Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal
Date: 1998-02-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, beef, common organisation of markets

23.3.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  87/23

Proposal  for

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC)  No  . . .

of  . . .

98/0047(CNS)

amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and
veal

(98/C  87/16)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  ot  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community,  and  in  particular  Article  43  thereof,

arrangements; whereas the regional ceilings for these two
Member  States  should  therefore,  with  effect  from  1
January 1997, be increased to bring them closer to actual
production  level,

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION:

Having  regard 
Parliament,

to 

the  Opinion  of 

the  European

Article  1

Whereas  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  2222/96 (1)  the  Council
adjusted  for  the  years  1997  and  1998  the  regional
ceilings on the number of male bovine animals eligible for
the  special  premium  laid  down  in  Article  4b(3)  of
Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  805/68 (2),  as  last  amended
by  Regulation  (EC)  No  2634/97 (3),  whereas  long-term
measures  are  being  drawn  up;  whereas  these  adjusted
regional  ceilings  should  be  retained  for  a  further  year;

Whereas  Regulation  (EC)  No  2222/96  authorises  the
Commission  to  take  the  necessary  action  on  suckler  cow
premium  rights  unused  in  1997  and  1998  and  returned
to  the  national  reserve;  whereas  for  the  same  reason  as
above  this  authorisation  sould  be  extended  for  a  year;

Whereas  scrutiny  by  Member  State  of  the  number  of
special  premium  applications,  the  regional  ceilings  and
the  number  of  animals  slaughtered  shows  that  in  Spain
and  Portugal  premium  applications  are  significantly
higher than the regional ceilings and the ratio of regional
ceiling  to  number  of  animals  slaughtered  is  less  than  the
Community  average;  whereas  the  choice  of  reference
years  for  the  regional  ceiling  for  Portugal  was  limited
the  premium
owing 

late  application  of 

the 

to 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  805/68  is  amended  as  follows:

1.  In  Article  4b(3)(b):

a)  ‘for  1997  and  1998’  is  replaced  by  ‘for  1997,

1998  and  1999’;

b)  the  figures  ‘603 674’  and  ‘154 897’  for  Spain  and
Portugal  respectively  are  replaced  by  ‘649 896’
and  ‘166 483’.

2.  In  Article  4f(4)  the  second  indent  is  replaced  by:

‘—  measures relating to individual rights not used in
1997,  1998  and  1999  which  have  been  returned
to  the  national  reserve’.

Article  2

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  third  day
following  its  publication  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the
European  Communities.

However,  Article  1(1)(b)  shall  apply  from  1  January
1997.

This  Regulation  shall  be  binding  in  its  entirety  and  directly  applicable  in  all  Member
States.

Done  at  . . .

(1)  OJ  L  296,  21.11.1996,  p.  50.
(2)  OJ  L  148,  28.6.1968,  p.  24.
(3)  OJ  L  356,  31.12.1997,  p.  13.

For  the  Council

. . .