CELEX: 51992PC0408
Language: en
Date: 1992-09-23
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal

13 . 10 . 92                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 264 /9
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                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the
                                   common organization of the market in beef and veal
                                                      (92/C 264/08)
                                                    COM(92) 408 final
                                   (Submitted by the Commission on 23 September 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                        Whereas in order to enable such small producers to
                                                                 develop their holdings, the restriction of the premium to
                                                                 ten animals should be abolished ; whereas provision
                                                                 should also be made for them to increase their individual
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                 ceiling on the basis of the number of suckler cows on
thereof,                                                         their holding during a given period ;
                                                                 Whereas the definition of suckler cow established under
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               the reform excludes from the scheme producers whose
                                                                 suckler herds do not belong to beef breeds ; whereas , in
                                                                 order to cushion transition to the new scheme, provision
Having regard to the opinion of the European                     should be made for a transitional derogation from this
Parliament,                                                      definition for producers in the new German Lander,
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 805 /68 was radically
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2066/92 with respect
to the premium scheme for beef producers ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation introduced a               Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is hereby amended as
                                                                 follows :
deseasonalization premium ; whereas the danger of an
excessive number of animals being slaughtered during
the slaughtering season exists only in the case of steers ;      1 . in Article 4c, the words 'male bovine animal(s)' are
whereas it is therefore appropriate to encourage deseaso­            replaced by the word 'steer(s)';
nalization of slaughtering only in the case of steers and
thereby to enable producers in a number of Member
States to benefit from the premium ;
                                                                 2 . the first and second subparagraphs of Article 4d (6),
                                                                     are replaced by the following :
Whereas to date eligibility for the suckler-cow premium
has been restricted, in the case of holdings with a dairy            'The premium shall also be granted to any producer
herd and a suckler herd, to small producers with an indi­            supplying milk or milk products whose individual
vidual reference quantity of 60 000 kilograms of milk or             reference quantity as referred to in Article 5c of
less ; whereas small or medium-sized producers with a                Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 does not exceed
reference quantity of more than 60 000 kilograms who                 120 000 kilograms .
keep suckler cows but are not eligible for the premium
will face price reductions from 1993 ; whereas the
reference quantity should therefore be increased and                 In such cases, the premium shall be granted to
specific provisions should be laid down to enable the                producers who keep for at least six consecutive
producers concerned to increase their individual ceiling             months from the day on which the application is
on the basis of the number of suckler cows on their                  lodged a number of suckler cows at least equal to the
holding during a certain period ;                                    number for which the premium was requested.
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   By derogation from the provisions of paragraph 2,                'd) During the first (three) years of application of the
   individual ceilings are established for producers who                new suckler-cow premium scheme, Germany may
   become eligible by virtue of this paragraph on the                   provide that this scheme shall also be granted in
   basis of claims in respect of suckler cows which calved              respect of cows other than those referred to in the
   between 1 July 1992 and 1 July 1993 and which                        definition of suckler cow given in Article 4a,
   remain on the holding between 1 October 1992 and 1                   provided that such animals are crossed with bulls
   July 1993. In accordance with the same rules,                        belonging to a beef breed and belong to a herd
   producers for whom the number of eligible suckler                    intended for the production of beef calves.'
   cows was limited to 10 by virtue of Article 4 (6) (d) of
   Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , as amended by Regu­                                       Article 2
   lation (EEC) No 2066/92, may establish an entit­
   lement to an increase in their individual ceilings. The      This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
   reduction provided for in paragraph 2 applies equally        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
   to the ceilings established or to increases in ceilings      European Communities.
   made in accordance with this subparagraph.';
                                                                It shall apply from 1 January 1993.
                                                                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
3. The following is added in Article 4k ( 1 ):                  directly applicable in all Member States.