1 may be subject to 
presentation of an import or export licence. 
Licences shall be issued by the Member States to any ap­
plicant, irrespective of his place of establishment in the 
Community and without prejudice to measures taken for 
the application of Article 17. 
Import and export licences shall be valid throughout the 
Community. The issuing of such licences may be subject to 
the lodging of a security guaranteeing that the products 
are imported or exported during the term of validity of the 
licence; except in cases of force majeure, the security shall 
be forfeited in whole or in part if import or export is not 
carried out, or is carried out only partially, within that 
period. 
2. The list of products for which export licences are re­
quired, the term of validity of licences and other detailed 
rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25. 
Article 15 
Unless this Regulation provides otherwise, the rates of 
duty in the Common Customs Tariff shall apply to the 
products listed in Article 1. 3290/94 - Art. 1 TITLE II 
Article 9 
AukkM 
23 
Article 16 
1. In order to prevent or counteract adverse effects on 
the market in the Community which may result from im­
ports of certain products listed in Article 1, imports of one 
or more of such products at the rate of duty laid down in 
Article 10 shall be subject to payment of an additional im­
port duty if the conditions set out in Article 5 of the 
Agreement on Agriculture concluded in accordance with 
Article 228 of the Treaty in the framework of the Uruguay 
Round of multilateral trade negotiations have been ful­
filled unless the imports are unlikely to disturb the Com­
munity market, or where the effects would be dispropor­
tionate to the intended objective. 
2. The trigger prices below which an additional duty 
may be imposed shall be those which are forwarded by the 
Community to the World Trade Organization. 
The trigger volumes to be exceeded in order to have the 
additional import duty imposed shall be determined par­
ticularly on the basis of imports into the Community in the 
three years preceding the year in which the adverse effects 
referred to in paragraph 1 arise or are likely to arise. 
3. The import prices to be taken into consideration for 
imposing an additional import duty shall be determined on 
the basis of the cif import prices of the consignment under 
consideration. 
Cif import prices shall be checked to that end against the 
representative prices for the product on the world market 
or on the Community import market for that product 
4. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the ap­
plication of this Article in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 25. Such detailed rules shall specify in 
particular: 
(a) the products to which additional import duties may be 
applied under the terms of Article 5 of the Agree­
ment on Agriculture; 
(b) the other criteria necessary to ensure application of 
paragraph 1 in accordance with Article 5 of the 
Agreement on Agriculture. 
Article 17 
1. Tariff quotas for the products listed in Article 1 re­
sulting from agreements concluded in the framework of 
the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations shall 
be opened and administered in accordance with detailed 
rules adopted under the procedure laid down in Article 25. 
2. Quotas shall be administered by applying one of the 
following methods or a combination of them: 
(a) method based on chronological order of the lodge­
ment of applications ('first-come, first served' prin­
ciple), 3290/94 - Art. 1 Article 11 
AffcIeJ2 
(adapted) 
24 
(b) method of distribution in proportion to the quantities 
requested when the applications were lodged (using 
the 'simultaneous examination method'), 
(c) method based on taking traditional trade patterns into 
account (using the 'traditional/new arrivals method'). 
Other appropriate methods may be adopted. 
They must avoid any discrimination between the operators 
concerned. 
3. The methods of administration adopted shall, where 
appropriate, give due weight to the supply requirements of 
the Community market and the need to safeguard the 
equilibrium of that market, whilst at the same time pos­
sibly drawing on methods which may have been applied in 
the past to quotas corresponding to those referred to in 
paragraph 1, without prejudice to the rights resulting from 
agreements concluded in the framework of the Uruguay 
Round multilateral trade negotiations. 
4. The detailed rules referred to in paragraph 1 shall 
provide for annual quotas, suitably phased over the year, if 
necessary, shall determine the administrative method to be 
used and, where appropriate, shall include: 
(a) guarantees covering the nature, provenance and origin 
of the product and, where appropriate, the mainten­
ance of traditional trade patterns; 
(b) recognition of the document used for verifying the 
guarantees referred to in (a); and 
(c) the conditions under which import licences are issued 
and their term of validity. 
Article 18 
1. To the extent necessary for the proper working of the 
common organization of the market in sheepmeat and 
goatmeat products, the Council, acting in accordance with 
the voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the 
Treaty on a proposal from the Commission, may, in special 
cases, prohibit in whole or in part the use of inward pro­
cessing arrangements in respect of products listed in Ar­
ticle 1. 
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, if the situ­
ation referred to in paragraph 1 arises with exceptional 
urgency and the Community market is disturbed or is li­
able to be disturbed by the inward or outward processing 
arrangements, the Commission shall, at the request of a 
Member State or on its own initiative, decide upon the 
necessary measures; the Council and the Member States 
shall be notified of such measures, which shall be valid for 
no more than six months and shall be immediately appli­
cable. If the Commission receives a request from a 
Member State, it shall take a decision thereon within a 
week following receipt of the request. 3290/94 - Art 1 
(adapted) 
Ankkll 
25 
3. Measures decided on by the Commission may be re­
ferred to the Council by any Member State within a week 
of the day on which they were notified. The Council, act­
ing by a qualified majority, may confirm, amend or repeal 
the Commission decision. If the Council has not acted 
within three months, the Commission decision shall be 
deemed to have been repealed. 
