CELEX: 31988R1816
Language: en
Date: 1988-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1816/88 of 28 June 1988 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the third quarter of 1988

No L 162/16                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   29. 6. 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1816/88
                                                         of 28 June 1988
                   fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                          special terms in the third quarter of 1988
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         issuing the licences conferring entitlement to benefit
                                                                     from the arrangements ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,                                                Whereas, according to Article 9 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 2377/80, the applicant shall undertake either to carry
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of              out himself or to have carried out under his responsibility,
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market               the task of fattening ; whereas, in the case of agricultural
 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           producers or their professional organization, it appears
 No 3905/87 (2), and in particular Articles 13 (4), 15 (2) and       that the opportunity given to the applicant not to carry
 25 thereof,                                                         out himself the task of fattening could give rise to abuses
                                                                     in certain cases ; whereas it seems appropriate conse­
 Whereas the Council has established an estimate of                  quently to abolish that opportunity for the quarter in
                                                                     question ;
  1 64 000 head under the new import arrangements for
 young male bovine animals for fattening, for the period 1
 January to 31 December 1988 ; whereas, pursuant to                 Whereas, in the case of import licence applications made
 Article 13 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, the              by agricultural producers or their professional organiz­
 quantity which may be imported each quarter and the                ations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in order to
 rate of reduction of the import levy on these animals              permit a more equitable distribution of the quantities
 must be determined ;                                               available, to limit the maximum quantity which each
                                                                    application may cover ;
 Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of the
 special arrangements were laid down in Commission                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 (3), as last amended by Regu­           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 lation (EEC) No 1 121 /87 (4), and in Commission Regula­           Committee for Beef and Veal,
 tion (EEC) No 2377/80 (*), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 3988/87
 Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of the          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 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                                       Article 1
 Greece and may be estimated for the first quarter of 1988
 at 35 500 head and 5 500 head respectively in those                1 . For the period 1 July to 30 September 1988, the
Member States ;
                                                                    maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 41 000 head of
Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine                     young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live weight
animals for fattening justify, for the third quarter of 1988,       of 300 kilograms or less, of which 35 500 head must be
a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals                  imported into and fattened in Italy and . 5 500 head must
weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, originating            be imported into and fattened in Greece.
in and coming from Yugoslavia ;
                                                                 v  2. The levy charged on imports of the young bovine
                                                                    animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to the
Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended to            levy applicable on the day of import less 60 % .
help improve cattle-rearing and beef- and veal-production
structures in Italy and in Greece ; whereas appropriate             However, the levy applicable on the day of import shall
measures must therefore be taken to ensure that pro­                be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of U 050
ducers, can, as far as possible, benefit directly from the          young bovine animals weighing from 220 to 300 kilo­
arrangements without traditional trade being excluded ;             grams per head, originating in and coming from
whereas this objective can be achieved by giving agricul­           Yugoslavia.
tural producers and their organizations priority when
                                                                    This maximum quantity may be imported up to a
(') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                               maximum of :
0 OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 7.
(3)  OJ  No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 18.                               — 9 300 head in Italy,
0    OJ  No L 109, 24. 4. 1987, p. 12.
0    OJ  No L 241 , 13. 9. 1980, p. 5.                              — 1 500 head in Greece, and
(*)  OJ  No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .                           —     250 head in the other Member States.
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 3. The application for a licence and the licence shall                Greece shall, for this purpose, specify the categories of
 be in accordance with Article 9 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC)          applicants in the communication referred to in Article
 No 2377/80 and shall relate to :                                       1 5 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;
                                                                  (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of 1 800
— either young bovine animals of a weight per head not                 head, including a maximum of 500 head originating
      exceeding 300 kilograms, or                                      in and coming from Yugoslavia.
 — young bovine animals of a weight per head of from                                                 i
      220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming from
      Yugoslavia.                                                                             Article 2
                                                                   1 . In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 (5)
 In the latter case, Sections 13 and 14 of the application        (a) and (6) (a) :
 for a licence and the licence shall include one of the
 following entries :                                              (a) notwithstanding Article 9 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 2377/80, the applications for import licences
                                                                       lodged :
— 'Yugoslavia',
— 'Jugoslavien ,                                                      — by agricultural producers, directly or through their
— 'Jugoslawien ,                                                            professional organization?, shall be acceptable only
— TiouyKOCTAa6la',                                                          if the agricultural producers undertake in writing
— 'Yugoslavia',                                                             to fatten on their farms the young bovine animals
—     'Yougoslavie ,                                                        imported under this Regulation,
—     'Iugoslavia ,                                                   — by professional organizations, shall be acceptable
—     'Joegoslavië ,                                                        only if they undertake in writing to have the
—■    'Jugoslavia .                                                         young bovine animals imported under this Regula­
                                                                            tion fattened on the farms of those who are found
                                                                            to be members of the said organizations at the
The licence shall make it compulsory to import from the                     time the declaration referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (d)
country indicated.                                                          of Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 is made ;
                                                                  (b) applications for import licences may not cover more
4. Member States shall specify in the communication                    than 100 head when made by individual applicants or
referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No               more than 100 head per member when made by
2377/80 the category of live weight, and the origin of the            professional organizations. The total quantity applied
products in the case referred to in the second indent of              for by a professional organization may not, however,
the first subparagraph of paragraph s.                                exceed 2 500 head.
                                                                  2. In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 (5)
5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import                 (b) and (6) (b), applications for import licences may not
licences may be issued directly :                                 cover more than 10 % of that quantity.
(a) to agricultural producecs or their organizations in           3. Without prejudice to Article 1 (3) of Regulation
     respect of a maximum of 23 600 head, including a             (EEC) No 612/77, the security there referred to shall not
     maximum of 6 200 head originating in and coming              be released, in whole or in part, unless proof is provided
     from Yugoslavia ;                                            to the competent authorities of the Member State in ques­
                                                                  tion that the undertaking in paragraph 1 (a) has been
     Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories of     complied with.
     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
     11 900 head, including a maximum of 3 100 head               For the purpose of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
     originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.                   2377/80, all applications from one applicant which relate
                                                                  to the same category of weight and the same rate of
                                                                  reduction of the levy shall be treated as one application.
6. Within the quantity reserved for Greece, import
licences may be issued directly :
                                                                                              Article 4
(a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in
     respect of a maximum of 3 700 head, including a              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
     maximum of 1 000 head originating in and coming              publication in the Official Journal of the European
     from Yugoslavia ;                                            Communities.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 28 June 1988.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                        Vice-President