CELEX: 31976R0803
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 803/76 of 7 April 1976 laying down detailed rules for the granting of a slaughter premium for producers of bovine animals during the 1976/77 marketing year

8 . 4 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 93/ 19
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 803/76
                                                         of 7 April 1976
               laying down detailed rules for the granting of a slaughter premium for
                          producers of bovine animals during the 1976/77 marketing year
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     regard as eligible for the premium provided for in
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/76. Such
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              minimum weights shall not be less than 330 kg live
 Economic Community,                                               weight.
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 797/76 of 6 April 1976 authorizing Member States to                2. The maximum amount referred to in paragraph
grant a premium on the slaughter of certain adult                   2 of the said Article shall apply to animals whose
 bovine animals intended for slaughtering during the               weight corresponds to the average weight of all the
 1976/77 marketing year ( 1 ), and in particular Article 4         eligible animals as recorded in a Member State or
 thereof,                                                          region of a Member State during a period to be deter­
                                                                   mined .
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/76
 provides that Member States other than those referred
 to in Regulation (EEC) No 620/76 (2) shall be autho­
 rized for the 1976/77 marketing year to grant for the              In the case of an animal whose weight exceeds the
benefit of producers a premium for the slaughter of                average weight, the maximum amount actually appli­
certain adult bovine animals of Community origin                   cable shall be equal in units of account to 45 times
 intended for slaughter other than cows ; whereas there            the ratio between the weight of such animal and that
should be a further requirement that this premium be               average weight.
granted only in respect of animals born and reared in
the Community which are slaughtered in the Member
State granting the premium ; whereas, however, under               The period referred to in the first subparagraph and
certain conditions animals born and reared in the                  the average weights shall be established in accordance
 United Kingdom should be entitled to this premium                 with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regula­
if they are slaughtered in Ireland ;                               tion (EEC) No 805/68 .
Whereas the meat from animals in respect of which
the said premium has been granted should not be the                3 . Member States shall establish the rules for equi­
subject of intervention buying-in in the case of trade             valences between slaughtered weight and live weight,
between Member States ;                                            account being taken of the form in which the carcase
Whereas rules should be laid down for the calculation              is presented.
of the maximum amount referred to in Article 1 (2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 797/76 ;
Whereas the premiums financed by the Guarantee
Section of the EAGGF constitute interventions on the                                      Article 2
internal market within the         meaning of Article 3 of
Council Regulation (EEC)           No 729/70 of 21 April
 1970 on the financing of         the common agricultural          1 . Member States may provide that the premium
policy (3), as last amended      by Regulation (EEC) No            referred to in Article 1 shall be granted at the time
2788 /72 (4) ;                                                     when an animal is first marketed for slaughter.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,                                 Member States shall inform the Commission when
                                                                   they make such a provision .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                           Article 1                               2. Animals in respect of which premiums have
                                                                   been granted must be slaughtered within 28 days from
 1.     Member States shall specify the categories, quali­         the date on which they are first marketed and during
ties and minimum weights of the animals which they                 the 1976/77 marketing year. The Member States
                                                                   concerned shall take measures to ensure that such
(') See page 8 of this Official Journal .                          animals are permanently marked in such a way as to
(: ) OJ No L 74, 20 . 3 . 1976, p . 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4 . 1970, p . 13 .                           rule out the possibility of a further premium being
(4) OJ No L 295, 30 . 12. 1972, p . 1 .                            granted.
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 3 . The Member States shall take the necessary                                       Article 6
 measures to ensure that in appropriate cases an
 amount eaual to the premium granted is recovered .
                                                              Member States which grant this premium shall take
                                                              all necessary measures to ensure that the provisions of
                                                              this Regulation are complied with .
                        Article 3
 1 . The premium referred to in Article 1 shall only                                 Article 7
 be granted in respect of animals born and reared in
 the Community and slaughtered in the Member State
 that grants the premium.                                     1 . Member States which grant this premium shall
                                                              notify the Commission of the measures taken to
                                                             implement the premium referred to in Article 1 not
2. Nevertheless the United Kingdom may grant the             later than 10 days after the day on which such
 premium for animals born and reared there and                measures come into effect.
slaughtered in Ireland provided that the slaughtering
in Ireland has been proved by means of a certificate to
the effect that the animals have been slaughtered            2.     Member States which grant this premium shall :
during the period laid down in Article 2 (2).
                                                             (a) during the week to which the notifications relate,
                                                                  notify the Commission of the amount of
                                                                  premiums foreseen which they intend to grant
                        Article 4                                 during that week, taking into account the market
                                                                  situation and the provisions of Article 1 (2) of
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 797/76,
 1 . Beef and veal from categories of animals that are
eligible in a Member State making use of the authori­        (b) not later than 1 5 days after the end of the week to
zation in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/76                 which the notification relates, notify the Commis­
shall not be bought in by intervention agencies in                sion of the number and approximate weight of the
other Member States.                                              animals in respect of which entitlement to the
                                                                  premium was established during each week,
                                                                  broken down by specific category pursuant to
Beef and veal from animals slaughtered in the circum­             Article  1 , as well as of the amount of the
stances referred to in Article 3 (2) may not be bought            premiums actually granted.
in for intervention nor may they benefit from the
conditions provided for in Article 5.
                                                                                     Article 8
2. If the meat referred in paragraph 1 is offered for
intervention in a Member State making use of the said
authorization, an amount equal to the premium appli­         1 . Within the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation
cable in that Member State on the day of slaughter           (EEC) No 797/76, EAGGF financing shall apply in
shall be paid to the competent authorities by the            respect of animals whose entitlement to the premium
seller at the time of the submission to intervention of
                                                             was established between 1 September 1976 and the
the meat from the eligible animals.                          end of the 1976/77 marketing year.
                                                             2. The amounts recovered by Member States
                        Article 5                            pursuant to Articles 2 (3) and 4 (2) shall be deducted
                                                             from the expenditure to be borne by the EAGGF, to
                                                             the extent that expenditure in respect thereof has
If the United Kingdom grants the premium referred            been charged to the Community.
to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/76,
Ireland and the United Kingdom shall take all neces­
sary measures to ensure that meat from categories of
adult bovine animals eligible for the premium, origi­                                Article 9
nating in Ireland and intended for consumption in
the United Kingdom, shall receive the same financial
advantages as those resulting from the granting of the       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
premium provided for in the said Article for meat            publication in the Official Journal of the European
derived from animals slaughtered in the United               Communities. It shall apply with effect from 15 March
Kingdom .                                                    1976 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 7 April 1976.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission