CELEX: 31981R0977
Language: en
Date: 1981-04-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 977/81 of 8 April 1981 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the second quarter of 1981

10. 4. 81                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 99 / 19
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 977/81
                                                        of 8 April 1981
               fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                       special terms in the second quarter of 1981
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    to carry out himself or to have carried out under his
COMMUNITIES,                                                      responsibility the task of fattening ; whereas, in the
                                                                  case of agricultural producers or their professional
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  organization, it appears that the opportunity given to
Economic Community,
                                                                  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 1 3
(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 April to 30 June 1981 , the
in Italy and may be estimated, for the second quarter              maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
of 1981 , at a minimum of 90000 head, for that                     Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 100 000 head of
Member 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 second quarter of           90 000 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          30 000 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             — 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
 (J) OJ  No  L 291 , 19.  11 . 1979, p. 17.
 0   OJ  No  L 241 , 13 . 9. 1980, p. 5.                                220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming
  4  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           (a) notwithstanding Article 9 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation
tion for a licence and the licence shall include one of              (EEC) No 2377/80, the applications for import
the following entries :                                               licences lodged by agricultural producers or their
— 'Yugoslavia ,                                                       professional organizations shall be acceptable only
                                                                      if the agricultural producers, directly or through
—     'Jugoslavien',                                                  their professional organizations, undertake in
—    'Jugoslawien ,                                                  writing to fatten on their farms the young bovine
—     'Yougoslavie ,                                                 animals imported under this Regulation ;
—    Jugoslavia ,
—     'Joegoslavië ,                                             (b) applications for import licences may not cover
                                                                      more than 100 head when made by individual
— 'Γιουγκοσλαβία .
                                                                      applicants nor more than 100 head per member
The licence shall make it compulsory to import from                  when made by professional organizations. The total
the country indicated.                                                quantity applied for by a professional organization
                                                                      may not, however, exceed 2 500 head.
4. Member States shall specify in the communi­
cation 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 paragraph 3.
5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import
licences may be issued directly :                                                         Article 3
(a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in          For the purpose of Article 1 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
      respect of a maximum of 60 000 head.                       No 2377/80, all applications from one applicant which
       Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories     relate to the same category of weight and the same rate
      of applicants in the communication referred to in          of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one applica­
       Article 1 5 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;      tion .
(b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of
       30 000 head .
                                                                                          Article 4
                             Article 2
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 1 . In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1        publication in the Official Journal of the European
(5) (a):                                                          Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 8 April 1980.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission