CELEX: 31977R0927
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 927/77 of 29 April 1977 laying down detailed rules of application for the granting of a premium for the birth of calves for a further period of 12 months

30 . 4. 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 109/7
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 927/77
                                                      of 29 April 1977
                laying down detailed rules of application for the granting of a premium for the
                                   birth of calves for a further period of 12 months
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   further period of 12 months where the calves are still
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    alive six months after their birth ; whereas the event
                                                                 in which the premium becomes due and payable to
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                 the producer occurs six months after the birth of the
                                                                 animal to which the premium relates ; whereas, in
 Economic Community,
                                                                 order to calculate the amount of the premium in
                                                                 national currency, the conversion rate valid on the day
 Having     regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                on which the animal reaches the age of six months
 871 /77   of 26 April 1977 on the grant of a premium            should therefore be applied ;
 for the   birth of calves during the 1977/78 marketing
year (1 ), and in particular Article 2 thereof,                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Whereas, under Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No                  ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
 871 /77, Member States which apply the system of
 premiums for the birth of calves referred to in Article
 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 620/76 of 19
March 1976 on the grant of a premium for the birth               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of calves during the 1976/77 marketing year (2), shall
continue to grant a premium for every calf born on
their territory during a further period of 12 months
and still alive six months after its birth ; whereas the                                 Article 1
calves that may be entitled to this premium should be
identified to avoid fraud ;                                      1 . The premium referred to in Article 1 of Regula­
                                                                 tion (EEC) No 871 /77 shall be granted at the request
Whereas, under Article 4 (2) of Council Regulation               of the producer, provided it is proved to the satisfac­
(EEC) No 1134/68 of 30 July 1968 laying down rules               tion of the competent authority that the calf was born
for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No                    in the Member State concerned during the 12-month
653/68 on conditions for alterations to the value of             period referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) thereof and that it is
the unit of account used for the common agricultural             still alive six months later.
policy (3), for transactions carried out under the
common agricultural policy the sums owed by a                    2. The full amount of this premium of 35 units of
Member State or a duly authorized body, expressed in             account shall be paid in a single payment not later
national currency and representing amounts fixed in              than 60 days after the date of the approval of the appli­
units of account, are to be paid on the basis of the rela­       cation by the competent authority.
tionship between the unit of account and the national
currency which obtained at the time when the transac­            3. The start of the 12-month period may vary
tion or part transaction was carried out ;                       between 3 March and 4 April 1977 from one adminis­
                                                                 trative region of the Member State concerned to
Whereas, under Article 6 of the abovementioned Regu­             another.
lation, the time when a transaction is carried out is
considered as being the date on which occurs the                 4. The event, within the meaning of Article 6 of
event, as defined by Community rules, or in the                  Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68, which gives entitle­
absence of and pending the adoption of such rules, by            ment to the premium referred to in paragraph 1 shall
the rules of the Member States concerned, in which               be deemed to occur on the day on which the animal
the amount involved in the transaction becomes due
                                                                 reaches the age of six months.
and payable ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 871 /77 provides for                                         Article 2
the grant of a premium for the birth of calves for a
                                                                 The calves referred to in Article 1 shall, within 60
(•) OJ No L 106, 29 . 4. 1977, p. 16.
(2) OJ No L 74, 20. 3. 1976, p. 1 .                              days of their birth, be identified by means of an indel­
(>) OJ No L 188 , 1 . 8 . 1968, p. 1 .                           ible mark or any other equivalent method.
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                       Article 3                             2. Member States granting the said premium shall
                                                             notify the Commission of the number of animals
Member States granting the said premium shall take           becoming entitled to the premium during each
all necessary measures to ensure that the provisions of      month not later than one month after the end of the
this Regulation are complied with .                          relevant month .
                       Article 4                                                    Article 5
1 . Member States granting the said premium shall            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
notify the Commission of all measures taken to imple­        publication in the Official Journal of the European
ment the premium arrangements not later than 10              Communities. It shall apply from the day following
days after the date on which such measures come into         that on which the application of the system laid down
effect.                                                      in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 620/76 ends.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 29 April 1977.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                      Finn GUNDEDLACH
                                                                          Vice-President