Commission Regulation (EC) No 1777/2004 of 14 October 2004 adapting Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (CE) No 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal as regards premium schemes, by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union
Date: 2004-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to the European Union, agricultural guidance, beef, common organisation of markets, intra-EU trade

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1777/2004

of 14 October 2004

adapting Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (CE) No 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal as
regards premium schemes, by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

A number of adjustments are required to Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 (1) by reason of
the
accession of
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
Slovakia (hereinafter referred to as the ‘new Member
States’).

Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides
that the Member States shall
inform the Commission
before a certain date of their decision regarding the intro-
duction of different regions or the modification of the
existing regions within their territory. A deadline should
be fixed for the notification of such information by the
new Member States for the year 2004.

Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides
that the Member States shall
inform the Commission
before a certain date of their decision to change the
limit of 90 head of cattle per holding and per age
bracket or to derogate from it. Before the same date,
they shall
the minimum
number of animals per holding below which the propor-
tional reduction will not be applied. A deadline should be
fixed for the notification of such information by the new
Member States for the year 2004.

inform the Commission of

(5)

(6)

(7)

Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides
the Member States shall notify the Commission
that
before a certain date of
their decision to apply the
system referred to in Section 2 of Chapter I of that
Regulation. A deadline should be fixed for such notifi-
cation by the new Member States for the year 2004.

The first paragraph of Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No
2342/1999 provides that the Commission shall decide in
which Member States the deseasonalisation premium
may be granted for the following calendar year. The
possibility that new Member States meet the conditions
for applying Article 5(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No
1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organi-
sation of the market in beef and veal (2) should be taken
into account. The second paragraph of Article 11 of
Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides
the
Member States shall
inform the Commission before a
certain date should they decide to apply Article 5(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999. A deadline should be
fixed for the notification of such information by the
new Member States for the year 2004.

that

Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides
that the Member States shall
inform the Commission
before a certain date of their decision to change the
maximum individual reference quantity referred to in
Article 6(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 or to
derogate from it. A deadline should be fixed for the
notification of such information by the new Member
States for the year 2004.

the Member States

Article 21(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999
provides
shall notify the
that
information laid down in the
Commission of several
the suckler cow premium. Deadlines
framework of
should be fixed for the notification of such information
by the new Member States for the year 2004.

(1) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 30. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1473/2003 (OJ L 211, 21.8.2003, p. 12).

(EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1).

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(8)

that

of Regulation

in Article 10(1)

The first subparagraph of Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 2342/1999 provides
the Commission shall
decide which Member States meet the conditions laid
down
(EC) No
1254/1999. The possibility that new Member States
meet
those conditions should be taken into account.
The second subparagraph of Article 29(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 2342/1999 provides that the Member States
shall
inform the Commission before a certain date
whether or not they intend to apply the scheme laid
down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.
A deadline should be fixed for the notification of such
information by the new Member States.

(9)

The second subparagraph of Article 29(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2342/1999 provides that the Member States
shall
inform the Commission before a certain date of
the criteria adopted. A deadline should be fixed for the
notification of such information by the new Member
States for the year 2004.

(10) Article 32(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides
that the Member States shall notify the Commission by a
certain date of the definition of ‘pasture’ used for the
purposes of Article 13(3)
(c) of Regulation (EC) No
1254/1999. A deadline should be fixed for such notifi-
cation by the new Member States.

(11) Article 32(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides
that the Commission shall decide which Member States
meet the conditions laid down in Article 13(4) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1254/1999. The possibility that new
Member States meet those conditions should be taken
into account.

subparagraph of Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1254/1999. A deadline should be fixed for the notifi-
cation of such information by the new Member States for
the year 2004.

(14)

The third subparagraph of Article 35(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2342/1999 provides that the Member States
inform the Commission before a certain date of
shall
their decision to apply the derogation laid down in
that Article 35(2). A deadline should be fixed for the
notification of such information by the new Member
States.

the Member States

(15) Article 46(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides
shall notify annually the
that
Commission before
information
regarding the number of animals in respect of which
the premiums were applied for. A deadline should be
fixed for such notification by the new Member States
for the year 2004.

certain date of

a

(16) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides for
the list of bovine breeds referred to in Article 14 of that
Regulation. That Annex should take account of
the
existing bovine breeds in the new Member States.

(17) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides for
the average milk yield referred to in Article 18 of that
Regulation. That Annex should take account of
the
average milk yields registered in the new Member States.

(18)

Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 should therefore be
amended accordingly as from the day of entry into
force of the Act of Accession of the new Member States,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(12) Article 32(7) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides
that producers who wish to qualify for the extensification
payment under paragraph 6 of that Article shall keep for
at
least six consecutive months, starting on the day
following that on which the application is submitted, a
certain number of dairy cows. In the new Member States,
the six months retention period should take account of
the date of accession.

