CELEX: 31983R3000
Language: en
Date: 1983-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3000/83 of 26 October 1983 providing for the grant of private storage aid fixed at a standard rate in advance in respect of hindquarters of beef

27. 10 . 83                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 295/21
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3000/83
                                                     of 26 October 1983
              providing for the grant of private storage aid fixed at a standard rate in advance
                                             in respect of hindquarters of beef
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas provision should be made for the possibility
COMMUNITIES,                                                      of reducing the storage period where meat removed
                                                                  from storage is intended for export ; whereas proof that
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the meat has been exported must be supplied as in the
Economic Community,                                               case of refunds, in accordance with Commission Regu­
                                                                  lation (EEC) No 2730/79 (8), as last amended by Regu­
                                                                  lation (EEC) No 519/83 (9);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                 Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and
market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act           Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time
of Accession of Greece, and in particular Articles 6 (5)          limit set by its chairman,
(b) and 8 (2) thereof,
Whereas, in view of the different price trends              at
present obtaining in the various Member States and         in     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
particular the seasonal difficulties on the market         in
hindquarters, private storage aid should be granted        in
respect of hindquarters of adult bovine animals ;                                         Article 1
Whereas the provisions of Commission Regulation                   1.    Applications may be submitted between 31
(EEC) No 1091 /80 (2), as last amended by Regulation              October and 16 December 1983 for aid for the private
(EEC) No 2826/82 (3), should be followed in respect of            storage of one of the cuts of hindquarters of adult
the grant of private storage aid for beef ;                       bovine animals defined in Article 2 (2) (a) and (b).
                                                                  The amounts of this aid, by tonne of product, bone in,
Whereas provisions should be made to ensure that the              are fixed in Annexes I and II hereto for each of these
animals whose hindquarters are involved be slaught­               cuts, pursuant to Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
ered exclusively in slaughterhouses which are                     1091 /80 .
approved and supervised in accordance with the provi­
sions of Council Directive 64/433/EEC (4), as last
                                                                  If the quantities in respect of which contracts have
amended by Directive 83/90/EEC (*) ;
                                                                  been applied for or the market situation make it
                                                                  advisable, the deadline for the submission of applica­
Whereas the amounts of aid should be fixed in taking              tions may be changed.
into account the differences in value of the various
categories of adult bovine animals ; Whereas Article 3            2. The amount of aid shall be adjusted if the period
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 989/68 (6), as                     of storage is extended or reduced. The supplements
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 428/77 Q, provides                 per month and deductions per diem for each of the
that, if the market situation so requires, the period of          cuts referred to in Article 2 (2) are fixed in Annexes I
storage may be curtailed or extended ; whereas it is              and II hereto.
therefore appropriate that, in addition to the amounts
of aid granted for a specific storage period, amounts to          3 . Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the
be added or reduced in the event of that period being             provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1091 /80 shall
extended or curtailed should also be fixed ;                      apply.
Whereas, in order to prevent the financing of normal
private storage, it appears desirable to fix high                                         Article 2
minimum quantities ;
                                                                   1 . Only meat produced in accordance with the
(') OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                          provisions of Article 3 (1A) (a) to (e) of Council Direc­
(2) OJ  No  L 114, 3. 5. 1980, p. 18 .                            tive 64/433/EEC shall be eligible for private storage
0   OJ  No  L 297, 23 . 10. 1982, p. 18 .                         aid.
(4) OJ  No  121 , 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64.
0   OJ  No  L 59, 5 . 3 . 1983, p. 10 .
(6) OJ  No  L 169 , 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 10 .                        (») OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 61 , 5. 3 . 1977, p. 17.                              9 OJ No L 58, 5. 3 . 1983, p. 5.
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2.      For the purposes of this Regulation 'hindquarter             employed, the aid referred to in the second
shall mean :                                                         subparagraph of Article 1 (1 ) shall be reduced
                                                                     proportionally.
(a) the rear part of the half carcase cut in the manner
     known as 'pistola' with a minimum of five cut ribs         5.     No aid shall be granted :
     and a maximum of eight cut ribs and with a
     minimum average weight of 55 kilograms ; it is cut         (a) for quantities placed in store unboned or, in case of
     straight to the hip bone and then parallel to the               cutting or boning, for quantities of unboned meat
     fillet so that this is practically free from attached           employed, in excess of the quantity for which the
     parts of the flank, the flank being excluded from               contract was concluded ; and
     storage ; or                                               (b) in case of boning, for quantities in excess of 77
(b) the rear part of the half carcase cut in the manner              kilograms of boned meat per 100 kilograms of
     known as 'straight' with a minimum of three ribs                unboned meat employed.
     and a maximum of five ribs and with an average
     minimum weight of 55 kilograms.                                                     Article 5
                           Article 3
                                                                1 . The period of storage shall be either four, five or
                                                                six months, at the storer's option ; the storer shall state
                                                                his preference at the time of submitting the applica­
 1 . The minimum quantity per contract shall be 20              tion referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 1
tonnes expressed as bone-in meat.                               (!)•
2. The contract may only cover unboned meat of                  2. Entitlement to payment of the aid shall be
one of the cuts referred to in Article 2 (2).                   established only if the meat has remained in storage
                                                                throughout the storage period.
