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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1654/ 83 of 20 June 1983 fixing the quantity of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the third quarter of 1983
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the partial reduction of the levy is intended COMMUNITIES, to help improve cattle rearing and beef and veal production structures in Italy and in Greece ; whereas appropriate measures must therefore be taken to ensure that producers can, as far as possible, benefit Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European directly from the arrangements without traditional Economic Community, trade being excluded ; whereas this objective can be achieved by giving agricultural producers and their organizations priority when issuing the licences Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 conferring entitlement to benefit from the arrange of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the ments ; market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Articles 13 (4), 15 (2) and 25 thereof, Whereas, according to Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, the applicant shall undertake either to carry out himself or to have carried out under Whereas the Council has established an estimate his responsibility the task of fattening ; whereas, in the case of agricultural producers or their professional under the new import arrangements for young male organization, it appears that the opportunity given to bovine animals for fattening, for the period 1 January the applicant not to carry out himself the task of fat to 31 December 1983 ; whereas, under Article 13 (4) (a) tening could give rise to abuses in certain cases ; of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, the quantity which whereas it seems appropriate consequently to abolish may be imported each quarter and the rate of reduc that opportunity for the quarter in question ; tion of the import levy on these animals must be determined ; Whereas, in the case of import licence applications made by agricultural producers or their professional Whereas detailed rules for the practical application of organizations, or the traditional trade, it is necessary, in the special arrangements were laid down in Commis order to permit a more equitable distribution of the sion Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 (2), as amended by quantities available, to limit the maximum quantity Regulation (EEC) No 1384/77 (3), and in Regulation which each application may cover ; (EEC) No 2377/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1617/82 0 ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, 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 ; whereas these requirements are apparent in Italy and in Greece and may be estimated for the third quarter of 1983 at 54 000 head and 6 000 head respectively in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : those Member States :
Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine Article 1 animals for fattening justify, for the third quarter of 1983, a higher rate of reduction of the levy for animals weighing from 220 to 300 kilograms per head, orig 1 . For the period 1 July to 30 September 1983, the inating in and coming from Yugoslavia ; maximum quantity referred to in Article 13 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 60 000 head of (1) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. young male bovine animals for fattening, of a live (2) OJ No L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p. 18 . weight of 300 kilograms or less, of which 54 000 head (3) OJ No L 157, 28 . 6 . 1977, p. 16. must be imported into and fattened in Italy and 6 000 (4) OJ No L 241 , 13 . 9 . 1980, p. 5. (1 Ol No L 180 . 24. 6 . 1982, p. 24. head must be imported into and fattened in Greece.
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2. The levy charged on imports of the young bovine 6. within the quantity reserved for Greece, import animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to licences may be issued directly : the levy applicable on the day of import less 60 % . (a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in However, the levy applicable on the day of import respect of a maximum of 4 000 head, including a shall be reduced by 70 % in respect of a maximum of maximum of 1 330 head originating in and 1 5 000 young bovine animals weighing from 220 to coming from Yugoslavia. 300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming Greece shall, for this purpose, specify the catego from Yugoslavia. ries of applicants in the communication referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No This maximum quantity may be imported up to a 2377/80 ; maximum of : (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of — 13 000 head in Italy, 2 000 head, including a maximum of 670 head — 2 000 head in Greece . originating in and coming from Yugoslavia.
3. The application for a licence and the licence shall be in accordance with Article 9 ( 1 ) (c) of Regula tion (EEC) No 2377/ 80 and shall relate to : Article 2
— either young bovine animals of a weight per head not exceeding 300 kilograms, or 1 . In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 — young bovine animals of a weight per head of from (5) (a) and (6) (a) : 220 to 300 kilograms, originating in and coming from Yugoslavia. (a) notwithstanding Article 9 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, the applications for import In the latter case, sections 13 and 14 of the application licences lodged : for a licence and the licence shall include one of the — by agricultural producers, directly or through following entries : their professional organizations, shall be acceptable only if the agricultural producers — 'Yugoslavia', undertake in writing to fatten on their farms — 'Jugoslavien', the young bovine animals imported under this — 'Jugoslawien', Regulation, — ' Γιουγκοσλαβία', — 'Yougoslavie', — by professional organizations, shall be — ' Iugoslavia', acceptable only if they undertake in writing to — 'Joegoslavië'. have the young bovine animals imported under this Regulation fattened on the farms of those The licence shall make it compulsory to import from who are found to be members of the said the country indicated. organizations at the time the declaration referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation 4. Member States shall specify in the communica (EEC) No 612/77 is made ; tion referred to in Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 the category of live weight, and the (b) applications for import licences may not cover origin of the products in the case referred to in the more than 100 head when made by individual second indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 . applicants or more than 100 head per member when made by professional organizations. The total 5. Within the quantity reserved for Italy, import quantity applied for by a professional organization licences may be issued directly : may not, however, exceed 2 500 head.
(a) to agricultural producers or their organizations in 2. In the case of the quantity referred to in Article 1 respect of a maximum of 36 000 head, including a (5) (b) and (6) (b), applications for import licences may maximum of 8 670 head originating in and not cover more than 10 % of that quantity. coming from Yugoslavia. Italy shall, for this purpose, specify the categories of applicants in the communication referred to in 3 . Without prejudice to Article 1 (3) of Regulation Article 15 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ; (EEC) No 612/77, the security there referred to shall not be released, in whole or in part, unless proof is (b) to other applicants, in respect of a maximum of provided to the competent authorities of the Member 18 000 head, including a maximum of 4 330 head State in question that the undertaking in paragraph 1 originating in and coming from Yugoslavia. (a) has been complied with.
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For the purpose of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC) This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its No 2377/80, all applications from one applicant which publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. relate to the same category of weight and the same rate of reduction of the levy shall be treated as one applica tion . It shall apply from 1 July 1983 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 20 June 1983 .
For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission