Council Regulation (EC) No 1669/2000 of 17 July 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat
Date: 2000-07-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural guidance, common organisation of markets, goatmeat, prices policy, sheepmeat

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Official Journal of the European Communities

29.7.2000

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1669/2000

of 17 July 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat
and goatmeat

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

1. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

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

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (2),

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 (4)
provides that the basic price for sheepmeat carcases
should be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down
in Article 3(2).
It also provides that the basic price
should be seasonally adjusted to take account of the
normal seasonal variations on the Community market in
sheepmeat. The applicable parameters result
in the
prices being fixed at the level laid down in this Regula-
tion.

In accordance with the approach followed in the reform
of common market organisations within the framework
of Agenda 2000 and in order to enable producers to
organise their production over several years, it is appro-
priate to fix the basic price without a time limit.
However this shall not prejudge any revisions which
may be justified in the future.

The measures necessary for the implementation of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2467/98 should be adopted in accord-
ance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June
1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of
implementing powers conferred on the Commission (5),

‘Article 3

The basic price for the 2001 and following marketing years
is hereby fixed at EUR 504,07/100 kg carcase weight.

The seasonally adjusted basic price, which takes account of
the normal seasonal variations on the Community market
in sheepmeat, is hereby fixed on a weekly basis as indicated
in Annex III to this Regulation.

Save where a decision to the contrary is taken by the
Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from
the Commission, the marketing year shall begin on the first
Monday in January and shall end on the day preceding that
day in the following year.’

2. Article 24 is deleted.

3. Article 25 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 25

The Commission shall be assisted by the Management
1.
Committee for Sheep and Goats, hereinafter referred to as
“the Committee”.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4
and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period referred to in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/
468/EC shall be set at one month.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.’

4. The Annex to this Regulation shall be inserted as Annex III

to Regulation (EC) No 2467/98.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 is amended as follows:

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 17 July 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. GLAVANY

(1) OJ C 86 E, 24.3.2000, p. 11.
(2) Opinion delivered on 16 May 2000 (not yet published in the Offi-

cial Journal).

(3) OJ C 168, 16.6.2000, p. 17.
(4) OJ L 312, 20.11.1998, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX III

Seasonally adjusted basic prices

Week

Basic price

Week

Basic price

(EUR/100 kg carcase weight)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

515,06

518,58

522,67

525,59

528,51

531,42

534,35

537,27

539,61

541,94

543,11

543,11

541,94

540,30

538,09

534,94

532,60

529,09

525,59

520,92

515,08

509,23

502,24

496,39

491,72

487,05

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

483,55

481,20

480,01

479,45

478,83

478,83

478,83

478,83

478,83

478,83

478,83

478,83

478,86

478,98

479,10

479,20

479,30

480,00

480,95

482,00

483,20

486,10

490,75

496,60

503,85

511,50’