No L 177/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 28.7.95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1846/95 of 26 July 1995 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium schemes provided for in rules on the common organization of the market in beef THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 424/95 (%), and in particular Article 4b (8), Article 4e (5), Article 4f (4), and Article 4g (5) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3269/94 (4), provides for certain rules with respect to the granting of the special premium on slaughter, the transfer of suckler cow premium rights, the utilization of rights from the reserve and the method for calculating the density factor ; Whereas in the framework of the special premium granted on slaughter, option B, as referred to in section 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92, has not been applied by any Member State ; whereas it is opportune, in the inte- rests of administrative simplification, to proceed to the deletion of the aforementioned option ; whereas, in the same framework of the granting of the special premium, it may be accepted that, also in the interests of adminis- trative simplification, Member States may reasonably, accept that the statement of participation referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 may remain valid as long as the producer does not wish to change it ; Whereas, in order to simplify the administration of premium rights and to allow further tolerance with regard to the current rule according to which producers who receive rights from the national reseve must avail them- selves of 90 % of all their rights in the course of three calendar years, the abovementioned rule should be repealed ; Whereas, in order to ensure better mobilization of the premium rights which are available but not used by producers, the minimum percentage and frequency of use () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 45, 1. 3. 1995, p. 2. () O] No L 391, 31. 12. 1992, p. 20. () OJ No L 339, 29. 12. 1994, p. 46. of rights should be increased, taking into account the particular situation of small producers ; Whereas provision should be made to allow flexibility in meeting the administrative deadline for the transfer of rights when a producer can prove that he has legally inherited rights from a deceased producer; Whereas present provisions on the temporary leasing of rights to the suckler cow premium may lead to a number of such rights remaining frozen, yet inaccessible to other producers who might need them ; whereas it is opportune to encourage the mobilization of these rights, and equally to foresee measures that will lead to rights being restored to producers who will benefit from them; Whereas, in order to avoid, as far as possible, inequality of treatment amongst producers by aligning the administra- tion of premium rights of producers who receive rights from the national reserve with those of producers who are compensated in the form of additional rights because of their participation in a Community extensification programme, the conditions governing the rules which prevent producers previously involved in an extensifica- tion programme from transferring or temporarily leasing his rights should be modified, and the obligation on those producers to use all their rights should be repealed ; Whereas, in order to ensure a proper monitoring of the number of additional rights granted to the abovemen- tioned producers involved in an extensification programme, it is requried that Member States communi- cate the necessary information to the Commission, including that relating to previous marketing years; Whereas Article 42 of Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 provides for the determination of the number of animals that may be eligible for a premium ; whereas, to facilitate controls and conversion calculations, a suckler cow should correspond to 1 LU in the same way as a dairy cow; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 should be amended accordingly ; Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,