31974R0920

No L 106 / 36 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 4 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 920 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 April 1974 authorizing the United Kingdom temporarily to grant national subsidies for beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty of Accession (') of the Article 1 new Member States to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy With effect from 1 April 1974 the United Kingdom is Community and particularly Article 63 of the Act (2 ) authorized to grant in the framework of the national annexed thereto ; system at present in force in that Member State and called the ' Calf Subsidies Scheme ' and under the Whereas the guide prices for calves and adult bovine conditions defined in Article 2, a national subsidy for animals, effective from 1 April 1974 , has been fixed at encouraging the rearing of calves for beef production levels appreciably higher than those previously in who fulfill , during the application of this Regulation , force ; whereas however, conforming to Article 63 of the national conditions of the ' Calf Subsidies Scheme'. the Act of Accession the guide prices for the United Kingdom have been fixed at levels different from those in force in the other Member States ; which Article- 2 represent in effect only a part of the rise in the latter ; The amount of subsidy to be granted may not be Whereas for this reason the income of the British greater than the amount at present applicable . producers of beef and veal is not assured in the condi­ tions ruling the income likely to be obtained else­ However it can be increased in Great Britain by £ 10 where in the Community ; per animal or carcase fulfilling, during the period Whereas the detailed rules of applying the interven­ beginning 1 July 1974, the conditions of the ' Calf Subsidies Scheme '. tion system for beef are not of a nature likely to lead to public purchases in the United Kingdom ; that from this fact the income of the producers concerned Article 3 risks being affected ; Whereas the motives mentioned above lead to the 1 . With effect from 1 April 1974 the United conclusion it is opportune to allow , temporarily , the Kingdom is authorized to grant a national subsidy in grant of national subsidies intended to compensate for Northern Ireland under the following conditions . these disadvantages ; 2 . The amount of the subsidy may not be greater Whereas these subsidies can be granted according to than the 'accession ' compensatory amount applied to the rules of the system existing until now in the the exchanges between the United Kingdom and United Kingdom and called the ' Calf Subsidies Ireland for adult bovine animals . It can only be Scheme' ; there is reason to lay down provisions granted governing the maximum unitary' level of these ( a) on the slaughtering of such animals , subsidies , while providing for an increase at a later date in relation to the amount applicable at present ; (b ) on the shipping of such animals to Great Britain , and Whereas it is necessary to lay down , as concerns the exports of beef cattle from Northern Ireland as well as ( c ) on the export of such animals to other Member States and to third countries . slaughterings effected in this region , a system of supplementary subsidies allowing particularly the assurance , as far as possible , of an equilibrium of Article 4 competitive conditions between this region and Ireland ; whereas with a view to maintaining this equil­ As long as the United Kingdom uses the authoriza­ ibrium on third country markets it is necessary to tion laid down in Article 3 , it shall , on the export to provide for the levying of a charge on exports from third countries of live bovine animals and beef Northern Ireland to third countries ; coming from Northern Ireland , levy a charge the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation amount of which shall be equal to the difference are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ between , on the one hand , the 'accession ' compensa­ ment Committee for Beef and Veal , tory amount applicable in trade between that member state and Ireland and , on the other hand , the amount (') OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 5 . of the refund applicable on export from Ireland (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14 . resulting in particular from the application of Article

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12 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 181 / 73 (') of Article 6 23 January 1973 laying down general rules for a system of compensatory amounts for beef and veal . This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day after its publication in the Official Journal of the Art ide 5 EH ropea n Co m M it n ities.

The United Kingdom shall inform the Commission It is applicable up to 31 January 1975, with the excep­ of the circumstances in which it uses the authoriza­ tion of Articles 1 and 2 which are applicable up to 31 tions laid down in this Regulation . December 1974 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 18 April 1974 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOL1

(') OJ No I. 25 , 30 . I. 1973 , p. 9 .