CELEX: 51994PC0467
Language: en
Date: 1994-11-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) - ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL (consolidated text)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             C0M(94) 467 final
                                             Brussels, 03.11.1994
                                             94/0247 (CNS)
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                          Proposal for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
 II            ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET
                            IN BEEF AND VEAL
                              (consolidated tart)
                  (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1.   In the context of a people's Europe, the Commission attaches great importance to
      simplifying and clarifying Community law so as to make it clearer and more accessible
      to die ordinary citizen, thus giving him new opportunities and the chance to make use
      of the specific rights it gives him.
      This aim cannot be achieved so long as numerous provisions that have been amended
      several times, often quite substantially, remain scattered, so that they must be sought
     partly in the original instrument and partly in later amending ones. Considerable re-
      search work, comparing many different instruments, is thus needed to identify the
      current rules.
     For this reason a consolidation of rules that have frequently been amended is also
      essential if Community law is to be clear and transparent
2.    By its decision of 1 April 1987 the Commission instructed its departments to produce
      a formal consolidated version of legislative instruments no later than after their tenth
      amendment, but made it clear that this was a minimum requirement, and that in the
      interests of clarity and of the ready comprehension of Community law, an effort
      should be made by each department to consolidate the instruments for which it is
      responsible at more frequent intervals.
3.    The proposed consolidated version of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 28
      June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal has been
      drafted in accordance with the fundamental principles agreed by Council, Parliament
      and the Commission in 1974; it aims at legislative consolidation (l): the existing re-
      gulations would be replaced by one, which would leave their substance untouched but
     would assemble them into a single text, with only the formal amendments required by
      the operation itself.
4. It should be noted that Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, like all the old basic regulations
in agriculture, provides that:
— general implementing rules are adopted by the Council on a proposal from the Com-
     mission (second-generation Council regulations);
— detailed rules are adopted by the Commission by the Management Committee pro-
     cedure;
except where prices are concerned, since following CAP reform general implementing rules
are no longer required to be adopted by the Council.
Regulations on the common organization of markets enacted since 1992 no longer provide
for general implementing rules to be laid down by the Council, but the Legal Service and
the Directorate-General for Agriculture are keen that the consolidation should go through
quickly and accordingly suggest a pragmatic approach to this point; the consolidation pro-
posal makes no changes to provisions empowering the Council to adopt such rules.
But, when future amendments are proposed outside the consolidation exercise, the Com-
mission should make proposals concerning the second-generation Council regulations al-
ready in force for beef and veal.
5.   This consolidation proposal was drawn up on the basis of a preliminary consolidationr
     in all the official languages, of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 and the instruments
     amending it, carried out by the Office for Official Publications of the European
     Communities, by means of data-processing system referred to in the conclusions of
     the European Council meeting at Edinburgh. The old numbering of the Articles has
     been retained in the margin for ease of reference, the new numbering being entered
     above the Articles; an Annex III, part A to the codified Regulation provides a con-
     cordance table relating the old system of numbering to the new.
    (*) Annex III, part B of this proposal.
                                                    I
 ---pagebreak---                                      PROPOSAL FOR A
                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No
                                              of
                 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal
    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
    Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof;
    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
    Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
    ment (1);
1)   Whereas the basic provisions concerning the organization
    of the market in beef and veal have been substantially
    amended on a number of occasions since the adoption
    of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (2); whereas, by
    reason of their number, complexity and dispersal among
    various issues of the Official Journal of the European
    Communities, the relevant texts are difficult to use and
    thus lack the clarity which should be an essential feature
    of all legislation; whereas the said Regulation should
   therefore be consolidated;
2) Whereas the operation and development of the common                 805/68
    market in agricultural products must be accompanied by
   the establishment of a common agricultural policy to in-
    clude in particular a common organisation of agricultural
    markets which may take various forms depending on the
   product;
3) Whereas the aim of the common agricultural policy is to      4.     805/68
    attain the objectives set out in Article 39 of the Treaty;         (adapted)
   whereas, in the beef and veal sector, in order to stabilise
   markets and to ensure a fair standard of living for the
   agricultural community concerned, provision should be
   made for intervention measures and measures to facili-
   tate the adjustment of supply to market requirements,
   while sustaining the producers' revenues;
4) Whereas, in order to redress the situation of agriculture           2066/92
   in general, measures were applied both in the farming               (adapted)
   sectors supplying raw materials for beef and veal produc-
   tion and in the beef and veal sector itself; whereas, as a
   result of these measures, the intervention price for beef
   is reduced;
   (!) O J N o C
   (2) OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24; Regulation as last
         amended by Regulation (EC) No 1884/94 (OJ No
        L197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 27).
 ---pagebreak--- 5) Whereas, given the consequences for producers, substan-         2066/92
   tial compensation should be granted in the form of pre-         (adapted)
   miums, subject to a limit on the number of eligible male
   animals to that corresponding to an economically viable
   holding; whereas, given the variety of stockfarming en-
   terprises, provision should be made for a special pre-
   mium for beef producers and a premium for maintaining
   suckler cow herds; —
6) Whereas the granting of the premiums should not be              2066/92
   reflected in an increase in overall production; whereas,        (adapted)
   to that end, the number of animals eligible for premiums
   should be limited by applying regional and individual
   ceilings respectively to be determined in accordance with
   historical references; whereas most of the Member
   States do not have the information necessary regarding
   the special premium arrangements to establish the indi-
   vidual reference ceilings for each producer; whereas, fur-
   thermore, such detailed assessments would pose a variety
   of administrative problems; whereas the Member States
   should therefore be given the choice between establish-
   ing individual or regional ceilings;
7) Whereas slaughtering too great a number of animals           5. 2066/92
   during the slaughtering season could disturb the market         (adapted)
   and result in excessive buying-in for intervention; where-
   as to encourage the putting up for slaughter of castrated
   male bovine animals outside the annual 'off grass'
   period, an additional premium should be granted, sub-
   ject to certain conditions, to the special premium for
   animals slaughtered out of season during the first four
   months of the year;
8) Whereas                      eligibility for the suckler-cow    125/93
   premium was restricted at first, in the case of holdings        (adapted)
   with a dairy herd and a suckler herd, to small producers
   with an individual reference quantity of 60 000 kilo-
   grams of milk or less; whereas small or medium-sized
   producers with a reference quantity of more than 60 000
   kilograms who keep suckler cows but are not eligible for
   the premium would have faced price reductions from
   1993; whereas the said reference quantity for milk pro-
   duction has therefore been increased;
9) Whereas, in order to enable such small producers to de-      4. 125/93
   velop their holdings, the restriction of the premium to         (adapted)
   ten animals has been abolished;
 ---pagebreak--- 10) Whereas additional premium rights have been created         5. 125/93
    and distributed between Member States to enable the            (adapted)
    producers concerned, via the national reserves, to set up
    an individual ceiling or to increase their number of pre-
    mium rights on the basis of the number of suckler cows
    on their holding during a given period; whereas
                    the total number of additional rights has
    been determined, in particular on the basis of the most        125/93
    recent statistical data available on beef and veal produc-     (adapted)
    tion and of applications for suckler cow premiums, ac-
    count being taken, however, of certain particular situ-
    ations;
11) Whereas, in the framework of beef and veal production,      7. 125/93
    protection of the environment has become an important
    element to be taken into consideration; whereas, there-
    fore, Member States should be afforded the possibility
    of restricting or removing payments under the premium
    schemes for suckler cows and male bovine animals if the
    producer concerned has not fully complied with the envi-
    ronmental rules set out by Member States, subject to
    respecting the principle of proportionality;
12) Whereas, as regards the suckler cow premium, it is ap-      6. 2066/92
    propriate to provide for individual reference ceilings;        (adapted)
    whereas some increases in production become necessary
    because of changes in stock or production capacity of
    the recipients; whereas it is therefore advisable to pro-
    vide for the possibility of transferring rights acquired in
    respect of individual ceilings to other producers, under
    certain conditions, either together with the holding or
    without retaining the link between premium rights and
    land farmed;
13) Whereas new producers and existing producers whose          7. 2066/92
    individual ceilings do not correspond, for various rea-
    sons, to normal movement in suckler cow herds must not
    be excluded from right to premium; whereas provision
    should be made to this effect to set up a national re-
    serve, initially by means of a flat-rate levy on the indi-
    vidual ceilings of all producers and subsequently to be
    funded and administered in accordance with Community
    criteria; whereas, for the same reason, it is appropriate
    to make the transfer of the right to premium without
    transfer of the holding subject to rules whereby part of
    such transferred rights may be withdrawn without com-
    pensatory payment and to allocate the rights withdrawn
    to that national reserve;
