CELEX: 31981R1646
Language: en
Date: 1981-06-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1646/81 of 19 June 1981 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the third quarter of 1981

20 . 6. 81                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 164/ 15
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1646/81
                                                       of 19 June 1981
               fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                         special terms in the third quarter of 1981
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    either to carry out himself or to have carried out under
COMMUNITIES,                                                      his responsibility the task of fattening ; whereas, in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             case of agricultural producers or their professional
Economic Community,
                                                                  organization, it appears that the opportunity given to
                                                                  the applicant not to carry out himself the task of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68               fattening could give rise to abuses in certain cases ;
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                 whereas it seems appropriate consequently to abolish
market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act           that opportunity for the quarter in question ;
of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Articles 13
(4), 15 (2) and 25 thereof,                                       Whereas, in the case of import licence applications
                                                                  made by agricultural producers or their professional
Whereas the Council has established, under the new
                                                                  organizations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in
import arrangements for young male bovine animals                 order to permit a more equitable distribution of the
for fattening, an estimate of 235 000 head for the                quantities available, to limit the maximum quantity
period 1 January to 31 December 1981 ; whereas,                   which each application may cover ;
under Article 13 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
805/68, the quantity which may be imported each                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
quarter and the rate of reduction of the import levy on           are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
these animals must be determined ;                                 Committee for Beef and Veal,
Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of
the special arrangements were laid down in Commis­
sion Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (3), as amended by
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 3469/80 (4) ;
Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of
the Community which have a serious deficit in bovine                                      Article 1
animals for fattening must be taken into account ;
whereas these requirements are particularly apparent               1 . For the period 1 July to 30 September 1981 , the
in Italy and may be estimated, for the third quarter of            maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
 1981 , at a minimum of 72000 head, for that Member
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 80 000 head of
 State ;
                                                                   young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live
 Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine                   weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which at least
 animals for fattening justify, for the third quarter of           72 000 head must be imported into and fattened in
 1981 , a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals         Italy.
 weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, origina­
 ting in and coming from Yugoslavia ;                              2. The levy charged on imports of the young bovine
                                                                   animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to
 Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended             the levy applicable on the day of import less 60 % .
 to help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal
 production structures in Italy ; whereas appropriate              However, the levy applicable on the day of import
 measures must therefore be taken to ensure that
                                                                   shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of
 producers can, as far as possible, benefit directly from          1 5 000 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to
 the arrangements without traditional trade being                  300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming
 excluded ; whereas this objective can be achieved by              from Yugoslavia.
 giving agricultural producers and their organizations
 priority when issuing the licences conferring entitle­            3. The application for a licence and the licence
 ment to benefit from the arrangements ;                           shall be in accordance with Article 9 ( 1 ) (c) of Regula­
 Whereas, according to Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation               tion (EEC) No 2377/80 and shall relate to :
 (EEC) No 2377/80, the applicant shall undertake                   — either young bovine animals of a weight per head
                                                                        not exceeding 300 kilograms, or
 (*) OJ  No  L  148,  28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                        — young bovine animals of a weight per head of from
 (2) OJ  No  L 291 ,  19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
 (3) OJ  No  L  241 , 13 . 9 . 1980, p. 5.                              220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming
f)   OJ  No  L 363,   31 . 12. 1980, p. 31 .                            from Yugoslavia.
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In the latter case, Sections 13 and 14 of the applica­                                  Article 2
tion for a licence and the licence shall include one of
the following entries :                                         1 . In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1
                                                               (5) (a):
— 'Yugoslavia ,                                                (a) notwithstanding Article 9 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation
— 'Jugoslavien',                                                     (EEC) No 2377/80, the applications for import
                                                                     licences lodged by agricultural producers or their
—    'Jugoslawien ,
                                                                     professional organizations shall be acceptable only
—    'Yougoslavie ,                                                  if the agricultural producers, directly or through
—    'Iugoslavia ,                                                   their professional organizations, undertake in
                                                                     writing to fatten on their farms the young bovine
—    'Joegoslavië ,                                                  animals imported under this Regulation ;
—    'Γιουγκοσλαβία'.                                          (b) applications for import licences may not cover
                                                                     more than 100 head when made by individual
The licence shall make it compulsory to import from                  applicants nor more than 100 head per member
the country indicated.                                               when made by professional organizations. The total
                                                                     quantity applied for by a professional organization
4. Member States shall specify in the communica­                      may not, however, exceed 2 500 head.
 tion referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation
                                                                2. In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1
 (EEC) No 2377/80 the category of live weight, and the          (5) (b), applications for import licences may not cover
 origin of the products in the case referred to in the          more than 10 % of that quantity.
 second indent of the first subparagraph of para­
 graph 3 .
                                                                                         Article 3
 5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import              For the purpose of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
 licences may be issued directly :                               No 2377/80, all applications from one applicant which
                                                                 relate to the same category of weight and the same rate
 (a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in        of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one applica­
      respect of a maximum of 48 000 head.                       tion .
      Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories
      of applicants in the communication referred to in                                  Article 4
      Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of             publication in the Official Journal of the European
      24 000 head.                                               Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 19 June 1981 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                              Gaston THORN