Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (codified version)
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 10. 03. 1998 COM(1998) 88 final 98/ 0062 (CNS) Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (codified version) (presented by the Commission) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM In the context of a people's Europe, the Commission attaches great importance to simplify ing and clarifying Community law so as to make it clearer and more accessible to the ordinary citizen, thus giving him new opportunities and the chance to make use of the specific rights it gives him. This aim cannot be achieved so long as numerous provisions that have been amended several times, often quite substantially, remain scattered, so that they must be sought partly in the original instrument and partly in later amending ones. Considerable research work, comparing many different instruments, is thus needed to identify the current rules. For this reason a consolidation of rules that have frequently been amended is also essential if Community law is to be clear and transparent. On 1 April 1987, the Commission therefore decided to instruct its staff that all legislative measures should be consolidated after no more than ten amendments, stressing that this was a minimum requirement and that departments should endeavour to consolidate at even shorter intervals the texts for which they were responsible, to ensure that the Community rules were clear and readily understandable. The Conclusions of the Presidency of the Edinburgh European Council (December 1992) confirmed this, stressing the importance of legislative consolidation as it offers certainty as to the law applicable to a given matter at a given time. It must be undertaken in full compliance with the normal Community legislative procedure. Given that no changes of substance may be made to the instruments affected by legislative consolidation. Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed, by an interinstitu- tional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-track adoption of codification instruments. The purpose of this proposal (l) for legislative consolidation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheep- meat and goatmeat, is to undertake official codification of this type. The new regulation will supersede the various directives incorporated in it (2); their content is fully preserved, and they are brought together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself. This legislative consolidation proposal was drawn up on the basis of a preliminary conso lidation, in all the official languages, of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 and the instruments amending it, carried out by the Office for Official Publications of the European Commu nities, by means of the data-processing system referred to in the conclusions of the Euro pean Council meeting at Edinburgh. Although the articles have been given new numbers, the old numbering has been retained in the margin for ease of reference; the correlation between the old and new numbers is shown in a table set out in the Annex II, Part A, to the consolidated Regulation. (*) Entered in the legislative programme for 1997. (2) See Annex II, Part B of the present proposal. PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. 7. of. on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal of the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia ment (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and So cial Committee (2); (1) Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989, on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (3) has been fre quently and substantially amended (4), whereas for rea sons of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should therefore be codified; (2) Whereas the operation and development of the common market in agricultural products must be accompanied by the establishment of a common agricultural policy in volving common organization of the agricultural markets; whereas the form of such organization may vary from one product to another; (3) Whereas in order to attain the objectives set out in Ar ticle 39 of the Treaty, in particular market stability and a fair standard of living for the agricultural community concerned, it is necessary to retain certain arrangements facilitating adjustment of supply to market requirements; whereas, in particular, Community sheepmeat and goat meat producers should continue to be granted a pre mium to compensate for loss of income, and intervention measures should be continued; (4) Whereas provision should be made for the fixing of a basic price at which intervention measures will come into operation and which will protect the Community market against price fluctuations on the world market for certain products in the sector; 3013/89 () (? (3) (4) OJ L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1589/% (OJ No L 206,16. 8. 1996, p. 25). See Annex H, Part B. (5) Whereas the amount of the premium to be granted to producers, determined on the basis of a Community single income loss, must take account of the different specializations of production systems in the Community; whereas, in order to limit any increase in the budget cost in this sector, provision should be made for limiting the full rate of the premium to 1 000 animals per producer in the less-favoured areas within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (l) and to 500 animals per pro ducer in other areas; whereas, above these figures, the premium will continue to be paid at the reduced level of 50%; (6) Whereas it is opportune for administrative purposes that the latest date for the payment of the premium should coincide with the end of the budgetary year; (7) Whereas the upward trend in ewe numbers in the Com munity and the resulting substantial drop in prices are having serious repercussions on the market balance; whereas, while being partly curbed by