14) Whereas, in order to support producers in the less-fa-      8. 2066/92
    voured areas, provision should be made to set up an
    additional reserve to be distributed exclusively between
    such producers;
 ---pagebreak--- 15) Where it is opportune to establish a link between sensi-        2066/92
    tive zones or localities and the production of suckler
    cows so as to ensure the maintenance of this production
    especially in areas where there is no other alternative;
16) Whereas, given the rising trend towards intensification of  10. 2066/92
    beef and veal production, premiums for stockfarming
    should be determined with due regard for the various
    possibilities of use of the forage capacity of each holding
    in relation to the numbers and species of animals held;
    whereas, to encourage extensive production, the grant of
    such premiums should be subject to compliance with a
    maximum stocking density on the holding, and an addi-
    tional amount should be granted to producers who do
    not exceed a minimum stocking rate; whereas, however,
    the situation of small producers should be taken into
    consideration;
17) Whereas one of the market destabilizing factors is the      11. 2066/92
    availability for rearing of a large number of male calves       (adapted)
    of dairy breeds; whereas in view of the different produc-
    tion structures in the Member States, the latter should
    be allowed to choose between paying a processing pre-
    mium for such calves and introducing a new intervention
    scheme for lightweight carcases of male animals;
18) Whereas the amounts of the special premiums and             12. 2066/92
    suckler cow premiums should be adapted progressively
    in several stages; whereas, in order to achieve the de-
    sired economic target, the premiums must be granted
    within a certain time limit;
19) Whereas agriculture in the territories of the new Ger-      13. 2066/92
    man Lander is still in an unusual situation compared to         (adapted)
    the rest of the Community; whereas it is subject to an
    ongoing and deep process of restructuring by which the
    size and management of many holdings will change as
    well as their productive structure; whereas these particu-
    lar circumstances should be taken into consideration by
    providing for specific measures on a transitional basis;
    whereas special regional ceilings should be provided for
    the special premium and suckler cow premium arrange-
    ments and whereas Germany should be authorized to es-
    tablish the operating details of such measures; whereas      +
    the definition of suckler cow
    excludes from the scheme producers whose suckler herds       8. 125/93
    do not belong to beef breeds; whereas, in order to              (adapted)
    cushion transition to this scheme, provision should be
    made for a transitional derogation from this definition
    for producers in the new              Lander; whereas the    +
    Council will take a decision on the integration of the
    territory of the new             Lander into the Commun-    13. 2066/92
    ity scheme on the basis of a Commission report;
 ---pagebreak--- 20) Whereas, in order to maintain the consistency of Com-     15. 2066/92
    munity agricultural legislation, it is appropriate to use
    existing legislative instruments to lay down conditions
    concerning extensification of production; whereas Coun-
    cil Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 of 15 Jury 1991 on
    improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1)
    and Council Directive No 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975
    on mountain and lull farming and farming in certain
    less-favoured areas (2), can be used for this purpose;
21) Whereas, in order to monitor stockfarming enterprises     16. 2066/92
    qualifying for premiums, a system of marking and regis-
    tration of stock satisfying identical criteria throughout
    the Community must be introduced;
22) Whereas the intervention measures may take the form of        805/68
    buying-in by intervention agencies; whereas, however, aid     (adapted)
    should also be provided for private storage since such
    aid least disturbs the normal marketing of products and
    can help to reduce the volume of buying-in by interven-
    tion agencies; whereas provision should be made for all
    intervention measures, except those concerning light car-
    cases of male animals, to be carried out on the basis of      2248/88
    the scale laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No            (adapted)
    1208/81 (3);
    (!) OJ No L 218, 6.8.1991, p. 1; as last amended by Com-
         mission Regulation (EC) N* 3669/93 (OJ No L 338,
         31. 12. 1993, p. 26).
    (2) OJ No L128,19.5.1975, p. 1; last amended by Regula-
         tion (EEC) No 797/85 (OJ No L 93, 30. 3.1985, p. 1).
    (3) OJ No L123, 7. 5.1981, p. 3; as amended by Regula-
         tion (EEC) No 1026/91 (OJ no L 106, 26. 4. 1991, p.
         2).
 ---pagebreak--- 23)  Whereas, in order to preserve the original function of           571/89
     public buying-in and prevent it from becoming an                 (adapted)
     outlet in itself, its activation must be made dependent on
     thresholds determined on the basis of market prices both
     in the Community and in the Member States concerned;
                                           whereas this scheme's
     application                         should be subject to an
     assessment of the need to ensure reasonable support of
    the market on the basis, in particular, of seasonal
     changes in production; whereas, for this purpose, a sys-
    tem of buying in by tendering procedures, under which
     prices and quantities would be determined on the basis           571/89
     of the tenders received, is appropriate; whereas, for beef
     and veal, prices and production conditions Vary widely
    from one Member State to another; whereas, as a result,
     a facility may be needed whereby these prices and quan-
     tities can be fixed by a Member State or a region of a
     Member State; whereas to this end provision should be            805/68
    made in particular for fixing prices below which inter-
    vention measures may be taken and the conditions under
    which intervention may take place;
24) Whereas, taking into account the buying-in prices to be        3. 1628/91
    fixed under this                                 intervention     (adapted)
    system, and in particular under the safety net, there is a
     risk that buying-in into intervention will, at least partial-
    ly, replace the marketing of meat produced on the
    market place; whereas, in order to remedy this situation,
    excessive differences recorded between intervention buy-
    ing-in prices and market prices should be avoided;
    whereas, to this end, it is appropriate to exclude offers
    made by way of tender procedure which exceed the
    market price, increased by a supplementary amount to
    be determined;
25) Whereas, the intervention mechanism for light carcases
    of male animals, provided as an alternative to payment
    of the processing premium, must also be subject to a
    system of buying-in by tender;
26) Whereas the quantities which may be bought in under
    the normal arrangements and the arrangements for light
    carcases of male animals should be restricted degressive-
    iy;
27) Whereas the creation of a single Community market for             805/68
    beef and veal involves the introduction of a single trad-         (adapted)
    ing system at the external frontiers of the Community;
    whereas a trading system including, in addition to import
    duties, an import levy and export refunds, combined with
    intervention measures, also serves to stabilize the Com-
    munity market, in particular by preventing price fluctu-
    ations on the world market from affecting prices ruling
    within the Community;
 ---pagebreak--- 28) Whereas, with a view to the application of the levy            805/68
    system, import prices should be fixed on the basis of
    quotations recorded on the most representative markets
    of third countries and special import prices should be
    fixed where offer prices of third countries, other than
    those whose markets were taken into account in deter-
    mining the import price, are considerably lower than the
    import price; whereas the use of special import prices
    ensures that the Community market is not disturbed;
29) Whereas, moreover, in order to prevent the risk of             425/77
    market disturbance, it is appropriate to provide for the       (adapted)
    modulation of the levy, in accordance with the relation-
    ship existing between market prices in the Community
    and the guide price;
30) Whereas, in order to have more animals for fattening in        805/68
    the Community and to increase the production of meat
    without increasing the number of cows and, consequent-
    ly, milk production, it is advisable under certain market
    conditions to apply a special system to imports from
    third countries of certain categories of young bovine ani-
    mals and calves for fattening in the Community;
31) Whereas in order to guarantee adequate supplies for the        805/68
    processing industries in the Community, while maintain-
    ing a preference for Community-produced meat, provi-
    sion should be made, in respect of frozen meat intended
    for processing, for a special import system consisting in
    the total or partial suspension of the levy; whereas, in
    order to apply this system in certain cases, an estimate
    must be made each year of the amount of meat avail-
    able for and required by the processing industry,
32) Whereas, in order to monitor the volume of trade in            805/68
    beef with third countries, a system of import and export       (adapted)
    licences should be introduced for certain products, in-
    cluding the lodging of a security guaranteeing the execu-
    tion of the operations for which such licences are ap-
    plied for;
33) Whereas provision for granting a refund on exports to      10. 805/68
    third countries, equal to the difference between prices
    within the Community and on the world market would
    serve to safeguard Community participation in interna-
    tional trade in beef and veal;
34) Whereas, in addition to the system described above and     11. 805/68
    to the extent necessary for its proper working, provision
    should be made for regulating or, when the situation on
    the market so requires, prohibiting the use of 'inward
    processing arrangements';
35) Whereas the establishment of a single market in beef       13. 805/68
    and veal involves the removal, inside the Community, of        (adapted)
    all obstacles to the free movement of the goods in ques-
    tion;
 ---pagebreak--- 36) Whereas the system of customs duties and levies makes      12. 805/68
    it possible to dispense with all other protective measures
     at the external frontiers of the Community; whereas,
     however, the machinery of common prices, customs
    duties and levies may, in exceptional circumstances,
    prove defective; whereas, in such cases, so as not to
    leave the Community market without defence against
    disturbances which may arise therefrom after the import
    barriers which existed previously have been removed, the
    Community should be enabled to take all necessary
    measures without delay;
37) Whereas provision should be made for measures to be            1855/74
    taken when a substantial price rise disturbs or threatens      (adapted)
    to disturb the Community market; whereas the situation
    on the market demands that such provision be extended
    to cover the case of a substantial fall in prices;
38) Whereas restrictions on free movement resulting from       15. 3013/89
    the application of measures intended to prevent the
    spread of animal diseases may cause difficulties on the
    market of one or more Member States; whereas provi-
    sion should be made for the introduction of exceptional
    market support measures in order to remedy such situ-
    ations;
39) Whereas the establishment of a single market based on      15. 805/68
    a common price system would be jeopardised by the
    granting of certain aids; whereas, therefore, the provi-
    sions of the Treaty which allow the assessment of aids
    granted by Member States and the prohibition of those
    which are incompatible with the common market should
    be made to apply to beef and veal;
40) Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of the      18. 805/68
    proposed measures, a procedure should be provided for
    establishing close co-operation between Member States
    and the Commission within a Management Committee;
41) Whereas the common organisation of the market in beef      17. 805/68
    and veal must take appropriate account, at the same
    time, of the objectives set out in Articles 39 and 110 of
    the Treaty,
    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                      10
 ---pagebreak---                                          Article 1                              3905/87 - adapted
              1. The common organization of the market in beef and
             veal shall comprise an internal market and trade with third
             countries system and cover the following products:
    CNcode                              Description of goods
a) 0102 90 05 to    Live  animals   of the domestic bovine species, other than 3661/92
   Q1Q2 9Q 79       pure-bred breeding animals
   0201             Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
   0202             Meat of bovine animals, frozen
   0206 10 95       Thick skirt and thin skirt, fresh or chilled
   0206 29 91       Thick skirt and thin skirt, frozen
   0210 20          Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smo-
                    ked
   0210 90 41       Thick skirt and thin skirt, salted, in brine, dried or smo-
                    ked
   0210 90 90       Edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
   1602 50 10       Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of
                    bovine animals, uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or
                    offal and uncooked meat or offal
   1602 90 61       Other prepared or preserved meat containing bovine
                    meat or offal, uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or
                    offal and uncooked meat or offal
b) 0102 10          Live bovine pure-bred breeding animals                      3661/92
   0206 10 91       Edible offal of bovine animals excluding thick skirt and
   0206 10 99       thin skirt, fresh or chilled, other than for the manufac-
                    ture of pharmaceutical products
   0206 21 00       Edible offal of bovine animals excluding thick skirt and
   0206 22 90       thin skirt, frozen, other than for the manufacture of
   0206 29 99       pharmaceutical products
                    Edible meat offal of bovine animals, salted, in brine,
   0210 90 49       dried or smoked, other than thick skirt or thin skirt
                    Fats of bovine animals, raw or rendered, whether or 1096/94
ex 1502 00 90       not pressed or solvent-extracted
                                                           11
 ---pagebreak---                                                                        3905/87
1602 50 31 to Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offaL of        3661/92
1602 50 80         bovine animals, other than uncooked meat or meat
                   offal and mixtures of cooked meat or offal and un-
                   cooked meat or offal
1602 90 69         Other prepared or preserved meat containing bovine
                   meat or offal, other than uncooked, and mixtures of
                   cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal
          2.    For the purposes of this Regulation:                   425/77
          (a) *bovine animals' means:                                  3661/92 - adapted
                live animals of the domestic bovine species other than
                pure-bred breeding animals falling within CN codes
                0102 90 05 to 0102 90 79;
          (b) 'adulte bovine animals' means:                           425/77
                bovine animals the live weight of which is more than
                300 kilograms.
                                     TTTLEI                            805/68 - adapted
                                 Internal Market
                                     Article 2
          In order to encourage action by trade and joint trade orga-
          nisations to facihtate the adjustment of supply to market
          requirements, the following Community measures may be
          taken in respect of the products listed in Article 1:
          (a) measures to improve stock breeding;
          (b) measures to promote better organisation of produc-
                tion, processing and marketing;
          (c) measures to improve quality;
          (d) measures to permit the estabhshment of short- and
                long—term forecasts on the basis of the means of pro-
                duction used;
          (e) measures to facihtate the recording of market price
                trends.
          General rules concerning these measures shall be adopted
          by the Council, acting by a qualified majority, on a propo-
          sal from the Commission and after consulting the Euro-
          pean Parliament.
                                                     12
 ---pagebreak---                            Article 3                          425/77 - adapted
1. Each year, a guide price for adult bovine animals
shall be fixed for the Community before the start of the
marketing year referred to in Article 4.
2.   The price shall be fixed with particular reference to:
(a) future trends in beef and veal production and con-
     sumption;
(b) the situation on the market in milk and milk prod-
     ucts;
(c) past experience.
3. The guide price shall be fixed by the Council, acting
by a qualified majority, on a proposal from the Commis-
sion and after consulting the European Parliament.
                           Article 4                          805/68 - adapted
Save where derogation is decided by the Council, acting by
a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission,
the marketing year for all products listed in Article 1 shall
begin on the first Monday in April of each year and end
on the day preceding that day in the following year.
                   Section 1 — Premiums                       2066/92
                           Article 5                                           Article fa
For the purposes of this section:
— 'producer' means an individual farmer, whether a
     natural or a legal person or group of natural or legal
     persons, irrespective of the legal status conferred by
     national law on such a group or its members, whose
     holding is located in Community territory and who is
     engaged in rearing bovine animals,
— 'holding' means all the production units managed by
     the producer and located in the territory of a single
     Member State,
— 'suckler cow' means:
     (i) a cow belonging to a meat breed or born of a
           cross with a meat breed, and belonging to a herd
           intended for rearing calves for meat production;
           and
     (ii) an in-calf heifer, meeting the same criteria, which
           replaces a suckler cow.
                                            13
 ---pagebreak---                            Article 6                           2066/92 Article 4 b
1. A producer holding male bovine animals on his hold-
ing may qualify, on application, for a special premium. It
shall be granted in the form of an annual premium per
calendar year per holding within the limits of regional ceil-
ings for not more than 90 animals for each of the age
brackets referred to in paragraph 2.
2. The premium shall be granted no more than twice in
the life of each male bovine animal:
— the first time at the age of 10 months,
— the second time after it has reached the age of 22
     months.
To qualify for the premium, any animal for which an ap-
plication has been made, must be held for fattening by the
producer for a given period.
3. When in a given region the total number of animals
for which an application has been made and which satisfy
the conditions for granting the special premium exceeds
the regional ceiling, the number of eligible animals per
producer for the year in question shall be reduced propor-
tionally.
When calculating the total number account shall be taken
only of animals in the 10 to 21-month age bracket for
which an application has been made.
Within the meaning of this Article, the following defini-
tions shall apply:
(a) 'region': a Member State or region within a Member
      State at the choice of the Member State concerned;
(b) "regional ceiling": the number of animals entitled to      1884/94
     benefit, in a region and per calendar year, from the
     special premium; the total number of animals in-
     cluded in the regional ceilings of each of the Member
     States is limited to:
     Belgium                                           293 211
      Denmark                                          324 652
      Germany                                        3 092 667
           (including the particular regional ceiling
           relating to the special premium referred
           to in Article 15 (I), point (a), applica-
           ble for the new Lander)
      Greece                                           140130
     Spain                                             551552
           (including the Canary Islands)
     France                                          1908 922
                                             14
 ---pagebreak---       Ireland                                      1286 521   1884/94
      Italy                                          824 885
      Luxembourg                                      19 300
      Netherlands                                    264 000
      Portugal                                       154 897
      United Kingdom                               1 419 811
4. Where Member States have the necessary informa-            2066/92
tion, they may allocate to all producers individual ceilings
within the limits of the Member States' regional ceilings
and on the basis of objective criteria.
In such cases:
(a) each producer's right to premium shall be limited to
      his individual ceiling;
(b) the proportional reduction shall not apply;
(c) the Member States shall lay down special manage-
      ment conditions on the basis of the principles laid
      down in Articles 9 and 10.
5. Member States may decide to grant the premium at
the time of slaughter. It shall be granted only in respect of
carcases weighing not less than 200 kg.
The premium shall be paid or passed back to the pro-
ducers.
The United Kingdom shall be authorized to apply in
Northern Ireland a system for granting the special pre-
mium which differs from that applied in the remainder of
its territory.
6. The amount of the premium per eligible animal shall
be:
— ECU 60 for the 1993 calendar year,
— ECU 75 for the 1994 calendar year,
— ECU 90 for the 1995 calendar year and thereafter.
Save in duly justified exceptional cases, payment must be
made as soon as the inspections are carried out and not
later than 30 June of the year following the calendar year
in respect of which the premium is applied for.
7. At the latest from the time of the first premium ap-
plication, each male bovine animal must be covered by an
administrative document until slaughter.
8. Detailed rules for applying this Article shall be
adopted by the Commission in accordance with the pro-
cedure laid down in Article 41.
                                            15
 ---pagebreak---                            Article 7                          2066/92 Article 4 ç
 1. Where, in a Member State, the number of castrated        125/93
 male bovine animais slaughtered during the period 1 Sep-
 tember to 30 November of the year exceeds 40% of an-
 nual slaughterings of castrated male bovine animals pro-    125/93
 ducers may qualify, as from the 1993 calendar year, on
 application, for an additional premium to the special pre-
 mium granted under Article 6 (deseasonalization pre-
 mium).
