CELEX: 31987R0782
Language: en
Date: 1987-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 782/87 of 19 March 1987 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the second quarter of 1987

No L 78 /20                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   20 . 3 . 87
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 782/87
                                                         of 19 March 1987
                  fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                          special terms in the second quarter of 1987
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          issuing the licences conferring entitlement to benefit
                                                                     from the arrangements ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                  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 his responsibility,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of               the task of fattening ; whereas, in the case of agricultural
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                producers or their professional organization, it appears
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            that the opportunity given to the applicant not to carry
No 467/87 (2), and in particular Articles 13 (4), 15 (2) and         out himself the task of fattening could give rise to abuses
25 thereof,
                                                                     in certain cases ; whereas it seems appropriate conse­
                                                                     quently to abolish that opportunity for the quarter in
Whereas the Council has established an estimate of                   question ;
1 68 000 head under the new import arrangements for
young male bovine animals for fattening, for the period 1            Whereas, in the case of import licence applications made
January to 31 December 1987 ; whereas, under Article 13              by agricultural producers or their professional organiz­
(4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, the quantity which            ations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in order to
may be imported each quarter and the rate of reduction of            permit a more equitable distribution of the quantities
the import levy on these animals must be determined ;                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 Commission                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 (3), as last amended by Regu­             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
lation (EEC) No 41 1 /84 (4), and in Regulation (EEC) No              Committee for Beef and Veal,
2377/80 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
520/87 («) ;
Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of the             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                          Article 1
 1987 at 36 500 head and 5 600 head respectively in those
Member States ;                                                       1 . For the period 1 April to 30 June 1987, the
                                                                      maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine                       Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 42 100 head of
 animals for fattening justify, for the second quarter of             young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live weight
 1987, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals             of 300 kilograms or less, of which 36 500 head must be
 weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, originating             imported into and fattened in Italy and 5 600 head must
 in and coming from Yugoslavia ;                                      be imported into and fattened in Greece.
                                                                      2. The levy charged on imports of the young bovine
 Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended to             animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to the
 help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal production             levy applicable on the day of import less 60 % .
 structures in Italy and in Greece ; whereas appropriate
 measures must therefore be taken to ensure that pro­                 However, the levy applicable on the day of import shall
 ducers can, as far as possible, benefit directly from the            be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of 1 1 000
 arrangements without traditional trade being excluded ;              young bovine animals weighing from 220 to 300 kilo­
 whereas this objective can be achieved by giving agricul­            grams per head, originating in and coming from
 tural producers and their organizations priority when                Yugoslavia.
 (') OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                             This maximum quantity may be imported up to a
 (2) OJ  No  L 48, 17. 2. 1987, p. 1 .                                maximum of :
 (3) OJ  No  L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 18 .
 (4) OJ  No  L 48, 18 . 2. 1984, p. 12.                               — 9 500 head in Italy,
 0   OJ  No  L 241 , 13. 9. 1980, p. 5.                               — 1 500 head in Greece .
 («) OJ  No  L 52, 21 . 2. 1987, p. 13.
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 3 . The application for a licence and the licence shall                Greece shall, for this purpose, specify the categories of
 be in accordance with Article 9 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC)           applicants in the communication referred to in Article
 No 2377/80 and shall relate to :                                       15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;
                                                                   (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of 1 900
 — either young bovine animals of a weight per head not                 head, including a maximum of 500 head originating
      exceeding 300 kilograms, or                                       in and coming from Yugoslavia.
 — young bovine animals of a weight per head of from
      220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming from
      Yugoslavia.                                                                             Article 2
                                                                   1.     In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 (5)
 In the latter case, Sections 13 and 14 of the application        (a) and (6) (a) :
 for a licence and the licence shall include one of the
 following entries :                                              (a) notwithstanding Article 9 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 2377/80, the applications for import licences
                                                                       lodged :
 —   Yugoslavia,
 —   Jugoslavien,                                                      ■— by agricultural producers, directly or through their
 —   Jugoslawien,                                                           professional organizations, shall be acceptable only
 —    Γιουγκοσλαβία                                                         if the agricultural producers undertake in writing
—    Yugoslavia,                                                            to fatten on their farms the young bovine animals
—    Yougoslavie,                                                           imported under this Regulation,
—    Iugoslavia,                                                       — by professional organizations, shall be acceptable
—    Joegoslavië,                                                           only if they undertake in writing to have the
—    Yugoslavia.                                                            young bovine animals imported under this Regula­
                                                                            tion fattened on the farms of those who are found
                                                                            to be members of the said organizations at the
The licence shall make it compulsory to import from the                     time the declaration referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)
country indicated.                                                          of Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 is made ;
                                                                  (b) applications for import licences may not cover more
4. Member States shall specify in the communication                    than 100 head when made by individual applicants or
referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No               more than 100 head per member when made by
2377/80 the category of live, weight, and the origin of the            professional organizations. The total quantity applied
products in the case referred to in the second indent of               for by a professional organization may not, however,
the first subparagraph of paragraph 3.                                 exceed 2 500 head.
                                                                  2. In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 (5)
5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import                 (b) and (6) (b), applications for import licences may not
licences may oe issued directly :                                 cover more than 10 % of that quantity.
(a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in           3. Without prejudice to Article 1 (3) of Regulation
     respect of a maximum of 24 300 head, including a             (EEC) No 612/77, the security there referred to shall not
     maximum of 6 300 head originating in and coming              be released, in whole or in part, unless proof is provided
     from Yugoslavia ;                                            to the competent authorities of the Member State in ques­
                                                                  tion that the undertaking in paragraph 1 (a) has been
     Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories of     complied with .
     applicants in the communication referred to in Article
     15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;
                                                                                              Article 3
(b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of
     1 2 200 head, including a maximum of 3 200 head              For the purpose of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
     originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.                   2377/80, all applications from one applicant which relate
                                                                  to the same category of weight and the same rate of
                                                                  reduction of the levy shall be treated as one application .
6 . Within the quantity reserved for Greece, import
licences may be issued directly :
                                                                                              Article 4
(a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in
     respect of a maximum of 3 700 head, including a              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
     maximum of 1 000 head originating in and coming              publication in the Official Journal of the European
     from Yugoslavia ;                                            Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 19 March 1987.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                      Vice-President