CELEX: 31986R1999
Language: en
Date: 1986-06-28
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1999/86 of 27 June 1986 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the third quarter of 1986

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1999/86
                                                        of 27 June 1986
                  fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                         special terms in the third 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 f), 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          Whereas, in the case of import licence applications made
January to 31 December 1986 ; whereas, under Article 13
                                                                   by agricultural producers or their professional organiz­
(4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, the quantity which
                                                                   ations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in order to
may be imported each quarter and the rate of reduction of
                                                                   permit a more equitable distribution of the quantities
the import levy on these animals 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 41 1 /84 (4), and in Regulation (EEC) No           Committee for Beef and Veal,
2377/80 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3815/85 (Y,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 ;
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 July to 30 September 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 third quarter of 1986,      of 300 kilograms or less, of which 38 000 head must be
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.                 v
(') 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.
(Ó OJ No L 241 , 13. 9. 1980, p. 5.                                — 9 900 head in Italy,
h OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 11 .                              — 1 600 head in Greece .
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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 :
— 'Yougoslavia',
—   'Jug°slavien ,                                                   — by agricultural producers, directly or through their
—   'Jugoslawien ,                                                       professional organizations, shall be acceptable only
—   'Γιουγκοσλαβία',                                                     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
                                                                 For the purpose of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
     12 700 head, including a maximum of 3 300 head
                                                                 2377/80, all applications from one applicant which relate
    originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.                   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
                                                                  Communities.
     from Yugoslavia ;
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 27 June 1986.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President