CELEX: 31975R0464
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 464/75 of the Council of 27 February 1975 establishing systems of premiums for producers of bovine animals

28 . 2. 75                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 52/5
                                     REGULATION (EEC) No 464/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                         of 27 February 1975
                              establishing systems of premiums for producers of bovine animals
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                            Whereas in these circumstances it is desirable to
COMMUNITIES ,                                                         suspend, in the aforesaid Member States, the
                                                                      application of the development premium for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                          specialized raising of cattle for meat production as
European Economic Community, and in particular
                                                                       laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No
Article 43 thereof;                                                   1353/73 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 266/75 (6), as well as the premium for the
                                                                      retention of cattle laid down in Article 2 of
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;                     Regulation (EEC) No 2502/74 (7),
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Parliament;
                                                                                                 Article 1
Whereas by way of derogation from Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common                      1 . Member States shall grant for the benefit of the
organization of the market in beef and veal, as last                  producers a premium on the slaughter during the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1855/74 (2), the                       period from 1 May 1975 to 29 February 1976 of
intervention price for beef and veal has not been                     certain adult bovine animals of Community origin
increased for the 1975/76 marketing year by the                       intended for slaughter, other than cows.
same amount as the guide price; whereas it is
therefore necessary to ensure to producers incomes                    The amount of the premium shall be equal to
reflecting the increase in the latter ; whereas it is                 28 units of account for each adult bovine animal .
appropriate to this end to grant aids to producers
who devote themselves to cattle raising ;                             2. In addition, Member States are authorized to
                                                                      grant for the animals referred to in paragraph 1 a
                                                                      supplementary national premium, the amount of
Whereas this objective can be achieved by the                         which can vary in time, up to a maximum amount
granting of slaughter premiums for certain adult                      of 52 units of account for each adult bovine animal .
bovine animals intended for slaughter, of Com­
munity origin, excluding cows ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas, however, in order to take account of
regional disparities existing in the structuring of                    1 . The grant of the premiums shall be subject to
cattle raising, the Member States who have not                        proof that slaughter has taken place in the Com­
granted the orderly marketing premium referred to                     munity during the period laid down in Article 1 ( 1 ).
in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1967/74 (3 ), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2803/74 ( 4),                     2. If an animal which may be the subject of the
should be authorized to grant a premium for the                       premiums laid down in Article 1 is exported from
retention on the holding of cows or a premium for                     one Member State to another, these premiums shall
the birth of calves, in place of the slaughter premium                be paid by the exporting Member State on
for certain    adult      bovine       animals    intended   for      presentation of a declaration of slaughter or, in the
slaughter;                                                            absence of such declaration to be determined accor­
                                                                      ding to the procedure laid down in Article 27 of
                                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 805 /68 .
O    OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6.  1968 , p. 24.
(2)  OJ  No L 195 , IS . 7 . 1974 , p.  14.                           (5) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 18 .
(3)  OJ  No L 206 , 27. 7.   1974,  p.  1.                            (°) OJ No L 30 , 4 . 2 . 1975 . p . 1 .
( 4) OJ  No L 300 , 8 . 11 . 1974 , p.  1.                            O OJ No L 268 , 3 . 10 . 1974, p . 12 .
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However, two Member States may agree that for                                         Article 6
the exchanges in respect of trade between them,
the premiums shall be paid by the Member State
                                                              1 . The premium for the birth of calves referred
in which the animal is slaughtered. Member States
which make use of this facility shall inform the             to in Article 4 shall be granted per calf born during
Commission.
                                                             the 1975/76 marketing year.
                                                             2. The amount of this premium shall be 56 units
                      Article 3                              of account chargeable to the European Agricultural
                                                             Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
                                                             This amount shall be paid in two equal instalments,
Meat coming from animals which have been the                 one at the birth of the live calf and the other 12
subject of the premiums laid down in Article 1               months later if the calf is still alive.
cannot be bought by the intervention agencies.
However, Member States are authorized to derogate
                                                                                      Article 7
from the first subparagraph on condition that they
require the repayment of the premiums.
                                                             1 . The detailed rules of application of this
                                                             Regulation shall be adopted according to the
                      Article 4                              procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation
                                                             (EEC) No 805/68 .
Member States who have not granted the orderly
marketing premium referred to in Article 1 of                2. These detailed rules shall include in particular:
Regulation (EEC) No 1967/74, are authorized to
grant instead of the system laid down in Article 1           (a) definition of the categories and qualities of
for the benefit of producers a premium for the                    animals to benefit from the premium system;
retention of cows on the holding or a premium for
the birth of calves.
                                                             (b) control methods ;
In this case, the application of the system of the
                                                             (c) measures ensuring that it is the producer who
premiums laid down in Article 6 of Regulation                     benefits from the premiums, in particular in the
(EEC) No 1353/73 and in Article 2 of Regulation                   case of export of adult bovine animals intended
(EEC) No 2502/74 is suspended as from 3 March                     for slaughter from one Member State to another;
1975 .
                                                             (d) measures necessary to avoid distortion of trade
                      Article 5                                   in animals due to differing application in the
                                                                  various Member States of the premium systems ;
1. The premium for the retention on the holding
of cows referred to in Article 4 shall be granted for        (e) conditions under which the premiums can be
the period from 3 March 1975 to 29 February 1976.                 granted at the first marketing of adult bovine
                                                                  animals intended for slaughter.
2. The amount of this premium shall be decided
according to the procedure provided for in
Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the
                                                                                     Article 8
basis of the costs chargeable to the European
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guaran­
tee Section which would have resulted from the               The Commission shall submit to the Council,
application in the Member State concerned of the             at the latest on 1 December 1975 , on the basis of
premium referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)         the information which has been given to it by the
No 1967/74 during the months of January to April             Member States, a report on the application of the
1975, and of the premium referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ).     system of premiums.
3 . In addition, the Member States concerned shall
be authorized to grant a national supplementary                                       Article 9
premium the amount of which does not exceed
65% of the sum of the premium for the retention
of cows on the holding and this supplementary                This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March
premium .                                                    1975 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 27 February 1975 .
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                               M. A. CLINTON