Commission Regulation (EC) No 2604/98 of 3 December 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1244/82 and (EEC) No 714/89
Date: 1998-12-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, aid system, beef, common organisation of markets

4. 12. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 328/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2604/98

of 3 December 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 laying down detailed rules for the
application of the premium schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EEC)
No 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal and
repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1244/82 and (EEC) No 714/89

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 4i(5) thereof,

for

the application of

Whereas Article 49(4) of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3886/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down detailed
rules
the premium schemes
provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on
the common organisation of the market in beef and veal
and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1244/82 and (EEC)
No 714/89 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2207/98 (4), sets the level of the calf processing premium;
whereas in accordance with the third indent of Article
4i(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, the premium is to
be set at a single level or, where necessary, at differential
levels such as to enable the withdrawal from the market
of a sufficient number of calves in line with market
requirements; whereas in the United Kingdom, given the
special position of the market there compared with the
the number of young calves
rest of
coming onto the market
is significantly higher than
domestic demand; whereas even before the BSE crisis the
United Kingdom market situation meant that calves were
commanding lower prices than in the rest of the Com-

the Community,

munity; whereas the processing premium in the United
Kingdom should therefore be set at a level lower than for
the rest of the Community;

Whereas this Regulation should be introduced imme-
diately to increase the effectiveness of the measure;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 49(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92, the
following subparagraph is added:

‘However, the level in the United Kingdom shall be
ECU 80.'

Article 2

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

It shall apply to animals presented for processing from
the first Monday after the day 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, 3 December 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 391, 31. 12. 1992, p. 20.
(4) OJ L 278, 15. 10. 1998, p. 18.