Article 1

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

1.

in Article 6(2), the following subparagraph is added:

(13) Article 32(9) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides
that the Member States shall
inform the Commission
before a certain date of their decision to apply, or to
the option laid down in the second
cease to apply,

‘For the year 2004, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
inform the Commission by 30 October
Slovakia shall
2004 at
to the first
subparagraph.’;

the latest of a decision pursuant

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2.

in Article 7(1), the following subparagraph is added:

7. Article 29 is amended as follows:

‘For the year 2004, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
inform the Commission by 30 October
Slovakia shall
2004 at the latest of their decisions pursuant to the first
and second subparagraphs.’;

3.

in Article 10, the following paragraph is added:

‘For the year 2004, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
Slovakia shall notify the Commission by 30 October
2004 at the latest of their decision pursuant to the first
paragraph.’;

4. Article 11 is amended as follows:

(a)

the following paragraph is
paragraph:

inserted after

the first

‘For
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
and
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
1
Slovakia,
the Commission
November 2004 at
those
the latest
Member States the deseasonalisation premium may be
granted for the year 2005.’;

Poland,
shall

in which of

Slovenia

decide

by

(b) the following paragraph is added:

the year 2004,

‘For
the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia shall
inform the Commission
by 30 October 2004 at the latest of their decision
pursuant to the third paragraph.’;

5.

in Article 15(1), the following subparagraph is added:

‘For the year 2004, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
Slovakia shall
inform the Commission by 30 October
2004 at the latest of their decision pursuant to the first
subparagraph.’.

(a) paragraph 1 is amended as follows:

(i)

the following subparagraph is inserted after the first
subparagraph:

‘For the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
the Commission shall decide which of
Slovakia,
those Member States meet
laid
down in Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1254/1999 by 31 December 2004 at the latest.’;

the conditions

(ii) the following subparagraph is added:

‘The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
inform the Commission by 30
Slovakia shall
October 2004 at
their decision
pursuant to the third subparagraph.’;

the latest of

(b) in paragraph 2, the following subparagraph is added:

‘For the year 2004, for the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, the initial notification referred
to in the second subparagraph shall be made by 30
October 2004 at the latest.’;

8. Article 32 is amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph 5, the following subparagraph is added:

‘For
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
and
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Slovakia, the initial notification referred to in the first
subparagraph shall be made by 30 October 2004 at the
latest.’;

Slovenia

Poland,

6. Article 21 is amended as follows:

(b) in paragraph 6, the following subparagraph is inserted

after the first subparagraph:

(a)

in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added:

‘For
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
and
Slovakia, the notification referred to in the first subpar-
the
agraph shall be made by 30 October 2004 at
latest.’;

Slovenia

Poland,

‘For
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
and
Slovakia, the Commission shall decide which of those
Member States meet the conditions laid down in Article
13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 by 31
December 2004 at the latest.’;

Slovenia

Poland,

(b) in paragraph 2, the following subparagraph is added:

(c)

in paragraph 7, the following subparagraph is inserted
after the second subparagraph:

‘For
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
and
Slovakia, the initial notification referred to in the first
subparagraph shall be made by 30 October 2004 at the
latest.’;

Slovenia

Poland,

‘In the new Member States, applications for the year
2004 shall be submitted within an overall period of
six months, to be determined by the Member State,
which may end in 2005.’;

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(d) in paragraph 9, the following subparagraph is added:

the year 2004,

‘For
the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
inform the Commission
Slovenia and Slovakia shall
by 30 October 2004 at the latest of their decision
pursuant to the first subparagraph.’;

9.

in Article 35(2),
after the third subparagraph:

the following subparagraph is inserted

‘For the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia,
they
the initial notification
choose to apply this paragraph,
referred to in the third subparagraph shall be made by
30 October 2004 at the latest.’;

if

‘The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia shall notify
the Commission by 1 March 2005 at the latest of the
information referred to in points (a) to (d) of the first
to
subparagraph relating
December 2004.’;

to the period from May

11. Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regu-

lation;

12. Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regu-

lation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

10.

in Article 46(1), the following subparagraph is added:

It shall apply from 1 May 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 October 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

LIST OF BOVINE BREEDS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 14

— Angler Rotvieh (Angeln) — Rød dansk mælkerace (RMD) — German Red — Lithuanian Red
— Ayrshire
— Armoricaine
— Bretonne Pie-noire
— Fries-Hollands (FH), Française frisonne pie noire (FFPN), Friesian-Holstein, Holstein, Black and White Friesian, Red and
White Friesian, Frisona española, Frisona Italiana, Zwartbonten van België/pie noire de belgique, Sortbroget dansk
mælkerace (SDM), Deutsche Schwarzbunte, Schwarzbunte Milchrasse (SMR), Czarno-biala, Czerweno-biala, Magyar
Holstein-Friz, Dutch Black and White, Estonian Holstein, Estonian Native, Estonian Red, British Friesian, Crno-Bela, German
Red and White, Holstein Black and White, Red Holstein

— Groninger Blaarkop
— Guernsey
— Jersey
— Malkeborthorn
— Reggiana
— Valdostana Nera
— Itäsuomenkarja
— Länsisuomenkarja
— Pohjoissuomenkarja.’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

AVERAGE MILK YIELD REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 18

(kilograms)

Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Cyprus
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Hungary
Malta
Netherlands
Austria
Poland
Portugal
Slovenia
Slovakia
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom

5 450
5 682
6 800
5 800
5 608
4 250
4 650
5 550
4 100
5 150
6 559
4 796
4 970
5 700
6 666

6 800
4 650
3 913
5 100
4 787
5 006
6 400
7 150
5 900’