Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal
Date: 1999-05-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural guidance, beef, common organisation of markets, extra-EU trade, intra-EU trade

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1254/1999

of 17 May 1999

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 Articles 36 and 37
thereof,

Having
regard
Commission (1),

to

the

proposal

from the

Having regard to the opinion of
Parliament (2),

the European

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee (3),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the
Regions (4),

Having regard to the opinion of
Auditors (5),

the Court of

(1) Whereas the operation and development of the
common market in agricultural products should
be accompanied by the establishment of a
common agricultural policy
in
particular a common organisation of agricultural
markets which may
forms
depending on the product;

to include

various

take

(2) Whereas the aim of the common agricultural
policy is to attain the objectives set out
in
Article 33 of the Treaty; whereas, in the beef and
veal sector, in order to stabilise markets and to
ensure
the
standard of
agricultural community, provision should be
made for internal market measures comprising,
in particular, direct payments to beef producers,
private storage aid and a public storage scheme;

living

fair

for

a

of

on

the

these

the
products
competitiveness
international markets,
level of market
support should be gradually reduced; whereas,
given the consequences for producers, the level
of income aid provided for under the common
market organisation should be adapted and
reshaped; whereas, to that end, it is appropriate
to establish a comprehensive scheme of direct
payments for producers; whereas the amounts of
these payments should develop in parallel with
the gradual reduction of market support;

(4) Whereas, given the variety of

stockfarming
enterprises, direct payments should include a
special premium for producers of bulls and
steers, a premium for maintaining suckler cow
herds and a slaughter premium available for all
types of bovine animals including dairy cows and
calves; whereas the granting of the premiums
should not be reflected by an increase in overall
production; whereas, to that end, the number of
male bovine animals and suckler cows eligible
for special and suckler cow premiums should be
limited by applying respectively regional and
individual ceilings and, in the case of the special
premium, a headage limit per holding which
Member States
to
should have
modulate in the light of their specific situation;
whereas, as
the slaughter premium,
national ceilings should be established on the
basis of historic production figures;

the power

regards

(5) Whereas

the conditions of

steer production
usually differ from those of bull production;
whereas it is therefore justified to set the special
premium for steers at a different level per animal
the special
than for bulls; whereas, however,
premium for steers should be split
into two
payments for specific age brackets;

(3) Whereas,

in

rebalance meat
consumption in the Community to the benefit of
the
and
the

improve

sector

order

beef

to

to

(1) OJ C 170, 4.6.1998, p. 13.
(2) Opinion delivered on 6 May 1999 (not yet published in

the Official Journal).

(3) OJ C 407, 28.12.1998, p. 196.
(4) OJ C 93, 6.4.1999, p. 1.
(5) OJ C 401, 22.12.1998, p. 3.

of

this

production

(6) Whereas slaughtering too great a number of
steers during the slaughtering season in Member
is
type
States where
particulary important, could disturb the stability
of the market and, in particular, lead to a fall in
market
the
slaughter of steers outside the annual (cid:28)off grass’
an additional premium should be
period,
granted, subject to certain conditions, in addition
to the special premium for animals slaughtered
out of season during the first 23 weeks of the
year;

prices; whereas

encourage

to

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(7) Whereas,

in order to give more flexibility to
producers, eligibility for suckler cow premium
should be extended to heifers meeting the same
breeding requirements as suckler cows; whereas,
however, the number of eligible heifers in suckler
cow herds should be limited to the normal ratio
of replacement; whereas Member States where
more than 60 % of the animals eligible to suckler
cow premium are kept in mountain areas, should
be authorised to manage the premium separately
for suckler cows and heifers and, as regards
heifers, to operate a separate national premium
ceiling within the above ratio;

(8) Whereas the suckler cow premium should in
principle be restricted to producers who do not
supply milk to dairies under the additional levy
scheme provided for by Council Regulation
(EEC) No 3950/92 of 28 December 1992
establishing an additional levy in the milk and
sector (1); whereas, however,
milk products
income support may also needed in the case of
holdings with a dairy herd and a suckler cow
herd; whereas
suckler cow premium should
therefore also be granted for small and medium-
sized mixed holdings with a total individual milk
reference quantity of not more than 120 000
the
kilograms; whereas,
of
variety
the Community,
production
Member States should have the power to change
or waive this quantitative limitation on the basis
of objective criteria;

given
in

structures

(9) Whereas, as regards the suckler cow premium, it
is appropriate to maintain individual ceilings for
producers; whereas some of the premium rights
conferred by the individual ceilings have not
been used in the past; whereas these unused
rights would be likely to encourage production
and increase expenditure,
in particular, as a
consequence of heifers becoming fully eligible for
suckler cow premium; whereas to avoid such an
effect, the total number of suckler cow premium
rights of each Member State should be fixed on
the basis of
the premium payments actually
made in respect of historical reference years,
increased by a certain margin for maintaining
the national reserve; whereas Member States
should take the necessary measures to ensure the
respect of
if
necessary,
the individual
ceilings of their producers without compensation
according to certain objective criteria; whereas

their national ceilings; whereas,
they should adjust

(1) OJ L 405, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended
by Regulation (EC) 1256/1999 (See page 73 of
this
Official Journal).

these criteria should ensure, in particular, equal
treatment of the producers concerned and the
protection of legitimate expectations;

(10) Whereas a producer’s level of production may
vary because of changes in stock or production
capacity; whereas it
is therefore advisable to
provide for the possibility of transferring suckler
cow premium rights acquired in respect of
to other producers, under
individual ceilings
certain conditions,
together with the
either
holding or without retaining the link between
premium rights and land farmed;

(11) Whereas new producers and existing producers
whose individual ceilings do not correspond, for
various reasons,
to changed circumstances of
their suckler cow herds should not be excluded
from rights
to premium; whereas provision
should therefore be made to operate national
to be stocked and administered in
reserves
accordance with Community criteria; whereas,
for the same reason, it is appropriate to subject
the transfer of rights to premium without the
transfer of
the associated holding to rules
whereby part of the rights transferred shall be
withdrawn without compensatory payment and
allocated to that national reserve;

(12) Whereas it is opportune to allow Member States
to establish a link between sensitive zones or
localities and the production of suckler cows so
as to ensure the maintenance of such production
especially in areas where there is no other
alternative;

(13) Whereas, given the trend towards intensification
of beef and veal production, premiums
for
stockfarming should be limited with regard to
the forage capacity of each holding in relation to
the numbers and species of animals held;
whereas, to avoid excessively intensive types of
production, the grant of such premiums should
be subject
to compliance with a maximum
stocking density on the holding; whereas,
however, the situation of small producers should
be taken into consideration;

in

to

(14) Whereas, to strengthen incentives to extensify
production with a view to improving their
environmental
effectiveness
relation
objectives, an additional amount
should be
granted to producers who comply with severe
requirements;
stocking density
and genuine
whereas, to avoid a major change in the global
level of support and ensure reasonable control of
expenditure, provision should be made
for
adjusting the additional amount, if necessary;

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a

to

of

for

income

provide

situation

producers

appropriate

(15) Whereas the conditions for beef production and
the
varies
significantly in different production areas of the
Community; whereas a Community-wide scheme
with uniform payments to all producers would
be too rigid to respond adequately to the
structural and natural disparities and the diverse
needs resulting therefrom; whereas, therefore, it
is
flexible
framework of additional Community payments
to be determined and made by Member States
within fixed global amounts and in accordance
with certain common criteria; whereas the global
amounts should be allocated to the Member
States on the basis of their share in Community
beef production; whereas the common criteria
are intended,
inter alia, to prevent additional
payments from producing discriminatory effects
relevant
full account of
and to take
multilateral commitments of
the Community;
whereas, in particular, it is essential that Member
States be obliged to use their discretionary
powers exclusively on the basis of objective
criteria, to pay full regard to the concept of
equal
treatment and to avoid market and
competition distortions; whereas it is appropriate
to provide
additional
payments may take; whereas these forms should
be headage payments for certain categories of
bovine animals and area payments;

forms

that

the

the

for

(16) Whereas,

as

regards

additional

headage
payments, certain quantitative limits are required
to ensure a reasonable level of production
concept of
control; whereas, moreover,
applying stocking density requirements should be
followed by Member States;

the

permanent

(17) Whereas additional area payments should only
be granted for permanent pasture which does not
benefit from other Community market support
should be
measures; whereas area payments
applied within the limits of regional base areas
of
be
established by Member States according to
historical reference data; whereas the maximum
amount of area payments which may be granted
per hectare, including additional area payments
under the common market organisation for milk
and milk products, should be comparable to the
average support per hectare under the support
system for producers of certain arable crops;

pasture which

should

whereas,
economic
granted within certain time limits;

in order
the desired
impact, direct payments must be

to achieve

(19) Whereas the use of certain substances in beef
production is prohibited under Community law;
whereas appropriate penalties
should apply
where the relevant provisions are not respected;

