CELEX: 31986R0399
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 399/86 of 20 February 1986 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the first quarter of 1986

22 . 2. 86                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 45/ 19
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 399/86
                                                           of 20 February 1986
                      fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                              special terms in the first quarter of 1986
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           structures in Italy and in Greece ; whereas appropriate
                                                                         measures must therefore be taken to ensure that pro­
                                                                         ducers can, as far as possible, benefit directly from the
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 arrangements without traditional trade being excluded ;
   Economic Community,                                                   whereas this objective can be achieved by giving agricul­
                                                                         tural producers and their organizations priority when
                                                                         issuing the licences conferring entitlement to benefit
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                from the arrangements ;
   27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
   in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EfiC)            Whereas, according to Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
   No 3768 /85 (2), and in particular Articles 13 (4), 15 (2) dnd        No 2377/80, the applicant shall undertake either to carry
  25 thereof,                                                            out himself or to have carried out under his responsibility,
                                                                         the task of fattening ; whereas, in the case of agricultural
                                                                         producers or their professional organization, it appears
  Whereas the Council has established an estimate of                     that the opportunity given to the applicant not to carry
   175 000 head under the new import arrangements for                    out himself the task of fattening could give rise to abuses
  young male bovine animals for fattening, for the period 1              in certain cases ; whereas it seems appropriate conse­
  January to 31 December 1986 ; whereas, under Article 13                quently to abolish that opportunity for the quarter in
  (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , the quantity which             question ;
  may be imported each quarter and the rate of reduction of
  the import levy on these animals must be determined ;
                                                                        Whereas, in the case of import licence applications made
                                                                        by agricultural producers or their professional organiz­
                                                                        ations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in order to
  Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of the           permit a more equitable distribution of the quantities
  special arrangements were laid down in Commission                     available, to limit the maximum quantity which each
  Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 (3), as last amended by Regu­              application may cover ;
  lation (EEC) No 41 1 /84 (4), and in Regulation (EEC) No
  2377/80 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 3815/85 (6);                                                           Whereas, pursuant to Article 394 of the Act of Accession
                                                                        of Spain and Portugal, application to the new Member
                                                                        States of the Community rules introduced for the produc­
 Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of the              tion of and trade in agricultural products and for trade in
 Community which have a serious deficit in bovine                       certain processed agricultural products is postponed ;
 animals for fattening must be taken into account ;
 whereas these requirements are apparent in Italy and in                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 Greece and may be estimated for the first quarter of 1986              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 at 38 000 head and 5 800 head respectively in those                    Committee for Beef and Veal ,
 Member States ;
 Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine
 animals for fattening justify, for the first quarter of 1986, a
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals weighing
 from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, originating in and
 coming from Yugoslavia ;
                                                                                                  Article 1
Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended to
 help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal production              1 . For the period 1 January to 31 March 1986, the
                                                                       maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
(')  OJ   No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                            Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 44 400 head of
(2)  OJ   No  L 362, 31 . 12 . 1985, p. 8 .                            young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live weight
0    OJ   No  L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p. 18 .                             of 300 kilograms or less, of which 38 000 head must be
(4)  OJ   No  L 48 , 18 . 2. 1984, p. 12.
0    OJ   No  L 241 , 13 . 9 . 1980, p. 5 .                            imported into and fattened in Italy and 5 800 head must
(6)  OJ   No  L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 11 .                           be imported into and fattened in Greece.
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2. The levy charged on imports of the young bovine                     Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories of
animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to the               applicants in the communication referred to in Article
levy applicable on the day of import Jess 60 % .                       15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;
However, the levy applicable on the day of import shall           (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of
be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of 11 750                   12 700 head, including a maximum of 3 300 head
young bovine animals weighing from 220 to 300 kilo­                    originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.
grams per head, originating in and coming from
Yugoslavia.                                                       6. Within the quantity reserved for Greece, import
                                                                  licences may be issued directly :
This maximum quantity may be imported up to a
maximum of :                                                      (a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in
                                                                       respect of a maximum of 3 850 head, including a
— 9 900 head in Italy,
                                                                       maximum of 1 070 head originating in and coming
— 1 600 head in Greece, and
                                                                       from Yugoslavia ;
—      250 head in the other Member States .                           Greece shall, for this purpose, specify the categories of
                                                                       applicants in the communication referred to in Article
                                                                       1 5 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ;
3 . The application for a licence and the licence shall
be in accordance with Article 9 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC)     (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of 1 950
No 2377/80 and shall relate to :                                       head, including a maximum of 530 head originating
                                                                       in and coming from Yugoslavia.
— either young bovine animals of a weight per head not
     exceeding 300 kilograms, or
— young bovine animals of a weight per head of from                                          Article 2
     220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming from
    Yugoslavia.
                                                                   1 . In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 (5)
                                                                  (a) and (6) (a) :
In the latter case, Sections 13 and 14 of the application
for a licence and the licence shall include one of the
                                                                  (a) notwithstanding Article 9 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC)
following entries :                                                    No 2377/80, the applications for import licences
                                                                       lodged :
— 'Jugoslavien ,
— 'Jugoslawien ,                                                       — by agricultural producers, directly or through their
— Tioi)yKoaA,a6ia',                                                        professional organizations, shall be acceptable only
— 'Yugoslavia',                                                            if the agricultural producers undertake in writing
— 'Yugoslavia',                                                            to fatten on their farms the young bovine animals
—   'Yougoslavie ,                                                         imported under this Regulation,
—   'Iugoslavia ,                                                      — by professional organizations, shall be acceptable
—   'Joegoslavië ,                                                         only if they undertake in writing to have the
—   'Jugoslavia .                                                          young bovine animals imported under this Regula­
                                                                           tion fattened on the farms of those who are found
                                                                           to be members of the said organizations at the
The licence shall make it compulsory to import from the                    time the declaration referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)
country indicated.                                                         of Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 is made ;
4. Member States shall specify in the communication               (b) applications for import licences may not cover more
referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No               than 100 head when made by individual applicants or
2377/80 the category of live weight, and the origin of the             more than 100 head per member when made by
products in the case referred to in the second indent of               professional organizations. The total quantity applied
the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 .                                for by a professional organization may not, however,
                                                                       exceed 2 500 head.
5.    Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import
licences may be issued directly :                                 2.     In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 (5)
                                                                  (b) and (6) (b), applications for import licences may not
                                                                  cover more than 10 % of that quantity.
(a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in
    respect of a maximum of 25 300 head, including a
    maximum of 6 600 head originating in and coming               3 . Without prejudice to Article 1 (3) of Regulation
    from Yugoslavia ;                                             (EEC) No 612/77, the security there referred to shall not
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be released, in whole or in part, unless proof is provided     tq the same category of weight and the same rate of
to the competent authorities of the Member State in ques­      reduction of the levy shall be treated as one application.
tion that the undertaking in paragraph 1 (a) has been
complied with.
                                                                                        Article 4
                         Article 3
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
For the purpose of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No       publication in the Official Journal of the European
2377/80, all applications from one applicant which relate      Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 20 February 1986.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President