Commission Regulation (EC) No 667/2003 of 11 April 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom
Date: 2003-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, application of EU law, beef, intervention buying, slaughter of animals, veterinary legislation

12.4.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 96/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 667/2003

of 11 April 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market
in the United Kingdom

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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2345/2001 (2), and in particular Article 39 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 2(1) and (3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
716/96 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/
2000 (4),
lays down, respectively, the price to be paid
per kilogram of animals going into the scheme provided
by that Regulation, and the rate per animal at which the
Community shall co-finance
the
animals.

the purchases of

In order to establish the current estimated value of the
relevant animals, account should be taken of the evolu-
tion in market prices in the United Kingdom since 1997,
date of the last amendment of prices and rates. However,
in that period no price quotations were registered for
cows in that Member State and it is therefore appro-
priate instead to take account of the price evolution for
such animals in neighbouring markets.

Consequently, the purchase price for cows should be
reduced by 20 %, and the purchase price for other
animals over 30 months, by 8 %. The rate of Commu-
nity co-financing should be reduced accordingly.

Regulation (EC) No 716/96 should be amended accord-
ingly.

(5)

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

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 716/96 is amended as follows:

1. Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

The price to be paid to producers or their agents by
to

‘1.
the United Kingdom competent authority pursuant
Article 1(1) shall be:
— EUR 0,64 per kilogram live weight for cows,

— EUR 0,83 per kilogram live weight for other animals.’

2. The first subparagraph of paragraph 3 is replaced by the

following:
‘3.
The Community shall cofinance the expenditure
incurred by the United Kingdom for the purchases referred
to under Article 1(1) at a rate of EUR 233 per head in the
case of cows, and EUR 302 per head in the case of animals
other than cows, for each purchased animal destroyed in
accordance with the provisions of Article 1.’

Article 2

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

It shall apply to animals purchased from 28 April 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 April 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 99, 20.4.1996, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 37.