 In order to establish whether the 40% has been exceeded,
 account shall be taken of slaughtering carried out during
 the second year preceding that of the slaughter of the ani-
 mal benefiting from the premium.
 For the purposes of applying this Article to the United
 Kingdom, Northern Ireland shall be regarded as a separate
 entity.
 2. The amount of the premium shall be set at ECU 60
 per castrated male bovine animal which has already bene-    125/93
 fited from the special premium and which is slaughtered
 during the period 1 January to 30 April of the following
year.
 3. The Commission shall submit to the Council before
 the end of 1995 a report on the effects of this premium
 system together with any appropriate proposals.
4. The (Commission shall adopt the procedures for im-
 plementing this Article in accordance with the procedure
 laid down in Article 41.
                           Article 8                                  Article 4 d
 1. A producer keeping suckler cows on his holding may
qualify, on application, for a premium for maintaining
suckler cows (suckler cow premium).
2. The producers' right to the premium shall be limited
by the application of an individual ceiling. This ceiling
shall be equal to the number of animals for which a pre-
mium was granted in respect of the reference year, re-
duced so that the national reserve referred to in Article 10
may be set up. Member States may select 1990, 1991 or
1992 as the reference year. Member States shall inform
the Commission by 31 January 1993 of the reference year
selected.
3. In the event of natural circumstances resulting in a
non-payment or a reduced payment of the premium for
the reference year, the number adopted may be that corre-
sponding to the payments made during the nearest refer-
ence year.
In the event of non-payment or reduced payment of the
premium for the reference year, following the applications
of the relevant penalties, the number adopted shall be that
recorded at the time of the inspection which gave rise to
those penalties.
                                           16
 ---pagebreak--- 4. The right to premium shall apply to producers to          2066/92
whom the premium was granted in respect of the reference
year and who also requested the premium for the years up
to and including 1992.
5. The premium shall be granted to any producer not          125/93
supplying milk or milk products from his farm for twelve
months from the day on which the application is lodged
and who keeps for at least six consecutive months from the
day on which the application is lodged a number of suckler
cows at least equal to the number for which the premium
was requested.
The supply of milk or milk products directly from the        2066/92
holding to the consumer shall not, however, prevent grant
of the premium.
6. The premium shall also be granted to any producer         125/93
supplying milk or milk products whose individual reference
quantity as referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 3950/92 W does not exceed 120 000 kilograms           adapted
provided that he keeps, for at least six consecutive months
from the day on which the application is lodged, a number
of suckler cows at least equal to the number for which the
premium was requested.
Additional rights to the suckler cow premium shall be
added to the national reserves. The total number of these
rights shall be distributed between Member States on the
basis of the average percentages of beef production and, in
particular, valid suckler cow premium claims as set out in
the table in Annex II.
The additional rights shall be allocated from the national
reserves in the first instance to milk producers who are
eligible or whose rights are increased for the first time by
virtue of the first subparagraph who comply with the terms
of this Regulation and who keep the eligible cows on their
holding on 1 January 1993 and retain them there for six
months. Any remaining part of this additional quota which
is not allocated to such producers may be allocated accord-
ing to the normal criteria for use of the national reserve.
Should the total number of additional rights to be allo-
cated exceed the number of additional rights available by
virtue of Annex IL the Member State concerned may re-
duce, proportionately, all the applications for additional
rights or give priority to certain producers, according to
objective criteria to be determined.
 (!) OJ No L 405,28.12.1992, p. 1.
                                           17
 ---pagebreak--- In allocating the amounts to producers for whom the maxi-    125/93
mum number of eligible cows was previously limited to
ten, any quota rights established by such producers under
paragraph 2 shall be taken into account. The reduction       - adapted
provided for in paragraph 2 shall apply in the same way to
the ceilings laid down or to the increases in the ceiling
established in accordance with the third subparagraph.
The fact of whether cows belong to a suckler herd or to a    2066/92
dairy herd shall be checked on the basis of the benefi-
ciary's reference quantity referred to in the first subpara-
graph and an average milk yield to be fixed in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 41.
 7. Per eligible animal, the amount of the premium shall
be:
— ECU 70 for the 1993 calendar year,
— ECU 95 for the 1994 calendar year,
— ECU 120 for the 1995 calendar year and thereafter.
Save in duly justified exceptional cases, payment must be
made as soon as the inspections are carried out and not
later than 30 June of the year following the calendar year
in respect of which the premium is applied for.
Member States may grant an additional national premium,
up to a maximum of ECU 25 per cow, provided that no
discrimination is caused between stockfarmers in the
Member State concerned.
In respect of holdings located in a region as referred to in
the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 W
the first ECU 20 per cow of this additional premium shall
be financed by the Guarantee Section of the European
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).
The fourth subparagraph shall be extended to holdings        3611/93
situated throughout the territory of a Member State if in
the Member State concerned the cattle population has a
high proportion of suckler cows, representing at least 30%
of the total number of cows, and if at least 30% of male
bovine animals slaughtered belong to conformation classes
S and E. Any overshoot of these percentages shall be es-
tablished on the basis of the average of the two years pre-
ceding that for which the premium is granted.
 ^)   OJ No L185,15. 7.1988, p. 9.
                                           18
 ---pagebreak--- 8. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall   2066/92
be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the pro-
cedure laid down in Article 41:
— in particular those allowing the Member States to de-
     termine, taking into account the structure of their
     herds of suckler cows, the reduction referred to in
     paragraph 2,
— and also those relating to the definition of the con-
     cept of suckler cow referred to in Article 5.
                          Article 9                                   Article 4 e
1. Where a producer sells or otherwise transfers his
holding, he may transfer all his suckler cow premium rights
to the person taking over his holding. He may also
transfer, in full or in part, his rights to other producers
without transferring his holding. In accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 41, the Commission may
lay down specific rules relating to the minimum number
which may form the subject of a partial transfer.
In the case of transfer without transfer of the holding a
part of the transferred rights, which shall not exceed 15%,
shall be returned without compensatory payment to the
national reserve of the Member State where his holding is
situated to be distributed free of charge to newcomers or
to other priority producers referred to in Article 10 (2).
2. Member States:
(a) shall take the necessary measures to prevent premium
     rights being transferred outside sensitive areas or re-
     gions where beef and veal production is particularly
     important for the local economy;
(b) may provide either tiiat the transfer of rights without
     transfer of the holding is carried out directly between
     producers or that it is carried out through the inter-
     mediary of the national reserve.
3. Member States may authorize, before a date to be
determined, temporary transfers of part of the premium
rights which are not intended to be used by the producer
who holds them.
4. Premium rights transferred and/or temporarily trans-
ferred to a producer shall be in addition to those which
were assigned to him originally with his original ceiling.
5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall
be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the pro-
cedure laid down in Article 41.
These detailed rules shall concern, in particular, provisions
enabling the Member States to resolve problems relating
to the transfer of premium rights by producers who are
not the owners of the land occupied by their holdings.
                                            19
 ---pagebreak---                           Article 10                          2066/92 Article 4f
 1. Each Member State shall set up an initial national
reserve equal to at least 1 % and at the most 3 %, of the
total number of animals for which a suckler cow premium
has been granted under the reference year to producers
whose holdings are situated in their territory. To this
national reserve shall also be added any premium rights
withdrawn pursuant to Article 9 (1).
For Germany the initial national reserve shall be calcu-
lated on the basis of the total number of animals for which
a suckler cow premium was granted under the reference
year to producers whose holdings are situated in the
former German Lander. This reserve concerns only those
producers.
2. The Member States shall use their national reserves
for granting rights, within the limits of those reserves, in
particular to the producers referred to below:
(a) producers who applied for a premium before 1 Jan-
      uary 1993 and who have proved to the satisfaction of
      the competent authority that the application of indi-
     vidual ceilings in accordance with Article 8 (2) would
      put at risk the viability of their holdings, taking ac-
      count of the implementation of an investment pro-
      gramme in the beef and veal sector before 1 January
      1993;
(b) producers who have submitted in respect of the refer-
      ence year a premium application which, as a result of
      exceptional circumstances, does not correspond to the
      actual situation as established during the previous
     years;
(c) producers who have regularly submitted premium ap^
     plications without, however, having submitted an ap-
     plication under the reference year;
d)   producers who submit a premium application for the
     first time during the year following the reference year
      or subsequent years;
(e) producers who have acquired part of the land previ-
     ously used for cattle breeding by other producers.
3. An additional reserve shall be created equal to 1% of
the total of the individual ceilings of the producers in the
less—favoured areas of each Member State; this reserve
shall be assigned exclusively to producers in those areas in
accordance with criteria to be determined by the Member
States.
For Germany, the additional reserve shall be equal to 1%
of the sum of individual limits applicable to producers
whose holdings are situated in the less-favoured zones of
the former German Lander. This reserve shall concern
only those producers.
