CELEX: 31985R1311
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1311/85 of 23 May 1985 on the granting of a premium for the slaughter of certain adult bovine animals in the United Kingdom

No L 137 / 20                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                      27 . 5 . 85
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC ) No 1311 / 85
                                                               of 23 May 1985
                    on the granting of a premium for the slaughter of certain adult bovine animals
                                                           in the United Kingdom
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                               It shall be calculated in such a way that , when a premium is
                                                                          granted , the sum of the market price recorded in the United
                                                                          Kingdom for all adult bovine animals , other than cows , and
                                                                          the amount of the premium actually granted does not exceed ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                          on average and for the duration of application of this
  Economic Community , and in particular Article 43
 thereof,                                                                 Regulation , 85 % of the guide price. It may not at any point
                                                                          exceed 88 % of that price .
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                                                                        Article 2
 Having     regard      to    the    opinion   of the     European
 Parliament (*),
                                                                          The intervention purchase price for meat obtained from
 Whereas the United Kingdom has applied the slaughtering                  animals for which a premium has been granted shall be
 premium system in respect of certain adult bovine animals ;              reduced by the amount of the premium actually granted .
 whereas the United Kingdom should be authorized to
 continue granting this premium until 6 April 1986 ;
                                                                                                        Article 3
 Whereas , in order to prevent the variable slaughter premium
 granted in the United Kingdom alone from having the effect
                                                                          Where the premium referred to in Article 1 has been paid , an
 of an export subsidy and disturbing the markets and the                  amount equivalent to the amount of that premium shall be
 conditions of competition in the other Member States ,                  levied on live animals or on meat and meat preparations from
 provision must be made for the levying of an amount equal to             such animals on which it has been paid , when they are
 that premium when animals or meat or meat preparations                  consigned to other Member States or to non-member
 from such animals on which it has been given are consigned              countries .
 to other Member States or to non-member countries ;
Whereas such a premium constitutes intervention on the
 internal market within the meaning of Article 3 of Council                                             Article 4
 Regulation ( EEC ) No 729 / 70 of 21 April 1970 on the
 financing of the common agricultural policy ( 2 ), as last              By way of derogation from Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC )
amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 3509 / 80 ( 3 ); whereas ,               No 729 / 70 financing by the EAGGF Guarantee Section shall
however , participation by the European Agricultural                     be limited to 40% of the premium amounts actually
 Guidance and Guarantee Fund in the financing of this                    granted .
premium should be limited ,
                                                                                                        Article 5
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                         1.      Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation
                                                                         shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down
                                Article 1                                in Article 27 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 805 / 68 (4 ), as last
                                                                         amended by the 1979 Act of Accession .
 1.     The United Kingdom is authorized to grant , until
6 April 1986 , a premium to producers for the slaughter of               2.      The detailed rules referred to in paragraph 1 may
certain adult bovine animals , other than cows , of                      include inter alia :
Community origin .
                                                                         ( a ) a definition of the categories and qualities of animals for
2.      The amount of the premium , which may be seasonally                     which a premium may be granted ;
varied , may not exceed 65 ECU per adult bovine animal of an
average weight to be determined .                                        ( b ) the conditions under which premiums may be granted
                                                                                when adult bovine animals , other than cows , for
(») OJ No C 94 , 15 . 4 . 1985 .                                                slaughter are first put on the market ;
( 2 ) OJ No L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1970 , p. 13 .
( 3 ) OJ No L 367 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , p . 87 .                            ( 4 ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .
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(c) measures necessary to prevent , for live animals and meat                                 Article 6
     and meat preparations , disturbance of trade resulting
     from the application of this premium arrangement;              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
                                                                    publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                    Communities .
( d) rules on the calculation and the conditions for levying
      the amount referred to in Article 3 .                         It shall apply from 27 May 1985 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels , 23 May 1985 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                     C. SIGNORILE