CELEX: 31974R1967
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-23
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1967/74 of the Council of 23 July 1974 introducing a system of premiums for the orderly marketing of certain adult bovine animals for slaughter

27 . 7 . 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 206/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 1967/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 23 July 1974
              introducing a system of premiums for the orderly marketing of certain adult
                                                bovine animals for slaughter
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        bovine animals for slaughter, other than cows, of
COMMUNITIES,                                                       Community origin and slaughtered within the
                                                                   Community.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (') of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                     1 . Without prejudice to the detailed rules under
market in beef and veal , as last amended by Regula­               Article 4 (2) (g), entitlement to the premium shall be
tion ( EEC) No 1 855/74 (2 ), and in particular Article            established following the slaughter of the animals .
22a (2) thereof ;
                                                                   2 . The amount of the premium shall vary
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                according to the month during which the slaughter
                                                                   referred to in paragraph 1 takes place .
Whereas for several months prices on the Community
beef and veal market have been abnormally low, and
                                                                   The     premium     shall   not   exceed    the   following
have fallen below the level of the intervention price,             amounts :
and have led to the adoption of special measures, parti­
cularly as regards imports, exports and intervention ;                 Month                         Units of Account per Head
                                                                   August 1974                                    20
Whereas these measures do not appear to be adequate
                                                                   September 1974                                 30
to remedy the situation in the near future, particularly           October 1974                                   40
since every year the period during which animals are               November 1974                                  40
removed from pasture is the time when prices are at                December 1974                                  50
their lowest, owing mainly to the increase in supply ;                                                            60
                                                                   January 1 975
Whereas , in these circumstances, preventive measures              February 1 975                                 70
should be taken to contribute towards stabilizing the
market and to increasing farmers' returns ; whereas                3.    If an animal , in respect of which the premium
producers should therefore be encouraged to maintain               provided for in this Regulation may be granted , is sent
their herds of adult bovine animals , other than cows ,            from one Member State to another, the premium shall
intended for slaughter for a period of additional                  be paid by the Member State from which the animal
fattening during the coming months,                                is sent, on submission of proof of slaughter.
                                                                   However, two Member States may agree in respect of
                                                                   mutual trade that the premium shall be paid by the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                   Member State in which the animal is slaughtered .
                           Article 1                               Member States which exercise this option shall inform
                                                                   the Commission thereof .
Member States are hereby authorized during the
period from 1 August 1974 to 28 February 1975 to
grant, on application , a premium for the benefit of                                         Article 3
producers for the orderly marketing of certain adult
                                                                   Meat coming from animals in respect of which the
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.                           premium provided for by this Regulation has been
(2 ) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14 .                           paid may not be purchased by intervention agencies .
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However, Member States are authorized not to apply           (f) the necessary measures to avoid deflections of
the first paragraph on condition that they require                normal trade in adult bovine animals which might
repayment of the premium .                                        arise from the system provided for in this Regula­
                                                                  tion being differently applied in the various
                       Article 4                                  Member States ;
                                                             (g) the conditions governing the granting of the
 1.   If the trend of prices recorded on the Commu­               premium when the animals are first marketed ;
nity market so permits, the amount of the premium
may be reduced or the application of the system              (h) the conditions governing reduction and suspen­
provided for by this Regulation may be suspended in               sion of the premium ;
accordance with the procedure laid down by Article           (i) the other detailed rules of application .
27 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 .
2. The following shall be adopted in accordance                                       Article 5
with the same procedure :
                                                             The     Commission ,   on    the  basis of    information
(a) further conditions attached to the granting of the       supplied to it by the Member States, shall submit to
    premium ;                                                 the Council a report on the application of the system
(b) the definition of the categories and qualities of         of premiums. The Council , acting on a proposal from
    animal in respect of which the premium may be             the Commission , shall , before 31 December 1974,
    granted ;                                                 adopt possible measures to be applied with effect from
(c) detailed methods of supervision ;                         1 March 1975 .
(d) the definition of Community origin as referred to
    in Article 1 ;                                                                    Article 6
(e) measures to ensure that it is producers who benefit
    from the premium , particularly in the case of           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    consignments of adult bovine animals for                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
    slaughter sent from one Member State to another ;         the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 July 1974 .
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                        J. SAUVAGNARGUES