No L 336/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 12. 85 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3523/85 of 10 December 1985 amending for the sixth time Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat 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 Parl- iament (%), ~Whereas, in certain areas of the Community there is, for sheepmeat and goatmeat, a close similarity between farming and marketing techniques, production costs and consumption habits, such that producers of goatmeat in those areas should qualify from the 1986 marketing year onwards for the premium referred to in Article S of Regu- lation (EEC) No 1837/80 (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1312/85 (%), that is granted to sheepmeat producers ; whereas for the same reasons provision should be made to extend the premium scheme to the mountain areas defined in Article 3 of Directive 75/268/EEC (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (%); Whereas in certain aereas of the Community where natural and climatic conditions are particularly severe, the first lambing of ewes used for flock replacement cannot take place at the normal age ; whereas premiums should therefore be granted in respect of certain of these ewes ; Whereas in both cases described above, since the produc- tion costs are lower than in the case of ewes already eligible, the premium paid should be a percentage only of that granted for ewes already eligible ; Whereas the Council should, before 1 March 1986, deter- mine the areas of Spain and Portugal in which the premium intended to offset the income loss of goatmeat producers will be paid, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is hereby amended as follows : () OJ No C 67, 14. 3. 1985, p. 66. () O] No C 94, 15. 4. 1985, p. 98. () O] No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1. () OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 22. () OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. . (9 O] No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. 1. Article 5 shall be replaced by the following : ‘A_rticle 5 1. To the extent necessary to offset an income loss by sheepmeat producers in one or more regions during a marketing year, a premium shall be granted ; further- more, with effect from the beginning of the 1986 marketing year, in order to offset an income loss by goatmeat producers, an premium shall be granted : -—— on one hand, in the areas referred to in Annex III, — on the other hand, in the mountain areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3) of Directive 75/268/EEC, other than the areas referred to in Annex IIl to this Regulation, provided that it is established following the procedure referred to in Article 26 that the production of those areas meets the two following criteria : (a) the goat rearing is mainly directed towards the production of goatmeat; (b) the goat and sheep rearing techniques are similar in nature. The amount of these premiums shall be fixed immedi- ately after the end of the marketing year. 2. The income loss referred to in paragraph 1 shall be deemed to be any difference, per 100 kilograms carcase weight, between the basic price referred to in Article 3 (1) and the arithmetic mean of the market prices recorded for the region in question in accor- dance with Article 4. 3. The premium payable per ewe in each region shall be obtained by multiplying the income loss referred to in paragraph 2 per 100 kilograms carcase weight by a coefficient expressing for each region the normal annual production of lambmeat per ewe in 100 kilograms carcase weight. Furthermore, with regard to the areas specified in para- graph 1, first subparagraph, first and second indents, the premium payable per she-goat from the beginning of the 1986 marketing year shall be 80 % of the amount payable per ewe in those areas. 4. If, however, for one or more of the regions within the meaning of Article 3 (5), the probable trend in market prices as referred to in Article 4 and of the variable premium referred to in Article 9 indicate that an income loss is likely during the course of the marketing year, the Member State(s) concerned may, by means of the procedure laid down in Article 26, be authorized to make an advance payment in the