CELEX: 31974D0291
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 5 June 1974 concerning, 'inter alia' the setting of a time limit for the Commission Decision of 8 May 1974 authorizing the Italian Republic to take certain protective measures under Article 108 (3) of the EEC Treaty in respect of imports of calves and young bovine animals for fattening

No L 154/22                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                11 . 6. 74
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                                           (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                    COMMISSION
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 5 June 1974
               concerning, 'inter alia', the setting of a time limit for the Commission Decision
               of 8 May 1974 authorizing the Italian Republic to take certain protective
               measures under Article 108 (3) of the EEC Treaty in respect of imports of calves
                                         and young bovine animals for fattening
                                                (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                           (74/291 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas, since the Council has decided to fix a new
COMMUNITIES,                                                         representative rate for the Italian lira which must
                                                                     bring about an increase in agricultural prices in Italy
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                and will therefore have favourable consequences for
Economic Community, and in particular Article                        Italian cattle-farmers, special measures should be
 108(3) thereof ;                                                    taken to enable that Member State at the same time as
                                                                     it abolishes the deposit rules for the products in ques­
Whereas by its Decision of 8 May 1 974 ('), the                      tion , to apply adjusted compensatory amounts from
Commission , authorized the Italian Republic to                      now onwards,
require, upon the importation of certain goods, proof
of the lodging of a cash deposit equal to 50 % of their
value cif ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas that Decision provides that a time limit is to
be set on that authorization without delay in respect
of agricultural products subject to a market organiza­                                      Article 1
tion involving strict price support mechanisms and for
products processed therefrom ; whereas it appears that               In respect of live bovine animals of domestic species,
such authorization is no longer warranted as regards                 other than pure-bred breeding animals, not exceeding
calves and young bovine animals for . fattening, not                 300 kilogrammes in weight, intended for fattening
exceeding 300 kilogrammes in weight ; whereas                        and falling within subheading 01.02 A II of the
imports of the animals concerned are of such impor­                  Common Customs Tariff, the authorization contained
tance to Italian cattle farmers that their supplies                  in Article 1 of the Commission Decision of 8 May­
should not be any further restricted than they are                   1974 shall expire on 9 June 1974.
already by the measures taken by Commission Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1062/74 (2) of 30 April 1974
                                                                                            Article 2
suspending the special import arrangements for calves
and young bovine animals intended for fattening ;
                                                                     1 . By way of derogation from the measures taken in
Whereas     in  these    circumstances      the  authorization       pursuance of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 , the Italian
referred to above should be withdrawn ;                              Republic is hereby authorized from 10 June 1974 to
                                                                     apply in respect of the products referred to in Article
(') OJ No L 152, 8 . 6. 1974, p. 18 .                                1 the monetary compensatory amounts less 7 987 lira
(2 ) OJ No L 119, 1 . 5 . 1974, p. 69 .                              per 100 kilogrammes.
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2.    The authorization contained in  paragraph 1 may       Done at Brussels, 5 June 1974.
not be used only partially.                                                         For the Commission
                       Article 3                                                        The President
This Decision is addressed to the     Italian Republic.                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI