CELEX: 31982R3451
Language: en
Date: 1982-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3451/82 of 21 December 1982 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the first quarter of 1983

23 . 12. 82                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 362/29
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3451 /82
                                                    of 21 December 1982
             fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                         special terms in the first quarter of 1983
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended
COMMUNITIES,                                                     to help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal
                                                                 production structures in Italy and in Greece ; whereas
                                                                 appropriate measures must therefore be taken to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            ensure that producers can, as far as possible, benefit
Economic Community,                                              directly from the arrangements without traditional
                                                                 trade being excluded ; whereas this objective can be
                                                                 achieved by giving agricultural producers and their
                                                                 organizations priority when issuing the licences
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68              conferring entitlement to benefit from the arrange­
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                ments ;
market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act
of Accession of Greece, and in particular Articles 13
(4), 15 (2) and 25 thereof,                                      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
Whereas the Council has established an estimate                  his responsibility the task of fattening ; whereas, in the
under the new import arrangements for young male                 case of agricultural producers or their professional
bovine animals for fattening, for the period 1 January           organization, it appears that the opportunity given to
to 31 December 1983 ; whereas, under Article 13 (4) (a)          the applicant not to carry out himself the task of fat­
of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, the quantity which                tening could give rise to abuses in certain cases ;
may be imported each quarter and the rate of reduc­              whereas it seems appropriate consequently to abolish
tion of the import levy on these animals must be                 that opportunity for the quarter in question ;
determined :
                                                                 Whereas, in the case of import licence applications
                                                                 made by agricultural producers or their professional
Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of          organizations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in
the special arrangements were laid down in Commis­               order to permit a more equitable distribution of the
sion Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 (2), as amended by               quantities available, to limit the maximum quantity
Regulation (EEC) No 1384/77 (3), and in Regulation               which each application may cover ;
(EEC) No 2377/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC No 1617/820 ;
                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                 Committee for Beef and Veal,
Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of
the 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 Gteece and may be estimated for the first quarter of
 1983 at 60 000 head and 9 500 head respectively in              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
those Member States ;
Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine
                                                                                          Article 1
 animals for fattening justify, for the first quarter of
 1983, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals
weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, orig­
 inating in and coming from Yugoslavia ;                          1 . For the period from 1 January to 31 March 1983,
                                                                 the maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a)
                                                                  of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 71 500 head
(■) OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                           of young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live
0   OJ  No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 18 .                            weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which 60 000 head
 3) OJ  No L 157, 28 . 6. 1977, p . 16 .
(4) OJ  No L 241 , 13 . 9 . 1980, p. 5 .                          must be imported into and fattened in Italy and 9 500
O OJ No L 180 , 24. 6 . 1982, p. 24.                              head must be imported into and fattened in Greece.
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2. The levy charged on imports of the young bovine              (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of
animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to                 20 000 head, including a maximum of 4 340 head
the levy applicable on the day of import less 60 % .                 originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.
However, the levy applicable on the day of import               6. Within the quantity reserved for Greece, import
shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of             licences may be issued directly :
1 5 300 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to               (a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in
300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming                    respect of a maximum of 6 330 head, including a
from Yugoslavia.                                                     maximum of 1 260 head originating in and
                                                                     coming from Yugoslavia ;
This maximum quantity may be imported up to a                        Greece shall, for this purpose, specify the catego­
maximum of :
                                                                     ries of applicants in the communication referred to
                                                                     in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
— 1 3 000 head in Italy,                                             2377/80 ;
— 1 900 head in Greece, and
— 400 head in the other Member States .                         (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of
                                                                     3 170 head, including a maximum of 640 head
                                                                     originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.
3 . The application for a licence and the licence
shall be in accordance with Article 9 ( 1 ) (c) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2377/80 and shall relate to :
                                                                                          Article 2
— either young bovine animals of a weight per head
     not exceeding 300 kilograms, or                            1 . In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1
                                                                (5) (a) and (6) (a):
— young bovine animals of a weight per head of from
     220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming            (a) notwithstanding Article 9 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation
     from Yugoslavia.                                                (EEC) No 2377/80, the applications for import
                                                                     licences lodged :
In the latter case, Sections 13 and 14 of the applica­               — by agricultural producers, directly or through
tion for a licence and the licence shall include one of                  their professional organizations, shall be
the following entries :                                                  acceptable only if the agricultural producers
                                                                         undertake in writing to fatten on their farms
— 'Jugoslavien ,                                                         the young bovine animals imported under this
— 'Jugoslawien ,                                                         Regulation,
— TiouyKOCT/iaoia',
— 'Yugoslavia',                                                      — by professional organizations, shall be
                                                                         acceptable only if they undertake in writing to
— 'Yougoslavie ,
— 'Iugoslavia ,                                                          have the young bovine animals imported under
— 'Joegoslavië .                                                         this Regulation fattened on the farms of those
                                                                         who are found to be members of the said
                                                                         organizations at the time the declaration
The licence shall make it compulsory to import from                      referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation
the country indicated.                                                   (EEC) No 612/77 is made ;
                                                                (b) applications for import licences may not cover
4. Member States shall specify in the communica­                     more than 100 head when made by individual
tion referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation                 applicants or more than 100 head per member
(EEC) No 2377/80 the category of live weight, and the                when made by professional organizations. The total
origin of the products in the case referred to in the                quantity applied for by a professional organization
second indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 .             may not, however, exceed 2 500 head.
5.     Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import            2. In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1
licences may be issued directly :                               (5) (b) and (6) (b), applications for import licences may
                                                                 not cover more than 10 % of that quantity.
(a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in
     respect of a maximum of 40 000 head, including a            3. Without prejudice to Article 1 (3) of Regulation
     maximum of 8 660 head originating in and
                                                                 (EEC) No 612/77, the security there referred to shall
     coming from Yugoslavia ;                                    not be released, in whole or in part, unless proof is
     Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories       provided to the competent authorities of the Member
     of applicants in the communication referred to in           State in question that the undertaking in paragraph 1
     Article 1 5 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;        (a) has been complied with .
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                       Article 3                                                    Article 4
For the purpose of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC)        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
No 2377/80, all applications from one applicant which        publication in the Official Journal of the European
relate to the same category of weight and the same rate      Communities.
of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one applica­
tion .                                                       It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1983.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 21 December 1982.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Poul DALSAGER
                                                                  Member of the Commission