Article 19 
1. The general rules for the interpretation of the com­
bined nomenclature and the detailed rules for its applica­
tion shall apply to the tariff classification of products 
covered by this Regulation; the tariff nomenclature 
resulting from the application of this Regulation shall be 
incorporated into the Common Customs Tariff. 
2. Save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation or 
in provisions adopted pursuant thereto, the following shall 
be prohibited in trade with third countries: 
(a) the levying of any charge having equivalent effect to a 
customs duty, 
(b) the application of any quantitative restriction or 
measure having equivalent effect. 
Article 20 
1. If, by reason of an increase in imports or exports, the 
Community market in one or more of the products listed 
in Article 1 is affected by, or is threatened with, serious 
disturbance likely to jeopardize the achievement of the ob­
jectives set out in Article 39 of the Treaty, appropriate 
measures may be applied in trade with third countries until 
such disturbance or threat of disturbance has ceased. 
The Council, acting on a Commission proposal in accord­
ance with the voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) 
of the Treaty, shall adopt general rules for the application 
of this paragraph and shall define the circumstances and 
limits within which Member States may adopt protective 
measures. 
2. If the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises, the 
Commission shall, at the request of a Member State or on 
its own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures; the 
Member States shall be notified of such measures, which 
shall be immediately applicable. If the Commission re­
ceives a request from a Member State, it shall take a deci­
sion thereon within three working days following receipt of 
the request 
3. Measures decided upon by the Commission may be 
referred to the Council by any Member State within three 
working days of the day on which they were notified. The 
Council shall meet without delay. It may, acting by a quali­
fied majority, amend or annul the measure in question. 
4. This Article shall be applied having regard to the 
obligations arising from agreements concluded in accord­
ance with Article 228 (2) of the Treaty. 3290/94 - Art 1 
Article 14 
Article 15 
26 
CHAPTER IV 
General provisions 
Article 21 
In order to take account of any restrictions on free move­
ment which might result from the application of measures 
to prevent the spread of animal diseases, exceptional 
measures to support any market affected by such restric­
tions may be taken under the procedure laid down in Ar­
ticle 25, but only to the extent that and for such period as 
is strictly necessary for the support of that market 
Article 22 
Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation, Articles 92, 
93 and 94 of the Treaty shall apply to the production of, 
and trade in, the products listed in Article 1 of this 
Regulation. 
Article 23 
Member States and the Commission shall communicate to 
each other the information necessary for implementing this 
Regulation. 
Rules for the communication and distribution of such in­
formation shall be adopted in accordance with the pro­
cedure laid down in Article 25. 
Article 24 
A Management Committee for Sheep and Goats (herein­
after called 'the Committee') is hereby set up, consisting of 
representatives of the Member States with a representative 
of the Commission as chairman. 
Article 25 
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to 
be followed, the chairman shall refer the matter to the 
Committee either on his own initiative or at the request of 
the representative of a Member State. 
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to 
the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The 
Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a 
time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to 
the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered 
by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty 
in the case of decisions which the Council is required to 
adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of 
the representatives of the Member States within the Com­
mittee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Ar­
ticle. The Chairman shall not vote. 3013/89 TITLE W 
Article 26 
Article 27 
Aûkk2S. 
Article 29 
(adapted) 
Article 30 
95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC 
27 
The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply 
immediately. However, if these measures are not in accord­
ance with the opinion of the Committee, they shall forth­
with be communicated by the Commission to the Council. 
In that event the Commission may, for not more than one 
month from the date of such communication, defer ap­
plication of the measures which it has adopted. 
The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a 
different decision within one month. 
Article 26 
The Committee may consider any other question referred 
to it by its chairman either on his own initiative or at the 
request of the representative of a Member State. 
Article 27 
This Regulation shall be so applied that appropriate ac­
count is taken of the objectives set out in both Article 39 
and Article 110 of the Treaty. 
Article 28 
Annex I may be amended by the Council, acting by a 
qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission. 
Article 29 
Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is hereby repealed. 
References to the said Regulation shall be construed as 
references to this Regulation and should be read in ac­
cordance with the correlation table set out in Part A of 
Annex n. 
Article 30 
This Regulation enters into force on the day of its publica­
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 3013/89 
Article 31 
Article 32 
Article 33 
For the Council 
The President 
28 
1. FRANCE: 
2. GREECE: 
3. ITALY: 
4. SPAIN: 
5. PORTUGAL: ANNEX I 
Corsica. 
the whole country. 
Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Apu­
lia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and 
Sardinia. 
the autonomous communities of Andalu­
sia, Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Castile-
La Mancha, Castile-Leôn, Catalonia, Ex-
tremadura, Galicia (with the exception of 
the provinces of Corona and Lugo), 
Madrid, Murcia, La Rioja, Comunidad 
Vaienciana and the Canary Islands. 
the whole country, with the exception of 
the Azores and Madeira. 3013/89 
1601/92 - Art. 14 (adapted) 
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ANNEX II 
Part A 
CORRELATION TABLE 
Regulation 3013/89 This Regulation 
— CHAPTER I 
Article 1 Article 1 
— CHAPTER II 
Article 2 Article 2 
Tide I — 
Article 3 Article 3 
Article 4 Article 4 
Article 5 (1) to (4) Article 5 (1) to (4) 
Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, 1st indent Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, (a) 
Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, 2nd indent Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, (b) 
Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, 2nd indent, (a) Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, (b), 1st indent 
Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, 2nd indent, (b) Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, (b), 2nd indent 
Article 5 (5), 2nd subparagraph Article 5 (5), 2nd subparagraph 
Article 5 (6) to (10) Article 5 (6) to (10) 
Article 5a (1), (2) and (3) Article 6 (1), (2) and (3) 
Article 5a (4) (a) to (d) Article 6 (4) introductory phrase and points (a) to (d) 
Article 5a (4) (e), 1st subparagraph Article 6 (4) (e) 
Article 5a (4) (e), 2nd subparagraph — 
Article 5a (4) (f) Article 6 (4) (f) 
Article 5a (5) Article 6 (5) 
Article 5a (6) Article 6 (6) 
Article 5b (1), 1st subparagraph Article 7 (1), 1st subparagraph 
Article 5b (1), 2nd subparagraph Article 7 (1), 2nd subparagraph 
Article 5b (1), 3rd subparagraph Article 7 (1), 3rd subparagraph 
Article 5b (1), 4th subparagraph — 
Article 5b (1), 5th subparagraph — 
Article 5b (1), 6th subparagraph, first part of sentence — 
Article 5b (1), 6th subparagraph, the part of the sentence Article 7 (1), 4th subparagraph 
starting from the 2nd comma 
Article 5b (1), 7th subparagraph Article 7 (1), 5th subparagraph 
Article 5b (2) Article 7 (2) 
Article 5b (3) Article 7 (3) 
Article 5b (4), 1st subparagraph Article 7 (4), 1st subparagraph 
Article 5b (4), 2nd subparagraph, 1st indent Article 7 (4), 2nd subparagraph 
30 
Regulation 3013/89 This Regulation 
Article 5b (4), 2nd subparagraph, 2nd indent — 
Article 5b (5) — 
Article 5c Article 8 
Article 5d Article 9 
Article 5e Article 10 
Articles 6, 7 and 8 Articles 11,12 and 13 
Title H CHAPTER m 
Articles 9,10 and 11 
Article 12 (1) 
Article 12 (2), 1st subparagraph, 1st indent 
Article 12 (2), 1st subparagraph, 2nd indent 
Article 12 (2), 1st subparagraph, 3rd indent 
Article 12 (2), 2nd subparagraph 
Article 12 (2), 3rd subparagraph 
Article 12 (3) 
Article 12 (4) 
Article 13 
Article 14 (1) 
Article 14 (2), 1st indent 
Article 14 (2), 2nd indent 
Article 15 
Title IE 
Articles 21 to 25 
Title IV 
Article 26 
Article 27 
Article 28 
Article 29 (1) 
Article 29 (2) 
Article 30 
Article 31 
Article 32 
Article 33 
Annex Articles 14,15 and 16 
Article 17 (1) 
Article 17 (2), 1st subparagraph, point (a) 
Article 17 (2), 1st subparagraph, point (b) 
Article 17 (2), 1st subparagraph, point (c) 
Article 17 (2), 2nd subparagraph 
Article 17 (2), 3rd subparagraph 
Article 17 (3) 
Article 17 (4) 
Article 18 
Article 19 (1) 
Article 19 (2), point (a) 
Article 19 (2), point (b) 
Article 20 
CHAPTER IV 
Article 21 
Article 22 
Article 23 
Article 24 
Article 25 
Article 26 
Article 27 
Article 28 
Article 29 
Article 30 
Annex I 
Annex II 
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Part B 
Regulations amending Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 
Official Journal 
No page date 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 of 4 December 1990 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1741/91 of 13 June 1991 
Council Regulation (EEC) No .1601/92 of 15 June 1992 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2069/92 of 30 June 1992 
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3890/92 of 28 December 1992 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 363/93 of 10 February 1993 
Council Regulation (EC) No 233/94 of 24 January 1994 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1096/94 of 11 May 1994 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1886/94 of 27 Jury 1994 
Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1265/95 of 29 May 1995 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1589/% of 30 Jury 1996 L 353 23 17.12.1990 
L 163 41 26. 6.1991 
L 173 13 27. 6.1992 
L 215 59 30. 7.1992 
L 391 51 31.12.1992 
L42 1 19.2.1993 
L 30 9 3.2.1994 
L121 9 12.5.1994 
L 197 30 30. 7.1994 
L 349 105 31.12.1994 
L 123 1 3. 6.1995 
L 206 25 16.8.1996 
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