CELEX: 31969R1975
Language: en
Date: 1969-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1975/69 of the Council of 6 October 1969 introducing a system of premiums for slaughtering cows and for withholding milk and milk products from the market

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8.10.69                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 252/ 1
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 1975/69 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 6 October 1969
               introducing a system of premiums for slaughtering cows and for withholding milk and milk
                                                    products from the market
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           milk and milk products from the market should be fixed
                                                                   at a level at which it can be regarded as compensation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              for the loss of income from the marketing of the prod­
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                   ucts ;
thereof:                                        4
                                                                   Whereas to facilitate application of this system provision
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805                   should be made for advance graduated payment of the
 68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the            premium for withholding milk and milk products from
market in beef and veal, as amended by Regulation                  the market;
(EEC) No 1398/692, and in particular Article 2 thereof;
                                                                   Whereas half the expenditure incurred by granting these
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­                premiums should be financed by the Community,
ment 3;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the current situation in milk and milk products
in the Community is one of large and increasing sur­
pluses ;
                                                                                            TITLE I
Whereas, however, certain categories of farms in the
Community are tending to abandon milk production or                                  Slaughtering premiums
the marketing of milk and milk products;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas this trend may be encouraged by introducing a
slaughtering premium as inducement to farmers to under­            Farmers having at least two dairy cows may, on applica­
take to give up milk production entirely and to have all           tion, receive a slaughtering premium under the condi­
                                                                   tions laid down below.
the dairy cows on their farms slaughtered;
Whereas the amount of the slaughtering premium should                                       Article 2
be fixed at a level at which it can be regarded as compen­
sation for the loss of income from milk production;                The granting of the premium shall be subject in particu­
                                                                   lar to a written undertaking from the recipient :
Whereas the rules for granting slaughtering premiums               (a) to give up milk production entirely and
should vary according to the number of dairy cows on the           (b) to have all the dairy cows on his farm slaughtered
farm; ,
                                                                        during a period to be determined and at the latest by.
                                                                         30 April 1970.
Whereas it is possible to attain the desired objective by,
in addition, granting premiums to farmers who, although                                         i
not abandoning production, discontinue fully and finally                                    Article 3
the marketing of milk and milk products; whereas, how­
                                                                    1 . The amount of the premium shall be 200 units of
ever, the granting of this premium should be restricted to
                                                                    account per dairy cow slaughtered.
farmers who produce a relatively large quantity of milk;
                                                                    2. The granting of the premium shall be restricted to the
Whereas the amount of the premium for withholding                   number of dairy cows on the farm managed by the reci­
                                                                    pient at an appointed date to be determined by each
1 OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24.                                   Member State. In addition, the total amount of the pre­
2 OJ NoL 179, 21.7.1969, p. 13.                                     mium shall not exceed 2 000 units of account per reci­
3 OJ No C 41 , 1.4.1969, p. 20.                                     pient.
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                            Article 4                                  2. An amount of 100 units of account per dairy cow
  1 . For farmers having two to five dairy cows the premium           shall be paid in the three months following submission
 shall be paid when the applicant furnishes proof that he             of the written undertaking mentioned in Article 6.
 has fulfilled the undertaking mentioned in Article 2 (b).
                                                                      The balance shall be paid annually in four equal instal­
 2. For farmers having more than five dairy cows an                   ments if the recipient has satisfied the competent autho­
 amount of 100 units of account per dairy cow slaughte­               rity that the number of adult bovine units he holds is not
 red shall be paid when the applicant furnishes proof that           .less than the number of dairy cows held at the date of
 he has fulfilled the undertaking mentioned in Article 2(b).          making the application and that the undertaking men­
 The balance of 100 units of account shall be paid at the             tioned in Article 6 has been fulfilled.
 end of a period of three years from the date of furnishing
 this proof if the recipient satisfies the competent authority
 that he has ceased all production of milk during that                                         . HTLE IH
 period.                                                                                   General provisions
                                                                                                 Article 9
                            TITLE H
                                                                      The following shall be laid down in accordance with the
 Premiums for withholding milk and milk products from                 procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC)
                           the market                                No 805/68 :
                                                                     (a) the time limit for making applications for the grant­
                            Articles                                       ing of premiums,
 Farmers having more than ten dairy cows may, on appli­              (b) the time limit for slaughtering,
 cation, receive a premium for withholding milk and milk
 products from the market under the conditions laid down             (c) the period within which the appointed dates men­
 below.                                                                   tioned in Articles 3 (2) and 7 (2) must fall or, if a sys­
                                                                          tem of appointed dates cannot be applied, other equi­
                            Article 6                                     valent provisions,
 The granting of the premium shall be subject, in particu­           (d) detailed rules for verifying the fulfilment of undertak­
 lar, to a written undertaking from the recipient to discon­               ings and for payment of the premium, and
 tinue fully and finally the sale of milk and milk products.         (e) other detailed rules for the application of the preced­
                                                                          ing Articles.
                            Article 7                                                            Article 10
 1. The amount of the premium shall be 200 units of                  Member States may be authorized in accordance with
 account per dairy cow on the farm at the date of making             the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation
 the application.                                                    (EEC) No 805/68, to impose additional conditions
                                                                     for the granting of the premiums specified in Articles 1
 2. The granting of the premium shall be restricted to the           and 5.
 number of dairy cows on the farm managed by the reci­
 pient at an appointed date to be determined by each                                             Article 11
 Member State. In addition, the granting of the premium              If the undertaking specified in Articles 2 (a) and 6 is not
 shall be subject to the condition .that the quantity of milk
                                                                     fulfilled within a period of five years from the date of
 or milk products the production of which has ceased dur­
                                                                     making the application for the premium, Member States
 ing the twelve months preceding the appointed date, shall           shall without prejudice to possible judicial proceedings
 correspond :
                                                                     take steps to recover the premium.
 - either to a minimum of 22000 litres of milk, this
      quantity being increased by 2 000 litres for each cow
■ beyond the eleventh.                                                                          Article 12
 — or to a quantity of between 16 500 and 22 000 litres of           1 . The Guidance Section of the European Agricultural
      milk, this quantity being increased by from 1 500 to           Guidance and Guarantee Fund shall reimburse Member
      2 000 litres for 6ach cow beyond the eleventh; in such         States 50% of the premiums referred to in Articles 1
      cases the premium shall be granted at the rate of two­         and 5 .
      thirds of the amount specified in paragraph 1 .
                                                                     2. Detailed rules for the application of paragraph 1 and
                                                                     Article 1 1 may be adopted in accordance with the proce­
                            Article 8                                dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 17/64/
                                                                     EEC 1.
 1. The amount of the premium shall be paid in five in­
 stalments.                                                           i OJ No 34, 27.2.1964, p. 586/64.
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                         Article 13                                3. General rus for the application of Articles 11 and
 1 . On the basis of information supplied to it by Member           12(1) shall be adopted in accordance with the same
States , the Commission shall submit to the Council a              procedure.
monthly report on the application of the system of pre­
miums introduced by this Regulation.
                                                                                             Article 14
2. Amendment or abolition of the system of premiums
shall be decided by the Council, acting in accordance              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
with the voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
the Treaty on a proposal from the Commission.                   ' European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at Luxembourg, 6 October 1969..
                                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                                   The President
                                                                                                H.J. WITTEVEEN