CELEX: 51989PC0660(40)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1357/80 INTRODUCING A SYSTEM OF PREMIUMS FOR MAINTAINING SUCKLER COWS

No C 49/56                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                          28. 2. 90
                                                            Proposal for a
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                of . . .
                      amending Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80 introducing a system of premiums for maintaining
                                                             suckler cows
                                                            (90/C49/40)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     quantity as referred to in Article 5c of Council
                                                                             Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (*), less quantities
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                        withdrawn pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                             775 / 87( * *), is less than or equal to 60 000 kilograms for
thereof,                                                                     the 12-month period during which the premium
                                                                             application is lodged may qualify for the premium for
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                           their suckler herds.
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,                     2.     In that case, the premium shall be granted subject
                                                                             to an undertaking by recipients to keep on their holdings
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                      for a minimum of six months from the day on which the
Committee,                                                                   application is lodged a number of suckler cows or
                                                                             replacement in-calf heifers at least equal to that for which
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                             the premium has been granted. In addition, recipients
No 1357/80 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                             must prove that the suckler cows covered by applications
No 573/89 (2), eligibility for the premium for maintaining
                                                                             are of another breed than the dairy cows on their
suckler cows excludes any milk production other than for                     holdings.
sale on the farm;
                                                                               (*) O J N o L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
Whereas such dual activity is necessary for small producers                  (**) OJ No L 78, 20. 3. 1987, p. 5.'
holding a dairy herd and a suckler herd on their holdings to
obtain sufficient income; whereas they should accordingly                2. In Article 5 (4), 'the holder of which delivers neither milk
qualify under the premium arrangements;                                      nor products' in the first subparagraph and 'the holder of
                                                                             which delivers neither milk nor milk products' in the
Whereas the presence of two different herds on the same                      third subparagraph are deleted.
holding is likely to make checks on eligible cows more
difficult; whereas, in order to facilitate such controls,                3. Article 6 is replaced by the following:
provision should be made for the suckler cows and the dairy                  'Article 6
cows of the recipient to be of different breeds; whereas, in
addition, provision should be made for additional detailed                   The following in particular shall be laid down in
rules on controls to be adopted in accordance with the                       accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 27
procedure laid down in Article 27 of Council Regulation                      of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68:
(EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 in the common                                (a) the periods during which premium applications are
organization of the market of beef and veal (3), as last                          to be lodged;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 571/89 ( 4 ),                                 (b) the provisions on payment of premiums;
                                                                             (c) the detailed rules for checking the number of suckler
                                                                                  cows declared and observance of the undertaking
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                                      referred to in Articles 2 and 2a;
                                                                             (d) the additional detailed rules for checking the
                                                                                   application of the provisions of Article 2a;
                               Article 1
                                                                             (e) the exceptional circumstances under which the
Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80 is hereby amended as                                  undertaking referred to in Articles 2 and 2a may be
follows:                                                                          waived;
                                                                             (f) the other detailed rules for the application of this
1. The following Article is inserted:                                             Regulation.'
     'Article 2a
     1.     By way of derogation from Article 2 (1), milk                                              Article 2
     producers whose actual available individual reference
                                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(>) OJ No L 140, 5. 6. 1980, p. 1.                                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
(2) OJ No L 63, 7. 3. 1989, p. 3.                                       European Communities.
(3) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(4) O J N o L 6 1 , 4 . 3. 1989, p. 43.                                 It shall apply to applications lodged from 15 June 1990.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                            For the Council