CELEX: 31982R1685
Language: en
Date: 1982-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1685/82 of 29 June 1982 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the third quarter of 1982

No L 186/24                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                30 . 6 . 82
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1685/82
                                                         of 29 June 1982
               fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                          special terms in the third quarter of 1982
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       trade being excluded ; whereas this objective can be
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       achieved by giving agricultural producers and their
                                                                    organizations priority when issuing the licences
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              conferring entitlement to benefit from the arrange­
 Economic Community,                                                ments ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                Whereas, according to Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation
 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                  (EEC) No 2377/80, the applicant shall undertake
 market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act            either to carry out himself or to have carried out under
 of Accession of Greece, and in particular Articles 13              his responsibility the task of fattening ; whereas, in the
 (4), 15 (2) and 25 thereof,                                        case of agricultural producers or their professional
                                                                    organization , it appears that the opportunity given to
 Whereas the Council has established an estimate                    the applicant not to carry out himself the task of fat­
 under the new import arrangements for young male                   tening could give rise to abuses in certain cases ;
 bovine animals for fattening, for the period 1 January             whereas it seems appropriate consequently to abolish
 to 31 December 1982 ; whereas, under Article 13 (4) (a)            that opportunity for the quarter in question ;
 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , the quantity which
 may be imported each quarter and the rate of reduc­                Whereas, in the case of import licence applications
 tion of the import levy on these animals must be                   made by agricultural producers or their professional
determined ;                                                        organizations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in
                                                                    order to permit a more equitable distribution of the
 Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of            quantities available, to limit the maximum quantity
 the special arrangements were laid down in Commis­                 which each application may cover ;
sion Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 (2), as amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 384/77 (3), and in Regulation                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(EEC) No 2377/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(EEC) No 1617/82 0 ;                                                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 third quarter
of 1982 at 44 500 head and 4 000 head respectively in                                       Article 1
 those Member States ;
                                                                    1 . For the period from 1 July to 30 September
Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine                     1982, the maximum quantity referred to in Article 13
 animals for fattening justify, for the third quarter of            (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 50 000
 1982, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals           head of young male bovine animals for fattening, of a
weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, orig­                  live weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which 44 500
 inating in and coming from Yugoslavia ;                            head must be imported into and fattened in Italy and
                                                                    4 000 head must be imported into and fattened in
Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended               Greece .
 to help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal
 production structures in Italy and in Greece ; whereas             2. The levy charged on imports of the young bovine
 appropriate measures must therefore be taken to                    animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to
ensure that producers can, as far as possible, benefit              the levy applicable on the day of import less 60 % .
directly from the arrangements without traditional
                                                                    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
(3) OJ  No  L 157, 28 . 6. 1977, p. 16.                             300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming
(4) OJ  No  L 241 , 13 . 9 . 1980, p. 5 .
 4 OJ No L 180, 24. 6. 1982, p. 24.                                 from Yugoslavia.
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This maximum quantity may be imported up to a                        in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
maximum of :                                                         2377/ 80 ;
                                                                (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of
— 13 000 head in Italy,
— 1 500 head in Greece, and
                                                                      1 330 head, including a maximum of 500 head
— 500 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
     not exceeding 300 kilograms, or                            (a) notwithstanding Article 9 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation
                                                                     (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
—    ' Γιουγκοσλαβία',                                                    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 29 660 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)
      14 840 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 2 670 head, including a
      maximum of 1 000 head originating in and                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
      coming 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 July 1982.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 29 June 1982.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                             Member of the Commission