CELEX: 31978R3072
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3072/78 of 22 December 1978 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the first quarter of 1979

28 . 12 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 366/25
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3072/78
                                                      of 22 December 1978
               fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                          special terms in the first quarter of 1979
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     priority when issuing the licences conferring entitle­
COMMUNITIES,                                                        ment to benefit from the arrangements ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas according to Article 11 (9) of Regulation
Economic Community,                                                (EEC) No 571 /78 the applicant shall undertake either
                                                                   to carry out himself or to have carried out under his
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       responsibility the task of fattening ; whereas, in the
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   case of agricultural producers or their professional
of the market in beef and veal (j), as last amended by             organization, it appears that the opportunity given to
Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular Arti­             the applicant not to carry out himself the task of
cles 13 (4), 15 (2) and 25 thereof,                                 fattening could give rise to abuses in certain cases ;
                                                                   whereas it seems appropriate consequently to abolish
Whereas the Council has established, under the new                  that opportunity for the quarter in question ;
import arrangements for young male bovine animals
for fattening, an estimate of 230 000 head for the                 Whereas in the case of import licence applications
period 1 January to 31 December 1979 ; whereas,                     made by agricultural producers or their professional
under Article 13 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No                     organizations it is necessary, in order to permit a more
805/68, the quantity which may be imported each                     equitable distribution of the quantities available, to
quarter and the rate of reduction of the import levy                limit the maximum quantity which each application
on these animals must be determined ;                               may cover ;
Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
the special arrangements were laid down in Commis­                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
sion Regulation (EEC) No 571 /78 (3), as last amended               ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 559/78 (4) ;
Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of
the Community which have a serious deficit in bovine
animals for fattening must be taken into account ;                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
whereas these requirements are particularly apparent
in Italy and may be estimated, for the first quarter of
 1979, at a minimum of 67 500 head, for that Member
                                                                                            Article 1
State ;
Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine                     1.     For the period 1 January to 31 March 1979, the
animals for fattening justify, for the first quarter of             maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
 1979, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for                   Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 75 000 head of
animals weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per                      young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live
head, originating in and coming from Yugoslavia ;                   weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which at least
                                                                    67 500 head must be imported into and fattened in
                                                                    Italy.
Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended
to help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal
production structures in Italy ; whereas appropriate                2. The levy charged on imports of the young
measures     must therefore be taken           to ensure   that     bovine animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
producers can, as far as possible benefit directly from             equal to the levy applicable on the day of import less
the arrangements without traditional trade being                    50 % .
excluded ; whereas this objective can be achieved by
giving agricultural producers and their organizations               However, the levy applicable on the day of import
                                                                    shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of
(') OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
(2) OJ  No  L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .                             12 000 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to
(3) OJ  No  L 78, 22. 3 . 1978 , p. 10 .                            300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming
(4) OJ  No  L 184, 6. 7. 1978 , p. 18 .                             from Yugoslavia.
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3 . The application for a licence and the licence            Italy, shall, for this purpose, specify the categories of
shall be in accordance with Article 8 (b) of Regulation      applicants in the communication referred to in Article
(EEC) No 571 /78 and shall relate to :                        11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 571 /78 .
— either young bovine animals of a weight per head                                    Article 2
    not exceeding 300 kilograms,
    or                                                        In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 (5) :
— young bovine animals of a weight per head of               (a) by way of derogation from Article 1 1 (9) of Regula­
    from 220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and                 tion (EEC) No 571 /78 , the applications for import
    coming from Yugoslavia.                                       licences lodged by agricultural producers or their
                                                                  professional organizations shall be acceptable only
In the latter case Sections 13 and 14 of the applica­             if the agricultural producers, directly or through
tion for a licence and the licence shall include one of           their professional organizations, undertake in
the following entries :                                           writing to fatten on their farms the young bovine
— Yugoslavia,                                                     animals imported under this Regulation ;
— Jugoslavien,                                               (b) applications for import licences may not cover
— Jugoslawien,                                                    more than 100 head when made by individual
— Yougoslavie,                                                    applicants nor more than 100 head per member
— Iugoslavia,                                                     when made by professional organizations. The
— Joegoslavië.                                                    total quantity applied for by a professional organi­
                                                                  zation may not however exceed 2 500 head.
The licence shall make it compulsory to import from
the country indicated.                                                                Article 3
4. Member States shall specify in the communica­              For the purpose of Article 1 1 (5) of Regulation (EEC)
tion referred to in Article 1 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC)      No 571 /78 , all applications from one applicant which
No 571 /78 the category of live weight, and the origin       relate to the same category of weight and the same
of the products in the case referred to in the second        rate of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one
indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 .            application.
5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import                                     Article 4
licences may be issued directly to agricultural
producers or their organizations in respect of a             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
maximum of 45 000 head .                                      1979 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 22 December 1978 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                            Vice-President