CELEX: 31974R0920
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 920/74 of the Commission of 18 April 1974 authorizing the United Kingdom temporarily to grant national subsidies for beef and veal

No L 106/ 36                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               19 . 4 . 74
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 920 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 18 April 1974
              authorizing the United Kingdom temporarily to grant national subsidies for
                                                           beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession (') of the                                           Article 1
new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy                             With effect from 1 April 1974 the United Kingdom is
Community and particularly Article 63 of the Act (2 )                authorized to grant in the framework of the national
annexed thereto ;                                                    system at present in force in that Member State and
                                                                     called the ' Calf Subsidies Scheme ' and under the
Whereas the guide prices for calves and adult bovine                 conditions defined in Article 2, a national subsidy for
animals, effective from 1 April 1974, has been fixed at              encouraging the rearing of calves for beef production
levels appreciably higher than those previously in                   who fulfill , during the application of this Regulation ,
force ; whereas however, conforming to Article 63 of                 the national conditions of the ' Calf Subsidies Scheme'.
the Act of Accession the guide prices for the United
Kingdom have been fixed at levels different from
those in force in the other Member States ; which                                             Article- 2
represent in effect only a part of the rise in the latter ;
Whereas for this reason the income of the British
                                                                     The amount of subsidy to be granted may not be
                                                                     greater than the amount at present applicable .
producers of beef and veal is not assured in the condi­
tions ruling the income likely to be obtained else­                  However it can be increased in Great Britain by £ 10
where in the Community ;                                             per animal or carcase fulfilling, during the period
Whereas the detailed rules of applying the interven­                 beginning 1 July 1974, the conditions of the ' Calf
                                                                     Subsidies Scheme '.
tion system for beef are not of a nature likely to lead
to public purchases in the United Kingdom ; that
from this fact the income of the producers concerned                                          Article 3
risks being affected ;
Whereas the motives mentioned above lead to the                       1.   With effect from 1 April 1974 the United
conclusion it is opportune to allow, temporarily, the                Kingdom is authorized to grant a national subsidy in
grant of national subsidies intended to compensate for               Northern Ireland under the following conditions .
these disadvantages ;
                                                                     2.    The amount of the subsidy may not be greater
Whereas these subsidies can be granted according to                  than the 'accession ' compensatory amount applied to
the rules of the system existing until now in the                    the exchanges between the United Kingdom and
United Kingdom and called the ' Calf Subsidies                       Ireland for adult bovine animals . It can only be
Scheme' ; there is reason to lay down provisions                     granted
governing the maximum unitary' level of these
subsidies, while providing for an increase at a later                (a) on the slaughtering of such animals,
date in relation to the amount applicable at present ;               (b) on the shipping of such animals to Great Britain ,
                                                                         and
Whereas it is necessary to lay down , as concerns the
exports of beef cattle from Northern Ireland as well as              (c) on the export of such animals to other Member
                                                                         States and to third countries .
slaughterings effected in this region , a system of
supplementary subsidies allowing particularly the
assurance , as far as possible , of an equilibrium of                                         Article 4
competitive conditions between this region and
 Ireland ; whereas with a view to maintaining this equil­            As long as the United Kingdom uses the authoriza­
ibrium on third country markets it is necessary to                   tion laid down in Article 3 , it shall , on the export to
provide for the levying of a charge on exports from                  third   countries   of live   bovine  animals   and     beef
 Northern Ireland to third countries ;                               coming from Northern Ireland , levy a charge the
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                 amount of which shall be equal to the difference
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                    between , on the one hand , the 'accession ' compensa­
 ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,                                  tory amount applicable in trade between that member
                                                                     state and Ireland and , on the other hand , the amount
(') OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .                              of the refund applicable on export from Ireland
(2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14 .                            resulting in particular from the application of Article
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12 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 181 /73 (') of                                        Article 6
23 January 1973 laying down general rules for a
system of compensatory amounts for beef and veal .                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                    after its publication in the Official Journal of the
                           Art ide 5                                EH ropea n Co m M it n ities.
The United Kingdom shall inform the Commission                      It is applicable up to 31 January 1975, with the excep­
of the circumstances in which it uses the authoriza­                tion of Articles 1 and 2 which are applicable up to 31
tions laid down in this Regulation .                                December 1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 April 1974.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                             Francois-Xavier ORTOL1
 (') OJ No I. 25 , 30 . I. 1973 , p. 9 .