CELEX: 51986PC0020(48)
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION AMENDING FOR THE 10TH TIME REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT

14. 4. 86                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No C 85/81
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending for the 10th time Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 on the
                                common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                         COM(86) 20 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986)
                                                           (86/C 85/48)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  — region 4: Ireland and Northern Ireland,
                                                                          — region 5: Great Britain,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     — region 6: Portugal and Spain.'
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                     2. In Article 4 (1), 'regions 1, 3 and 7' are replaced by
                                                                          'regions 1, 3 and 6'.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                     3. Article 5 (8) is replaced by the following:
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                          '8.     The granting of the premium may be limited to a
                                                                          certain number of ewes and/or goats per beneficiary
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                   producer.
Committee,
                                                                          The premium shall be paid to the beneficiary producer
                                                                          according to the number of ewes and/or goats kept on
Whereas, in view of the fact that their conditions of
                                                                          the holding over a minimum period to be determined in
production and marketing are similar, Ireland and Northern
                                                                           accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26.
Ireland should henceforth constitute a single region; whereas
                                                                           However, that requirement shall apply only in respect of
this is especially so since the weighting coefficient used in
                                                                          the limit referred to in the preceding subparagraph.'
respect of each of those regions for the purpose of calculating
the average Community market price is low in relation to the
enlarged Community as a whole;                                       4. The first subparagraph of Article 5 (9) is replaced by the
                                                                           following:
Whereas, in order to avoid a possible excessive increase in                'The Council, acting by a qualified majoritiy on a
 sheepmeat production in the Community and a sharp rise in                 proposal from the Commission, shall adopt general rules
 the budget costs concerned provision should be made for                   for the scheme provided for in this Article, and in
 allowing the premium granted to sheepmeat producers to be                 particular shall define which producers may receive the
 limited in respect of each beneficiary producer by way of                 premium and which ewes and, in the areas specified in
 amendment to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 (*),                     the first and second indents of the first subparagraph of
 as last amended by         ,                                              paragraph 1, which goats will be eligible and shall fix the
                                                                           limits applicable to the granting of the premium per
                                                                           beneficiary producer'.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                         5. In the first subparagraph of Article 7 (2), 'regions 1, 3
                                                                            and T are replaced by 'regions 1, 3 and 6'.
                            Article 1
                                                                      6. Articles 31 and 32 are repealed.
 Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is hereby amended as
 follows:
                                                                                                  Article 2
  1. Article 3 (5) is replaced by the following:
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
      '5.   For the purposes of this Regulation, the following        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
      regions are hereby defined:                                     European Communities.
      — region 1: Italy and Greece,                                   It shall apply from the beginning of the marketing year
      — region 2: France,                                             commencing in 1987.
      — region 3: Belgium, Denmark, Federal Republic of
          Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
                                                                      This Regulation shall be applicable in its entirety and directly
  (») OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1.                                 applicable in all Member States.