CELEX: 31977R2902
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2902/77 of 22 December 1977 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the first quarter of 1978

No L 338 / 12                        Official Journal of the European Communities                            28 . 12. 77
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2902/77
                                                  of 22 December 1977
              fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                       special terms in the first quarter of 1978
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of the market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular
Article 13 (4) (a) thereof,                                                             Article 1
Whereas the Council has established, under the new
                                                                1.     For the period 1 January to 31 March 1978, the
import arrangements for young male bovine animals
                                                                maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
for fattening, an estimate of 200 000 head for the              Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 50 000 head of
period 1 January to 31 December 1978 ; whereas,
                                                                young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live
under Article 13 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which at least
805/68 , the quantity which may be imported each
                                                                45 000 head must be imported into and fattened in
quarter and the rate of reduction of the import levy            Italy.
on these animals must be determined ;
Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of         2. The levy charged on imports of the young
the special arrangements were laid down in Commis­              bovine animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
sion Regulation (EEC) No 585/77 of 18 March 1977                equal to the levy applicable on the day of import less
on the system of import and export licences for beef            50 % .
and veal (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2901 /77 (4);                                                   However, the levy applicable on the day of import
                                                                shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of
Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of           1 2 000 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to
the Community which have a serious deficit in bovine            300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming
animals for fattening must be taken into account ;              from Yugoslavia.
whereas these requirements are particularly apparent
in Italy and may be estimated, for the first quarter of         3.     The application for a licence and the licence
 1978 , at a minimum of 45 000 head for that Member
State ;                                                         shall in accordance with Article 8 (b) of Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 585/77 relate to :
Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine
animals for fattening justify, for the first quarter of         — either young bovine animals of a weight per head
 1978, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for                    not exceeding 300 kilograms,
animals weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head             — or young bovine animals of a weight per head of
originating in and coming from Yugoslavia ;                          from 220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and
                                                                     coming from Yugoslavia.
Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended
to help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal
production structures in Italy ; whereas appropriate
                                                                In the latter case sections 13 and 14 of the application
                                                                for a licence and the licence shall include one of the
 measures must therefore be taken to ensure that
                                                                following entries :
producers can, as far as possible, benefit directly from
the arrangements without traditional trade being                —    Yugoslavia,
excluded ; whereas this objective can be achieved by            —    Jugoslavien,
giving agricultural producers and their organizations           —    Jugoslawien ,
 priority when issuing the licences conferring entitle­         —    Yougoslavie,
 ment to benefit from the arrangements ;                        —    Iugoslavia,
                                                                —    Joegoslavie.
(•) OJ  No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
0   OJ  No L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 5.                             The licence shall make it compulsory to import from
(4) See page 9 of this Official Journal.                        the country indicated .
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4. Member States shall specify in the communica­                                    Article 2
tion referred to in Article 1 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 585/77 the category of live weight, and the origin        For the purpose of Article 1 1 (5) of Regulation (EEC)
of the products in the case referred to in the second         No 585/77, all applications from one applicant which
indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 .            relate to the same category of weight and the same
                                                             rate of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one
5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import            application.
licences may be issued directly to agricultural
producers or their organizations in respect of a
maximum of 30 000 head .
                                                                                    Article 3
Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories of
applicants in the communication referred to in Article       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 585/77.                         1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 December 1977.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                       Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                          Vice-President