CELEX: 31985R0845
Language: en
Date: 1985-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 845/85 of 28 March 1985 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the second quarter of 1985

30. 3 . 85                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 91 /47
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 845/85
                                                   of 28 March 1985
              fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                    special terms in the second quarter of 1985
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended
COMMUNITIES,                                                   to help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal
                                                               production structures in Italy and in Greece ; whereas
                                                               appropriate measures must therefore be taken to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          ensure that producers can, as far as possible, benefit
Economic Community,                                            directly from the arrangements without traditional
                                                               trade being excluded ; whereas this objective can be
                                                               achieved by giving agricultural producers and their
                                                               organizations priority when issuing the licences
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68            conferring entitlement to benefit from the arrange­
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the              ments ;
market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act
of Accession of Greece, and in particular Articles 13
(4), 15 (2) and 25 thereof,                                    Whereas, according to Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation
                                                               (EEC) No 2377/80, the applicant shall undertake
                                                               either to carry out himself or to have carried out under
Whereas the Council has established an estimate of             his responsibility the task of fattening ; whereas, in the
190 000 head under the new import arrangements for             case of agricultural producers or their professional
young male bovine animals for fattening, for the               organization, it appears that the opportunity given to
period 1 January to 31 December 1985 ; whereas,                the applicant not to carry out himself the task of fat­
under Article 13 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No                 tening could give rise to abuses in certain cases ;
805/68, the quantity which may be imported each                whereas it seems appropriate consequently to abolish
quarter and the rate of reduction of the import levy on        that opportunity for the quarter in question ;
these animals must be determined ;
                                                               Whereas, in the case of import licence applications
                                                                made by agricultural producers or their professional
Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of         organizations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in
the special arrangements were laid down in Commis­              order to permit a more equitable distribution of the
sion Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 (2), as last amended           quantities available, to limit the maximum quantity
by , Regulation (EEC) No 41 1 /84 (3), and in Regulation       which each application may cover ;
(EEC) No 2377/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 552/85 0 ;
                                                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                Committee for Beef and Veal,
Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of
the Community which have a serious deficit in bovine
animals for fattening must be taken into account ;
whereas these requirements are apparent in Italy and
in Greece and may be estimated for the second quarter
of 1985 at 41 300 head and 6 300 head respectively in
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
those Member States ;
Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine
                                                                                        Article 1
 animals for fattening justify, for the second quarter of
 1985, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals
weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, orig­               1 . For the period 1 April to 30 June 1985, the
 inating in and coming from Yugoslavia ;                        maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
                                                                Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 47 600 head of
 (') OJ No  L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                          young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live
 0   OJ No  L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 18 .                          weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which 41 300 head
 (3) Oj No  L 48, 18 . 2. 1984, p. 12.
 (4) OJ No  L 241 , 13. 9. 1980, p. 5.                          must be imported into and fattened in Italy and 6 300
 0   OJ No  L 63, 2. 3. 1985, p. 13.                            head must be imported into and fattened in Greece.
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 2. The levy charged on imports of the young bovine              (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of
 animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to                 13 800 head, including a maximum of 3 500 head
 the levy applicable on the day of import, less 60 % .                originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.
 However, the levy applicable on the day of import               6. Within the quantity reserved for Greece, import
 shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of             licences may be issued directly :
 12 000 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to
 300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming              (a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in
 from Yugoslavia.                                                    respect of a maximum of 4 200 head, including a
                                                                     maximum of 1 070 head originating in and
                                                                     coming from Yugoslavia ;
This maximum quantity may be imported up to a
 maximum of :                                                        Greece shall, for this purpose, specify the catego­
                                                                     ries of applicants in the communication referred to
— 10 400 head in Italy,                                              in Article 1 5 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
— 1 600 head in Greece.                                              2377/80 ;
                                                                (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of
3. The application for a licence and the licence                     2 100 head, including a maximum of 530 head
shall be in accordance with Article 9 (1 ) (c) of Regula­            originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.
tion (EEC) No 2377/80 and shall relate to :
— either young bovine animals of a weight per head
     not exceeding 300 kilograms, or                                                      Article 2
— young bovine animals of a weight per head of from
     220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming             1 . In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1
     from Yugoslavia.                                           (5) (a) and (6) (a):
In the latter case, sections 13 and 14 of the application       (a) notwithstanding Article 9 (1 ) (d) of Regulation
for a licence and the licence shall include one of the               (EEC) No 2377/80, the applications for import
following entries :                                                  licences lodged :
                                                                     — by agricultural producers, directly or through
— 'Jugoslavien ,                                                         their professional organizations, shall be
— 'Jugoslawien',                                                         acceptable only if the agricultural producers
— 'Γιουγκοσλαβία',                                                       undertake in writing to fatten on their farms
—   'Yugoslavia',                                                        the young bovine animals imported under this
—   'Yougoslavie',                                                       Regulation,
—   'Iugoslavia',
—   'Joegoslavië'.                                                   — by professional organizations, shall be
                                                                         acceptable only if they undertake in writing to
                                                                         have the young bovine animals imported under
The licence shall make it compulsory to import from                      this Regulation fattened on the farms of those
the country indicated.                                                   who are found to be members of the said
                                                                         organizations at the time the declaration
4. Member States shall specify in the communica­                         referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation
tion referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation                     (EEC) No 612/77 is made ;
(EEC) No 2377/80 the category of live weight, and the
origin of the products in the case referred to in the           (b) applications for import licences may not cover
second indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3.              more than 100 head when made by individual
                                                                     applicants or more than 100 head per member
                                                                     when made by professional organizations. The total
5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import                    quantity applied for by a professional organization
licences may be issued directly :                                    may not, however, exceed 2 500 head.
(a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in
    respect of a maximum of 27 500 head, including a            2. In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1
    maximum of 6 900 head originating in and                    (5) (b) and (6) (b), applications for import licences may
    coming from Yugoslavia ;                                    not cover more than 10 % of that quantity.
    Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories
    of applicants in the communication referred to in           3. Without prejudice to Article 1 (3) of Regulation
    Article 1 5 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;        (EEC) No 612/77, the security there referred to shall
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not be released, in whole or in part, unless proof is       relate to the same category of weight and the same rate
provided to the competent authorities of the Member         of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one applica­
State in question that the undertaking in paragraph 1       tion .
(a) has been complied with.
                                                                                    Article 4
                       Article 3
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
For the purpose of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC)       publication in the Official Journal of the European
No 2377/80, all applications from one applicant which       Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 28 March 1985 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                       Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                          Vice-President