CELEX: 31978R2167
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2167/78 of 14 September 1978 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the fourth quarter of 1978

16 . 9 . 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 254/ 13
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2167/78
                                                     of 14 September 1978
                 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                         special terms in the fourth quarter of 1978
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    giving agricultural producers and their organizations
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      priority when issuing the licences conferring entitle­
                                                                   ment to benefit from the arrangements ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                               Whereas according to Article 1 1 (9) of Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 571 /78 the applicant shall undertake either
 Having regard to Council Regulaton (EEC) No 805/68                to carry out himself or to have carried out under his
 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                 responsibility the task of fattening ; whereas, in the
 market in beef and veal ( !), as last amended by Regula­          case of agricultural producers or their professional
 tion (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular Articles 13           organizations, it appears that the opportunity given to
 (4), 15 (2) and 25 thereof,                                       the applicant not to carry out himself the task of
                                                                   fattening could give rise to abuses in certain cases ;
 Whereas the Council has established, under the new                whereas it seems appropriate consequently to abolish
 import arrangements for young male bovine animals                 that opportunity for the quarter in question ;
 for fattening, an estimate of 200 000 head for the
 period 1 January to 31 December 1978 ; whereas,
 under Article 13 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas in the case of import licence applications
 805/68 , the quantity which may be imported each                  made by agricultural producers or their professional
 quarter and the rate of reduction of the import levy              organizations it is necessary, in order to permit a more
 on these animals must be determined ;                             equitable distribution of the quantities available, to
                                                                   limit the maximum quantity which each application
                                                                   may cover ;
 Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of
 the special arrangements were laid down in Commis­
 sion Regulation (EEC) No 571 /78 of 21 March 1978                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 on the system of import and export licences for beef              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 and veal and repealing Regulation (EEC) No                        ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
 585/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1559/78 (4) ;
Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 the Community which have a serious deficit in bovine
 animals for fattening must be taken into account ;
whereas these requirements are particularly apparent
 in Italy and may be estimated, for the fourth quarter                                     Article 1
 of 1978 , at a minimum of 31 500 head for that
 Member State ;
                                                                   1.     For the period 1 October to 31 December 1978,
Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine                    the maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a)
 animals for fattening justify, for the fourth quarter of          of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 35 000 head
 1978, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for                  of young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live
 animals weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per                    weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which at least
 head, originating in and coming from Yugoslavia ;                 31 500 head must be imported into and fattened in
                                                                   Italy.
Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended
to help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal                   2. The levy charged on imports of the young
production structures in Italy ; whereas appropriate               bovine animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
 measures must therefore be taken              to ensure that      equal to the levy applicable on the day of import less
 producers can, as far as possible benefit directly from           50 % .
the arrangements without traditional trade being
excluded ; whereas this objective can be achieved by               However, the levy applicable on the day of import
                                                                   shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of
(')  OJ   No  L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
0    OJ   No  L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 1 .                            8 400 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to
(3) OJ    No  L 78, 22. 3. 1978 , p. 10.                           300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming
(<) OJ    No  L 184, 6. 7. 1978, p. 18 .                           from Yugoslavia.
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3. The application for a licence and the licence              Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories of
shall be in accordance with Article 8 (b) of Regulation      applicants in the communication referred to in Article
(EEC) No 571 /78 and shall relate to :                        11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 571 /78 .
— either young bovine animals of a weight per head                                     Article 2
    not exceeding 300 kilograms,
    or                                                        In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 (5) :
— young bovine animals of a weight per head of               (a) by way of derogation from Article 1 1 (9) of Regula­
    from 220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and                 tion (EEC) No 571 /78, the applications for import
    coming from Yugoslavia.                                       licences lodged by agricultural producers or their
                                                                  professional organizations shall be acceptable only
In the latter case Sections 13 and 14 of the applica­             if the agricultural producers, directly or through
tion for a licence and the licence shall include one of
                                                                  their professional organizations, undertake in
the following entries :                                           writing to fatten on their farms the young bovine
— Yugoslavia,                                                     animals imported under this Regulation ;
— Jugoslavien,                                               (b) applications for import licences may not cover
— Jugoslawien,                                                    more than 100 head when made by individual
— Yougoslavie,                                                    applicants nor more than 100 head per member
— Iugoslavia,                                                     when made by professional organizations. The
— Joegoslavië.                                                    total quantity applied for by a professional organi­
                                                                   zation may not however exceed 2 500 head.
The licence shall make it compulsory to import from
the country indicated.                                                                 Article 3
4. Member States shall specify in the communica­              For the purpose of Article 1 1 (5) of Regulation (EEC)
tion referred to in Article 1 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC)       No 571 /78 , all applications from one applicant which
No 571 /78 the category of live weight, and the origin        relate to the same category of weight and the same
of the products in the case referred to in the second         rate of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one
indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3.              application .
 5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import                                     Article 4
licences may be issued directly to agricultural
 producers or their organizations in respect of a             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
 maximum of 21 000 head .                                     1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 14 September 1978 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                             Vice-President