CELEX: 31983R1654
Language: en
Date: 1983-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1654/83 of 20 June 1983 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the third quarter of 1983

22. 6 . 83                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 162/5
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1654/83
                                                     of 20 June 1983
             fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                      special terms in the third 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 1617/82 0 ;
                                                                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 Greece and may be estimated for the third quarter
of 1983 at 54 000 head and 6 000 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 third quarter of
 1983, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals
weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, orig­               1 . For the period 1 July to 30 September 1983, the
inating in and coming from Yugoslavia ;                          maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 60 000 head of
(1) OJ  No L  148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                          young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live
(2) OJ  No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 18 .                            weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which 54 000 head
(3) OJ  No L  157, 28 . 6. 1977, p. 16.                          must be imported into and fattened in Italy and 6 000
(4) OJ  No L 241 , 13 . 9 . 1980, p. 5.
(1 Ol 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             6.      within the quantity reserved for Greece, import
animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to           licences may be issued directly :
the levy applicable on the day of import less 60 % .
                                                               (a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in
However, the levy applicable on the day of import                   respect of a maximum of 4 000 head, including a
shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of                 maximum of 1 330 head originating in and
1 5 000 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to                   coming from Yugoslavia.
300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming
from Yugoslavia.                                                    Greece shall, for this purpose, specify the catego­
                                                                    ries of applicants in the communication referred to
                                                                    in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
This maximum quantity may be imported up to a                       2377/80 ;
maximum of :
                                                               (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of
— 13 000 head in Italy,                                             2 000 head, including a maximum of 670 head
— 2 000 head in Greece .                                            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
— young bovine animals of a weight per head of from            (5) (a) and (6) (a) :
     220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming
    from Yugoslavia.                                           (a) notwithstanding Article 9 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 2377/80, the applications for import
In the latter case, sections 13 and 14 of the application           licences lodged :
for a licence and the licence shall include one of the
                                                                    — by agricultural producers, directly or through
following entries :                                                     their professional organizations, shall be
— 'Yugoslavia',                                                         acceptable only if the agricultural producers
— 'Jugoslavien',                                                        undertake in writing to fatten on their farms
— 'Jugoslawien',                                                        the young bovine animals imported under this
— ' Γιουγκοσλαβία',                                                     Regulation,
— 'Yougoslavie',                                                    — by professional organizations, shall be
— ' Iugoslavia',                                                        acceptable only if they undertake in writing to
— 'Joegoslavië'.                                                         have the young bovine animals imported under
                                                                         this Regulation fattened on the farms of those
The licence shall make it compulsory to import from                     who are found to be members of the said
the country indicated.                                                  organizations at the time the declaration
                                                                         referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation
4. Member States shall specify in the communica­                        (EEC) No 612/77 is made ;
tion referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2377/80 the category of live weight, and the          (b) applications for import licences may not cover
origin of the products in the case referred to in the               more than 100 head when made by individual
second indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 .            applicants or more than 100 head per member
                                                                    when made by professional organizations. The total
5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import                   quantity applied for by a professional organization
licences may be issued directly :                                   may not, however, exceed 2 500 head.
(a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in
     respect of a maximum of 36 000 head, including a           2. In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1
     maximum of 8 670 head originating in and                  (5) (b) and (6) (b), applications for import licences may
     coming from Yugoslavia.                                    not cover more than 10 % of that quantity.
     Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories
     of applicants in the communication referred to in          3 . Without prejudice to Article 1 (3) of Regulation
     Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;        (EEC) No 612/77, the security there referred to shall
                                                                not be released, in whole or in part, unless proof is
(b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of             provided to the competent authorities of the Member
     18 000 head, including a maximum of 4 330 head             State in question that the undertaking in paragraph 1
     originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.                 (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 from 1 July 1983 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 20 June 1983 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Poul DALSAGER
                                                                  Member of the Commission