but

would

(20) Whereas under the price and income support
arrangements provided for in this Regulation,
the existing public intervention in the form of
buying-in by intervention agencies and public
storage is no longer indispensable to balance the
considerable
cause
market
expenditure; whereas it should,
therefore, be
phased out gradually; whereas, however, in order
to contribute to stabilising the market prices
around the basic price which represents the
level aid for private
desired market support
storage should be provided for; whereas, to that
end, the Commission should be authorised to
decide the grant of private storage aid when
the market price falls below 103 % of
the
basic price; whereas, moreover, a (cid:28)safety net’
intervention scheme should be established with a
view to support the beef and veal market in
Member States or regions of Member States
where market prices fall short of a critical price
level; whereas provision should be made for the
private storage aid and the intervention scheme
to be implemented on the basis of the grading
scale laid down in Council Regulation (EEC)
No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981 determining the
Community
classification of
carcases of adult bovine animals (1);

scale

the

for

for

veal

beef

involves

(21) Whereas the creation of a single Community
market
the
and
introduction of a single trading system at the
external frontiers of the Community; whereas a
trading system including import duties and
export
in addition to the internal
market measures, should, in principle, stabilise
the Community market; whereas the trading
system should be based on the undertakings
accepted
of
under
multilateral trade negotiations;

the Uruguay Round

refunds,

(22) Whereas,

in order to monitor the volume of
trade in beef with third countries, provision
should be made for a system of import and
certain products, which
export

licences

for

(18) Whereas direct payments should be subject to
compliance by the keepers of
the animals
concerned with the relevant Community rules on
identification and registration of bovine animals;

(1) OJ L 123, 7.5.1981, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1026/91 (OJ L 106, 26.4.1991,
p. 2).

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includes the lodging of a security to guarantee
that the transactions for which such licences are
granted are effected;

limit; whereas monitoring of
the quantities
exported with refunds during the marketing
years as referred to in the WTO Agreement on
Agriculture should be carried out on the basis of
export licences issued for each marketing year;

(23) Whereas

in order

to prevent or counteract
adverse effects on the Community market which
could result from imports of certain agricultural
products, imports of one or more such products
should be subject to payment of an additional
import duty, if certain conditions are fulfilled;

(28) Whereas,

in addition to the system described
above, and to the extent necessary for its proper
for
working,
regulating or, when the situation on the market
so requires, prohibiting the use of
inward-
processing arrangements;

be made

provision

should

(24) Whereas

it

is

under

appropriate,

certain
to confer on the Commission the
conditions,
tariff quotas
power
resulting
agreements
concluded in accordance with the Treaty or from
other acts of the Council;

to open and administer
international

from

(25) Whereas provisions for granting a refund on
exports
to third countries, based on the
difference between prices within the Community
and on the world market, and falling within the
WTO Agreement on Agriculture (1), should serve
to
in
international
trade in beef and veal; whereas
these refunds should be subject to limits in terms
of quantity and value;

safeguard Community

participation

the

rules

relating

(26) Whereas compliance with the limits in terms of
value should be ensured at
the time when
refunds are fixed through the monitoring of
payments under
to the
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
Fund; whereas monitoring can be facilitated by
the compulsory advance fixing of refunds, while
of
allowing
differentiated refunds, of changing the specified
destination within a geographical area to which
a single refund rate applies; whereas, in the case
of a change of destination, the refund applicable
to the actual destination should be paid, with a
ceiling
to the
the
destination fixed in advance;

possibility,

applicable

amount

case

the

the

of

in

(27) Whereas ensuring compliance with the quantity
limits calls for the introduction of a reliable and
effective system of monitoring; whereas, to that
end, the granting of refunds should be made
subject to an export licence; whereas refunds
should be granted up to the limits available,
depending on the particular situation of each
product concerned; whereas exceptions to that
rule should only be permitted in the case of
food-aid operations, which are exempt from any

(1) OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.

(29) Whereas

at

and

circumstances,

frontiers of
the

duty mechanism could,

the customs duty system makes

it
possible to dispense with all other protective
the
measures
external
the
internal
Community; whereas, however,
in
market
exceptional
defective;
whereas, in such cases, so as not to leave the
Community market without defence against
the
disturbances which may arise therefrom,
Community should be able to take all necessary
measures without delay; whereas those measures
should be in accordance with the obligations
derived from the relevant WTO agreements;

prove

provided

instruments

(30) Whereas, in order to ensure proper application
this
of
the
Regulation,
the Commission should be fully
informed about the development of prices on the
common market
for beef and veal; whereas,
therefore, provision should be made for a system
for recording the prices of bovine animals and
meat of such animals;

for

in

(31) Whereas

it

is

for
appropriate
measures to be taken when a substantial rise or
fall in prices disturbs or threatens to disturb the
Community market; whereas these measures may
also include ad hoc intervention buying-in;

to provide

(32) Whereas restrictions on free movement resulting
from the application of measures intended to
prevent the spread of animal diseases could cause
difficulties on the market of one or more
Member States; whereas provision should be
made for the introduction of exceptional market
support measures
to remedy such
in order
situations;

(33) Whereas the establishment of a single market
based on common prices would be jeopardised
certain aids; whereas,
by the granting of
therefore,
the Treaty which
allow the assessment of aids granted by Member
States and the prohibition of those which are
incompatible with the common market should
apply in the common market organisation for
beef and veal;

the provisions of

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(34) Whereas it is necessary that, as the common
market in beef and veal develops, the Member
States and the Commission should keep each
other supplied with the information necessary
for applying this Regulation;

(35) Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of
the proposed measures, a procedure should be
cooperation
provided for
between Member States and the Commission
within a Management Committee;

establishing

close

(36) Whereas expenditure incurred by the Member
States as a result of the obligations arising out of
the application of
this Regulation should be
financed by the Community in accordance with
Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the financing of the common
agricultural policy (1);

(37) Whereas the common organisation of the market
should take appropriate
in beef and veal
account, at the same time, of the objectives set
out in Articles 33 and 131 of the Treaty;

(38) Whereas the common organisation of the market
in beef and veal laid down in Council Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68 (2) has been amended several
times; whereas, by reason of their number, their
complexity and their dispersal among several
Official Journals, these texts are difficult to use

and thus lack the clarity which should be an
essential feature of all legislation; whereas, under
these circumstances, they should be consolidated
in a new regulation and the aforementioned
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 should be repealed;
whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 98/69 of
16 January 1969 laying down general rules for
frozen beef and veal by
the disposal of
intervention agencies (3),
(EEC) No 989/68 of
15 July 1968 laying down general rules for
granting private storage aid for beef and veal (4)
and (EEC) No 1892/87 of 2 July 1987 on the
recording of market prices in the beef and veal
sector (5), the legal base of which was Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68,
replaced by new
are
arrangements
in this Regulation and should
therefore be repealed;

(39) Whereas the change from the arrangements in
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 to those in this
Regulation could give rise to difficulties which
are not dealt with in this Regulation; whereas, in
order to deal with that eventuality, provision
should be made for the Commission to adopt the
necessary transitional measures; whereas
the
Commission should also be authorised to solve
specific practical problems,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

The common organisation of the market in beef and veal shall comprise an internal

1.
market and trade with third countries system and cover the following products:

Article 1

CN code

Description of goods

(a)

0102 90 05 to
0102 90 79

Live animals of the domestic bovine species, other than pure-bred breeding
animals

0201

0202

Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled

Meat of bovine animals, frozen

0206 10 95

Thick skirt and thin skirt, fresh or chilled

0206 29 91

Thick skirt and thin skirt, frozen

0210 20

Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked

0210 90 41

Thick skirt and thin skirt, salted, in brine, dried or smoked

(1) See page 103 of this Official Journal.
(2) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24. Regulation as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 (OJ L 210, 28.7.1998,
p. 17).

(3) OJ L 14, 21.1.1969, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 10. Regulation as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 428/77 (OJ L 61, 5.3.1977, p. 17).

(5) OJ L 182, 3.7.1987, p. 29.

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CN code

Description of goods

0210 90 90

Edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal

1602 50 10

1602 90 61

Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of bovine animals, uncooked;
mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal

Other prepared or preserved meat containing bovine meat or offal, uncooked;
mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal

(b)

0102 10

Live bovine pure-bred animals

0206 10 91
0206 10 99

0206 21 00
0206 22 90
0206 29 99

0210 90 49

Edible offal of bovine animals excluding thick skirt and thin skirt, fresh or
chilled, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products

Edible offal of bovine animals excluding thick skirt and thin skirt, frozen,
other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products

Edible meat offal of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, other
than thick skirt and thin skirt

ex 1502 00 90

Fats of bovine animals, raw or rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-
extracted

1602 50 31 to
1602 50 80

Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of bovine animals, other
than uncooked meat or meat offal and mixtures of cooked meat or offal and
uncooked meat or offal

1602 90 69

Other prepared or preserved meat containing bovine meat or offal other than
uncooked, and mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal

2.

For the purposes of this Regulation:

(a) (cid:28)bovine animals’ shall mean live animals of the domestic bovine species

falling within CN codes ex 0102 10, 0102 90 05 to 0102 90 79;

(b) (cid:28)adult bovine animals’ shall mean bovine animals the live weight of which is more than

300 kilograms.

