CELEX: 31979R0543
Language: en
Date: 1979-03-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 543/79 of 22 March 1979 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the second quarter of 1979

23 . 3 . 79                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 72/ 13
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 543/79
                                                           of 22 March 1979
                fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                           special terms in the second 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 1 1 (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 ( l ), 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 1 3 (4), 1 5 (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 second quarter
 of 1979 , at a minimum of 63 000 head , for that
                                                                                              Article 1
 Member State ;
Whereas the supply reqirements in young bovine                        1 . For the period 1 April to 30 June 1979, the
 animals for fattening justify, for the second quarter of             maximum quantity referred to in in Article 13 (4) (a)
 1979, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for                     of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 70 000 head
 animals weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per                       of 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
                                                                      63 000 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 11 (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 April
maximum of 42 000 head .                                      1979 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 March 1979 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                            Vice-President