CELEX: 51993PC0418
Language: en
Date: 1993-09-02
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal

30 . 9 . 93                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 265 /9
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common
                                          organization of the market in beef and veal
                                                         (93 /C 265 /07)
                                                      COM(93) 418 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 2 September 1993)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            actually having right of access, and thus seriously
                                                                    impeded the harmonious allocation of the rights ;
                                                                    whereas, therefore, the number of additional suckler cow
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                    premium rights allocated to the said Member State
                                                                    should be increased with effect from the time of creation
thereof,
                                                                    of the additional rights,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the European                                                   Article 1
Parliament,
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is hereby amended as
                                                                    follows :
Whereas implementation of the new premium
arrangements introduced by the reform has given rise to             1 . In Article 4d, paragraph 7a is deleted.
certain additional problems ; whereas there have been
certain difficulties with regard to supplies of young male          2. In Article 4g, the following paragraph 4a is added :
bovines for fattening; whereas Regulation (EEC) No                      '4a. Member States may apply appropriate environ­
805 /68 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          mental measures which correspond to the specific
125/93 (2), should therefore be amended ;                               situation of the land used for the production of male
                                                                        bovines or suckler cows qualifying for premiums.
Whereas Member States may restrict or suspend                           Member States which avail themselves of this possi­
payments under the suckler cow premium scheme if a                      bility shall decide the penalties which are appropriate
producer has not complied with rules adopted on en­                     and proportional to the seriousness of the ecological
vironmental matters ; whereas, for consistency, the same                consequences of not observing the said measures.
rule should be applied to the special premium scheme for                These penalties may provide for a reduction or, where
producers of male bovines ; whereas, for purposes of                    appropriate, cancellation of the benefits accruing from
legal clarity, the provisions applying to suckler cows and              the premium schemes. Member States shall inform the
male bovines should be brought together ;                               Commission of the measures taken to apply this
                                                                              • •
                                                                        provision .
Whereas in order to react positively to the requests of             3   In Article 13 (4) (a), '220 kilograms' is replaced by
third countries, particularly those which have concluded                ' 160 kilograms'.
interim association agreements, and to align on the                 4   In Annex II the figure of '760' additional rights added
product definitions given in the combined nomenclature,                 to Luxembourg's national reserve is replaced by the
the animal weights indicated in the estimate of live                    figure '3 000'.
animals for fattening referred to in Article 13 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 805/68 should be redefined ;                                                   Article 2
Whereas strict application of the statistical data used in          This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
the scale for allocating additional rights to the suckler           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
cow premium created by the increase in the individual               European Communities.
milk reference quantity to 120 000 kg of milk failed to             However :
take account of the special cattle-farming situation in                                               .k
Luxembourg by restricting access to the new rights to an            — Article 1 (3) shall apply from 1 January 1994, and
excessively low number of animals in relation to those
                                                                    — Article 1 (4) shall apply from 1 January 1993.
o OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
O OJ No L 18 , 27. 1 . 1993, p. 1 .                                 directly applicable in all Member States .