Council Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal
Date: 1998-07-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: aid to agriculture, beef, common organisation of markets

28. 7. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 210/17

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1633/98

of 20 July 1998

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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

it is desirable to provide for the continued derogation, for
1999, from the application of the limit of ninety animals,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment (2),

Whereas, by Regulation (EC) No 2222/96 (3), the Council
adjusted, on a temporary basis, 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 Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (4); whereas
long-term measures are being drawn up; whereas these
adjusted regional ceilings should therefore 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 by producers in 1997 and 1998
and returned to the national reserve; whereas, for the same
reason as above, this authorisation should be extended for
a year;

Whereas, in order to avoid too drastic a reduction in the
amount of the special premium for castrated male bovine
animals in those Member States whose producers bene-
fited from the deseasonalisation premium in 1998, but for
whom the conditions for the full-rate grant in 1999 are
not met, provision should be made, by way of an excep-
tion, for Community financing in 1999, for grant of the
reduced rate;

Whereas the restructuring as regards male cattle in the
new German L(cid:132)nder has not yet been completed; whereas

Article 1

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

1. in Article 4b(3)(b), second subparagraph, ‘for 1997 and
1998' shall be replaced by ‘for 1997, 1998 and 1999';

2. the following subparagraph shall be inserted after the

second subparagraph in Article 4c(3):

‘However, the second subparagraph shall not apply for
1999.';

3. in Article 4f(4) the second indent shall be replaced by:

‘(cid:190) measures relating to individual rights not used in
1997, 1998 and 1999 which have been returned to
the national reserve';

4. the following point shall be added to Article 4k(1), as

applicable from 1 January 1999:

‘(d) notwithstanding point (a), for 1999 and for the new
German L(cid:132)nder, Germany shall be authorised to
derogate from applying the limit of ninety animals
provided for in Article 4b(1).'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following that of 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, 20 July 1998.

For the Council

The President

W. MOLTERER

(1) OJ C 87, 23. 3. 1998, p. 23.
(2) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998.
(3) OJ L 296, 21. 11. 1996, p. 50.
(4) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2634/97 (OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13).