TITLE I

INTERNAL MARKET

Article 2

(c) measures to improve quality;

In order to encourage action by trade and joint trade
organisations to facilitate the adjustment of supply to
market
following Community
the
measures may be taken in respect of the products
listed in Article 1:

requirements,

(a) measures to improve stock breeding;

(b) measures

to promote better organisation of

production, processing and marketing;

(d) measures to permit the establishment of short- and
long-term forecasts on the basis of the means of
production used;

(e) measures to facilitate the recording of market price

trends.

rules concerning these measures

General
adopted by the Council
procedure laid down in Article 37(2) of the Treaty.

shall be
in accordance with the

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CHAPTER 1

DIRECT PAYMENTS

Article 3

For the purposes of this chapter:

(a) producer shall mean an individual farmer, whether
a natural or a legal person or group of natural or
legal persons,
status
conferred by national law on such a group or its
members, whose holding is located in Community
territory and who is engaged in rearing bovine
animals,

irrespective of

the legal

(b) holding shall mean all

the production units
managed by the producer and located in the
territory of a single Member State,

(c) region shall mean a Member State or a region
the

the option of

within a Member State, at
Member State concerned,

(d) bull

shall mean an uncastrated male bovine

animal,

(e) steer shall mean a castrated male bovine animal,

(f) suckler cow shall mean a cow belonging to a meat
breed or born of a cross with a meat breed, and
belonging to a herd intended for rearing calves for
meat production,

(g) heifer shall mean a female bovine animal from the
age of eight months which has not yet calved.

SECTION 1

Premiums

S u b s e c t i o n 1

Special premium

Article 4

A producer holding male bovine animals on his
1.
for a special
holding may qualify, on application,
premium. It shall be granted in the form of an annual
premium per calendar year and per holding within the
limits of regional ceilings for not more than 90 animals
for each of the age brackets referred to in paragraph 2.

The special premium shall be granted no more

2.
than:

(a) once in the life of each bull from the age of nine

months, or

(b) twice in the life of each steer:

— the first time at the age of nine months,

— the second time after it has reached the age of

21 months.

3.

To qualify for the special premium:

(a) any animal covered by an application shall be held
by the producer for fattening for a period to be
determined,

(b) each animal shall be covered until slaughter or
until export by an animal passport referred to in
Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 of
21 April 1997 establishing a system for
the
identification and registration of bovine animals
and regarding the labelling of beef and beef
products (1) containing all relevant information on
its premium status or,
if not available, an
equivalent administrative document.

4. When in a given region the total number of bulls
from the age of nine months and of steers from nine
months to 20 months of age, for which an application
has been made and which satisfy the conditions for
granting the special premium exceeds the regional
ceiling referred to in Annex I,
the number of all
eligible animals under paragraph 2(a) and (b) per
producer for the year in question shall be reduced
proportionately.

Within the meaning of this Article, (cid:28)regional ceiling’
shall mean the number of animals entitled to benefit,
in a region and per calendar year, from the special
premium.

By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 4,

5.
Member States may:

— on the basis of objective criteria, which they
determine, change or waive the headage limit of
90 animals per holding and age bracket and,

— where exercising this power, decide to apply
paragraph 4 in such a way as to reach the level of
reductions required to comply with the applicable
regional ceiling, without applying such reductions
to small producers who, in respect of the year in
premium
question,

submit

special

not

did

(1) OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.

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applications for more than a minimum number of
animals
State
by
concerned.

the Member

determined

6. Member States may decide to grant the special
premium at the time of slaughter. In this case, for bulls
the age criterion referred to in paragraph 2(a) shall be
replaced
of
185 kilograms.

a minimum carcase weight

by

premium to

an
producers may qualify, on application,
premium
additional
both
if
(deseasonalisation
triggering rates
referred to above are reached in
Ireland or in Northern Ireland, the premium shall
apply in Ireland and in Northern Ireland.

the
special
premium). However,

for

For the purpose of applying this Article in the United
Kingdom, Northern Ireland shall be regarded as a
separate entity.

The premium shall be paid or passed back to the
producers.

2.

The amount of this premium shall be set at:

The United Kingdom shall be authorised to apply in
Northern Ireland a system for granting the special
premium which differs
from that applied in the
remainder of its territory.

7.

The amount of the premium shall be set at:

(a) per eligible bull:

— EUR 160 for the calendar year 2000,

— EUR 185 for the calendar year 2001,

— EUR 210 for the calendar year 2002 and the

subsequent calendar years;

(b) per eligible steer and age bracket:

— EUR 122 for the calendar year 2000,

— EUR 72,45 per animal slaughtered during the first

15 weeks in a given year,

— EUR 54,34 per animal slaughtered during the 16th

and 17th weeks in a given year,

— EUR 36,23 per animal slaughtered during the 18th

to the 21st week in a given year, and

— EUR 18,11 per animal slaughtered during the 22nd

and 23rd weeks in a given year.

3. Where the rate referred to in paragraph 1(b) is
not achieved,
the penultimate
taking into account
sentence of paragraph 1, Member States whose
producers
the
deseasonalisation premium may decide to grant this
premium at the rate of 60 % of the amounts set in
paragraph 2.

previously

received

have

— EUR 136 for the calendar year 2001,

In such case, the Member State concerned:

— EUR 150 for the calendar year 2002 and the

subsequent calendar years.

(a) may decide to grant this premium for the first two

or three of the periods in question only,

8. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43.

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(b) shall ensure the measure is financially neutral in
respect of the same budget year by accordingly
reducing:

— the amount of the second age bracket of the
special premium applicable to steers granted in
that Member State, and/or

Deseasonalisation premium

— the additional payments to be made under

section 2,

Article 5

1. Where, in a Member State the number of steers:

(a) slaughtered in a given year exceeds 60 % of total
annual slaughterings of male bovine animals, and

and shall inform the Commission of the reduction
measure applied.

For the purpose of applying this measure, Ireland and
Northern Ireland shall be regarded as one entity for
the calculation of the rate referred to in paragraph 1(a)
and consequently for qualification for the premium.

(b) slaughtered during the period 1 September

to
30 November in a given year exceeds 35 % of total
annual slaughterings of steers,

4.
In order to establish whether the percentages
referred to in this Article have been exceeded, account

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shall be taken of slaughterings carried out during the
second year preceding that
in which the animal
qualifying for the premium was slaughtered.

3.
The producers’ entitlement to the premium shall
be limited by the application of an individual ceiling
as defined in Article 7.

5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43.

Per eligible animal, the amount of the premium

4.
shall be set at:

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Suckler cow premium

Article 6

A producer keeping suckler cows on his holding
1.
may qualify, on application,
for a premium for
maintaining suckler cows (suckler cow premium). It
shall be granted in the form of an annual premium per
calendar year and per producer within the limits of
individual ceilings.

The suckler cow premium shall be granted to any

2.
producer:

(a) not supplying milk or milk products from his farm
from the day on which the

for 12 months
application is lodged.

The supply of milk or milk products directly from
the holding to the consumer shall not, however,
prevent grant of the premium,

(b) supplying milk or milk products whose total
individual
reference quantity as referred to in
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 does
not exceed 120 000 kilograms. However, Member
States may decide on the basis of objective criteria,
which they determine, to change or waive this
quantitative limit,

provided that he keeps, for at least six consecutive
months from the day on which the application is
lodged a number of suckler cows at least equal to
80 % and of heifers at most equal to 20 % of the
number for which the premium was requested.

(a) and (b) of

For the purposes of determining the number of eligible
animals under points
first
subparagraph, whether cows belong to a suckler herd
or to a dairy herd shall be established on the basis of
the beneficiary’s
reference quantity as
defined in Article 16(3) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common
in milk and milk
organisation of
products (1) and the average milk yield.

the market

individual

the

— EUR 163 for the calendar year 2000,

— EUR 182 for the calendar year 2001,

— EUR 200 for the calendar year 2002 and the

subsequent calendar years.

5. Member States may grant an additional national
suckler cow premium, up to a maximum of EUR 50
per animal, provided that no discrimination is caused
between stockfarmers in the Member State concerned.

In respect of holdings located in a region as defined in
Articles 3 and 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/
1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions
on the Structural Funds (2), the first EUR 24,15 per
animal of this additional premium shall be financed by
the Guarantee Section of the European Guidance and
Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).

In respect of holdings located throughout the territory
of a Member State if in the Member State concerned
the cattle population has a high proportion of suckler
cows, representing at least 30 % of the total number
of cows, and if at least 30 % of male bovine animals
slaughtered belong to conformation classes S and E,
the Guarantee Section of EAGGF shall finance the
additional premium in total. Any overshoot of these
percentages is established on the basis of the average
of the two years preceding that for which the premium
is granted.

For the purposes of

6.
this Article, only heifers
belonging to a meat breed or born of a cross with a
meat breed and belonging to a herd intended for
rearing calves for meat production shall be taken into
account.

7. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
and, in particular, those relating to the definition of
the concept of suckler cow referred to in Article 3,
shall be adopted and the average milk yield shall be
determined by the Commission in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 43.

Article 7

1. On 1 January 2000, the individual ceiling of each
producer shall be equal to the number of suckler cow
premium rights (premium rights) which he held on
31 December 1999 in accordance with the relevant
Community rules and, where appropriate, adjusted
according to paragraph 3.

(1) See page 48 of this Official Journal.

(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.

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2. Member States shall take the necessary steps to
ensure that,
the sum of
from 1 January 2000,
premium rights on their territory does not exceed the
national ceilings set out in Annex II and that the
national reserves referred to in Article 9 may be set
up.

3. Where the adjustment referred to in paragraph 2
individual ceilings held by
requires a reduction of
producers,
out without
be
compensatory payment and decided on the basis of
objective criteria, including, in particular:

carried

shall

it

— the rate at which producers have used their
individual ceilings during the three reference years
prior to the year 2000,

— the

implementation

or
of
extensification programme in the beef and veal
sector,

investment

an

— particular natural circumstances or the application
of penalties, resulting in a non-payment or a
reduced payment of the premium for at least one
reference year,

— additional exceptional circumstances having the
effect that the payments made for at least one
reference year do not correspond to the actual
situation as established during the previous years.

4.
Premium rights which have been withdrawn
pursuant to the measure provided for in paragraph 2
shall be abolished.

5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43.

Article 8

1. Where a producer sells or otherwise transfers his
holding, he may transfer all his suckler cow premium
rights to the person taking over his holding. He may
also transfer,
in full or in part, his rights to other
producers without transferring his holding.

In the case of transfer of premium rights without
transfer of the holding a part of the transferred rights,
which shall not exceed 15 %,
shall be returned
without compensatory payment to the national reserve
of the Member State where the holding is situated for
redistribution free of charge.

(b) may provide either that

the transfer of rights
without
the holding is carried out
directly between producers or that it is carried out
through the intermediary of the national reserve.

transfer of

3. Member States may authorise, before a date to
be determined,
the
premium rights which are not intended to be used by
the producer who holds them.

temporary transfers of part of

4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43.

These detailed rules may concern in particular:

— provisions enabling the Member States to resolve
problems relating to the transfer of premium rights
by producers who are not the owners of the land
occupied by their holdings, and,

— specific rules relating to the minimum number
which may form the subject of a partial transfer.

Article 9

Each Member State shall maintain a national

1.
reserve of suckler cow premium rights.

2.
to
Any premium rights withdrawn pursuant
Article 8(1) or other Community provisions shall be
added to the national reserve, without prejudice to
Article 7(4).

The Member States

shall use their national
3.
reserves for allocating, within the limits of
those
reserves, premium rights in particular to newcomers,
young farmers and other priority producers.

4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43. These
rules shall concern, in particular:

2.

The Member States:

— the measures applicable where, in a Member State,

the national reserve is not used,

(a) shall

take the necessary measures

to prevent
premium rights being transferred outside sensitive
areas or regions where beef and veal production is
particularly important for the local economy;

— the measures relating to unused premium rights
which have been returned to the national reserve.

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Article 10

1.
By way of derogation from Article 6(3), Member
States where more than 60 % of suckler cows and
heifers are kept in mountain areas within the meaning
of Article 18 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/
1999 of 17 May 1999 on support
rural
European Agricultural
development
from the
and
and Guarantee
Guidance
amending and repealing certain Regulations (1) may
decide to manage the granting of the suckler cow
premium for heifers separately from that for suckler
cows within the limits of a separate national ceiling to
be set up by the Member State concerned.

(EAGGF)

Fund

for

Such separate national ceiling shall not exceed 20 % of
the national ceiling of the Member State concerned set
out in Annex II to this Regulation. That national
ceiling shall be reduced by an amount equal to the
separate national ceiling.

When in a Member State exercising the power under
paragraph 1 the total number of heifers, for which an
application has been made, and which satisfy the
conditions for granting the suckler cow premium,
exceeds the separate national ceiling, the number of
eligible heifers per producer for the year in question
shall be reduced proportionately.

For the purpose of

2.
this Article, only heifers
belonging to a meat breed or born of a cross with a
meat breed shall be taken into account.

3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43.

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Slaughter premium

Article 11

A producer keeping bovine animals on his
1.
holding may qualify, on application, for a slaughter
premium. It shall be granted on slaughter of eligible
animals or their export to a third country and within
national ceilings to be determined.

The following shall be eligible for
premium:

the slaughter

(a) bulls, steers, cows and heifers from the age of eight

months,

(1) See page 80 of this Official Journal.

(b) calves of more than one and less than seven
months old and of carcase weight of less than
160 kilograms,

provided they have been held by the producer for a
period to be determined.

2.

The amount of the premium shall be set at:

(a) per

eligible

animal

as

specified

under

paragraph 1(a):

— EUR 27 for the calendar year 2000,

— EUR 53 for the calendar year 2001,

— EUR 80 for the calendar year 2002 and the

subsequent calendar years;

(b) per eligible animal as specified under paragraph

1(b):

— EUR 17 for the calendar year 2000,

— EUR 33 for the calendar year 2001,

— EUR 50 for the calendar year 2002 and the

subsequent calendar years.

3.
The national ceilings referred to in paragraph 1
shall be established per Member State and separately
for both groups of animals as specified in (a) and (b)
thereof. Each ceiling shall be equal to the number of
animals of each of these two groups which in 1995
were slaughtered in the Member State concerned to
which are added those animals exported to third
countries, according to Eurostat data or any other
published official statistical information for that year
accepted by the Commission.

4. When in a given Member State the total number
of animals, for which an application has been made in
respect of one of the two groups of animals specified
in (a) or (b) of paragraph 1, and which satisfy the
conditions for granting the slaughter premium exceeds
the national ceiling laid down for that group, the
number of all eligible animals under that group per
producer for the year in question shall be reduced
proportionately.

5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43.

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— enabling improper application of

the stocking

density to be prevented.

Stocking density

Article 12

The total number of animals qualifying for the
1.
special premium and the suckler cow premium shall
be limited by the application of a stocking density on
the holding of two livestock units (LU) per hectare
and calendar year. This stocking density shall be
expressed in LU per unit of forage area of the holding
used for
the animals carried on it. However, a
producer shall be exempt from the application of the
stocking density if the number of animals held on his
holding and to be taken into account for determining
the stocking density is not more than 15 LU.

For determining the stocking density on the

2.
holding, account shall be taken of:

(a) the male bovine animals, suckler cows and heifers,
sheep and/or goats for which premium applications
have been submitted, as well as the dairy cows
needed to produce the total reference quantity of
milk allocated to the producer. The number of
animals shall be converted to LU by reference to
the conversion table in Annex III,

(b) the forage area, meaning the area of the holding
available throughout the calendar year for rearing
bovine animals and sheep and/or goats. The forage
area shall not include:

— buildings, woods, ponds, paths,

— areas used for other

crops

eligible

for
Community aid or for permanent crops or
horticultural crops, except permanent pasture
for which area payments are granted pursuant
to Article 17 of this Regulation and Article 19
of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999,

— areas qualifying for the support system laid
down for the producers of certain arable crops,
used for the aid scheme for dried fodder or
subject to a national or Community set-aside
scheme.

Forage area shall include areas in shared use and areas
which are subject to mixed cultivation.

3.
The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for
the application of this Article in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 43. These rules shall,
in particular, concern those:

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Extensification payment

Article 13

Producers receiving the special premium and/or
cow premium may qualify for an
suckler

1.
the
extensification payment.

The extensification payment shall be EUR 100
2.
cow premium
special premium and suckler
per
granted, provided that in respect of the calendar year
concerned the
stocking density on the holding
concerned is less than or equal to 1,4 LU per hectare.

However, Member States may decide to grant
extensification payment as follows:

the

(a) in respect of the calendar years 2000 and 2001, at
an amount of EUR 33 for a stocking density of
1,6 LU per hectare or more and less than or equal
to 2,0 LU per hectare, and at an amount of EUR
66 for a stocking density of less than 1,6 LU per
hectare;

(b) in respect of

the calendar year 2002 and the
subsequent years, at an amount of EUR 40 for a
stocking density of 1,4 LU per hectare or more and
less or equal to 1,8 LU per hectare, and at an
amount of EUR 80 for a stocking density of less
than 1,4 LU per hectare.

For
3.
paragraph 2:

the

purposes

of

the

application

of

of

shall

density

holdings

(a) by way of derogation from Article 12(2)(a), the
be
the
stocking
determined by taking into account the male bovine
animals, cows, and heifers present thereon during
the calendar year concerned, as well as the sheep
and/or goats for which premium applications have
been submitted for the same calendar year. The
number of animals shall be converted to LU by
reference to the conversion table in Annex III.

