30.9.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoC265/9
ProposalforaCouncilRegulationamendingRegulation(EEC)No805/68onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinbeefandveal
(93/C265/07)
COM(93)418final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon2September1993)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,actuallyhavingrightofaccess,andthusseriously
impededtheharmoniousallocationoftherights;
whereas,therefore,thenumberofadditionalsucklercow
premiumrightsallocatedtothesaidMemberState
shouldbeincreasedwitheffectfromthetimeofcreation
oftheadditionalrights,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament,Article1
Regulation(EEC)No805/68isherebyamendedas
follows:
1.InArticle4d,paragraph7aisdeleted.Whereasimplementation ofthenewpremium
arrangementsintroducedbythereformhasgivenriseto
certainadditionalproblems;whereastherehavebeen
certaindifficultieswithregardtosuppliesofyoungmale
bovinesforfattening;whereasRegulation(EEC)No
805/68('),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
125/93(2),shouldthereforebeamended;2.InArticle4g,thefollowingparagraph4aisadded:
'4a.MemberStatesmayapplyappropriateenviron­
mentalmeasureswhichcorrespondtothespecific
situationofthelandusedfortheproductionofmale
bovinesorsucklercowsqualifyingforpremiums.
MemberStateswhichavailthemselvesofthispossi­
bilityshalldecidethepenaltieswhichareappropriate
andproportionaltotheseriousnessoftheecological
consequencesofnotobservingthesaidmeasures.
Thesepenaltiesmayprovideforareductionor,where
appropriate,cancellationofthebenefitsaccruingfrom
thepremiumschemes.MemberStatesshallinformthe
CommissionofthemeasurestakentoapplythisWhereasMemberStatesmayrestrictorsuspend
paymentsunderthesucklercowpremiumschemeifa
producerhasnotcompliedwithrulesadoptedonen­
vironmentalmatters;whereas,forconsistency,thesame
ruleshouldbeappliedtothespecialpremiumschemefor
producersofmalebovines;whereas,forpurposesof
legalclarity,theprovisionsapplyingtosucklercowsand
malebovinesshouldbebroughttogether;••
3
4provision .
InArticle13(4)(a),'220kilograms'isreplacedby
'160kilograms'.
InAnnexIIthefigureof'760'additionalrightsadded
toLuxembourg'snationalreserveisreplacedbythe
figure'3000'.
Article2Whereasinordertoreactpositivelytotherequestsof
thirdcountries,particularlythosewhichhaveconcluded
interimassociationagreements,andtoalignonthe
productdefinitionsgiveninthecombinednomenclature ,
theanimalweightsindicatedintheestimateoflive
animalsforfatteningreferredtoinArticle13ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68shouldberedefined;
Whereasstrictapplicationofthestatisticaldatausedin
thescaleforallocatingadditionalrightstothesuckler
cowpremiumcreatedbytheincreaseintheindividual
milkreferencequantityto120000kgofmilkfailedto
takeaccountofthespecialcattle-farming situationin
Luxembourgbyrestrictingaccesstothenewrightstoan
excessivelylownumberofanimalsinrelationtothoseThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventhday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
However :
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—Article1(3)shallapplyfrom1January1994,and
—Article1(4)shallapplyfrom1January1993.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.oOJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
OOJNoL18,27.1.1993,p.1.