31982R1685

No L 186 / 24 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 6 . 82

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1685 /82 of 29 June 1982 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the third quarter of 1982

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN trade being excluded ; whereas this objective can be COMMUNITIES , achieved by giving agricultural producers and their organizations priority when issuing the licences Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European conferring entitlement to benefit from the arrange­ Economic Community, ments ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 Whereas, according to Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the (EEC) No 2377/80, the applicant shall undertake market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act either to carry out himself or to have carried out under of Accession of Greece, and in particular Articles 13 his responsibility the task of fattening ; whereas, in the (4), 15 (2) and 25 thereof, case of agricultural producers or their professional organization , it appears that the opportunity given to Whereas the Council has established an estimate the applicant not to carry out himself the task of fat­ under the new import arrangements for young male tening could give rise to abuses in certain cases ; bovine animals for fattening, for the period 1 January whereas it seems appropriate consequently to abolish to 31 December 1982 ; whereas, under Article 13 (4) (a) that opportunity for the quarter in question ; of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , the quantity which may be imported each quarter and the rate of reduc­ Whereas, in the case of import licence applications tion of the import levy on these animals must be made by agricultural producers or their professional determined ; organizations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in order to permit a more equitable distribution of the Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of quantities available, to limit the maximum quantity the special arrangements were laid down in Commis­ which each application may cover ; sion Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 384/77 (3), and in Regulation Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal , (EEC) No 1617/82 0 ;

Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of the Community which have a serious deficit in bovine animals for fattening must be taken into account ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : whereas these requirements are apparent in Italy and in Greece and may be estimated for the third quarter of 1982 at 44 500 head and 4 000 head respectively in Article 1 those Member States ; 1 . For the period from 1 July to 30 September Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine 1982, the maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 animals for fattening justify, for the third quarter of (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 50 000 1982, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals head of young male bovine animals for fattening, of a weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, orig­ live weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which 44 500 inating in and coming from Yugoslavia ; head must be imported into and fattened in Italy and 4 000 head must be imported into and fattened in Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended Greece . to help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal production structures in Italy and in Greece ; whereas 2. The levy charged on imports of the young bovine appropriate measures must therefore be taken to animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to ensure that producers can, as far as possible, benefit the levy applicable on the day of import less 60 % . directly from the arrangements without traditional However, the levy applicable on the day of import (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24 . shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of (2) OJ No L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p . 18 . 1 5 000 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to (3) OJ No L 157, 28 . 6 . 1977, p. 16 . 300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming (4) OJ No L 241 , 13 . 9 . 1980, p. 5 . 4 OJ No L 180, 24. 6. 1982, p. 24. from Yugoslavia.

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This maximum quantity may be imported up to a in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No maximum of : 2377/ 80 ; (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of — 13 000 head in Italy, 1 330 head, including a maximum of 500 head — 1 500 head in Greece, and — 500 head in the other Member States . originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.

3 . The application for a licence and the licence Article 2 shall be in accordance with Article 9 ( 1 ) (c) of Regula­ 1 . In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 tion (EEC) No 2377/80 and shall relate to : (5) (a) and (6) (a) : — either young bovine animals of a weight per head (a) notwithstanding Article 9 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation not exceeding 300 kilograms, or (EEC) No 2377/80, the applications for import — young bovine animals of a weight per head of from licences lodged : 220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming — by agricultural producers, directly or through from Yugoslavia . their professional organizations, shall be acceptable only if the agricultural producers In the latter case, Sections 13 and 14 of the applica­ undertake in writing to fatten on their farms tion for a licence and the licence shall include one of the young bovine animals imported under this the following entries : Regulation, — 'Jugoslavien , — by professional organizations, shall be — 'Jugoslawien , acceptable only if they undertake in writing to — ' Γιουγκοσλαβία', have the young bovine animals imported under — 'Yugoslavia , this Regulation fattened on the farms of those — 'Yougoslavie , who are found to be members of the said orga­ nizations at the time the declaration referred to — ' Iugoslavia , — 'Joegoslavië . in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 is made ; The licence shall make it compulsory to import from (b) applications for import licences may not cover the country indicated. more than 100 head when made by individual applicants or more than 100 head per member 4. Member States shall specify in the communica­ when made by professional organizations. The total tion referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation quantity applied for by a professional organization (EEC) No 2377/80 the category of live weight, and the may not, however, exceed 2 500 head. origin of the products in the case referred to in the second indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 . 2. In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 (5) (b) and (6) (b), applications for import licences may 5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import not cover more than 10 % of that quantity. licences may be issued directly : 3. Without prejudice to Article 1 (3) of Regulation (a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in (EEC) No 612/77, the security there referred to shall respect of a maximum of 29 660 head, including a not be released, in whole or in part, unless proof is maximum of 8 660 head originating in and provided to the competent authorities of the Member coming from Yugoslavia ; State in question that the undertaking in paragraph 1 Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories (a) has been complied with . of applicants in the communication referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ; Article 3

(b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of For the purpose of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC) 14 840 head, including a maximum of 4 340 head No 2377/80, all applications from one applicant which originating in and coming from Yugoslavia. relate to the same category of weight and the same rate of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one applica­ 6. Within the quantity reserved for Greece, import tion . licences may be issued directly : Article 4 (a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in respect of a maximum of 2 670 head, including a This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its maximum of 1 000 head originating in and publication in the Official Journal of the European coming from Yugoslavia ; Communities. Greece shall, for this purpose , specify the catego­ ries of applicants in the communication referred to It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1982.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1982. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission