CELEX: 51988PC0529(01)
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-17
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL AND REPEALING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1302/73

No C 300/12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               25. 11. 88
                                                               II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the
              common organization of the market in beef and veal and repealing Regulation (EEC) No
                                                            1302/73
                                                      COM(88) 529 final
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 20 October 1988)
                                                         (88/C 300/15)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           to be exceeded except in cases of abnormal market situ-
                                                                   ations, and its operation should be subject to an
                                                                   assessment of the need to ensure reasonable support of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              the market on the basis, in particular, of seasonal
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                   changes in production; whereas, for this purpose, a
thereof;                                                           system of buying-in by tendering procedures under
                                                                   which prices and quantities would be determined on the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;                 basis of the tenders received is appropriate to
                                                                   requirements;
Having regard       to   the  opinion    of   the   European       Whereas, for beef and veal, prices and production
Parliament;                                                        conditions vary very widely from one Member State to
                                                                   another; whereas, as a result, a facility may be needed
                                                                   whereby these quantities and prices can be fixed by
Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   Member States or region of a Member State;
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of
the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by                Whereas alteration of the intervention arrangements will
Regulation (EEC) No 2248/88 (2), provided for public               necessitate maintenance beyond 31 December 1988 of
buying-in as the main instrument for support of the                the special premium scheme provided for in Article 4a of
market in beef and veal; whereas Article 6a of this Regu-          Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, which has proved an
lation provided for a temporary scheme for a period                effective method of support for farmers' incomes, and its
from 6 April 1987 to 31 December 1988 the aim of                   extension to the Member States operating until that date
which was to reduce recourse to intervention and to                the calf premium and the variable slaughter premium;
restore to that facility its original function as a safety
net; whereas, however, these temporary arrangements                Whereas alteration of the intervention arrangements will
have failed to curb the quantities sent to intervention,           also necessitate the repeal of Council Regulation (EEC)
mainly because buying-in is an automatic facility and              No 1302/73 of 15 May 1973 laying down general rules
because the buying-in price calculation procedures have            for intervention on the market in beef and veal (3), as last
entailed heavy sales to the agencies at prices exceeding           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4),
the market price; whereas the outlook for production is
such that these sales are unlikely to decline; whereas the
efforts already made to restore order on this market by            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
further restricting sales to intervention must therefore be
pursued;                                                                                     Article 1
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is hereby amended as
Whereas, accordingly, while the conditions governing               follows:
activation of intervention related to market price levels in
the Community and in the Member States should be                    1. In Article 4a:
retained, with adaptation of the thresholds, this scheme
should now also allow of control of the quantities                     — the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 is replaced
bought in on the basis of an annual overall quantity not                   by the following:
(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                               (5) OJ No L 132, 19. 5. 1973, p. 3.
(2) OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 24.                               (4) OJ No L 61, 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.
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        '1. Beef and veal producers shall qualify, in                   4.    Where the maximum quantity referred to in
            respect of a given number and certain                      paragraph 1 is reached, tender procedures can be
            categories of animals held on their farms, for a           reopened according to the procedure laid down in
            special premium.',                                         paragraph 6 in the Member State or Member States
                                                                       or region of a Member State if one of the following
   — paragraph 2 is deleted,                                           two situations arises:
   — paragraph 3 becomes paragraph 2 and paragraph                     — the conditions set out in paragraph 2 being met,
        4 becomes paragraph 3.                                              exceptional circumstances are ascertained,
                                                                       — for two consecutive weeks, the                  average
2. Article 6 is replaced by the following:                                  Community market price and the average market
                                                                            price recorded on the basis of the Community
    'Article 6                                                              classification scale for adult bovine carcases fall
                                                                            short of 84 % and 80 % of the intervention price,
   1.     Where the conditions laid down in paragraph 2                     respectively.
   are met, buying-in by intervention agencies in one or
   more Member States or in a region of a Member                        5.    For each quality or quality group eligible for
   State of one or more categories, qualities or quality               buying in, the buying-in prices and the quantities
   groups, to be determined, of fresh or chilled meat                   accepted by the agencies shall be determined under
   falling within CN codes 0201 10 and 0201 20 11 to                   tendering procedures and may be fixed by Member
   0201 20 59 may be organized                 under   tender           State or region of a Member State on the basis of
   procedures arranged with a view to ensuring                          recorded average market prices.
   reasonable support of the market, having regard to
                                                                       The tender procedures must ensure equality of access
   seasonal developments as regards slaughterings. The
                                                                       for all persons interested. They shall be opened on the
   total quantity bought in under such arrangements
                                                                       basis of specifications to be determined.
   shall not exceed 200 000 tonnes per year for the entire
   Community.                                                           6.    Under the procedure provided for in Article 27:
   2.      For each quality or quality group that may be               — the categories, qualities or quality groups of
   bought in, the tender procedures may be opened as                        products eligible for intervention shall be
   provided in paragraph 5 whenever, in a Member State                      determined,
   or in a region of a Member State the following two                  — the opening or reopening of tender procedures
   conditions are both met for a period of two conse-                       and their suspension in the case referred to in the
   cutive weeks:                                                            last indent of paragraph 3 shall be decided,
   — the average Community market price ascertained                    — the buying-in prices and the quantities accepted
        on the basis of the Community classification scale                  for intervention shall be fixed,
        for the carcases of adult bovine animals is less
                                                                       — the procedures implementing this Article and in
        than 88 % of the intervention price,
                                                                            particular those designed to prevent market prices
   — the average market price ascertained on the basis                      spiralling down shall be adopted.
        of the said scale in the Member State or States or              In the cases referred to in the first and second indents
        region of a Member State is less than 84 % of the               of paragraph 3, suspension of tendering procedures
        intervention price.                                             shall be the responsibility of the Commission.'
   3.      Tender arrangements for one or more qualities                                       Article 2
   or quality groups shall be suspended in any one of the
   following three situations:                                      Regulation (EEC) No 1302/73 is hereby repealed.
   — where the maximum quantity               referred  to in                                  Article 3
        paragraph 1 has been reached,
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
   — where, for two consecutive weeks, the two                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
        conditions referred to in paragraph 2 are no                European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January
        longer both met,                                            onwards.
   — where buying-in is no longer appropriate in view               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
        of the criteria set out in paragraph 1.                     directly applicable in all Member States.