(b) without

to

the

third

indent

prejudice

of
Article 12(2)(b), areas used for the production of
arable crops as defined in Annex I of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17 May 1999
establishing a support system for producers of
certain arable crops (1) shall not be taken as (cid:28)forage
area’;

— relating to areas in shared use and to areas which

are subject to mixed cultivation,

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(c) the forage area to be taken into account for the
calculation of the stocking density shall consist of
at least 50 % of pasture land. (cid:28)Pasture land’ shall
be defined by Member States. The definition shall
include at least the criterion that pasture land shall
be grassland which, following the local farming
practices
recognised as being destined for
grazing bovine animals and/or sheep. However,
this shall not exclude the mixed use of pasture
land during the same year (pasture, hay, grass
silage).

is

to the

4. Without prejudice
stocking density
requirements set out in paragraph 2, producers in
Member States where more than 50 % of milk
production takes place in mountain areas within the
meaning of Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/
1999 and whose holdings are located in such areas,
may receive extensification payments as set out in
paragraph 2 for the dairy cows kept thereon.

In accordance with the procedure laid down in

5.
Article 43 the Commission shall:

— adopt detailed rules for the application of this

Article,

— if necessary, adjust

in
paragraph 2 taking account, in particular, of the
number of animals qualifying for the payment for
the preceding calendar year.

the amounts

set out

Section 2

Additional payments

Article 14

1. Member States shall, on a yearly basis, make
additional payments to producers in their territory
totalling the global amounts set out in Annex IV. Such
payments shall be made according to objective criteria
including,
relevant production
structures and conditions, and in such a way as to
ensure equal
treatment between producers and to
avoid market and competition distortions. Moreover,
such payments shall not be linked to fluctuations of
market prices.

in particular,

the

2.
Additional payments may be made in the form of
headage payments (Article 15) and/or area payments
(Article 17).

Article 15

1. Headage payments may be granted for:

(a) male bovine animals,

(b) suckler cows,

(c) dairy cows,

(d) heifers.

payments may

2. Headage
as
supplementary amounts per slaughter premium unit as
set out in Article 11, except for calves. In the other
cases, the grant of headage payments shall be subject:

granted

be

(a) to the special conditions set out in Article 16,

(b) to specific stocking density requirements to be

established by Member States.

The specific stocking density requirements shall

3.
be established:

— on the basis of

the forage area referred to in
Article 12(2)(b), with the exception of areas for
which area payments are granted in accordance
with Article 17,

— taking account of, in particular, the invironmental
impact of the type of production concerned, the
environmental
the land used for
rearing cattle and the measures which have been
implemented with a view to stabilise or improve
the environmental situation of this land.

sensitivity of

Article 16

1. Headage payments for male bovine animals may
be granted per calendar year for no more than a
number of animals in a Member State:

— equal to the regional ceiling of the Member State

concerned set out in Annex I or

— equal to the number of male bovine animals for

which premiums were granted in 1997, or

— equal to the average number of slaughterings of
male bovine animals during the years 1997, 1998
and 1999 deriving from Eurostat statistics for these
years or any other published official statistical
information for
these years accepted by the
Commission.

Member States may also provide for a headage limit
of number of male bovine animals per holding to be
determined by the Member State on a national or
regional basis.

Only male bovine animals from the age of eight
If headage payments are
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made at the time of slaughter, Member States may
decide to replace this condition by a minimum carcase
weight of at least 180 kilograms.

3.
The maximum area payment per hectare which
may be granted, including area payments pursuant to
Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 shall not
exceed:

2. Headage payments for suckler cows and heifers
qualifying for suckler cow premium under Article 6(4)
and Article
a
supplementary amount per suckler cow premium unit
as set out in Article 6(4).

10 may

granted

only

be

as

3. Headage payments for dairy cows may only be
granted as amount per tonne of reference quantity
eligible for premium available on the holding to be
established in accordance with Article 16(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.

Article 15(2)(b) shall not apply.

4. Headage payments for heifers other than those
referred to in paragraph 2 may be granted per
Member State and calendar year for no more than a
number of heifers equal to the average number of
slaughterings of heifers during the years 1997, 1998
and 1999 deriving from Eurostat statistics for these
statistical
years or any other published official
information
the
accepted
these
Commission.

years

for

by

— EUR 210 for the calendar year 2000,

— EUR 280 for the calendar year 2001,

— EUR 350 for the calendar year 2002 and the

subsequent calendar years.

Article 18

Before 1 January 2000, Member States shall provide
the Comission with detailed information on their
national arrangements concerning the granting of
these
additional
changes
communicated
arrangements
the
later than one month after their
Commission not
adoption.

payments. Any

shall

be

to

of

Article 19

Before 1 April 2004, Member States shall submit to
the
the
detailed
implementation of this section.

Commission

reports

on

Article 17

Area payments shall be granted per hectare of

1.
permanent pasture:

(a) which is available to a producer during the

calendar year concerned,

(b) which is not used to comply with the specific
referred to in

requirements

stocking density
Article 15(3), and

(c) in respect of which no payments under the support
system laid down for producers of certain arable
crops, under the aid system for dried fodder and
under Community
other
aid
permanent or horticultural crops are claimed for
the same year.

schemes

for

2.
The area of permanent pasture in a region for
which area payments may be granted shall not exceed
the relevant regional base area.

Before 1 January 2005, the Commission shall evaluate
the implementation of this section and examine the
distribution of Community funds between Member
States as provided for in Annex IV, taking account of,
in particular, the development of the Member States
shares in Community beef production. If necessary, the
Commission shall make appropriate proposals to the
Council.

Article 20

Detailed rules of application of this section shall be
adopted by the Commission in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 43.

SECTION 3

Common provisions

Article 21

Regional base areas shall be established by Member
States as the average number of hectares of permanent
pasture available for rearing bovine animals during the
years 1995, 1996 and 1997.

To qualify for direct payments under this chapter, an
animal shall be identified and registered in accordance
with Regulation (EC) No 820/97.

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Article 22

1. Direct payments under this chapter, except the
deseasonalisation premium, shall be paid as soon as
the inspections are carried out but not earlier than
16 October of the calendar year in respect of which
they are applied for.

2.

Save in duly justified exceptional cases:

— direct payments under this chapter shall be made
not later than 30 June of the year following the
calendar year in respect of which the payment is
applied for,

— the deseasonalisation premium shall be paid as
soon as the inspections are carried out and no later
than 15 October of the calendar year in respect of
which it is applied for.

Article 23

or

residues

1. Where residues of substances prohibited under
96/22/EC (1),
of
Council Directive
substances authorised under the aforementioned act
but used illegally, are detected pursuant to the relevant
provisions of Directive 96/23/EC (2),
in an animal
belonging to the bovine herd of a producer, or where a
non-authorised substance or product, or a substance
or product authorised under Council Directive 96/22/
EC but held illegally is found on the producer’s
holding in any form, the producer shall be excluded,
for the calendar year of that discovery, from receiving
the amounts provided for under this section.

In the event of a repeated infringement, the length of
the exclusion period may, according to the seriousness
of the offence, be extended to five years as from the
year
repeated infringement was
discovered.

in which the

2.
In the event of obstruction on the part of the
owner or holder of the animals when inspections are
being carried out and when the samples are being
taken which are necessary for
the application if
residue-monitoring plans or when the
national
under
investigations
Directive 96/23/EC are being carried out, the penalties
provided for in paragraph 1 shall apply.

provided

checks

and

for

(1) Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning
the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain
substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and
of b-agonists, and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/
146/EEC and 88/299/EEC (OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 3).
(2) Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on
measures to monitor certain substances and residues
thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing
Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions
89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC (OJ L 125, 23.5.1996,
p. 10).

3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43.

Article 24

the direct payments

The amounts of
in
sections 1 and 2 may be changed in the light of
developments
in production, productivity and the
markets, according to the procedure laid down in
Article 37(2) of the Treaty.

set out

Article 25

incurred in granting the direct
expenditure
The
shall be
in this chapter
payments provided for
considered as
intervention measures within the
meaning of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/
1999.

CHAPTER 2

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC STORAGE

Article 26

From 1 July 2002,

1.
the granting of aids for
private storage may be decided, when the average
Community market price recorded, on the basis of the
Community scale for the classification of carcases of
adult bovine animals provided for in Regulation (EEC)
No 1208/81 (called hereinafter (cid:28)Community scale’), is,
and is likely to remain, at less than 103 % of the basic
price.

2.
The basic price for carcases of male bovine
animals of grade R3 in the Community scale shall be
set at EUR 2 224/t.

3.
Private storage aid may be granted for fresh or
chilled meat of adult bovine animals presented in the
form of carcases, half-carcases, compensated quarters,
forequarters or hindquarters, classified in accordance
with the Community scale.

The Council, acting in accordance with the
4.
procedure laid down in Article 37(2) of the Treaty,
may:

— change

taking

the basic price

in
particular, of the need to fix this price at a level
which contributes towards stabilising market prices
without, however,
leading to the formation of
structural surpluses in the Community,

account,

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— amend the list of products in paragraph 3 which

— the buying-in prices and the quantities accepted for

may be the subject of private storage aid.

intervention shall be fixed,

5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
shall be adopted and the granting of aids for private
storage shall be decided by the Commission in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43.

