THE FILE SHOWS THAT THE COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITY ADOPTED THE DECISION IN QUESTION AS A RESULT OF TWO INSPECTIONS SHOWING THAT THE FARMER DID NOT KEEP ON HIS FARM THE NUMBER OF ADULT BOVINE UNITS REQUIRED BY THE SAID SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 8 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION NO 1975/69 , AS DEFINED IN ARTICLES 1 AND 2 OF REGULATION NO 2195/69 .
5 THE FIRST QUESTION ASKS THE COURT TO RULE WHETHER ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION NO 2195/69 PERMITS THE CATTLE ON THE FARM TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN PROPORTION TO THE TIME FOR WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN THERE .
6 THE SECOND QUESTION ASKS WHETHER , IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE RATE OF CONVERSION , ACCOUNT MUST BE TAKEN OF THE AGE OF THE CATTLE AT THE DATE OF THE INSPECTION OR AT THE DATE ON WHICH THEY ARE MARKETED , IF THE PERSON IN RECEIPT OF THE PREMIUM PRODUCES EVIDENCE THAT HIS CATTLE ARE MARKETED AFTER REACHING THE AGE OF FOUR MONTHS .
7 THE THIRD QUESTION ASKS WHETHER THE INTERPRETATION OF THE SAID REGULATION , IN PARTICULAR OF ARTICLE 2 THEREOF , REQUIRES OTHER DETAILS WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE CASE .
8 IN REPLYING TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS , ACCOUNT MUST BE TAKEN OF THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKETS IN THE BEEF AND VEAL SECTOR , AND , IN PARTICULAR , OF THE MEASURES TO IMPROVE STOCK BREEDING ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL IN ITS REGULATION NO 1975/69 .
9 ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 OF THE COUNCIL OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL ( OJ , ENGLISH SPECIAL EDITION , 1968 , I , P . 187 ) PROVIDES THAT COMMUNITY MEASURES TO IMPROVE STOCK BREEDING MAY BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 43 ( 2 ) OF THE EEC TREATY .
10 IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MILK OFFERED FOR INTERVENTION AND , AT THE SAME TIME , TO INCREASE THE QUANTITY OF BEEF AND VEAL PRODUCED IN THE COMMUNITY , REGULATION NO 1975/69 ADOPTED IN 1969 PROVIDED FOR A PREMIUM FOR WITHHOLDING MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS FROM THE MARKET , TO BE GRANTED TO THOSE FARMERS WHO , SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS , DISCONTINUE FULLY AND FINALLY THE SALE OF THOSE PRODUCTS .
11 THE PURPOSE OF THAT PREMIUM WAS TO ENCOURAGE A TREND APPARENT AMONG CERTAIN FARMERS TO SUBSTITUTE THE PRODUCTION OF BEEF AND VEAL FOR THE MARKETING OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS .
12 FOR THAT REASON , AS STATED ABOVE , THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 8 ( 2 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT THE GRANT OF THE PREMIUM SHALL INVOLVE AN OBLIGATION TO KEEP ON THE FARM A NUMBER OF ADULT BOVINE UNITS NOT LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF DAIRY COWS HELD AT THE DATE OF MAKING THE APPLICATION FOR THE PREMIUM .
13 IT MERGES FROM THE TENOR OF THE REGULATION