CELEX: 31991R1865
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1865/91 of 28 June 1991 fixing the number of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the third quarter of 1991, and derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 in respect of that quarter as regards the allocation of the quantities available

No L 168/50                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  29 . 6 . 91
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1865/91
                                                       of 28 June 1991
                  fixing the number of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                 special terms in the third 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 3577/90 (2) and in particular Articles 13 (4), 15 (2) and
25 thereof,                                                        may cover must be limited, in order to permit a more
                                                                   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 July to 30 September 1991 , the
Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (*), as last amended by                maximum number referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
Regulation (EEC) No 8 1 5/9 1 (6) ;                                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 third 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 third quarter of 1991 ,
a higher rate of reduction in the levy on animals weighing
from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, originating in and             3.    The quantities referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
                                                                   distributed as follows :
coming from Yugoslavia, Hungary or Poland ;
                                                                                                    Italy           Greece
Whereas the quantities available must be shared between
the traditional trade and other potential applicants ;            (a) 8 420 head                     7 300           1 120
                                                                  (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
(2) OJ No  L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p . 23,                                300 kilograms per head,
(3) 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.
(s) OJ No  L 241 , 13. 9 . 1980, p. 5.                                 kilograms per head, originating in and coming from
(6  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                                   Article 2
licences and licences shall include one of the following
entries :
                                                                1 . As regards the quantities referred to in Article 1 (6)
                                                                (b), applications for import licences shall
— Yugoslavia y/o Hungna y/o Polonia,                            (a) relate to a number equal to or more than 50 head, and
—    Jugoslavien og/eller Ungarn og/eller Polen,                (b) relate to a quantity not exceeding 10 % of the quanti­
                                                                     ties available except where the said 10 % results in a
—    Jugoslawien und/oder Ungarn und/oder Polen,                     figure less than 50 head.
—    Γιουγκοσλαβία ή/και Ουγγαρία ή/και Πολωνία,
                                                                2. In cases where applications for import licences state
—    Yugoslavia and/or Hungary and/or Poland,                   quantities in excess of those provided for by this Regula­
—    Yougoslavie et/ou Hongrie et/ou Pologne,                   tion those applications shall only be considered within
                                                                the limits of the said quantities.
—    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
—    Jugoslávia e/ou Hungria e/ou Polonia.                      of the numbers for which application is made, the
                                                                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.
                                                                                           Article 3
5. In the information referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, Member States shall                 In the case of quantities imported under the terms of
specify the category of live weight and the origin of the;      Article 8 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
products in the case referred to in the second indent of        3719/88 ('), the levy shall be collected in full in respect of
the first subparagraph of paragraph 4.                          quantities in excess of those stated on the import licence .
6. Of the number of head reserved for Italy and Greece                                     Article 4
for each category notwithstanding Article 15 (6) (a) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 :                                    For the purposes of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 2377/80, all applications from one applicant, which relate
(a) 90 % may be allocated directly to applicants who             to the same category of weight and the same rate of
     provide proof of having imported animals qualifying         reduction in the levy, shall be treated as one application.
     under this scheme during the last three years.
                                                                                           Article 5
     Numbers covered by licences shall be allocated in
     proportion to the number of head imported in the           Three weeks at the latest after import of the livestock
     three years concerned ;                                    referred to in this Regulation, importers shall inform the
                                                                competent authorities which issued the import licences,
(b) 10 % may be allocated directly to other applicants.         of the number and origin of the animals imported. From
                                                                Those authorities shall forward that information to the
7. The proof referred to in paragraph 6 shall be                Commission at the beginning of each month.
provided by the customs document of release for free
circulation .                                                                              Article 6
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
8.     Import licences shall only be issued for a number        publication in the Official Journal of the European
equal to or more than 10 head.                                   Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 28 June 1991 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                                (') OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988 , p. 1 .