Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal
23. 3. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 87/23 Proposal for COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. of. 98/0047(CNS) amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (98/C 87/16) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard ot the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, arrangements; whereas the regional ceilings for these two Member States should therefore, with effect from 1 January 1997, be increased to bring them closer to actual production level, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard Parliament, to the Opinion of the European Article 1 Whereas by Regulation (EC) No 2222/96 (1) the Council adjusted for the years 1997 and 1998 the regional ceilings on the number of male bovine animals eligible for the special premium laid down in Article 4b(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 805/68 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2634/97 (3), whereas long-term measures are being drawn up; whereas these adjusted regional ceilings should be retained for a further year; Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2222/96 authorises the Commission to take the necessary action on suckler cow premium rights unused in 1997 and 1998 and returned to the national reserve; whereas for the same reason as above this authorisation sould be extended for a year; Whereas scrutiny by Member State of the number of special premium applications, the regional ceilings and the number of animals slaughtered shows that in Spain and Portugal premium applications are significantly higher than the regional ceilings and the ratio of regional ceiling to number of animals slaughtered is less than the Community average; whereas the choice of reference years for the regional ceiling for Portugal was limited the premium owing late application of the to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is amended as follows: 1. In Article 4b(3)(b): a) ‘for 1997 and 1998’ is replaced by ‘for 1997, 1998 and 1999’; b) the figures ‘603 674’ and ‘154 897’ for Spain and Portugal respectively are replaced by ‘649 896’ and ‘166 483’. 2. In Article 4f(4) the second indent is replaced by: ‘— measures relating to individual rights not used in 1997, 1998 and 1999 which have been returned to the national reserve’. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. However, Article 1(1)(b) shall apply from 1 January 1997. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at. (1) OJ L 296, 21. 11. 1996, p. 50. (2) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. (3) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13. For the Council