4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall
be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the pro-
cedure laid down in Article 41.
                                            20
 ---pagebreak--- The same procedure shall be used for adopting:              2066/92
— the measures applicable where, in a Member State,
     the national reserve is not used,
— the transitional measures required to ease the passage
     from the pre—existing system to the system laid down
     in this Regulation, and, in particular, those measures
     concerning producers who benefited from the suckler
     cow premium for the first time under the year 1991
     or 1992 in cases where one or either of these years
     directly succeeds the reference year chosen by the
     Member State concerned.
5. Before 1 July 1996 the Commission shall submit to
the Council a report on the application of the system laid
down in Article 9 and in this Article, together with any
necessary proposals.
                         Article 11                                 Article 4 S
1. The total number of animals qualifying for the special
premium and the suckler cow premium shall be limited by
the application of a stocking density on the holding. This
stocking density shall be expressed in livestock units (LU)
per unit of forage area of the holding used for the animals
carried on it. However, a producer shall be exempt from
the application of the stocking density if the number of
animals held on his holding and to be taken into account
for determining the stocking density is not more than 15
LU,
2.   The stocking density shall be set at:
— 3,5 LU/ha for the 1993 calendar year,
— 3 LU/ha for the 1994 calendar year,
— 2,5 LU/ha for the 1995 calendar year
— 2 LU/ha from the 1996 calendar year onwards.
3. For deteimining the stocking density of the holding,
account shall be taken of:
— the male bovine animals, suckler cows, sheep and/or
     goats for which premium applications have been sub-
     mitted, as well as the dairy cows needed to produce
     the reference quantity of milk allocated to the pro-
     ducer. The number of animals shall be converted to
     LU by reference to the conversion table in Annex I
     to Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91,
                                           21
 ---pagebreak--- — the forage area, meaning the area of the holding           2066/92
      available throughout the calendar year for rearing
      bovine animals and sheep and/or goats. The forage
      area does not include buildings, woods, ponds, paths
      or areas used for other crops eligible for Community
      aid or permanent crops or horticultural crops, or
      areas qualifying for the same system as that laid down
      for the producers of certain arable crops, or subject
      to a national or Community set-aside scheme other
      than the scheme referred to in point (a) of the third
      subparagraph of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
      No 2328/91. Forage area includes areas in shared use
      and areas which are subject to mixed cultivation
      under rules to be adopted in accordance with the pro-
      cedure laid down in Article 41.
4. Bovine animals for which the special premium or the
suckler cow premium is granted must be identified by ap-
propriate marking. Identification data shall be entered in a
special register kept by the producer.
5. Member States may apply appropriate environmental         3611/93
measures which correspond to the specific situation of the
land used for the production of male bovine animals or
suckler cows qualifying for premiums. Member States
which avail themselves of this possibility shall decide the
penalties which are appropriate and proportional to the
seriousness of the ecological consequences of not observing
the said measures. These penalties may provide for a re-
duction or, where appropriate, cancellation of the benefits
accruing from the premium schemes. Member States shall
inform the Commission of the measures taken to apply this
provision.
6. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for apply-      2066/92
ing this Article in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 41 and in particular those enabling improper ap-
plication of the stocking density to be prevented.
                          Article 12                                 Article 4 h
1. Producers receiving the special premium and/or the
suckler cow premium may qualify for an additional amount
of ECU 30 per premium granted provided that the stock-
ing density for their holdings during the calendar year is
less than 1.4 LU per hectare.
2. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for apply-
ing this Article in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 41.
                                           22
 ---pagebreak---                           Article 13                           2066/92 Article 4 i
1. Operators may qualify for a processing premium in
respect of male dairy—breed calves which are withdrawn
from production before exceeding the age of ten days
(processing premium).
2. The amount of the premium shall be ECU 100 per
calf withdrawn. Save in duly justified exceptional cases,
payment must be made within a period not exceeding four
months from the date of submission of the application.
3. Each Member State may decide not to apply the pro-
cessing premium, taking account of its production struc-
ture. In that case, it shall participate in the special inter-
vention arrangements for lightweight carcases provided for
in Article 19.
4. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
41, the Commission:
— shall adopt detailed rules for applying this Article,
      and
— may amend the amount of the premium or decide to
      suspend the grant thereof.
                          Article 14                                   Article 4}
Where an infringement of Article 2 of Council Directive
88/146/EEC (^ is established, the animal concerned shall
not be eligible for the premiums provided for in this sec-
tion.
                          Article 15                                   Article 4 k
1. By way of derogation from the provisions of this sec-
tion, for die territory of the new German Lander:
(a) the following special regional ceilings shall be fixed:
      660 323 male bovine animals, for the special pre-        1884/94
      mium;
      180 000 suckler cows, for the suckler cow premium.
      These ceilings shall include both the premium rights
      to be allocated initially and any reserve established
      for this territory;
(b) Germany may authorize the premium rights to be
      transferred between the two special ceilings, up to
      15% of the total of the ceilings;
(c) Germany shall determine the conditions under which
      the special ceilings shall be distributed, and may in
      particular provide for their regional allocation;
 (1)  OJ No L 70,16. 3.1988, p. 16.
                                             23
 ---pagebreak--- (d) During the first three years of application of the new    125/93
      suckler-cow premium scheme, Germany may provide
      that this scheme shall also be granted in respect of
      cows other than those referred to in the definition of
      suckler cow given in Article 5, provided that such ani-
      mals are covered or inseminated by bulls belonging to
      a beef breed and belong to a herd intended for the
      production of beef calves.
2. The Commission may adopt detailed rules for imple-         2066/92
menting this Article in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 41.
3. Before the end of 1995, the Commission shall submit
a report to the Council, accompanied by proposals on the
application in the territory of the new German Lander of
the rules which apply in the rest of the Community.
The Council shall decide on these proposals by the end of
1996.
                           Article 16                                           Article 4 I
The expenditure incurred in granting the premiums pro-
vided for in this section shall be considered as intervention
measures within the meaning of Article 3 (1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 729/70 of the Council. W
                  Section 2 — Intervention
                          Article 17                          2822/72            Article- 5
1. Intervention measures taken to prevent or mitigate a
substantial fall in prices shall include:
(a) aid for private storage,
(b) buying-in by intervention agencies.
2. The intervention measures specified in paragraph 1         2248/88 - adapted
may be taken for adult bovine animals and for fresh or
chilled meat of such animals presented in the form of car-
cases, half—carcases, compensated quarters, forequarters or
hindquarters, classified in accordance with the Community
classification scale provided for in Regulation (EEC) No
1208/81.
3. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a pro-      2822/72 - adapted
posal from the Commission, may amend the list of prod-
ucts referred to in paragraph 2 which may be the subject
of intervention measures.
 (1)  OJ No L 94,28.4.1970, p. 13.
                                            24
 ---pagebreak---                            Article 18                                   Article 6
1. Where the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 are          3661/92
met, buying-in by intervention agencies in one or more
Member States or in a region of a Member State of one
or more categories, qualities or quality groups, to be deter-
mined, of fresh or chilled meat falling within CN codes
0201 10 00 and 0201 20 20 to 0201 20 50 originating in
the Community may be organized under tender procedures
arranged with a view to ensuring reasonable support of the
market, having regard to seasonal developments as regards
slaughterings.
Such purchases may not exceed the following quantities,       2066/92
per year and for the whole Community:
— 750 000 tonnes for 1993,
— 650 000 tonnes for 1994,
— 550 000 tonnes for 1995,
— 400 000 tonnes for 1996,
— 350 000 tonnes as from 1997 onwards.
2. For each quality or quality group that may be bought
in, the tender procedures may be opened in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 41 whenever, in a
Member State or in a region of a Member State, the fol-
lowing two conditions are both met for a period of two
consecutive weeks:
— the average Community grading market price re-
      corded on the basis of the Community scale for the
      carcases of adult bovine animals is less than 84% of
      the intervention price,
— the average market price recorded on the basis of the
      said scale in the Member State or States or regions of
      a Member State is less than 80 % of the intervention
      price.
The intervention price shall be set before the start of each
marketing year by the Council, acting by a qualified major-   - adapted
ity, on a proposal from the Commission and after consult-
ing the European Parliament.
3. Tender arrangements for one or more qualities or
quality groups shall be suspended in any one of the follow-
ing two situations:
— where, for two consecutive weeks, the two conditions
      referred to in paragraph 2 are no longer both met,
— where buying-in is no longer appropriate in view of
      the criteria set out in paragraph 1.
                                            25
 ---pagebreak--- 4. Intervention shall also be opened if, for a period of     2066/92
two consecutive weeks, the average Community market
price of young uncastrated male animals less than two
years old or castrated male animals, recorded on the basis
of the Community grading scale for carcases of adult bov-
ine animals, falls short of 78% of the intervention price,
and if in a Member State or regions of a Member State,
the average market price of young uncastrated male ani-
mals less than two years old or castrated male animals,
recorded on the basis of the Community grading scale for
carcases of adult bovine animals, falls short of 60 % of the
intervention price; in this case, buying-in shall take place
for the categories concerned in the Member States or re-
gions of a Member State where the price level is below
that limit.
For this buying—in, and without prejudice to paragraph 5,
all offers shall be accepted.
The quantities bought in pursuant to this paragraph shall
not be taken into account for the purposes of applying the
buying—in ceilings referred to in paragraph 1.
5. Only offers equal to or less than the average market
price recorded in a Member State or a region of a
Member State and increased by an amount to be deter-
mined on the basis of objective criteria may be accepted
under the buying—in systems referred to in paragraphs 1
and 4.
6. For each quality or quality group eligible for interven-
tion, the buying-in prices and the quantities accepted for
intervention shall be determined under tender procedures
and may, in special circumstances, be fixed by a Member
State or a region of a Member State on the basis of re-
corded average market prices. The tender procedures must
ensure equahty of access for all persons concerned. They
shall be opened on the basis of specifications to be deter-
mined taking commercial structures into account, where
necessary.
7.   Under the procedure provided for in Article 41:
—    the categories, qualities or quality groups of products
     eligible for intervention shall be determined,
—    the opening or reopening of tender procedures and
     their suspension in the case referred to in the second
     indent of paragraph 3 shall be decided,
—    the buying—in prices and the quantities accepted for
     intervention shall be fixed,
—    the amount of the increase referred to in paragraph 5
     shall be determined,
—    the procedures implementing this Article, and in par-
     ticular those designed to prevent market prices spiral-
     ling downward, shall be adopted,
                                            26
 ---pagebreak--- — any transitional provisions necessary for the imple-       2066/92
      mentation of these arrangements shall be adopted.
The Commission shall decide on
— opening intervention as referred to in paragraph 4
      and suspending it where one or more conditions laid
      down in that paragraph no longer apply,
— suspending buying-in as referred to in the first in-
      dent of paragraph 3.
                         Article 19                                           Article 6 a
1. The special intervention measures laid down in para-
graph 2 may be taken during the period from 1 January
1993 to 31 December 1995. These measures shall apply
exclusively in Member States which have not introduced
the processing premium referred to in Article 13.
2. By way of derogation from Article 17 (2), buying—in
by intervention agencies in one or more Member States or
in a region of a Member State of certain kinds of fresh or
chilled meat from male bovine animals of 150 to 200 kg
carcase weight and originating in the Community may be
organized under tendering procedures.
3. The quantities of meat bought-in under the special
measures shall be taken into account in applying the buy-
ing-in ceilings referred to in Article 18 (1).
4. The Commission shall adopt the detailed rules for
implementing this Article in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 41.
                         Article 20                          805/68 - adapted  Artkk-Z
1. Disposal of the products bought in by the interven-
tion agencies in accordance with the provisions of Articles
17, 18 and 19 shall take place in such a way as to avoid
any disturbance of the market and to ensure equal access
to goods and equal treatment of purchasers.
2. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a pro-     805/68 - adapted
posal from the Commission, shall adopt general rules for
implementing this Article.
3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article, in
particular as regards selling prices, conditions for release
from storage and, where appropriate, the processing of
products bought in by the intervention agencies, shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Ar-
ticle 41.
                         Article 21                            adapted         ArtickJ.
1. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a pro-
posal from the Commission, shall adopt general rules with
regard to private storage aid.
2. Detailed rules shall be adopted in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 41.
                                           27
 ---pagebreak---                           TITLE II                             425/77
                 Urade with third countries
                          Article 22                                              Azttkl
The Common Customs Tariff rates of duty shall apply to
the products listed in Article 1.
In addition, for the products listed in point (a) of Article 1
(1), a levy shall be applicable under the conditions laid
down in this Regulation.
                          Article 23                                             ArËcJeJÛ
1. The Commission shall each month determine a basic
levy on imports of bovine animals and of meat of the types
set out in Sections (a), (c) and (d) of Annex I.
The Commission may, if necessary, modify the basic levy
in the intervening period.
2. For bovine animals, the levy shall be determined on
the basis of the difference between the guide price and the
free-at-Ctommunity-frontier offer price plus the amount
of the customs duty.
The free-at-frontier offer price shall be established by       3661/92 - adapted
reference to the most representative purchasing possibi-
lities, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over a
period to be fixed preceding the determining of the basic
levy, for bovine animals and for fresh and chilled meat of
the types set out under CN codes 0201 10 00 and 0201 20
20 to 0201 20 50 in Section (a) of Annex I, taking into
account inter alia:
(a) the supply and demand situation;
(b) world market prices for frozen meat of a category
      which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat;
(c) past experience.
3. The Commission may determine a specific basic levy          425/77
for imports of the products referred to in paragraph 1
originating in and coming from third countries with trading
structures and systems of cattle production comparable to
those of Community countries, provided that market prices
are regularly recorded in such third countries.
For bovine animals, this levy shall be determined, for all
third countries concerned, on the basis of the difference
between: on the one hand, the guide price; and, on the
other, the average of the prices recorded over the period
referred to in paragraph 2 preceding the determining of
the basic levy, plus the amount of the customs duty. This
average shall be established on the basis of the prices re-
corded on the most representative markets of each of the
countries concerned, less any export subsidies.
                                            28
 ---pagebreak---  4. For meat of the types set out in Sections (a), (c) and    425/77
 (d) of Annex I, the basic levy shall be equal to the basic
 levy determined for bovine animals, multiplied by a flat-
 rate coefficient fixed for each of the products in question.
 5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall
 be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 41.
                           Article 24                                           AiMeJl
 1. The Commission shall each month determine the
basic levy on imports of frozen meat of the types set out
 in Section (b) of Annex I.
 The Commission may, if necessary, modify the basic levy
 in the intervening period.
 2. The levy shall be determined for frozen meat of the       3905/87 - adapted
 types set out under CN codes 0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10
in Section (b) of Annex I, by reference to the difference
between:
 (a) the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represent-   425/77
      ing the ratio existing in the Community between the
      price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the
      frozen meat in question, presented in the same form,
      and the average price of adult bovine animals; and
 (b) the free-at-Community-frontier offer price for
      frozen meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and
      a flat-rate sum representing the specific costs of the
      import operations.
3. The free—at-Community—frontier offer price for
frozen meat shall be established by reference to the world
market price based on the most representative purchasing
possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over
a period to be fixed preceding the determining of the basic
levy, and taking into account inter alia:
(a) foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
      meat;
(b) the most representative prices on third country
      markets for fresh or chilled meat of a category which
      is competitive with frozen meat;
(c) past experience.
4. For frozen meat of the types set out under CN codes        3905/87 - adapted
0202 20 30, 0202 20 50, 0202 20 90, 0202 30 and for thick
skirt and thin skirt under CN code 0206 29 91 in Section
(b) of Annex I, the basic levy shall be equal to the basic
levy determined for the product referred to in paragraph 2,
multiplied by a flat-rate coefficient fixed for each of the
products in question.
                                             29
 ---pagebreak--- 5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall   425/77
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 41.
                          Article 25                                 Azfckll
1. If it is found that the price of adult bovine animals on
the representative markets of the Community exceeds the
guide price, the levy applicable shall equal the following
percentage of the basic levy:
(a) 75% where the price of adult bovine animals is less
      than or equal to 102% of the guide price;
(b) 50% where the price of adult bovine animals is more
      than 102% and less than or equal to 104% of the
      guide price;
(c) 25% where the price of adult bovine animals is more
      than 104% and less than or equal to 106% of the
      guide price;
(d) 0% where the price of adult bovine animals is more
      than 106% of the guide price.
2. If it is found that the price of adult bovine animals on
the representative markets of the Community is equal to
or less than the guide price, the levy applicable shall equal
the following percentage of the basic levy:
(a) 100% where the price of adult bovine animals is more
      than or equal to 98% of the guide price;
(b) 105% where the price of adult bovine animals is less
      than 98% and more than or equal to 96% of the
      guide price;
(c) 110% where the price of adult bovine animals is less
      than 96% and more than or equal to 90% of the
      guide price;
(d) 114% where the price of adult bovine animals is less
      than 90% of the guide price.
3. The percentages referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2
may be reviewed, if necessary, by the Council, acting by a
qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission.
4. By way of derogation from point (a) of paragraph 1,
the levy applicable to frozen meat of the types set out in
Section (b) of Annex I may be fixed by the Commission at
a percentage which is higher than that indicated in point
(a) of paragraph 1 but which does not exceed the basic
levy, if the variation in the prices of adult bovine animals
on the representative markets of the Community does not
exceed a significant amount, to be determined.
5. For the purpose of applying paragraphs 1 and 2, any
variation in the price of adult bovine animals on the repre-
sentative markets of the Community which does not ex-
ceed an amount to be determined shall be disregarded.
                                            30
 ---pagebreak--- 6. The price of adult bovine animals on the representa-        425/77
tive markets of the Community shall be derived from the
prices recorded over a period to be determined on the
representative market or markets of each Member State
for the various categories of adult bovine animals or of the
meat of such animals, after taking into account the size of
each of such categories and the relative size of the bovine
stock of each Member State.
7. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 41.
8. The levies applicable under this Article shall be fixed
by the Commission.
                           Article 26                                 Article 1Z a
1. A special levy may be fixed for products originating in
or coming from one or more third countries if these prod-
ucts are exported at abnormally low prices.
2. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 41.
                           Article 27                                  AztkkJl
1. The levy which was to be applied to young male bov-
ine animals intended for fattening, of a live weight of 300
kilograms or less, may be totally or partially suspended
under the conditions laid down in this Article, taking into
account the supply situation for the young bovine animals
in question and the foreseeable trend of market prices for
bovine animals in the Community.
2. Before 1 December each year, the Council, acting by
a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission,
shall draw up an estimate of young male bovine animals
which may be imported under the arrangements laid down
in this Article. This estimate shall take account, on the one
hand, of expected Community supplies of young bovine
animals intended for fattening and, on the other, of the
needs of Community breeders.
If the situation so requires, an additional estimate may be
drawn up in accordance with the same procedure.
3. For the young bovine animals referred to in para-
graph 1, importation under total or partial suspension of
the levy shall be made conditional on production of an
import licence issued for a quantity falling within the limits
of the quantity laid down each quarter in accordance with
point (a) of paragraph 4.
4. The following shall be determined in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 41:
(a) each quarter, the quantity which may be imported
     and the rate of suspension of the levy, where necess-
     ary separately for each of the following categories:
     — animals of a live weight of less than 80 kilo-
           grams,
                                             31
 ---pagebreak---      — animals of a live weight of 80 kilograms or more      425/77
           but less than 160 kilograms.                      3611/93
      — animals of a live weight of 160 kilograms or         3611/93
           more;
(b) detailed rules for the application of this Article and,
     particularly, those concerning checks to ensure that
     the period prescribed for fattening is respected.
                          Article 28                                           AakteJÉ
1. Frozen meat intended for processing and listed in         3905/87 - adapted
Section (b) of Annex I under CN codes 0202 20 30, 0202
30 and thick skirt and thin skirt of CN code 0206 29 91
shall qualify, under the conditions laid down in this Arti-
cle:
(a) for the total suspension of the levy on meat intended    425/77
     for the manufacture of preserved food, which does
     not contain characteristic components other than beef
      and jelly;
(b) for the total or partial suspension of the levy on meat
     intended for the processing industry for the manufac-
     ture of products other than the preserved food pre-
     ferred to in (a).
2. Before 1 December each year, the Council, acting by
a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission,
shall draw up an estimate of meat which may be imported
under the arrangements laid down in this Article. This esti-
mate shall take account, on the one hand, of the expected
Community supplies of meat of a quality and type of cut
suitable for industrial use and, on the other, of industrial
needs. This estimate shall mention separately the quantities
of meat referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1.
If the situation so requires, an additional estimate may be
drawn up in accordance with the same procedure.
3.   For meat of the types referred to in paragraph 1:
(a) importation under total or partial suspension of the
     levy shall be made conditional on production of an
     import licence issued for a quantity falling within the
     limits laid down each quarter;
(b) importation under total suspension of the levy may be
     made conditional, as far as necessary, on production
     of a purchase contract for frozen meat held by an
     intervention agency.
4. The following shall be determined in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 41:
                                            32
 ---pagebreak--- (a) each quarter, the quantities of meat of the types re-      425/77
      ferred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, re-
      spectively which may be imported and the rate of sus-
      pension of the levy in the case of the meat referred
      to in point (b) of paragraph 1;
(b) the relationship between the quantities which may be
      imported and the quantities covered by the purchase
      contract referred to in point (b) of paragraph 3;
(c) detailed rules for the application of this Article and
      particularly those concerning control of the end use of
      imported meat
                          Article 29                           425/77 - adapted Article 15
1. Imports into the Community of the products referred
to in point (a) of Article 1 (1) shall be made conditional
on production of an import licence.
Imports into the Community of the products referred to in
point (b) of Article 1 (1) may be made conditional on pro-
duction of an import licence and exports from the Com-
munity of the products referred to in points (a) and (b) of
Article 1 (1) may be made conditional on production of an
export licence.
Import and export licences shall be issued by Member
States to any applicant, irrespective of the place of his es-
tablishment in the Community.
The import or export licence shall be valid anywhere with-
in the Community.
Where the levy or the refund is fixed in advance, the ad-
vance fixing shall be entered on the licence, which will
serve as evidence thereof.
The issue of such licences shall be conditional on the lodg-
ing of a security guaranteeing that importation or exporta-
tion is effected during the period of validity of the licence.
The security shall be forfeited in whole or in part if the
operation is not effected, or only partially effected, within
that period.
2. The list of products for which licences are required,
the period of validity of the licences and other detailed
rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 41.
These rules may in particular provide for a time limit to
be fixed for the issue of import licences pursuant to the
arrangements laid down in Articles 27 and 28.
                                            33
 ---pagebreak---                          Article 30                         2916/79           Article 16
1. The levy to be charged shall be that applicable on the
day of import.
2. The levy applicable on the day of application for the
import licence shall apply on importation, if the applicant
so requests, when making such application for:
      products falling within CN codes 0201 and 0206 10     3905/87 - adapted
      95 originating in and coming from non-member
      countries which, by reason of the length of the sea
      voyage involved, comply with an agreement concluded
      with the Community in this matter which provides for
      adequate safeguards,
      products falling within CN codes 0202 and 0206 29
      91 originating in and coming from non-member
      countries which comply with an agreement concluded
      with the Community in this matter which provides for
      adequate safeguards.
3. When the Community market is disturbed or threa-         2916/79
tened with disturbances as a result of the application of
paragraph 2, a decision may be taken, in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 41, to suspend applica-
tion of that paragraph for such time as may be strictly ne-
cessary.
4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 41.
                         Article 31                         425/77            Article 17
This Regulation shall be applied with due regard to the
obligations under international agreements by which the
Community is bound.
                         Article 32                                           AiMeJA
1. To the extent necessary to enable the products listed
in Article 1 to be exported on the basis of quotations or
prices for those products on the world market, the differ-
ence between those quotations or prices and prices within
the Community may be covered by an export refund
2. The refund shall be the same for the whole Commun-
ity. It may be varied according to end use or destination.
The refund shall be granted on application.
                                          34
 ---pagebreak--- 3. When the refund is being fixed particular account         425/77
shall be taken of the need to establish a balance between
the use of Community basic products in the manufacture
of processed goods for export to non-member countries
and the use of third country products brought in under
inward processing arrangements.
4. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a pro-
posal from the Commission, shall adopt general rules for
the granting and advance fixing of export refunds and lay
down criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds.
5. Refunds shall be fixed at regular intervals in accord-
ance with the procedure laid down in Article 41. Where
necessary, the Commission may, at the request of a
Member State or on its own initiative, alter the refunds in
the intervening period.
6. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 41.
                          Article 33                                Article 19
To the extent necessary for the proper working of the com-
mon organization of the market in beef and veal, the
Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from
the Commission, may prohibit, in whole or in part, the use
of inward or outward processing arrangements in respect
of products listed in Article 1.
                          Article 34                                AlMeJZû
1. The general rules for the interpretation of the Com-
mon Customs Tariff and the special rules for its application
shall apply to the tariff classification of products covered
by this Regulation; the tariff nomenclature resulting from
application of this Regulation shall be incorporated in the
Common Customs Tariff.
2. Unless otherwise provided in this Regulation or other-
wise decided by the Council acting by a qualified majority
on a proposal from the Commission, the following shall be
prohibited in trade with non-member countries:
— the levying of any charge equivalent in its effect to a
     customs duty,
— the application of any quantitative restriction or
     measure having equivalent effect.
                         Article 35                                 Article 21
1.    If, by reason of imports or exports, the Community
market in one or more of the products listed in Article 1
experiences or is threatened with serious disturbances
which may endanger the objectives set out in Article 39 of
the Treaty, appropriate measures may be applied in trade
with non-member countries until such disturbance or threat
of disturbance has ceased.
                                            35
 ---pagebreak---  The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal    425/77
 from the Commission, shall adopt detailed rules for the
 application of this paragraph and define the cases in which,
 and the limits within which, Member States may take pro-
 tective measures.
 2. If the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises, the
 Commission shall, at the request of a Member State or on
 its own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures;
 these shall be communicated to the Member States and
 shall be applicable immediately. If the Commission re-
 ceives a request from a Member State, it shall take a deci-
 sion thereon within 24 hours following receipt of the re-
 quest.