Article 27

1.
From 1 July 2002, public intervention shall be
opened if, for a period of two consecutive weeks, the
average market price in a Member State or in a region
of a Member State recorded on the basis of
the
Community scale provided for in Regulation (EEC)
No 1208/81 falls short of EUR 1 560/t; in this case,
one or more categories, qualities or quality groups, to
be determined, of fresh or chilled meat falling within
CN codes 0201 10 00 and 0201 20 20 to 0201 20 50
originating in the Community may be bought in by
intervention agencies.

2.
For buying-in under paragraph 1, only eligible
offers equal to or less than the average market price
recorded in a Member State or a region of a Member
State and increased by an amount to be determined on
the basis of objective criteria may be accepted.

3.
The buying-in prices and the quantities accepted
for intervention shall be determined under tender
procedures and may, in special circumstances, be fixed
per Member State or per region of a Member State on
the basis of recorded average market prices. The
tender procedures shall ensure equality of access of all
persons concerned. They shall be opened on the basis
of specifications to be determined taking commercial
structures into account, where necessary.

4.

Under the procedure provided for in Article 43:

— the products, categories, qualities or quality groups
intervention shall be

of products eligible for
determined,

— the

amount of

increase
paragraph 2 shall be determined,

the

referred to in

— the detailed rules for the application of this Article

shall be adopted,

— any transitional provisions necessary for

the
these arrangements shall be

implementation of
adopted.

The Commission shall decide on:

— opening buying-in when during two consecutive
weeks the condition referred to in paragraph 1 is
met,

— closing buying-in when during at least one week
the condition as referred to in paragraph 1 is no
longer met.

Article 28

agencies

the products bought

in by the
1. Disposal of
the
in
intervention
provisions of Articles 27 and 47 of this Regulation
and of Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/
68 shall take place in such a way as to avoid any
disturbance of the market and to ensure equal access
to goods and equal treatment of purchasers.

accordance with

2. Detailed rules for the application of this Article,
in particular as regards selling prices, conditions for
the
release from storage and, where appropriate,
processing of products bought-in by the intervention
agencies, shall be adopted by the Commission in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43.

TITLE II

TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES

Article 29

Community of products listed in Article 1(1)(a) and
(b) may be subject to presentation of an import or
export licence.

Imports

into the Community of any of

1.
the
products listed in Article 1(1)(a) shall be subject to
presentation of an import licence.

Imports into the Community of any of the products
from the
listed in Article 1(1)(b) and exports

Licences shall be issued by the Member States to any
applicant, irrespective of his place of establishment in
the Community and without prejudice to measures
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Import and export licences shall be valid throughout
the Community. Such licences shall be issued subject
to the lodging of a security guaranteeing that the
products are imported or exported during the term of
force
validity of
majeure, the security shall be forfeited in whole or in
part if import or export is not carried out, or is
carried out only partially, within that period.

the licence; except

in cases of

2. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43. These
rules may concern, in particular:

(a) the term of validity of licences,

(b) the list of products for which import or export
licences are requested under paragraph 1 second
subparagraph.

Article 30

Unless this Regulation provides otherwise, the rates of
duty in the Common Customs Tariff shall apply to the
products listed in Article 1.

Article 31

1.
In order to prevent or counteract adverse effects
on the market in the Community which may result
from imports of certain products listed in Article 1,
imports of one or more of such products at the rate of
duty laid down in Article 30 shall be subject
to
payment of an additional import duty if the conditions
set out in Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture
concluded in accordance with Article 300 of
the
Treaty in the framework of the Uruguay Round of
trade negotiations have been fulfilled
multilateral
unless
imports are unlikely to disturb the
the
Community market, or where the effects would be
disproportionate to the intended objective.

2.
The trigger prices below which an additional
duty may be imposed shall be those which are
forwarded by the Community to the World Trade
Organisation.

import

additional

The trigger volumes to be exceeded in order to have
the
be
determined particularly on the basis of imports into
the Community in the three years preceding the year
in which the averse effects referred to in paragraph 1
arise or are likely to arise.

imposed

shall

duty

The import prices to be taken into consideration
3.
for
import duty shall be
imposing an additional
determined on the basis of the cif import prices of the
consignment under consideration.

Cif import prices shall be checked to that end against
the representative prices for the product on the world
market or on the Community import market for that
product.

4.
The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for
the application of this Article in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 43. Such detailed rules
shall specify in particular:

(a) the products to which additional

import duties
may be applied under the terms of Article 5 of the
Agreement on Agriculture;

(b) the other criteria necessary to ensure application of
paragraph 1 in accordance with Article 5 of the
Agreement on Agriculure.

Article 32

Tariff quotas for the products listed in Article 1
1.
resulting from agreements concluded in accordance
with Article 300 of the Treaty or from any other act
of the Council shall be opened and administered by
the Commission in accordance with detailed rules
adopted under the procedure laid down in Article 43.

With regard to the import quota of 50 000 tonnes of
frozen meat coming within CN codes 0202 20 30,
0202 30 and 0206 29 91 and intended for processing,
the Council,
from the
Commission by a qualified majority, may lay down
that all or part of the quota shall cover equivalent
quantities of quality meat, applying a conversion rate
of 4,375.

acting on a proposal

2. Quotas shall be administered by applying one of
the following methods or a combination of them:

— method based on chronological order of

the
lodging of applications ((cid:28)first come, first served’
principle),

— method of distribution in proportion to the
quantities requested when the applications were
lodged (using
examination’
method),

(cid:28)simultaneous

the

— method based on taking traditional trade patterns
into account (using the (cid:28)traditional importers/new
arrivals’ method).

Other appropriate methods may be adopted.

They shall avoid any discrimination between the
operators concerned.

3.
where appropriate, give due weight

The method of administration adopted shall,
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requirements of the Community market and the need
to safeguard the equilibrium of that market, while at
the same time possibly drawing on methods which
may have been applied in the past
to quotas
corresponding to those referred to in paragraph 1,
without prejudice
from
agreements concluded as part of the Uruguay Round
trade negotiations.

resulting

to the

rights

4.
The detailed rules referred to in paragraph 1
shall provide for annual quotas, if necessary, suitably
phased over
the
administrative method to be used and, where
appropriate, shall include:

the year, and shall determine

(a) guarantees covering the nature, provenance and

origin of the product, and

(b) recognition of the document used for verifying the

guarantees referred to in (a), and

(c) the conditions under which import licences are

issued and their term of validity.

They may vary according to destination, where the
world market situation or the specific requirements of
certain markets make this necessary.

shall be

Refunds
fixed by the Commission in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43.
Refunds may be fixed, in particular:

(a) at regular intervals;

(b) in addition and for limited quantities, by invitation
to tender for products for which that procedure
seems appropriate.

Except where fixed by tender, the list of products on
which an export refund is granted and the amount of
such refund shall be fixed at least once every three
months. The amount of the refund may, however,
remain at the same level for more than three months
and may, where necessary, be adjusted in the
intervening period by the Commission at the request
of a Member State or on its own initiative.

Article 33

The following shall be taken into account when

4.
refunds are being fixed:

1.
To the extent necessary to enable the products
listed in Article 1 to be exported on the basis of
quotations or prices for those products on the world
market
from
the
agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300
of the Treaty, the difference between those quotations
or prices and prices in the Community may be covered
by export refunds.

and within

resulting

limits

The method to be adopted for the allocation of
2.
the quantities which may be exported with a refund
shall be the method which:

efficient possible use of

(a) is most suited to the nature of the product and the
situation on the market in question, allowing the
most
resources
available, account being taken of the efficiency and
structure of Community exports without, however,
creating discrimination between large and small
operators;

the

(b) is least cumbersome administratively for operators,
administration
taken

being

of

account
requirements;

(c) prevents any discrimination between the operators

concerned.

Refunds

3.
Community.

shall be

the

same

for

the whole

(a) the existing situation and the future trend with

regard to:

— prices and availabilities of beef and veal sector

products on the Community market,

— prices for beef and veal sector products on the

world market,

(b) the aims of

the common organisation of
the
market
in beef and veal, which are to ensure
equilibrium and the natural development of prices
and trade on this market;

(c) the limits resulting from agreements concluded in

accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty;

(d) the need to avoid disturbances on the Community

market;

(e) the economic aspect of the proposed exports.

Account shall also be taken in particular of the need
to establish a balance between the use of Community
basic products in the manufacture of processed goods
exported to third countries and the use of products
from these countries admitted to inward-processing
arrangements.

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5. When prices within the Community listed in
paragraph 1 are being determined the following shall
be taken into account:

— prices ruling on the representative Community

markets,

licence or another destination for which the refund
was fixed, without prejudice to paragraph 3(b).
Exceptions may be made to this rule in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43,
provided conditions are laid down which offer
equivalent guarantees.

— prices ruling at export.

When prices in international trade listed in paragraph 1
are being determined account shall be taken of:

— prices ruling on third-country markets,

— the most favourable prices in third countries of

destination for third-country imports,

— producer prices

third
countries, account being taken, where appropriate,
of subsidies granted by those countries,

recorded in exporting

— free-at-Community-frontier offer prices.

