Commission Regulation (EC) No 192/2001 of 30 January 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 laying down detailed rules for premium schemes in the beef and veal sector
Date: 2001-01-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: administrative formalities, agricultural guidance, beef, cattle, common organisation of markets, slaughter premium

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 192/2001

of 30 January 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 laying down detailed rules for premium schemes in the
beef and veal sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), and in particular Article 4(8), Article 13(5) and the
second indent of Article 50 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the purposes of

extensification payment
the
For
provided for in Article 32 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2342/1999 of 28 October 1999 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the
market in beef and veal as regards premium schemes (2),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2733/2000 (3),
the holding's stocking density factor is established in
particular on the basis of the number of male bovine
animals, cows and heifers present on the holding in the
calendar year concerned. Because of the difficult situa-
tion on the beef and veal market resulting from the
sharp drop in demand due in particular to disaffection
on the part of consumers worried by the increase in the
recorded number of bovine spongiform encephalopathy
cases, the livestock is remaining on the production unit
longer
than normal. These animals are taken into
account when establishing the holding's stocking density
and producers can accordingly find themselves ineligible
for the extensification payment, a situation running
counter to the intended aim.

In order to avoid penalising producers in these excep-
tional circumstances, a corrective flat-rate coefficient
should therefore be applied for a limited period to the
number of livestock units (LUs) recorded on the holding
for
the period in question when establishing the
stocking density factor, provided that this exceptional
market situation is shown to be having an impact on the
length of time the animals are kept on the holding
without this being a deliberate betrayal of the principle
of extensification.

Article 42 of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 lays down
the rules on the allocation year for animals covered in
particular by the special premium. Because of the diffi-
cult situation on the beef and veal market resulting from
the sharp drop in demand due in particular to disaffec-
tion on the part of consumers worried by the increase in

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 30.
(3) OJ L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 44.

the recorded number of bovine spongiform encephalop-
athy cases, livestock slaughter and exports continue to
be severely curtailed or have stopped altogether and
producers have had the planned slaughter or export of
their animals in 2000 postponed to 2001. Because of
this exceptional situation, producers in those Member
States that have decided to grant the special premium at
the moment of slaughter or export in accordance with
Article 8 of the above Regulation will not receive the
special premium in 2000, an outcome contrary to the
measure's intended aim.

(4)

(5)

(6)

Provision should therefore be made to allow producers
who have had slaughter or export postponed until 2001
to lodge, for a limited period, an application for a special
premium in respect of 2000.

In view of these developments, this Regulation must
come into force immediately.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 is amended as follows:

1. The following paragraph 12 is added to Article 32:

‘12.
In the period between 15 October 2000 and 15
March 2001 inclusive, for the purposes of applying this
Article the number of LUs recorded on the holding shall be
multiplied by a coefficient of 0,8.

This measure shall apply if it can be demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the Member State that, because of the excep-
tional market situation, the animals are being kept longer
on the holding than is normally the case.’

2. The following third paragraph is inserted into Article 42:

‘Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs and Article
35(1), where a special premium is granted under one of the
options provided for in Article 8, if the animal is slaugh-
tered between 1 January and 28 February 2001 and if the
premium application for that animal is lodged no later than
15 March 2001 in respect of the 2000 calendar year, at the
producer's request the allocation year shall be 2000 and the
amount of the premium shall be that valid on 31 December
2000.’

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission