CELEX: 31978R0621
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 621/78 of 29 March 1978 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the second quarter of 1978

31 . 3 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 84/ 13
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 621 /78
                                                         of 29 March 1978
                fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on
                                          special terms in the second quarter of 1978
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      priority when issuing the licences conferring entitle­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        ment to benefit from the arrangements ; whereas
                                                                     according to Article 1 1 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              571 /78 the applicant shall undertake either to carry
  Economic Community,                                                out himself or to have carried out under his responsi­
                                                                     bility the task of fattening ; whereas in the case of agri­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        cultural producers or their professional organizations,
  805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  it appears that the opportunity given to the applicant
 of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by              not to carry out himself the task of fattening could
 Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular                  give rise to abuses in certain cases ; whereas it seems
 Article 1 3 (4) (a) thereof,                                        appropriate consequently to abolish that opportunity
                                                                     for the quarter in question ;
 Whereas the Council has established , under the new
 import arrangements for young male bovine animals                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 for fattening, an estimate of 200 000 head for the                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 period 1 January to 31 December 1978 ; whereas,                     ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
 under Article 13 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
 805/68 , the quantity which may be imported each
 quarter and the rate of reduction of the import levy
 on these animals must be determined ;                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of
 the special arrangements were laid down in Commis­                                           Articlc 1
 sion Regulation ( EEC) No 571 /78 of 21 March 1978
 on the system of import and export licences for beef
 and veal and repealing Regulation (EEC) No                          1.    For the period 1 April to 30 June 1978 , the
 585/77 (3);                                                        maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 50 000 head of
 Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of              young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live
 the Community which have a serious deficit in bovine               weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which at least
 animals for fattening must be taken into account ;                 45 000 head must be imported into and fattened in
 whereas these requirements are particularly apparent               Italy.
 in Italy and may be estimated, for the second quarter
 of 1978 , at a minimum of 45 000 head for that                     2. The levy charged on imports of the young
 Member State ;                                                     bovine animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
                                                                    equal to the levy applicable on the day of import less
 Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine                    50 % .
 animals for fattening justify, for the second quarter of
 1978 , a higher rate of reduction of the levy for                  However, the levy applicable - on the day of import
 animals weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per                     shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of
 head, originating in and coming from Yugoslavia ;                   12 000 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to
                                                                    300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming
Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended               from Yugoslavia .
 to help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal
 production structures in Italy ; whereas appropriate               3 . The application for a licence and the licence
 measures     must   therefore    be    taken   to  ensure that
                                                                    shall be in accordance with Article 8 (b) of Regulation
 producers can , as far as possible, benefit directly from          (EEC) No 571 /78 and shall relate to :
 the arrangements without traditional trade being
excluded ; whereas this objective can be achieved by                — either young bovine animals of a weight per head
giving agricultural producers and their organizations                    not exceeding 300 kilograms,
(■) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .                           — or young bovine animals of a weight per head of
(2 ) OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .                                   from 220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and
(3 ) OJ No L 78 , 22 . 3 . 1978 , p. 10 .                                coming from Yugoslavia .
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In the latter case Sections 13 and 14 of the applica­                                 Article 2
tion for a licence and the licence shall include one of
the following entries :                                      As regards the quantity referred to in Article 1 (5)
—   Yugoslavia,                                               above and by way of derogation from Article 1 1 (9) of
—   Jugoslavien,                                              Regulation (EEC) No 571 /78 , the applications for
                                                              import licences lodged by agricultural producers or
—   Jugoslawien ,                                             their professional organizations shall be acceptable
—   Yougoslavie,                                             only if the applicant undertakes in writing to fatten ,
—   Iugoslavia,                                              on his farm or farms or in the case of a professional
—   Joegoslavië.                                             organization on those of its members, the young
                                                             bovine animals imported under this Regulation .
The licence shall make it compulsory to import from
the country indicated .
                                                                                      Article 3
4. Member States shall specify in the communica­
tion referred to in Article 1 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 571 /78 the category of live weight, and the origin        For the purpose of Article 1 1 (5) of Regulation ( EEC)
of the products in the case referred to in the second         No 571 /78 , all applications from one applicant which
indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 .             relate to the same category of weight and the same
                                                              rate of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one
5.    Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import          application .
licences may be issued directly to agricultural
producers or their organizations in respect of a
maximum of 30 000 head .
                                                                                      Article 4
Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories of
applicants in the communication referred to in Article       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
 11 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 571 /78 .                     1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 March 1978 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                            Vice-President