CELEX: 31986R0824
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 824/86 of 20 March 1986 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the second quarter of 1986

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                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 824/86
                                                          of 20 March 1986
                  fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                           special terms in the second quarter of 1986
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           tural producers and their organizations priority when
                                                                      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 3768 /85 (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 ;
175 000 head under the new import arrangements for
young male bovine animals for fattening, for the period 1
January to 31 December 1986 ; whereas, under Article 13               Whereas, in the case of import licence applications made
(4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , the quantity which            by agricultural producers or their professional organiz­
may be imported each quarter and the rate of reduction of             ations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in order to
the import levy on these animals must be determined ;                 permit a more equitable distribution of the quantities
                                                                      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 41 1 /84 (4), and in Regulation (EEC) No              Committee for Beef and Veal ,
2377/80 (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3815/85 (6);
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 second quarter of
 1986 at 38 000 head and 5 800 head respectively in those              1 . For the period 1 April to 30 June 1986, the
Member States ;                                                        maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
                                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 43 800 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 second quarter of               of 300 kilograms or less, of which 38 000 head must be
 1986, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals              imported into and fattened in Italy and 5 800 head must
weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, originating               be imported into and fattened in Greece .
 in and coming from Yugoslavia ;
                                                                       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 1 1 500
 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.
 (') OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.                             This maximum quantity may be imported up to a
 (2) OJ  No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .                               maximum of :
  3) OJ  No L 77, 25. 3 . 1977, p. 18 .
 (4) OJ  No L 48 , 18 . 2. 1984, p . 12.
 0 OJ No L 241 , 13 . 9 . 1980, p. 5.                                  — 9 900 head in Italy,
  6 OJ No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p . 11                                — 1 600 head in Greece , and
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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 :                                      15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;
                                                                  (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of 1 950
— either young bovine animals of a weight per head not                 head, including a maximum of 530 head originating
    exceeding 300 kilograms, or                                        in and coming from Yugoslavia.
— young bovine animals of a weight per head from 220
    to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming from
                                                                                             Article 2
    Yugoslavia.
                                                                  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 :
—   'Jugoslavien ,
—   'Jugoslawien ,                                                     — by agricultural producers, directly or through their
—   ' Γιουγκοσλαβία',                                                      professional organizations, shall be acceptable only
—   'Yugoslavia ,                                                          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,
                                                                       exceed 2 500 head .
the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 .
                                                                  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 producers or their organizations in           3.     Without prejudice to Article 1 (3) of Regulation
     respect of a maximum of 25 300 head, including a             (EEC) No 612/77, the security there referred to shall not
     maximum of 6 600 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
     12 700 head, including a maximum of 3 300 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 3 850 head, including a               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
     maximum of 1 070 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, 20 March 1986 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President