CELEX: 31982R0681
Language: en
Date: 1982-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 681/82 of 23 March 1982 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the second quarter of 1982

No L 79/20                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                25. 3 . 82
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 681 /82
                                                   of 23 March 1982
              fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                    special terms in the second quarter of 1982
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 ensure that producers can, as far as possible, benefit
COMMUNITIES,                                                   directly from the arrangements without traditional
                                                               trade being excluded ; whereas this objective can be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          achieved by giving agricultural producers and their
Economic Community,                                            organizations priority when issuing the licences
                                                               conferring entitlement to benefit from the arrange­
                                                               ments ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the              Whereas, according to Article 9 (1 ) of Regulation
market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act        (EEC) No 2377/80, the applicant shall undertake
of Accession of Greece, and in particular Articles 13          either to carry out himself or to have carried out under
(4), 15 (2) and 25 thereof,                                    his responsibility the task of fattening ; whereas, in the
                                                               case of agricultural producers or their professional
Whereas the Council has established an estimate                organization, it appears that the opportunity given to
under the new import arrangements for young male               the applicant not to carry out himself the task of fat­
bovine animals for fattening, for the period 1 January         tening could give rise to abuses in certain cases ;
to 31 December 1982 ; whereas, under Article 13 (4) (a)        whereas it seems appropriate consequently to abolish
of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, the quantity which              that opportunity for the quarter in question ;
may be imported each quarter and the rate of reduc­
tion of the import levy on these animals must be               Whereas, in the case of import licence applications
determined ;                                                   made by agricultural producers or their professional
                                                               organizations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in
Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of        order to permit a more equitable distribution of the
the special arrangements were laid down in Commis­             quantities available, to limit the maximum quantity
sion Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 (2), as amended by             which each application may cover ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1384/77 (3), and in Regulation
(EEC) No 2377/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(EEC) No 3583/81 0 ;                                           are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                               Committee for Beef and Veal,
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 apparent in Italy and
in Greece and may be estimated for the second quarter
of 1982 at 60 000 head and 6 000 head respectively in                                  Article 1
those Member States ;
                                                                1 . For the period from 1 April to 30 June 1982, the
Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine                maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
animals for fattening justify, for the second quarter of       Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 70 000 head of
 1982, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals      young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live
weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, orig­             weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which 60 000 head
inating in and coming from Yugoslavia ;                        must be imported into and fattened in Italy and 6 000
                                                               head must be imported into and fattened in Greece.
Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended          2.     The levy charged on imports of the young bovine
to help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal               animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to
production structures in Italy and in Greece ; whereas         the levy applicable on the day of import less 60 % .
appropriate measures must therefore be taken to
                                                                However, the levy applicable on the day of import
(') OJ No   L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                        shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of
(2) OJ  No  L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 18 .                          1 5 000 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to
0   OJ No   L 157, 28 . 6. 1977, p. 16.
(<) OJ  No  L 241 , 13. 9. 1980, p. 5.                         300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming
Is) OJ  No  L 359, 15. 12. 1981 , p. 15.                        from Yugoslavia.
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 This maximum quantity may be imported up to a                      in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) Nd
 maximum of :                                                       2377/80 ;
 — 13 000 head in Italy,                                       (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of
 — 1 300 head in Greece, and                                        2 000 head, including a maximum of 434 head
 — 700 head in the other Member States.                             originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.
 3.     The application for a licence and the licence                                   Article 2
 shall be in accordance with Article 9 (1 ) (c) of Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 2377/80 and shall relate to :                   1 . In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1
                                                               (5) (a) and (6) (a) :
 — either young bovine animals of a weight per head            (a) notwithstanding Article 9 (1 ) (d) of Regulation
     not exceeding 300 kilograms, or
                                                                    (EEC) No 2377/80, the applications for import
 — young bovine animals of a weight per head of from                licences lodged :
     220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming                — by agricultural producers, directly or through
     from Yugoslavia.                                                   their professional organizations, shall be
                                                                        acceptable only if the agricultural producers
 In the latter case, Sections 13 and 14 of the applica­                 undertake in writing to fatten on their farms
 tion for a licence and the licence shall include one of
                                                                        the young bovine animals imported under this
 the following entries :                                                Regulation,
 — 'Jugoslavien ,                                                   — by professional organizations, shall be
 — 'Jugoslawien ,                                                       acceptable only if they undertake in writing to
     TlouyKoaAxxola',                                                   have the young bovine animals imported under
•— "Yugoslavia',                                                        this Regulation fattened on the farms of those
 — 'Yougoslavie ,                                                       who are found to be members of the said orga­
 — 'Iugoslavia ,                                                        nizations at the time the declaration referred to
 — 'Joegoslavië .                                                       in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        612/77 is made ;
 The licence shall make it compulsory to import from           (b) applications for import licences may not cover
 the country indicated.                                             more than 100 head when made by individual
                                                                    applicants or more than 100 head per member
 4. Member States shall specify in the communica­                   when made by professional organizations. The total
 tion referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation               quantity applied for by a professional organization
 (EEC) No 2377/80 the category of live weight, and the              may not, however, exceed 2 500 head.
 origin of the products in the case referred to in the
 second indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3.       2. In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1
                                                               (5) (b) and (6) (b), applications for import licences may
 5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import              not cover more than 10 % of that quantity.
 licences may be issued directly :
                                                               3.      Without prejudice to Article 1 (3) of Regulation
 (a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in       (EEC) No 612/77, the security there referred to shall
     respect of a maximum of 40 000 head, including a           not be released, in whole or in part, unless proof is
     maximum of 8 660 head originating in and                   provided to the competent authorities of the Member
     coming from Yugoslavia ;                                   State in question that the undertaking in paragraph 1
      Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories    (a) has been complied with.
     of applicants in the communication referred to in
     Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;                                 Article 3
 (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of            For the purpose of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
     20 000 head, including a maximum of 4 340 head             No 2377/80, all applications from one applicant which
     originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.                 relate to the same category of weight and the same rate
                                                                of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one applica­
 6. Within the quantity reserved for Greece, import             tion .
 licences may be issued directly :
 (a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in                                 Article 4
      respect of a maximum of 4 000 head, including a
      maximum of 866 head originating in and coming             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
      from Yugoslavia ;                                         publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                Communities.
      Greece shall, for this purpose, specify the catego­
      ries of applicants in the communication referred to       It shall apply with effect from 1 April 1982.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 23 March 1982.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                               Member of the Commission