3 . Placing in storage must be carried out within 28
days of the date of conclusion of the contract.                 3. On the expiry of a storage period of three
                                                                months, the contracting party may withdraw from
                                                                store all or part of the quantity of meat under contract,
                           Article 4
                                                                subject to a minimum of 10 tonnes, provided that,
                                                                within 28 days following its removal from storage :
1 . Subject to the provisions laid down in paragraph
2, the contractor may, before placing into store, cut or        — the meat has left the Community's territory within
bone all or part of the products referred to in Article 2            the meaning of Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
(2), provided that only the quantity for which the                   No 2730/79,
contract has been concluded is employed and that all            — the meat has reached its destination in the cases
the meat resulting from such operations is placed in                 referred to in Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
store .                                                              2730/79, or
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply where the contract               — the meat has been placed in a victualling ware­
covers products listed in Annex I hereto.                            house approved pursuant to Article 26 of Regula­
                                                                     tion (EEC) No 2730/79.
3 . If the quantity stored unboned, or, if cut or               In this case, the amount of aid shall be reduced, in
boned, the quantity of unboned meat employed, is less           accordance with Article 1 (2), the first day of removal
than the quantity for which the contract was
concluded and :
                                                                from storage not being included in the period of
                                                                storage under contract.
(a) not less than 90 % of that quantity, the amount of
     aid referred to in the second subparagraph of              The contracting party shall inform the intervention
     Article 1 ( 1 ) shall be reduced proportionally ;          agency at least two working days before the com­
                                                                mencement of withdrawal operations, stating the
(b) less than 90 % of that quantity, private storage aid        quantities he intends to export.
     shall not be paid.
                                                                4. For the purposes of the first subparagraph of
4.      In case of boning :                                     paragraph 3, proof shall be furnished as in the case of
                                                                refunds .
(a) if the quantity placed in a store does not exceed 69
     kilograms of boned meat per 100 kilograms of
     unboned meat employed, private storage aid shall                                    Article 6
     not be payable ;
                                                                The amount of the security shall be :
(b) if the quantity placed in store exceeds 69 kilo­
     grams but is lower than 77 kilograms of boned              — 185 ECU per tonne in respect of contracts
     meat per 100 kilograms of unboned meat                          covering products listed in Annex I,
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— 115 ECU per tonne in respect of contracts                 an individual seal on each adult male bovine animal
    covering products listed in Annex II.                   hindquarter concerned.
                      Article 7                                                    Article 8
Member States shall take the necessary measures to          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
ensure identification of the products specified in          publication in the Official Journal of the European
Annex I, either by means of an indelible mark or by         Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 26 October 1983.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       Poul DALSAGER
                                                                 Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX I
                 Hindquarters from adult male bovine animals identified in accordance with Article 7
                                                               Amount of aid in ECU/tonne                          Amounts
               Products in respect of                               for a storage period :                       (ECU/tonne)
               which aid is granted
                                                                                                         to be added    to be deducted
                                                     of four months     of five months     of six months
                                                                                                          per month         per day
(a) Fresh or chilled hindquarters cut in the
     manner     known     as   'pistola'  with   a
     minimum of five ribs and a maximum of
     eight ribs and with a minimum average
     weight of 55 kg                                       915                965               1 015         50             1,60
(b) Fresh or chilled hindquarters cut in the
   . manner known as 'straight' with a
     minimum of three ribs and a maximum of
     five ribs and with a minimum average
     weight of 55 kg                                       885                930                 975         45             1,50
                                                               ANNEX II
                             Hindquarters from adult bovine animals not included in Annex I
                                                               Amount of aid in ECU/tonne                          Amounts
                                                                    for a storage period :                       (ECU/tonne)
               Products in respect of
               which aid is granted                                                                      to be added    to be deducted
                                                     of four months     of five months     of six months
                                                                                                          per month         per day
(a) Fresh or chilled hindquarters cut in the
     manner known as 'pistola' with a
     minimum of five ribs and a maximum of
     eight ribs and with a minimum average
     weight of 55 kg                                       570                610                650          40              1,35
(b) Fresh or chilled hindquarters cut in the
     manner known as 'straight' with a
     minimum of three ribs and a maximum of
     five ribs and with a minimum average
     weight of 55 kg                                       545                580                615          35              1,20