CELEX: 31984R2768
Language: en
Date: 1984-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2768/84 of 28 September 1984 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the fourth quarter of 1984

No L 260/72                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                29 . 9. 84
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2768/84
                                                     of 28 September 1984
               fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                       special terms in the fourth quarter of 1984
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      to help improve cattle rearing and beef and Veal
                                                                   production structures in Italy and in Greece ; whereas
                                                                   appropriate measures must therefore be taken to
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             ensure that producers can, as far as possible, benefit
 Economic Community,                                               directly from the arrangements without traditional
                                                                   trade being excluded ; whereas this objective can be
                                                                   achieved by giving agricultural producers and their
                                                                   organizations priority when issuing the licences
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68               conferring entitlement to benefit from the arrange­
 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                 ments ;
 market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act
 of Accession of Greece, and in particular Articles 13
 (4), 15 (2) and 25 thereof,                                       Whereas, according to Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 2377/80, the applicant shall undertake
                                                                   either to carry out himself or to have carried out under
 Whereas the Council has established an estimate of                his responsibility the task of fattening ; whereas, in the
 190 000 head under the new import arrangements for                case of agricultural producers or their professional
 young male bovine animals for fattening, for the                  organization, it appears that the opportunity given to
 period 1 January to 31 December 1984 ; whereas,                   the applicant not to carry out himself the task of fat­
 under Article 13 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No                   tening could give rise to abuses in certain cases ;
 805/68, the quantity which may be imported each                   whereas it seems appropriate consequently to abolish
 quarter and the rate of reduction of the import levy on           that opportunity for the quarter in question ;
 these animals must be determined :
                                                                   Whereas, in the case of import licence applications
                                                                   made by agricultural producers or their professional
 Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of           organizations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in
 the special arrangements were laid down in Commis­                order to permit a more equitable distribution of the
 sion Regulation (EEC) No 61 2/77 (2), as last amended             quantities available, to limit the maximum quantity
 by Regulation (EEC) No 411 /84 (3), and in Regulation             which each application may cover ;
(EEC) No 2377/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1617/82 0 ;
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                   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 ;
whereas these requirements are apparent in Italy and
 in Greece and may be estimated for the fourth quarter
 of 1 984 at 34 000 head and 6 000 head respectively in
 those Member States ;                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine
animals for fattening justify, for the fourth quarter of                                   Article 1
 1984, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals
weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head,
originating in and coming from Yugoslavia ;                        1.    For the period 1 October to 31 December 1984,
                                                                   the maximum quantity referred to in Article 1 3 (4) (a)
                                                                   of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 40 000 head
(') OJ  No  L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                             of young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live
0   OJ  No  L 77, 25. 3 . 1977, p. 18 .
0   OJ  No  L 48 , 18 . 2. 1984, p. 12.                            weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which 34 000 head
(4) OJ  No  L 241 , 13 . 9 . 1980, p. 5.                           must be imported into and fattened in Italy and 6 000
0   OJ  No  L 180, 24. 6. 1982, p. 24.                             head must be imported into and fattened in Greece .
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2. The levy charged on imports of the young bovine              (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of
animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to                  1 1 330 head, including a maximum of 3 080 head
the levy applicable on the day of import, less 60 % .                originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.
However, the levy applicable on the day of import               6. Within the quantity reserved for Greece, import
shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of             licences may be issued directly :
1 1 050 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to
300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming               (a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in
from Yugoslavia.                                                     respect of a maximum of 4 000 head, including a
                                                                     maximum of 1 200 head originating in and
                                                                     coming from Yugoslavia ;
This maximum quantity may be imported up to a
maximum of :                                                         Greece shall, for this purpose, specify the catego­
— 9 250 head in Italy,                                               ries of applicants in the communication referred to
— 1 800 head in Greece.                                              in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2377/80 ;
3.     The application for a licence and the licence            (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of
shall be in accordance with Article 9 ( 1 ) (c) of Regula­           2 000 head, including a maximum of 600 head
tion (EEC) No 2377/80 and shall relate to :                          originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.
— either young bovine animals of a weight per head
     not exceeding 300 kilograms, or
                                                                                           Article 2
     young bovine animals of a weight per head of from
     220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming
     from Yugoslavia.                                            1 . In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1
                                                                (5) (a) and (6) (a):
In the latter case, sections 13 and 14 of the application •     (a) notwithstanding Article 9 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation
for a licence and the licence shall include one of the               (EEC) No 2377/80, the applications for import
following entries :                                                   licences lodged :
—    'Jugoslavien ,                                                  — by agricultural producers, directly or through
—    'Jugoslawien ,                                                        their professional organizations, shall be
—    'Γιουγκοσλαβία ,                                                      acceptable only if the agricultural producers
—    'Yugoslavia ,                                                         undertake in writing to fatten on their farms
—    'Yougoslavie ,                                                        the young bovine animals imported under this
—    'Iugoslavia ,                                                         Regulation,
—    'Joegoslavië .                                                   — by professional organizations, shall be
                                                                           acceptable only if they undertake in writing to
The licence shall make it compulsory to import from                        have the young bovine animals imported under
the country indicated.                                                     this Regulation fattened on the farms of those
                                                                           who are found to be members of the said
                                                                           organizations at the time the declaration
4. Member States shall specify in the communica­                           referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation
tion referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation                       (EEC) No 612/77 is made ;
(EEC) No 2377/80 the category of live weight, and the
origin of the products in the case referred to in the            (b) applications for import licences may not cover
second indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3.               more than 100 head when made by individual
                                                                      applicants or more than 100 head per member
                                                                      when made by professional organizations. The total
5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import                     quantity applied for by a professional organization
licences may be issued directly :                                     may not, however, exceed 2 500 head.
(a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in
     respect of a maximum of 22 670 head, including a            2.      In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1
     maximum of 6 170 head originating in and                    (5) (b) and (6) (b), applications for import licences may
     coming from Yugoslavia ;                                    not cover more than 10 % of that quantity.
     Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories
     of applicants in the communication referred to in           3.      Without prejudice to Article 1 (3) of Regulation
     Article 1 5 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;        (EEC) No 612/77, the security there referred to shall
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not be released, in whole or in part, unless proof is       relate to the same category of weight and the same rate
provided to the competent authorities of the Member         of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one applica­
State in question that the undertaking in paragraph 1       tion .
(a) has been complied with.
                                                                                   Article 4
                       Article 3
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
For the purpose of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC)       publication in the Official Journal of the European
No 2377/80, all applications from one applicant which       Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 28 September 1984.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Poul DALSAGER
                                                                   Member of the Commission