CELEX: 31991R2789
Language: en
Date: 1991-09-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2789/91 of 24 September 1991 fixing the number of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the fourth quarter of 1991, and derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 in respect of that quarter as regards the allocation of the quantities available

25. 9. 91                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 269/ 13
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2789/91
                                                     of 24 September 1991
                    fixing the number of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                    special terms in the fourth quarter of 1991 , and derogating from Regulation
                    (EEC) No 2377/80 in respect of that quarter as regards the allocation of the
                                                       quantities available
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       traditional trade the quantities available should be allo­
                                                                   cated directly in proportion to the number of head
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             imported during the last three years ; whereas, in the case
  Economic Community,                                               of other applicants, the quantities available should be allo­
                                                                    cated directly in proportion to the number of head for
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of           which application is made ;
  27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market             Whereas, in the case of other applicants, the maximum
  in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         quantity which each application for an import licence
  No 1628/91 (2), and in particular Articles 13 (4), 15 (2) and     may cover must be limited, in order to permit a more
  25 thereof,
                                                                   equitable distribution of the quantities available ; whereas
                                                                    for financial reasons a minimum number of head should
 Whereas the Council has drawn up an estimated supply              be set for these applications ;
 balance of 198 000 head under the new import arrange­
  ments applicable to young male bovine animals for                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  fattening for the period 1 January to 31 December 1991 ;          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 whereas, pursuant to Article 13 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC)        Committee for Beef and Veal,
  No 805/68, the number which may be imported each
  quarter and the rate of reduction in the import levy on
  such animals must be determined ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of
 these special arrangements were laid down in Commis­                                         Article 1
 sion Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 (3), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 121 /87 (4), and in Commission               1 . For the period 1 October to 31 December 1991 , the
 Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 f), as last amended by                maximum number referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
 Regulation (EEC) No 815/91 (*);                                   Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 64 740 head of
                                                                   young male bovine animals for fattening, comprising :
 Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of the         (a) 8 420 weighing not more than 300 kilograms per head
 Community which have a serious shortfall in bovine                     and subject to a 65 % reduction in the levy ; and
 animals for fattening must be taken into account ;
 whereas those requirements are apparent in Italy and              (b) 56 320 weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head,
 Greece and may be estimated for the fourth quarter of                  originating in and coming from Yugoslavia, Hungary
 1991 at 56 160 head and 8 580 head respectively in those               or Poland and subject to a 75 % reduction in the levy.
 Member States ;
                                                                   2. The reductions referred to in point 1 shall be in
 Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine                   respect of the levy applicable on the day of acceptance of
                                                                   the declaration of release for free circulation.
 animals for fattening justify, for the fourth quarter of
 1991 , a higher rate of reduction in the levy on animals
weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, originating           3.     The quantities referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
                                                                   distributed as follows :
 in and coming from Yugoslavia, Hungary or Poland ;
                                                                                                     Italy           Greece
Whereas the quantities available must be shared between
                                                                   (a) 8 420 head                    7 300           1 120
the traditional trade and other potential applicants ;
                                                                   (b) 56 320 head                  48 860           7 460
Whereas, in order to simplify the procedure for allocating         4. Applications for licences and licences shall, in
the quantities available it is necessary to derogate from          accordance with Article 9 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ; whereas in the case of the           2377/80, relate to :
(') OJ   No L  148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                           — either young bovine animals weighing not more than
0   OJ   No L  150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 16.                                300 kilograms per head,
0   OJ   No L  77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 18.                             — or young bovine animals weighing from 220 to 300
0   OJ   No L  109, 24. 4. 1987, p. 12.
0   OJ   No L  241 , 13. 9. 1 980, p. 5.                                kilograms per head, originating in and coming from
(Ó OJ No L 83, 3. 4. 1991 , p. 6.                                      Yugoslavia, Hungary or Poland.
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 In the latter case, Sections 7 and 8 of applications for        (a) relate to a number equal to or more than 50 head ;
 licences and licences shall include one of the following            and
 entries :
                                                                 (b) relate to a quantity not exceeding 10 % of the quanti­
 —   Yugoslavia y/o Hungria y/o Polonia,                             ties available except where the said 10 % results in a
 —   Jugoslavien og/eller Ungarn og/eller Polen,                     figure less than 50 head.
 —   Jugoslawien und/oder Ungarn und/oder Polen,                 2. In cases where applications for import licences state
 —   Γιουγκοσλαβία ή/και Ουγγαρία ή/και Πολωνία,                 quantities in excess of those provided for by this Regula­
 —   Yugoslavia and/or Hungary and/or Poland,                    tion those applications shall only be considered within
                                                                 the limits of the said quantities.
 —   Yougoslavie et/ou Hongrie et/ou Pologne,
 — Iugoslavia e/o Ungheria e/o Polonia,                          3. Numbers shall be allocated in proportion to the
 — Joegoslavië en/of Hongarije en/of Polen,                      number of head for which application is made. If, because
                                                                 of the numbers for which application is made, the
 — Jugoslavia e/ou Hungria e/ou Polonia.                         percentage reduction results in fewer than 10 head per
 Licences shall carry with them an obligation to import          import licence, the Member States shall, by drawing lots,
 from one or more of the countries indicated.                    allocate licences covering 10 head.
 5. In the information referred to in Article 1 5 (4) (a) of                               Article 3
 Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, Member States shall
 specify the category of live weight and the origin of the       In the case of quantities imported under the terms of
 products in the case referred to in the second indent of        Article 8 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 the first subparagraph of paragraph 4.                          3719/88 ('), the levy shall be collected in full in respect of
                                                                 quantities in excess of those stated on the import licence.
 6. Of the number of head reserved for Italy and Greece
 for each category notwithstanding Article 15 (6) (a) of
 Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 :                                                             Article 4
 (a) 90, % may be allocated directly to applicants who           For the purposes of Article 1 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
     provide proof of having imported animals qualifying         2377/80, all applications from one applicant, which relate
     under this scheme during the last three years.              to the same category of weight and the same rate of
     Numbers covered by licences shall be allocated in           reduction in the levy, shall be treated as one application.
     proportion to the number of head imported in the
     three years concerned ;                                                               Article 5
(b) 10 % may be allocated directly to other applicants.
                                                                Three weeks at the latest after import of the livestock
7. The proof referred to in paragraph 6 shall be                 referred to in this Regulation, importers shall inform the
provided by the customs document of release for free            competent authorities which issued the import licences,
circulation .                                                   of the number and origin of the animals imported. From
                                                                those authorities shall forward that information to the
8. Import licences shall only be issued for a number             Commission at the beginning of each month.
equal to or more than 10 head.
                                                                                           Article 6
                         Article 2
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
1 . As regards the quantities referred to in Article 1 (6)      publication in the Official Journal of the European
(b), applications for import licences shall :                    Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 24 September 1991 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                                (') OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988 , p. 1 .