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REGULATION (EEC) No 2502/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 2 October 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1967/74 as regards the maximum amounts of the premiums for the orderly marketing of certain adult bovine animals for slaughter and introducing a system of premiums for the retention of cattle

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 'The premium shall not exceed the following COMMUNITIES, amounts : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; month units of account per head August 1974 20 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No September 1974 30 805/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ October 1974 42 tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended November 1974 42 by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular December 1974 52-50 Article 22a (2) thereof ; January 1975 63 February 1975 73-50 .' Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;

Whereas a system of premiums for the orderly marketing of adult bovine animals for slaughter was introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 1 967/74 (3); Article 2 Whereas in order to make the said system more effec­ tive, the maximum amounts of the premium should be increased ; The Member States authorized not to implement Whereas, having regard to the present day structure of Articles 1 to 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1353/73 in the holdings in the regions for which Member States are regions specified in Article 5 of the said Regulation authorized not to implement the premium for the may, instead of the premium provided for in Article 1 conversion of dairy cow herds to meat production, of Regulation (EEC) No 1967/74, grant at the request introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 1353/73 (4), the of the producer, whether or not he belongs to a said Member States should be enabled to grant a producers' association, in these regions, a single cattle single cattle retention premium in the regions referred retention premium for each cow or in-calf heifer up to, instead of the premium introduced by Regulation to a maximum of 10 head per holding, retained on (EEC) No 1967/74 ; holdings having not more than 20 bovine animals.

Whereas it is necessary to limit the granting of this single premium to producers not having more than 20 bovine animals ;

Whereas the amount of this premium should be fixed Article 3 at a level adequate to constitute an inducement towards keeping cows or in-calf heifers on the hold­ ings for a relatively long period ; 1 . The amount of the single premium provided for in Article 2 shall be 33 units of account per head. It Whereas, the granting of the premium should, shall be payable in two equal instalments, the first however, be limited to a maximum of 10 head per being considered as an advance to the beneficiary. holding,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2. In order to be eligible for the premium, each producer must show evidence to the satisfaction of the Article 1 competent authority that, at the time of lodging the request under Article 2, he retains no more than 20 The text of the second paragraph of Article 2 (2) of bovine animals . Regulation No 1967/74 shall be replaced by the following : 3 . Moreover, the granting of the premium shall be (!) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6 . 1968, p. 24. subject to an undertaking by the producer in writing (2) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7. 1974, p. 14. (3) OJ No L 206, 27. 7. 1974, p. 1 . to retain on the holding farmed at the date when the (4) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 18 . request is lodged, for a period of at least seven months

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from such date, the cows or in-calf heifers for which Article 4 he has requested that a premium be granted. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 4. Article 4 (2) (a) (c) and (i) and Article 5 of Regula­ publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. tion (EEC) No 1967/74 shall apply to the single premium provided for in Article 2. It shall apply from 7 October 1974.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 2 October 1974.

For the Council The President

Ch . BONNET