 3. The measures decided upon by the Commission may
 be referred to the Council by any Member State within
 three working days following the day on which they were
 communicated. The Council shall meet without delay. It
 may, acting by a qualified majority, amend or repeal the
 measures in question.
                          TITLEm                              805/68
                      General provisions
                           Article 36                         1855/74 Article 22a
1. When a substantial rise or fall in prices is recorded
on the Community market and this situation is likely to
continue, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the
market, the necessary measures may be taken.
2. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a pro-
posal from the Commission, shall adopt general rules for
the application of this Article.
3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 41.
                          Article 37                                   Article 23
In order to take account of the restrictions on free circula- 1261/71
tion which may result from the application of measures for
combating the spread of diseases in animals, exceptional
measures of support for the market affected by those re-
strictions may be taken in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 41. Those measures may only be
taken in so far as, and for as long as, is strictly necessary
for the support of that market.
                          Article 38                          805/68   AlMeM
Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation, Articles 92,
93 and 94 of the Treaty shall apply to the production of
and trade in the products listed in Article 1.
                                           36
 ---pagebreak---                          Article 39                           805/68    Article 25
Member States and the Commission shall communicate to
each other the information necessary for implementing this
Regulation. The information to be communicated shall be
determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 41. Rules for the communication and distribution
of such information shall be adopted in accordance with
the same procedure.
                         Article 40                                     Article 26
1. A Management Committee for Beef and Veal (herei-
nafter called 'the Committee') shall be established, com-
posed of representatives of Member States and chaired by
a representative of the Commission.
2. Within the Committee the votes of Member States
shall be weighted in accordance with Article 148 (2) of the
Treaty. The chairman shall not vote.
                         Article 41                                     Article 27
 1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to
be followed, the chairman shall refer the matter to the
Committee either on his own initiative or at the request of
the representative of a Member State.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to
the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The
Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a
time limit which the chairman may lay down according to      - adapted
the urgency of the matter. An opinion shall be adopted by
a qualified majority.
3. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall
apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee, they shall
be communicated by the Commission to the Council forth-
with. In that event the Commission may defer application
of the measures which it has decided for a period of not
more than one month from the date of such communica-
tion.
The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a
different decision within one month.
                         Article 42                                     Article 28
The Committee may consider any other question referred
to it by its chairman either on his own initiative or at the
request of the representative of a Member State.
                         Article 43                                     Article 30
Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 and the provisions adopted        — adapted
in implementation thereof shall apply to the products listed
in Article 1 from the date on which this Regulation is ap-
plicable.
                         Article 44                          2066/92   Article 30 a
The amounts to be paid pursuant to this Regulation shall
be paid in full to the beneficiaries.
                                           37
 ---pagebreak---                            Article 45                             805/68    Article 31
  This Regulation shall be so applied that appropriate ac-
  count is taken, at the same time, of the objectives set out
  in Articles 39 and 110 of the /Treaty.
                           Article 46                                       Article 32
  Annex I may be amended by the Council, acting by a                adapted
  qualified majority, on a proposal from the Commission.
                           Article 47
1.    Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is hereby repealed.
2. References to the said Regulation shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and should be read in accordance
with the correlation table in Annex DX
                           Article 48
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly ap-
plicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                             For the Counsil
                                               The President
                                             38
 ---pagebreak---                                   ANNEX I                              3661/92
     CN code                     Description of goods
Section (a)
     0201       Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled:
     0201 10 00 -Carcases and half-carcases
     0201 20    - Other cuts, with bone in:
     0201 20 20     'Compensated' quarters
     0201 20 30     Unseparated or separated forequarters
     0201 20 50     Unseparated or separated hindquarters
     0201 20 90 - -Other
     0201 30    -Boneless
ex 0206 10      Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled:
                    Other:
     0206 10 95       Thick skirt and thin skirt
Section (b)
     0202       Meat of bovine animals, frozen:
     0202 10 00 -Carcases and half-carcases
     0202 20    - Other cuts, with bone in:
     0202 20 10     'Compensated' quarters
     0202 20 30     Unseparated or separated forequarters
     0202 20 50     Unseparated or separated hindquarters
     0202 20 90     Other
     0202 30    - Boneless
ex 0206 29      Other edible offal of bovine animals, frozen:
     0206 29 91          Thick skirt and thin skirt
Section (c)
     0210       Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or
                smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:
     0210 20    —Meat of bovine animals:
     0210 20 10 - -With bone in
     0210 20 90     Boneless
ex 0210 90      —Other, including ediblefloursand meals of meat or
                  meat offal:
                - -Offal:
                      Of bovine animals:
     0210 90 41          Thick skirt and thin skirt
     0210 90 90     Edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
                                                    39
 ---pagebreak---                                                                     3661/92
Section (d)
ex   1602 50    Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of
                bovine animals:
     1602 50 10     Uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and
                     uncooked meat or offal
ex   1602 90    -Other, including preparations of blood of any ani-
                  mal:
                    Other:
                      -Other:
                         Other:
                           Containing bovine meat or offal:
     1602 90 61              -Uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or
                              offal and uncooked meat or offal
                                                  40
 ---pagebreak---                                              ANNEXn                         125/93
  Distribution of additional rights to suckler cow premium between Member
                                        States
                                   (Article 8 (6))
           Belgium                              36080
           Denmark                              13 320
           Germany                             111240
           Greece                               10520
           Spain                                84320
           France                              242480
           Ireland                              63400
           Italy                                90160
           Luxembourg                            3000                      3611/93
           Netherlands                          30560
           Portugal                          5 760 (!)
           United Kingdom                      118 320
(*) The first indent ofArticle 1(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 747/93
    of 17 March 1993 (OJ No L 77,31.3.1993,p.l5) derogating from this Re-
    gulation as regards the granting of the suckler cowpremium in Portugal
    added 12 000 additional rights to the Portuguese nation
                                                             41
 ---pagebreak---                       ANNEX m
                      SECTION A
                  CORRELATION TABLE
Regulation 805/68          This Regulation
Article 1                  Article 1
Article 2                  Article 2
Article 3                  Article 3
Article 4                  Article 4
Article 4 a                Article 5
Article 4 b                Article 6
Article 4 c                Article 7
Article 4 d                Article 8
Article 4 e                Article 9
Article 4 f                Article 10
Article 4 g                Article 11
Article 4 h                Article 12
Article 4 i                Article 13
Article 4 j                Article 14
Article 4 k                Article 15
Article 41                 Article 16
Article 5                  Article 17
Article 6                  Article 18
Article 6 a                Article 19
Article 7                  Article 20
Article 8                  Article 21
Article 9                  Article 22
Article 10                 Article 23
Article 11                 Article 24
Article 12                 Article 25
Article 12 a               Article 26
Article 13                 Article 27
Article 14                 Article 28
Article 15                 Article 29
Article 16                 Article 30
Article 17                 Article 31
Article 18                 Article 32
Article 19                 Article 33
Article 20                 Article 34
Article 21                 Article 35
Article 22
Article 22 a               Article 36
Article 23                 Article 37
Article 24                 Article 38
                         42
 ---pagebreak--- Regulation 805/68    This Regulation
Article 25           Article 39
Article 26           Article 40
Article 27           Article 41
Article 28           Article 42
Article 29
Article 30           Article 43
Article 30 a         Article 44
Article 31           Article 45
Article 32           Article 46
Article 33
Article 34
                     Article 47
                     Article 48
ANNEX I              ANNEX I
ANNEX H              ANNEX H
                     ANNEX ffl
                  43
 ---pagebreak---                                      ANNEX HI
                                     SECTION B
                                                    Official Journal
                                               No   page                    date
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of the Council      L148    24             28.6.1968
Regulation (EEC) No 1253/70 of the Council     L143     1              1. 7.1970
Regulation (EEC) No 1261/71 of the Council     L132     1             18. 6.1971
Regulation (EEC) No 2838/71 of the Council     L286     1            30.12.1971
Regulation (EEC) No 2822/72 of the Council     L298     1            31.12.1972
Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 of the Council      L25     23             30.1.1973
Regulation (EEC) No 1855/74 of the Council     L195    14             18. 7.1974
Council Regulation (EEC) No 568/76             L67     28             15. 3.1976
Council Regulation (EEC) No 425/77             L61      1              5. 3.1977
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2916/79            L329    15            24.12.1979
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80         L307     5            18.11.1980
Council Regulation (EEC) No 467/87             L48      1             17. 2,1987
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3905/87            L370     7            30.111987
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2248/88            L198    24             26. 7.1988
Council Regulation (EEC) No 4132/88            L362     4            30.12.1988
Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/89             L61     43              4. 3.1989
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90            L353    23            17.12.1990
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1628/91            L150    16             15. 6.1991
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2066/92            L215    49             30. 7.1992
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3661/92         L370    16            19.12.1992
Council Regulation (EEC) No 125/93             L18      1             27.1.1993
Council Regulation (EC) No 3611/93             L328     7            29.111993
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1096/94          L121     9             115.1994
Council Regulation (EC) No 1884/94             L197    27             30. 7.1994
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