the various measures, in particular as regards prices and stabilizers, this trend has nevertheless resulted in an increase in production and in EAGGF expenditure; (8) Whereas, subject to special provisions applicable to pro ducer groups, an individual limit should be imposed on each producer, based on the total premiums granted for the 1991 marketing year to each producer; (9) Whereas, in order to take account of trends in produc tion throughout the Community, this total should how ever be multiplied by a coefficient established for each Member State and representing the ratio between the total number of ewes eligible at the beginning of 1989, 1990 or 1991 and the total number of eligible animals conferring entitlement to the premium for the 1991 marketing year; whereas, however, special provisions should be adopted for Germany in order to take account of certain specific problems in the new 'Lander'; (10) Whereas new producers and existing producers whose reference flocks are not in line with the normal trend in ewe numbers should not be excluded from entitlement to the premium; whereas, to that end, provision should be made for a national reserve made up initially of a flat-rate levy on the individual limits of all producers; whereas provision should be made to increase the re serve in less-favoured areas; 3013/89 (adapted) 2069/92 (adapted) 3. (adapted) (adapted) 5. (adapted) (adapted) (!) OJNoL128,19. 5. 1975, p. 1; Directive replaced by Regulation (EC) No 950/97 (OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 1). 7. 2069/92 (adapted) 9. 3. (adapted) 233/94 (adapted) 1265/95 (adapted) (11) Whereas changes in production may be made necessary by possible alterations to the assets or production capa city of recipients; whereas, therefore, provision should be made that entitlements to the premium acquired in re spect of individual limits may be transferred under cer tain conditions to other producers; whereas, in order to make the system of transfer as flexible as possible, it is appropriate to allow the transfer of rights to take place also without the transfer of the holding; whereas it is appropriate to submit the transfer to rules which allow some rights to be surrendered, without payment to the national reserve in order that it can provide, in particu lar, rights for new entrants; (12) Whereas, in order to take account of the fact that pro ducers should be permitted to reduce their production for a limited period, it is appropriate to authorize the Member States to provide the option of a temporary transfer of premium rights; (13) Whereas it is opportune to establish a link between sensitive zones or localities and the production of sheep and goats so as to ensure the maintenance of this pro duction especially in areas where there is no other alter native; (14) Whereas the individual ceiling placed on the premium per producer leads to a limitation of the number of eli gible ewes and goats; (15) Whereas this measure renders nugatory limits per head for the purpose of determining the amount of premiums to be paid in the sector, without affecting the right to premiums which producers already enjoy; whereas, there fore, provision should be made for the possibility of rectifying individual limits; (16) Whereas the grant of an individual limit per producer for obtaining the right to the premium may give rise to administrative difficulties in the case of certain groups of in particular family groups, during the producers, transfer of premium rights between members of the said groups; whereas, therefore, for reasons of correct admi nistration, provision should be made for certain groups to be exempted, under certain conditions, from payment to the national reserve of the percentage of rights pro vided for in the case of a transfer of rights without transfer of holding; whereas that provision should not lead to an increase in individual rights currently allo cated in each Member State, nor give rise to the forma tion of new producer groups created with the sole aim of avoiding payment to the national reserve of the per centage of rights provided for in the case of a transfer of rights without transfer of holding; (17) Whereas the individual limit was established on the basis of the total amount of premiums granted for the 1991 marketing year for each producer; whereas in Italy and in Greece, because that marketing year was a year of transition between two different premium systems, a number of producers were not able to submit an ap plication for a premium for the 1991 marketing year for the number of eligible animals they held; whereas, in order to remedy this situation, special reserves should be created for Italy and for Greece corresponding to the estimated maximum number of rights which the pro ducers concerned were unable to claim; whereas the competent authorities of those two Member States should initially be allowed to grant new rights up to the limit of the special reserve referred to above and then, subject to verification by the Commission of the correct allocation of the rights granted, in particular in the re gions most affected, the national reserves will be in creased for Italy and Greece by the sum of the rights newly granted with effect from the 1995 marketing year; (18) Whereas it is necessary to clarify the conditions under which special provisions may be adopted by Germany in order to take account of the specific problems which re main in the new Lander, (19) Whereas, in order to effect a smooth passage from the current provisions in the territories of the new German Lander to the premium regime applicable in the rest of the Community, certain temporary measures may be found to be necessary, (20) Whereas, within the framework of the production of sheepmeat and goatmeat, environmental protection has become an important element which must be taken into consideration; whereas Member States should thus have the possibility of limiting or abolishing payments under the premium regime for producers of sheepmeat and goatmeat, if the producer in question does not fully comply with the rules fixed by the Member States with respect to the environment, subject to compliance with the proportionality principle; (21) Whereas, as regards intervention measures, provision should be made for them to take the form of private storage aid, which least affects normal marketing of products; 1265/95 1589/% (adapted) 4. 