18. 4. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 105/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1063/84 of 16 April 1984 on the granting of a premium for the slaughter of certain adult bovine animals in the United Kingdom during the 1984/85 marketing year THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN . COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ('), Whereas the United Kingdom has for the past mar- keting years applied the slaughtering premium system in respect of certain adult bovine animals ; whereas the United Kingdom should be authorized to continue granting this premium in the 1984/85 marketing year ; Whereas, in order to prevent the variable slaughter premium granted in the United Kingdom alone from having the effect of an export subsidy and disturbing the markets and the conditions of competition in the other Member States, provision must be made for the levying of an amount equal to that premium when animals of meat or meat preparations from such animals on which it has been given are consigned to other Member States or to non-member countries ; Whereas such a premium constitutes intervention on the internal market within the meaning of Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (3, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3509/80 () ; whereas, however, participation by the European Agri- (') Opinion delivered on 14 April 1984 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. () OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1980, p. 87. cultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund in the finan- cing of this premium should be limited, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1.  The United Kingdom is authorized to grant during the 1984/85 marketing year a premium to producers for the slaughter of certain adult bovine animals, other than cows, of Community origin. 2. The amount of the premium, which may be seasonally varied, may not exceed 65 ECU per adult bovine animal of an average weight to be determined. It shall be calculated in such a way that when a premium is granted the sum of the market price recorded in the United Kingdom for adult bovine animals other than cows and the amount of the premium actually granted does not exceed, on average and for the duration of the 1984/85 marketing year, 85 % of the guide price. It may not at any point exceed 88 % of that price. Article 2 The intervention purchase price for meat obtained from animals for which a premium has been granted shall be reduced by the amount of the premium actu- ally granted. Article 3 Where the premium referred to in Article 1 has been paid, an amount equivalent to the amount of that premium shall be levied on live animals or on meat and meat preparations from such animals on which it has been paid, when they are consigned to other Member States or to non-member countries.