No L 143/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. S. 82 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1244/82 of 19 May 1982 laying down detailed rules implementing the system of premiums for maintaining suckler cows THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80 of 5 June 1980 introducing a system of premiums for maintaining suckler cows ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1198/82 (3), and in particular Article 6 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 878/77 of 26 April 1977 on the exchange rates to be applied in agriculture (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1207/82 (%), and in particular Articles 4 (3) and § (1) thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 878/77 provides that, with regard to the effect on rights and obligations exis- ting at the time when a representative rate is altered, the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 (), laid down in respect of the alteration of the relationship between the parity of a Member State’s currency and the value of the unit of account, shall apply ; whereas, however, by virtue of Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 878/77, the above provisions may be derogated from Whereas it is necessary to specify the terms on which the premium is to be granted and, in particular, the period during which applications for the granting of premiums may be lodged ; Whereas for fixing the amount of the premium in national currency, the representative rate in force on the first day of the period laid down for lodging appli- cations should be used; Whereas the granting of the additional premiums provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80 and in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1199/82 () implies the granting of the premium provided for in Articie 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80 ; whereas, however, the other conditions for () OJ No L 140, S. 6. 1980, p. 1. () OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 28. () OJ No L 106, 29. 4. 1977, p. 25. () OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. S1. () OJ No L 188, 1. 8. 1968, p. 1. (9 OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 30. granting may be determined by the competent authorities of the Member States concerned ; Whereas premiums already paid must be recovered if the obligations under the premium system are not met ; whereas, however, in certain cases, and in parti- cular if the recipient is temporarily or permanently not in a position to fulfil such obligations by reason of circumstances beyond his control and which he cannot remedy save at disproportionate cost to himself, it appears warranted to provide for the right to premiums to be maintained ; whereas, moreover, the obligations under the premium system may also apply where a holding is transferred ; Whereas Commission  Regulation (EEC) No 1581/81 () must be repealed; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1.  Applications for the premium for maintaining suckler cows shall be lodged with the competent authority designated by each Member State between 15 June and 30 September each year in respect of suckler cows held on the day on which the application is lodged. However, the Member States may determine a date, within that period, earlier than 30 September as the deadline for lodging applications. The number of cows to be taken imto account for granting the premium shall be equal to the number of suckler cows, excluding heifers in calf, present on the farm at the time the application is lodged. 2. In order to be admissible, applications shall include the undertakings provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80, together with a declaration by the producer that he undertakes to abide by the abovementioned Regulation, this Regula- tion and the measures taken by the Member State concerned for the purpose of their applications. () OJ No L 154, 13. 6. 1981, p. 38.