233/94 (adapted) 5. 3013/89 1589/96 (adapted) 3013/89 10. 2069/92 (adapted) (22) Whereas, as a general rule, whenever certain market price criteria are met the decision to grant private stor age aid should be taken in the context of a tendering procedure; whereas however, that private storage aid could be made more effective if the amount of the aid is fixed in advance, where urgent recourse to private stor age proves neces-sary in the light of a particularly diffi cult market situation in one or more quotation areas; whereas it is therefore necessary to authorize the Com mission to carry out advance fixing of the aid where such a market situation has arisen, even if the market price criteria referred to above have not been met; (23) Whereas the purpose of the abovementioned premium is to ensure a fair return for producers; whereas, however, in view of the possibilities for disposal on the Commu nity market and the Community's international commit ments, production of sheepmeat and goatmeat should no longer be encouraged once the Community flock exceeds a certain level established in the light of the market situ ation; whereas to that end provision should be made for reducing the degree of guarantee afforded by the measures in question; whereas the maximum guaranteed level should be fixed at that which obtained for ewes on 31 December 1987 in the regions concerned and provi sion should be made for its eventual revision; (24) Whereas the introduction of individual limits by pro ducers for the granting of the premium by maintaining flock numbers at their existing level, should reduce very appreciably the risk of budgetary overspending; whereas, in these circumstances, the coefficient for reducing the basic price referred to in Article 13 (2) of this Regula tion should be fixed at the level adopted for the 1990 marketing year; (25) Whereas trade arrangements, in combination with price arrangements, premiums and intervention arrangements and containing a system of import duties, should serve to stabilize the Community market; whereas this trading arrangement is based on the agreements concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, hereinafter referred to as the "GATT Agreement"; (26) Whereas the competent authorities should be placed in a position to follow trade developments constantly in order to appraise market developments and, when necessary, the possible application of measures provided for this Regulation; whereas to that end, provision should be made for issuing import licences and, where appropriate, the corresponding export licences providing a guarantee to ensure the fulfilment of dealings for which the li cences are sought; (27) Whereas in order to prevent or counteract adverse ef fects on the market in the Community due to the im portation of certain agricultural products, the import ation of one or more of these products must be subject to additional import duties if certain conditions are ful filled; (28) Whereas under certain conditions, the Commission should be empowered to open and administer tariff quo tas arising under the GATT Agreement; (29) Whereas, in addition to the system described above, provision should be made to the extent necessary for its proper working, prohibiting in whole or in part, when the situation on the market so requires, the use of in ward or outward processing arrangements; (30) Whereas the customs duty arrangements make it poss ible to dispense with all other protective measures at the external frontiers of the Community; whereas, however, the mechanism of common prices, customs duties and levies may, in exceptional circumstances, prove defective; whereas in such cases, so as not to leave the Community market without defence against disturbances that may consequently arise, the import barriers that previously existed having been removed, the Community should be able to take all necessary measures without delay; whereas these measures must be in conformity with trie obligations arising from the GATT Agreement; (31) Whereas there are provisions for the possibility of measures to be taken when a substantial price rise dis turbs or threatens to disturb the Community market; whereas the situation on the market demands that such provision be extended to cover the case of a substantial fall in prices; (32) Whereas restrictions on free movement resulting from the application of measures intended to prevent the spread of animal diseases may cause difficulties on the market of one or more Member States; whereas provi sion should be made for the introduction of exceptional market support measures in order to remedy such situ ations; (33) Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of the proposed measures, a procedure should be provided for establishing close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within a management com mittee; 11. 3013/89 (adapted) 13. (adapted) 14. (adapted) 1855/74 (adapted) 15. 3013/89 16. (34) Whereas the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat must take appropriate account of the objectives set out in both Article 39 and Article 110 of the Treaty; (35) Whereas the proper working of the internal market based on a common price system would be jeopardized by the granting of certain aids; whereas, therefore, the provisions of the Treaty which allow the assessment of aid granted by Member States and the prohibition of that which is incompatible with the common market should be made to apply to sheepmeat and goatmeat; (36) Whereas expenditure incurred by the Member States in carrying out obligations under this Regulation falls to the Community in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (l). HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 17. 