CELEX: 31985D0605
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-13 00:00:00
Title: 85/605/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 December 1985 approving a programme relating to the slaughter and processing of calves in the Netherlands in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77

31 . 12 . 85                                  Official Journal of the European Communities
                                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                              of 13 December 1985
                    approving a programme relating to the slaughter and processing of calves in the Netherlands in
                                           accordance with Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 355 / 77
                                                         ( Only the Dutch text is authentic )
                                                                  ( 85 / 605 / EEC )
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                   Whereas the said programme aims to rationalize the
                                                                                slaughter and processing of calves by modernizing and
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                          restructuring large and medium-sized slaughterhouses ;
 Economic Community ,                                                           whereas this measure raises the level of utilization of
                                                                                slaughterhouses , reduces unit production costs and thus
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 355 / 77 of                     stabilizes producers' incomes ; whereas it therefore
 15 February 1977 on common measures to improve the                             constitutes a programme within the meaning of Article 2 of
 conditions under which agricultural products and fishery                       Regulation ( EEC ) No 355 / 77 ;
 products are processed and marketed^ 1 ), as last amended
 by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1247 / 85 ( 2 ), and in particular                    Whereas the programme contains a sufficient number of the
 Article 5 thereof,                                                             details referred to in Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC ) No
                                                                                355 / 77 , showing that the objectives laid down in Article 1 of
 Whereas , on 21 January 1985 , the Netherlands Government                      the said Regulation can be achieved in respect of veal
 notified a programme relating to the slaughter and                             production ; whereas the scheduled time for implementation
 processing of calves and , on 14 May and 4 June 1985 ,                         of the programme does not exceed the limit laid down in
 provided additional details ;                                                  Article 3 ( 1 ) ( g) of the Regulation ;
 Whereas the said programme relates to expenditure on :                         Whereas the measure provided for in this Decision is in
                                                                                accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
 — the modernization and rationalization of existing                            Agricultural Structure ,
      slaughterhouses ,
 — the modernization of cold-storage capacities without
      increasing such capacities , and the reduction of losses due              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
      to cold storage ,
                                                                                                             Article 1
 — the cutting of meat                on    premises    adjacent to
      slaughterhouses ,                                                         The programme relating to the slaughter and processing of
                                                                                calves , communicated by the Government of the Netherlands
 — environmental           improvement         and     energy-saving            on 2 1 January 1985 and supplemented on 1 4 May and 4 June
      schemes ;
                                                                                1985 , in accordance with Regulation ( EEC ) No 355 / 77 , is
                                                                                hereby approved .
Whereas , at present , only large slaughterhouses are
competitive and whereas , therefore , in order to implement
this programme effectively , consideration for Community
                                                                                                             Article 2
financing will be given only to projects for the modernization
and restructuring of slaughterhouses having a technical
slaughtering capacity of at least 10 000 bovine animals per                     This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
                                                                                Netherlands .
year and where the average utilization of slaughtering
capacity , three years after the works have been completed ,
will reach a minimum of 60 % of the technical capacity on the
basis of a working year of 1 800 hours ; whereas expenditure                    Done at Brussels , 13 December 1985 .
on the cutting of meat at the place of slaughter is admissible ;
whereas projects to increase cold-storage capacity may not                                                             For the Commission
be subsidized ; whereas expenditure on environmental
                                                                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
improvement and energy-saving schemes may be taken into
consideration ;                                                                                                             Vice-President
H OJ No L 51 , 23 . 2 . 1977 , p. 1 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 130 , 16 . 5 . 1985 , p. 1 .