CELEX: 31974R2504
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2504/74 of the Council of 2 October 1974 on the financing of the system of premiums for the orderly marketing of certain adult bovine animals for slaughter and for the retention of cattle

4. 10 . 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 269/ 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2504/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                         of 2 October 1974
               on the financing of the system of premiums for the orderly marketing of certain
                          adult bovine animals for slaughter and for the retention of cattle
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43
and 209 thereof ;
                                                                       1.   Notwithstanding Article 3(1 ) of Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 729/70, the European Agricultural Guid­
                                                                      ance and Guarantee Fund , Guarantee Section , shall
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                   finance :
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­                  (a) the expenses incurred pursuant to Article 1 of
ment ;                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 1967/74 only up to the
                                                                          following amounts :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1967/74 (') of                        Month of marketing                       u.a. per head
23 July 1974 introducing a system of premiums for                         August 1974                                   0
the orderly marketing of certain adult bovine animals                     September 1 974                               0
for slaughter, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          October 1974                                  0
2502/74 (2), authorizes Member States to grant                            November 1 974                              21
premiums with a view to reducing pressure on the                          December 1 974                              26-25
beef market by encouraging producers to delay                             January 1 975                               37-80
marketing during the most difficult period ; whereas                      February 1 975                              51-45
in addition Regulation ( EEC) No 2502/74 authorizes
the granting of a single cattle retention premium                     (b) the expenses incurred pursuant to Article 2 of
instead of the premium for orderly marketing, in the                      Regulation (EEC) No 2502/74 only up to 90 % of
regions where Member States are authorized not to                         the total cost of the two instalments provided for
implement the system of premiums for the conver­                          in Article 3(1 ) of that Regulation . In compliance
sion of dairy cow herds to meat production ;                              with these provisions, the first instalment may be
                                                                          taken over at the rate of 100 % by EAGGF,
                                                                          Guarantee Section .
Whereas these measures constitute interventions on
the internal market within the meaning of Article 3 of
Council Regulation ( EEC) No 729/70 (3 ) of 21 April                  2.    However, the expenses incurred by Ireland
 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural                     pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1967 /74 for the
policy, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                       period during which the United Kingdom avails itself
2788 /72 ("*); whereas, however, a limit should be set                of the authorization given in that Regulation shall be
on contributions by the European Agricultural Guid­                   financed up to the amounts granted by the United
ance and Guarantee Fund , whilst taking account of                    Kingdom . Such financing shall in no case exceed the
the particular situation of the Irish market' in relation             following amounts :
to that of the United Kingdom ,
                                                                      Month oj marketing                           u.a. her head
(')  OJ No  L  206, 27 . 7. 1974, p. 1 .
(-') OJ No  L  268 , 3 . 10 . 1974, p. 12 .                           August 1 974                                       10
(3 ) OJ No  L  94, 28 . 4 . 1970 , p. 13 .                            September 1974                                      15
(•») OJ No  L  295 , 30 . 12 . 1972, p. 1 .                           October 1974                                       21
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3 . Notwithstanding paragraph 1 (a) and at the                                    Article 2
request of a Member State the maximum amounts
taken over by EAGGF, Guarantee Section, and                The detailed rules for the application of this Regula­
granted in that Member State are fixed as follows :        tion may be adopted in accordance with the proce­
                                                           dure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No
Month of marketing                        u.a. per bead    729/70 .
August 1974                                    0
September 1974                                 0                                  Article J
October 1974                                   0
November 1974                                28
                                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
December 1974                               33-25
                                                           following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                           the European Communities.
January 1975                                37-60
February 1975                               37-65          It shall apply from 1 August 1974.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Luxembourg, 2 October 1974.
                                                                      For the Council
                                                                        The President
                                                                        Ch . BONNET