Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat and Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 instituting specific aid for sheep and goat farming in certain less-favoured areas of the Community
Date: 1993-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, goat, less-favoured agricultural area, livestock farming, production aid, sheep

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM(93) 8  final 

Brussels, 12  January 1993 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending Regulation  (EEC) No 3013/89 on the common organization 

of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat and Regulation  (EEC) No  1323/90 

instituting specific aid for sheep and goat farming 

in certain less-favoured areas of the Community 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The purpose of this proposal for a Regulation is to implement the request 
made by the Council at its meeting of  14 to 16 December  1992  (document 
SN/482/92, p. 17) for the Commission to submit a proposal: 

that  1992 should still be considered the last year of transition to the 
single premium for Ireland/Northern  Ireland; 

as an exceptional measure for  1992, to increase the  "rural society" 
premium applicable to less-favoured areas from ECU 5.5 to ECU 7. 

The new basic Regulation for sheepmeat, as adopted in 1989, stipulated that 
19 92 was to be the last year of transition, on condition that the United 
Kingdom decided to continue to apply the variable premium in Great Britain, 
which it did not do.  However, the Commission recognizes that the monetary 
upsets of  1992 had very negative consequences  for the market in sheepmeat in 
most Member States, and particularly  in Ireland and Northern Ireland.  In 
order to mitigate these negative consequences  for Community producers, the 
Commission therefore proposes: 

that the quotation area comprising  Ireland/Northern  Ireland be maintained 
for 19 92  (even without the variable premium).  Since the loss of income 
which this will cause will be treated in the same way as the Community 
income  loss in accordance with the rule already  applied  for  1990 and 1991 
(in 1992 this income loss will be calculated by combining  40% of the loss 
in Ireland/Northern  Ireland with 60% of the Community  loss): 

that the amount of the rural society premium applicable to ewes producing 
heavy  lambs be increased  from ECU 5.5 to ECU 7.  For other ewes and 
goats, the amount would be ECU 4.9  (70% of ECU  7),  in line with the 
decisions already taken by the Council on this matter. 

The Commission provided  financial estimates at the Council meeting of 14 to 
16 December  1992  (ECU 123 million in  1993).  This estimate does not take 
account of the additional costs arising  from the parity realignments  for the 
beginning of 1993. 

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Proposal 

for Council Regulation  (EEC) No 

/93 

of 

1993 

amending Regulation  (EEC) No 3013/89 on the common organization of 
the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat and Regulation  (EEC) No 1323/9 0 
instituting  specific aid for sheep and goat farming 
in certain less-favoured areas of the Community 

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 Article 24 of Regulation  (EEC) No 3013/891, as last amended by 

Regulation  (EEC) No 2069/922, laid down transitional provisions  for 1990, 

1991 and  1992 on condition that the United Kingdom applied the variable 

slaughter premium, in order to achieve gradually a single premium scheme not 

later than  19 93; whereas the United Kingdom decided to abolish the said 

premium  from the beginning of the 1992 marketing year; whereas, however, in 

view of the monetary upheavals which have had considerable negative effects 

on the Community market in sheepmeat in 1992, particularly  in Ireland and 

Northern Ireland, the transitional provisions should be extended until the 

end of the  1992 marketing year for that area; 

Whereas, in view of the said monetary upheavals, the specific  aid provided 

for under the rural society measures introduced  in Regulation  (EEC) No 

1323/903, as last amended by Regulation  (EEC) No  1743/914, should be 

increased  for that year, 

1  OJ No L 289, 7.10.1989, p. 1. 
2  OJ No L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 59. 
3  OJ No L  132, 23.5.1990, p. 17. 
4  OJ No L  163, 26.6.1991, p. 44. 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

The following paragraph is hereby inserted in Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) 

No 3013/89: 

"7a. With regard to the 1992 marketing year, paragraph 7 shall apply even if 

the United Kingdom no longer has recourse to that paragraph." 

Article 2 

The following Article is inserted in Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90: 

"Article la 

Notwithstanding Article 1, for the 1992 marketing year the unit amounts of 

the specific aid shall be as follows: 

ECU 7 per ewe for the producers referred to in Article 5(2) and (4) of 

Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, 

ECU 4.9 per ewe for the producers referred to in Article 5(3) of that 

Regulation, 

ECU 4.9 per she-goat for producers referred to in Article 5(5) of that 

Regulation, 

ECU 4.9 per female of the ovine species where the second subparagraph 

of Article 5(8) of that Regulation is applied*" 

Article 3 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its 

publication 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, 

For the Council 

The President 

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