Refunds shall be granted only on application and

6.
on presentation of the relevant export licence.

7.
The refund applicable to exports of products
listed in Article 1 shall be that applicable on the day
of application for the licence and, in the case of a
differentiated refund, that applicable on the same day:

(a) for the destination indicated on the licence; or

(b) for the actual destination if it differs from the
destination indicated on the licence. In that case,
the amount applicable may not exceed the amount
applicable for the destination indicated on the
licence.

Appropriate measures may be taken to prevent abuse
of the flexibility provided for in this paragraph.

8.
Paragraphs 6 and 7 may be waived in the case of
products listed in Article 1 on which refunds are paid
in accordance with the
under food-aid operations,
procedure laid down in Article 43.

9.

The refund shall be paid on proof that:

— the products are of Community origin,

Moreover, the payment of the refund for exports of
live animals shall be subject to compliance with the
legislation
provisions
established
concerning animal welfare and,
the
protection of animals during transport.

in Community

in particular,

10. Without prejudice to paragraph 9 first indent,
in the absence of a derogation granted in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43, no export
refund shall be granted on products which are
imported from third countries and re-exported to third
countries.

in

concluded

agreements

11. Observance of the volume limits resulting from
the
accordance with
Article 300 of the Treaty shall be ensured on the basis
of the export licences issued for the reference periods
provided for therein which apply to the products
concerned. With regard to compliance with the
obligations arising in the framework of the Uruguay
Round multilateral trade negotiations, the ending of a
reference period shall not affect the validity of export
licences.

provisions

12. Detailed rules for the application of this Article,
including
of
on
exportable quantities which have not been allocated or
shall be adopted by the Commission in
utilised,
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43.

redistribution

the

With regard to paragraph 9, last subparagraph, the
detailed rules for the application may also include
conditions concerning, in particular, imports into third
countries.

Article 34

To the extent necessary for the proper working
1.
of the common organisation of the market in beef and
veal, the Council, acting by a qualified majority, on a
proposal from the Commission, may, in special cases,
prohibit in whole or in part the use of inward or
in respect of
outward processing
products listed in Article 1.

arrangements

— the products have been exported from the

Community, and

— in the case of a differentiated refund the products
have reached the destination indicated on the

2. However, by way of derogation from paragraph
1, if the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises
with exceptional urgency and the Community market
is disturbed or is liable to be disturbed by the inward-
or outward-processing arrangements, the Commission
shall, at the request of a Member State or on its own

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initiative, decide on the necessary measures;
the
Council and the Member States shall be notified of
such measures, which shall be valid for no more than
six months and shall be immediately applicable. If the
Commission receives a request from a Member State,
it
take a decision thereon within a week
following receipt of the request.

shall

3. Measures decided on by the Commission may be
referred to the Council by any Member State within a
week of the day on which they were notified. The
Council, acting by a qualified majority, may confirm,
amend or repeal
the
If
the
Council has not acted within three months,
Commission decision shall be deemed to have been
repealed.

the Commission decision.

Article 35

1.
The general rules for the interpretation of the
Combined Nomenclature and the detailed rules for its
application shall apply to the tariff classification of
products
tariff
covered by this Regulation;
nomenclature resulting from the application of this
Regulation shall be incorporated into the Common
Customs Tariff.

the

Safe as otherwise provided for in this Regulation
2.
or
the
in provisions adopted pursuant
following shall be prohibited in trade with third
countries:

thereto,

— the levying of any charge having equivalent effect

to a customs duty,

Article 36

exports,

imports or

If, by reason of

1.
the
Community market in one or more of the products
listed in Article 1 is affected by, or is threatened with,
serious
the
likely
achievement of the objectives set out in Article 33 of
the Treaty, appropriate measures may be applied in
trade with third countries until such disturbance or
threat of disturbance has ceased.

disturbance

jeopardise

to

The Council, acting by a qualified majority, on a
proposal from the Commission, shall adopt general
rules for the application of this paragraph and shall
define the circumstances and limits within which
Member States may adopt protective measures.

2.
If the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises,
the Commission shall, at the request of a Member
State or on its own initiative, decide on the necessary
measures; the Member States shall be notified of such
measures, which shall be immediately applicable. If
the Commission receives a request from a Member
State,
it shall take a decision thereon within three
working days following receipt of the request.

3. Measures decided on by the Commission may be
referred to the Council by any Member State within
three working days of the day on which they were
notified. The Council shall meet without delay. It may,
acting by a qualified majority, amend or repeal the
measure in question within one month following the
day on which it was referred to the Council.

— the application of any quantitative restriction or

measure having equivalent effect.

4.
This Article shall be applied having regard to the
obligations arising from agreements concluded in
accordance with Article 300(2) of the Treaty.

TITLE III

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 37

Member States shall record prices of bovine animals
and of meat of bovine animals on the basis of rules to
be established by the Commission in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 43.

Article 38

in prices is
1. When a substantial rise or fall
recorded on the Community market and this situation
is likely to continue, thereby disturbing or threatening
to disturb the market, the necessary measures may be
taken.

2. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43.

Article 39

In order to take account of the restrictions on free
circulation which may result from the application of
measures for combating the spread of diseases in
animals, exceptional measures of
the
market affected by those restrictions may be taken in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43.
Those measures may only be taken in so far as, and

support

for

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for as long as, is strictly necessary for the support of
that market.

Article 40

Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation,
Articles 87, 88 and 89 of the Treaty shall apply to the
production of and trade in the products listed in
Article 1.

in Article 205(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions
which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal
from the Commission. The votes of the representatives
of the Member States within the Committee shall be
weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The
Chairman shall not vote.

3.

(a) The Commission shall adopt measures which

shall apply immediately.

Article 41

the

and

States

Commission

Member
shall
communicate to each other the information necessary
for implementing this Regulation. The information to
be communicated shall be determined in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43. Rules for
the
such
information shall be adopted in accordance with the
same procedure.

communication

distribution

and

of

Article 42

called

and Veal
A Management Committee
(hereinafter
be
shall
established, composed of representatives of Member
States and chaired by a representative of
the
Commission.

for Beef
(cid:28)the Committee’)

(b) However,

if

in
these measures
accordance with the opinion of the Committee,
they shall be communicated by the Commission
to the Council forthwith. In that event:

are not

— the Commission may defer application of
the measures which it has decided for a
period of not more than one month from
the date of such communication,

— the Council, acting by a qualified majority,
may take a different decision within the
referred to in the preceding
time limit
indent.

Article 44

The Committee may consider any other question
referred to it by its chairman either on his own
initiative or at the request of the representative of a
Member State.

Article 43

Article 45

1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is
to be followed, the chairman shall refer the matter to
the Committee either on his own initiative or at the
request of the representative of a Member State.

Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and the provisions
adopted in implementation thereof shall apply to the
products listed in Article 1.

The representative of

2.
the Commission shall
submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be
taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the
draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay
down according to the urgency of the matter. The
opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down

Article 46

This Regulation shall be so applied that appropriate
account is taken, at the same time, of the objectives
set out in Articles 33 and 131 of the Treaty.

TITLE IV

TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 47

Until 30 June 2002, products as referred to in
1.
paragraph 2 in connection with Article 26(1), may be
bought in by intervention agencies in accordance with
the provisions laid down in this Article, to prevent or
mitigate a substantial fall in prices.

2. Where the conditions laid down in paragraph 3
are met, buying in by intervention agencies in one or
more Member States or in a region of a Member State
of one or more categories, qualities or quality groups,
to be determined, of
falling
within CN codes 0201 10 00 and 0201 20 20 to
0201 20 50 originating in the Community may be

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organised under tender procedures arranged with a
view to ensuring reasonable support of the market,
having regard to seasonal developments as regards
slaughterings.

Such buying in may not cover more than 350 000
tonnes per year and for the Community as a whole.

The Council may amend this quantity, acting by a
qualified majority
from the
Commission.

proposal

on

a

For each quality or quality group that may be
3.
bought in, the tender procedures may be opened as
provided in paragraph 8 whenever, in a Member State
or in a region of a Member State, the following two
two
conditions are both met
consecutive weeks:

for a period of

— the average Community market price recorded on
the basis of Community grading scale for the
carcases of adult bovine animals is less than 84 %
of the intervention price,

— the average market price recorded on the basis of
the said scale in the Member State or States or
regions of a Member State is less than 80 % of the
intervention price.

The intervention price shall be set at:

— EUR 3 475 per tonne for the period from 1 January

until 30 June 2000,

— EUR 3 242 per tonne for the period from 1 July

2000 until 30 June 2001,

— EUR 3 013 per tonne for the period from 1 July

2001 until 30 June 2002.

