31978R1146

No L 143/20 31 . 5 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1146/78 of 30 May 1978 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the third quarter of 1978

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN giving agricultural producers and their organizations COMMUNITIES, priority when issuing the licences conferring entitle­ - ment to benefit from the arrangements ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 571 /78 provides that licence applications must be lodged Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No during the first 1 0 days of each quarter ; whereas the 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization list of applications lodged shall be communicated to of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Commission on the 18th day of each quarter ; Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular Arti­ whereas the period between the lodging of certain cles 13 (4), 15 (2) and 25 thereof, licence applications and their communication to the Commission should be lengthened in order to permit the national authorities to check the acceptability of Whereas the Council has established, under the new such applications ; import arrangements for young male bovine animals for fattening, an estimate of 200 000 head for the period 1 January to 31 December 1978 ; whereas, Whereas according to Article 11 (9) of Regulation under Article 13 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No (EEC) No 571 /78 the applicant shall undertake either 805/68 , the quantity which may be imported each to carry out himself or to have carried out under his quarter and the rate of reduction of the import levy responsibility the task of fattening ; whereas, in the on these animals must be determined ; case of agricultural producers or their professional organizations, it appears that the opportunity given to the applicant not to carry out himself the task of Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of fattening could give rise to abuses in certain cases ; the special arrangements were laid down in Commis­ whereas it seems appropriate consequently to abolish sion Regulation (EEC) No 571 /78 of 21 March 1978 that opportunity for the quarter in question ; on the system of import and export licences for beef and veal and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 585/77 P) ; Whereas in the case of import licence applications made by agricultural producers or their professional Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of organizations it is necessary, in order to permit a more the Community which have a serious deficit in bovine equitable distribution of the quantities available, to animals for fattening must be taken into account ; limit the maximum quantity which each application may cover ; whereas these requirements are particularly apparent in Italy and may be estimated, for the third quarter of 1978 , at a minimum of 31 500 head for that Member Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation State ; are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Beef and Veal, Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine animals for fattening justify, for the third quarter of 1978, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : head, originating in and coming from Yugoslavia ;

Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended to help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal ■ Article 1 production structures in Italy ; whereas appropriate measures must therefore be taken to ensure that 1 . For the period 1 July to 30 September 1978, the producers can, as far as possible, benefit directly from maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of the arrangements without traditional trade being Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 35 000 head of excluded ; whereas this objective can be achieved by young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which at least (■) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. (2) OJ No L 61 , 5. 3 . 19 77, p. 1 . 31 500 head must be imported into and fattened in (3) OJ No L 78 , 22. 3 . 1978 , p. 10 . Italy.

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2. The levy charged on imports of the young producers or their organizations in respect of a maximum of 21 000 head . bovine animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to the levy applicable on the day of import less 50 % . Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories of applicants in the communication referred to in Article However, the levy applicable on the day of import 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 571 /78 . shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of 8 400 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to Article 2 300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming from Yugoslavia. In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 (5) :

3 . The application for a licence and the licence (a) by way of derogation from Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regula­ shall be in accordance with Article 8 (b) of Regulation tion (EEC) No 571 /78, applications may only be (EEC) No 571 /78 and shall relate to : lodged during the period 1 to 10 June 1978 ; — either young bovine animals of a weight per head (b) by way of derogation from Article 1 1 (9) of Regula­ not exceeding 300 kilograms, tion (EEC) No 571 /78, the applications for import or licences lodged by agricultural producers or their — young bovine animals of a weight per head of professional organizations shall be acceptable only from 220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and if the agricultural producers, directly or through coming from Yugoslavia. their professional organizations, undertake in writing to fatten on their farms the young bovine In the latter case Sections 13 and 14 of the applica­ animals imported under this Regulation ; tion for a licence and the licence shall include one of the following entries : (c) applications for import licences may not cover more than 100 head when made by individual — Yugoslavia, applicants nor more than 100 head per member — Jugoslavien, when made by professional organizations. The — Jugoslawien, total quantity applied for by a professional organi­ — Yougoslavie, zation may not however exceed 2 500 head. — Iugoslavia, — Joegoslavië. Article 3 The licence shall make it compulsory to import from the country indicated. For the purpose of Article 1 1 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 571 /78, all applications from one applicant which 4. Member States shall specify in the communica­ relate to the same category of weight and the same tion referred to in Article 1 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) rate of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one No 571 /78 the category of live weight, and the origin application. of the products in the case referred to in the second indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3. Article 4 5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import licences may be issued directly to agricultural This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President