Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/2004 of 29 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 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
Date: 2004-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, common organisation of markets, slaughter premium

30.10.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 328/67

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1899/2004

of 29 October 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29
September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support
schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing
certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations
(EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001,
(EC) No 1251/1999,
(EC) No1868/94,
(EC) No 1454/2001,
(EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71
and (EC) No 2529/2001 (1), and in particular Article 155
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

42

of Commission Regulation

(EC) No
Article
2342/1999 (2),
lays down the rules on the allocation
year for animals subject
to applications for, amongst
others, the special premium. In anticipation of the imple-
mentation by the Member States of the single payment
scheme established by Title III of Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003, producers could decide to bring forward,
at the end of 2004, the slaughter of animals for the
granting of the special premium where it is granted at
the time of slaughter in accordance with Article 4(6) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999
on the common organisation of the market in beef and
veal (3).

slaughters at

consecutive decrease of

The swamping of slaughterhouses at the end of 2004
and the
the
beginning of the following year are likely to cause distur-
bances on the beef and veal market. Provision should
therefore be made to allow producers, during a limited
to submit a special premium application in
period,
respect of 2004 for animals eligible on 31 December
2004 which will be slaughtered at
the beginning of
2005.

connected with the unusual

The extent of the risk of disturbances on the beef and
slaughter
veal market
increase depends on the existing slaughter capacities in
each Member State. For this reason, the duration of the
period during which animals can be slaughtered can vary
according to the Member States. Provision should
therefore be made to leave it to the Member States to
determine the duration of
the period of necessary
slaughter, within the period from 1 January to 31
March 2005.

(4) Where Member States decide to grant

the special
premium at the time of slaughter, Article 4(6) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1254/1999 lays down that, for bulls, the
age criterion referred to in Article 4(2)(a) of that Regu-
lation is
replaced by a minimum carcase weight.
Obviously, it would no longer be possible to establish,
with regard to an animal that is slaughtered after 31
December 2004, whether
fulfilled this
weight criterion at the latest on that date. In order to
avoid animals being presented for slaughter and subject
to request for the premium which would otherwise not
have fulfilled the weight criterion by 31 December 2004,
it is appropriate to replace the weight criterion by the age
criterion in case an applicant wants to make use of this
measure.

that animal

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Direct Payments,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 864/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 48).

(2) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 30. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1777/2004 (OJ L 316, 15.10.2004, p. 66).

(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

Article 1

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

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1. In Article 8(5), the following subparagraph is added:

‘Notwithstanding Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No
1254/1999,
in Member States which decide to apply the
Single Payment Scheme in accordance with Title III of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (*) as of 1 January
2005, bulls slaughtered during the period referred to in the
fourth paragraph of Article 42 shall qualify for the granting
of the special premium if they fulfilled the age criterion set
out in Article 4(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 on
31 December 2004. The proof of slaughter shall specify the
age of the animal.

___________
(*) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1.’

‘Single Payment Scheme in accordance with Title III of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1782/2003 as of 1 January 2005, a special
premium may be granted under the option provided for in
Article 8(1) if the animal is slaughtered during a period to be
determined by the Member State between 1 January and 31
March 2005 and if the premium application for that animal
is lodged no later than 15 April 2005 in respect of the 2004
the producer’s request. Steers shall be
calendar year at
eligible to the premium on 31 December 2004 within the
meaning of Article 4(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1254/1999. In that case the allocation year shall be 2004
and the amount of the premium shall be that valid on 31
December 2004.’

Article 2

2. In Article 42, the following paragraph is inserted after the

third paragraph:

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

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

Done at Brussels, 29 October 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission