Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal
Date: 2000-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canary Islands, French overseas department and region, Structural Funds, aid to agriculture, regions of Portugal

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 on the common
organisation of the market in beef and veal

(2001/C 96 E/28)

COM(2000) 791 final (cid:151) 2000/0317(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 1 December 2000)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

of a reference year to producers in the French overseas
the Azores and Madeira and the Canary
departments,
Islands and are intended exclusively for producers
in
those regions. The remaining eligible animals making up
the special premiums and the
the specific limits
for
(EC)
introduced by Regulations
suckler-cow premiums
Nos . . ., . . . and . . . are to be added to those in Annexes
I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I hereto.

2. Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex II hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from

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

Whereas:

(Poseican)

(Poseima) and . . .

(1) In order to enable traditional cattle-rearing activities to be
maintained, Council Regulations (EC) Nos . . . (Poseidom),
. . .
introducing specific
measures for certain agricultural products for the French
overseas departments, the Azores and Madeira, and the
Canary Islands respectively provide for the introduction
of specific limits on the number of animals eligible for
special premiums, suckler cow premiums and slaughter
premiums.

(2) Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 (1) lays
down regional ceilings per Member State as regards the
special premiums. Annex II to that Regulation lays down
national ceilings as regards the suckler-cow premiums.
Those ceilings must not affect
the
specific limits mentioned above. As a consequence it
should be stipulated as of now that in the case of France,
Portugal and Spain those ceilings are to include subceilings
that are based on the number of premiums paid in respect

the introduction of

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.

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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)

1 754 732 (2)

1 077 458

598 746

18 962

157 932

423 400

175 075 (3)

250 000

250 000

1 419 811 (4)

(1) Without prejudice to the specific rules laid down in Council Regulation (EC) of . . .

introducing specific measures for certain

agricultural products for the Canary Islands (see p. . . . of this Official Journal).

(2) Without prejudice to the specific rules laid down in Council Regulation (EC) of . . .

introducing specific measures for certain

agricultural products for the French overseas departments (see p. . . . of this Official Journal).

(3) Without prejudice to the specific rules laid down in Council Regulation (EC) of . . .
agricultural products for the Azores and Madeira (see p. . . . of this Official Journal).
Excluding the extensification programme provided for in Council 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. 1). Last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1461/95 (OJ L 144, 28.6.1995, p. 4).

introducing specific measures for certain

(4) This ceiling is increased temporarily by 100 000 to 1 519 811 head until such time as live animals under six months of age can be

exported.

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ANNEX II

SUCKLER COW PREMIUM

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

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain (1)

France (2)

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal (3)

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 provided for in Article . . . (. . .) of Regulation (Poseican).
(2) Excluding the specific ceiling provided for in Article . . . (. . .) of Regulation (Poseidom).
(3) Excluding the specific ceiling provided for in Article . . . (. . .) of Regulation (Poseima). Excluding the specific reserve provided for in

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1017/94.