4.
Tender arrangements for one or more qualities or
quality groups shall be suspended in any one of the
following two situations:

— where,

for

two consecutive weeks,

two
conditions referred to in paragraph 3 are no longer
both met at the same time,

the

— where

intervention

appropriate in view of
paragraph 2.

buying-in

is
the criteria set out

longer
in

no

5.
Intervention shall also be opened if, for a period
of two consecutive weeks, the average Community
market price of young uncastrated male animals less
than two years old or
castrated male animals,
recorded on the basis of the Community grading scale
for carcases of adult bovine animals, falls short of

78 % of the intervention price, and if in a Member
State or regions of a Member State,
the average
market price of young uncastrated male animals less
than two years old or
castrated male animals,
recorded on the basis of the Community grading scale
for carcases of adult bovine animals, falls short of
60 % of the intervention price; in this case, buying-in
shall take place for the categories concerned in the
Member States or regions of a Member State where
the price level is below that limit.

this

For
paragraph 6, all offers shall be accepted.

and without

buying-in,

prejudice

to

The quantities bought in pursuant to this paragraph
shall not be taken into account for the purposes of
in
applying
paragraph 2.

buying-in

referred

ceiling

the

to

6. Only offers equal to or less than the average
market price recorded in a Member State or a region
of a Member State and increased by an amount to be
determined on the basis of objective criteria may be
accepted under the buying-in systems referred to in
paragraphs 2 and 5.

7.
For each quality or quality group eligible for
intervention, the buying-in prices and the quantities
accepted for intervention shall be determined under
tender procedures and may, in special circumstances,
be fixed per Member State or per region of a Member
State on the basis of recorded average market prices.
The tender procedures must ensure equality of access
for all persons concerned. They shall be opened on the
basis of
to be determined taking
commercial structures into account, where necessary.

specifications

8.

Under the procedure provided for in Article 43:

— the categories, qualities or quality groups of
be

intervention

eligible

shall

for

products
determined,

— the opening or reopening of tender procedures and
their suspension in the case referred to in the last
indent of paragraph 4 shall be decided,

— the buying-in prices and the quantities accepted for

intervention shall be fixed,

— the

amount of

increase
paragraph 6 shall be determined,

the

referred to in

— the procedures implementing this Article, and in
particular those designed to prevent market prices
spiralling downward, shall be adopted,

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— any transitional provisions necessary for

the
these arrangements shall be

implementation of
adopted.

The Commission shall decide on:

— opening intervention as referred to in paragraph 5
and suspending it where one or more conditions
laid down in that paragraph no longer apply,

— suspending buying-in as referred to in the first

indent of paragraph 4.

Article 48

Until 30 June 2002, the granting of aids for
referred to in

1.
private
Article 26(3) may be decided.

for products as

storage

2. Detailed rules of application with regard to
private storage aid shall be adopted and the granting
of aids for private storage shall be decided by the
Commission in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 43.

Article 49

2.
References to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall
be construed as references to this Regulation and
should be read in accordance with the correlation
table in Annex V.

Article 50

The Commission shall adopt, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 43:

— the measures required to facilitate the transition
from the arrangements provided in Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68 to those established by this
Regulation,

— the measures required to resolve specific practical
if duly justified, may

problems. Such measures,
derogate from certain parts of this Regulation.

Article 51

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

Regulations (EEC) No 805/68, (EEC) No 989/
(EEC) No 98/69 and (EEC) No 1892/87 are

1.
68,
hereby repealed.

It shall apply as from 1 January 2000, save for
Article 18 which shall apply from the entry into force
of this Regulation.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 May 1999.

For the Council

The President

K.-H. FUNKE

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ANNEX I

SPECIAL PREMIUM

Regional ceilings of the Member States referred to in Article 4(4)

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

235 149

277 110

1 782 700

143 134

713 999
1 754 732 (1)
1 077 458

598 746

18 962

157 932

423 400
175 075 (2)
250 000

250 000
1 419 811 (3)

(1) Without prejudice to the specific rules laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 of 16 December 1991
introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the French overseas
departments (OJ L 356, 24.12.1991, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2598/95
(OJ L 267, 9.11.1995, p. 1).

(2) Excluding the extensification programme set out in Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 of 26 April 1994 concerning
the conversion of land currently under arable crops to extensive livestock farming in Portugal (OJ L 112,
3.5.1994, p. 2). Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1461/95 (OJ L 144, 28.6.1995, p. 4).

(3) This ceiling shall be temporarily increased by 100 000 to 1 519 811 until such time as live animals under six

months of age may be exported.

ANNEX II

SUCKLER COW PREMIUM

National ceilings referred to in Article 7(2) applicable as from 1 January 2000

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain
France (1)
Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria
Portugal (2)
Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

394 253

112 932

639 535

138 005

1 441 539

3 779 866

1 102 620

621 611

18 537

63 236

325 000

277 539

55 000

155 000

1 699 511

(1) Excluding the specific ceiling as provided for in Article 5(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91.
(2) Excluding the specific reserve provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1017/94.

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ANNEX III

Livestock unit (LU) conversion table referred to in Articles 12 and 13

Male bovine animals and heifers older than 24 months, suckler cows, dairy cows

Male bovine animals and heifers from six months to 24 months

Sheep

Goats

1,0 LU

0,6 LU

0,15 LU

0,15 LU

ANNEX IV

ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS

Global amounts referred to in Article 14

(expressed in millions of euro)

2000

2001

2002 and
subsequent years

13,1

3,9

29,5

1,3

11,0

31,1

10,5

21,9

1,1

8,4

4,0

2,1

2,1

3,1

21,3

26,3

7,9

58,9

2,5

22,1

62,3

20,9

43,7

2,3

16,9

8,0

4,1

4,1

6,1

42,5

39,4

11,8

88,4

3,8

33,1

93,4

31,4

65,6

3,4

25,3

12,0

6,2

6,2

9,2

63,8

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

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ANNEX V

CORRELATION TABLE

Regulation (EEC) No 805/68

This Regulation

Article 1

Article 2

Article 4

Article 1

Article 2

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Article 4a first and second indent

Article 3(a) and (b)

Article 4b(1)

Article 4b(2) first subparagraph

Article 4b(2) second subparagraph

Article 4(1)

Article 4(2)

Article 4(3)(a)

Article 4b(3) point (a) of the third subparagraph

Article 3(c)

Article 4b(3a)

Article 4b(4)

Article 4b(5)

Article 4b(7a)

Article 4b(8)

Article 4c(1) second subparagraph

—

—

Article 4(6)

—

Article 4(8)

Article 5(4)

Article 4c(1) third subparagraph

Article 5(1) second subparagraph

Article 4c(2) second subparagraph

Article 4c(2) third subparagraph

Article 5(2)

Article 5(4)

Article 4c(3) third subparagraph

Article 5(3) third subparagraph

Article 4c(4)

Article 5(5)

Article 4d(1) first sentence

Article 6(1) first sentence

Article 4d(1a)

Article 4d(2) first sentence

Article 4d(3a)

Article 4d(5)

—

Article 6(3)

—

Article 6(2)(a)

Article 4d(6) first subparagraph

Article 6(2)(b) first sentence

Article 4d(6) second to fourth subparagraph

—

Article 4d(6) fifth subparagraph

Article 6(2) second subparagraph

Article 4d(8) second indent

Article 6(7)

Article 4e(1) first sentence of the first
subparagraph

Article 8(1) first subparagraph

Article 4e(1) second sentence of the first
subparagraph

Article 8(4) second indent of the second
subparagraph

Article 4e(1) second subparagraph

Article 8(1) second subparagraph

Article 4e(2)

Article 4e(3)

Article 4e(4)

Article 4e(5)

Article 4f(4) first and second indents of the
second subparagraph

Article 8(2)

Article 8(3)

—

Article 8(4) first subparagraph and first indent of
the second subparagraph

Article 9(4) first and second subparagraphs

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This Regulation

Article 4g(3)

Article 4g(4a)

Article 4g(5)

Article 4i

Article 12(2)

—

Article 12(3)

—

Article 4j(1) to (3)

Article 23(1) to (3)

Article 4k

Article 4l

Article 5

Article 6(1)

Article 6(2)

Article 6(3)

Article 6(4)

Article 6(5)

Article 6(6)

Article 6(7)

Article 6a

Article 7

Article 8

Article 9

Article 10

Article 11

—

Article 25

—

Article 47(2)

Article 47(3)

Article 47(4)

Article 47(5)

Article 47(6)

Article 47(7)

Article 47(8)

—

—

Article 48

Article 29

Article 30

Article 31

Article 12(1) second subparagraph

Article 32(1) second subparagraph

Article 12(2) to (4)

Article 13(1) to (3)

Article 32(2) to (4)

Article 33(1) to (3)

Article 13(4) first and second subparagraphs

Article 33(4) first and second subparagraphs

Article 13(5) to (12)

Article 33(5) to (12)

Article 14

Article 15

Article 16

Article 22

Article 22a(1)

Article 22a(2)

Article 22a(3)

Article 23

Article 24

Article 25

Article 26(1)

Article 26(2)

Article 27

Article 28

Article 29

Article 30

Article 30a

Article 31

Article 32

Article 33

Annex

Annex II

Article 34

Article 35

Article 36

—

Article 38(1)

—

Article 38(2)

Article 39

Article 40

Article 41

Article 42

—

Article 43

Article 44

—

Article 45

—

Article 46

—

—

—

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