3013/89 18. (adapted) 20. (adapted) (*) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (OJ No L 125, 8. 6. 1995, p. 1). 3013/89 (adapted) 3890/92 - Art. 5(1) (adapted) Article 1 CHAPTER I Scope Article 1 The common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat shall comprise a price system and trading system and cover the following products: CNcode Description (a) 010410 30 Live lambs up to a year old 01041080 Live other sheep other than purebred breeding animals 0104 2090 Live goats other than purebred breeding animals 0204 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen 0210 9011 Meat of sheep and goats, with bone in, salted, in brine, dried or smoked 0210 90 19 Meat of sheep and goats, boneless, salted, in brine, or smoked (b) 0104 10 10 Live sheep — purebred breeding animals 0104 2010 Live goats — purebred breeding animals 0206 8099 Edible offal of sheep and goats, fresh or chilled, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products 0206 90 99 Edible offal of sheep and goats, frozen, the manufacture of than for other pharmaceutical products 0210 90 60 Edible offal of sheep and goats, salted, in brine, dried or smoked 6X15Q2QQ9Q Fats of sheep or goats, other than those in No 15Q3 1096/94 - Art 1(2) - 1734/96 - Art. 1 (c)ifiû2J&LZZ 16Q2 9Q74 Other prepared or preserved meat or offal of sheep or goats, uncooked; mixtures of cooked and uncooked meat or offal (d)16Q2 9Q7fi 1602 90 78 Other prepared or preserved offal of sheep or goats 1734/96 - Art. 1 1734/96 - Art. 1 10 TITLE I Article 2 AnkkA CHAPTER II Price, premium and intervention arrangements 3013/89 (adapted) Article 2 In order to encourage action by trade and joint trade or ganizations to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements, the following Community measures may be taken in respect of the products listed in Article 1: (a) measures to improve sheep and goat farming; (b) measures to promote better organization of produc tion, processing and marketing; (c) measures to improve quality; (d) measures to permit the establishment of short- and long-term forecasts on the basis of the means of pro duction used; (e) measures to facilitate the recording of market price trends. General rules concerning these measures shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty. Article 3 1. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Ar ticle 43 (2) of the Treaty, a basic price shall be fixed an nually, for the following marketing year, for fresh and chilled sheep carcasses. 2. When the basic price is fixed, account shall be taken in particular of: (a) the situation on the sheepmeat market during the cur rent year; (b) the prospects for the production and consumption of sheepmeat; (c) sheepmeat production costs; (d) the market situation in the other livestock product sectors, particularly the beef and veal sector; (e) past experience. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall fix seasonally adjusted basic prices to take account of the normal seasonal variations on the Community market in sheepmeat. 3. Save where a decision to the contrary is taken by the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, the marketing year shall begin on the first Monday in January and shall end on the day preced ing that day in the following year. 11 3013/89 Article 4 (adapted) (adapted) Article 4 1. A weekly average weighted price for the carcasses of sheep, fresh or chilled, on the representative Community markets shall be established on the basis of the prices re corded on the representative market or markets of each quotation area for the Community standard quality of fresh or chilled sheep carcasses, account being taken of the relative volume of total sheepmeat production in each quotation area. Quotation area shall mean: — Great Britain, — Northern Ireland, — every other Member State taken separately. 2. The Community quotation for the standard quality re ferred to in paragraph 1 shall be the most widespread pro duction, on average throughout the Community, for flocks specialized in the production of sheepmeat which produce heavy lambs. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a Commis sion proposal, — shall determine the standard quality, — shall lay down a definition of lambs which are fat tened as heavy carcasses. 3. A producer of light Iambs is to be understood as any sheep farmer marketing sheep's milk products based on sheep's milk. All other sheep farmers are to be understood as producers of heavy lambs. 4. Member States shall introduce, to the Commission's satisfaction and by the 1991 marketing year at the latest, a mechanism for differentiating between producers of heavy lambs and producers of light lambs. 5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25. Article 5 Article 5 1. To the extent necessary to offset an income loss by sheepmeat producers in the Community during a market ing year, a premium shall be granted To this end, a single income loss shall be determined which shall be deemed to be any difference, per 100 kilograms carcass weight, between the basic price referred to in Ar ticle 3 (1) and the arithmetic mean of the weekly market prices recorded in accordance with Article 4. 12 3013/89 (adapted) 2069/92 - Art. 1(1) 2. The premium payable per ewe to the producers of heavy lambs referred to in Article 4 (3) shall be obtained by multiplying the income loss referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article by a coefficient expressing for the Commun ity as a whole the annual average production of meat from heavy lambs per ewe producing such lambs, expressed per 100 kilograms carcass weight. 3. The amount of the premium payable per ewe to the producers of light lambs referred to in Article 4 (3) shall be obtained by multiplying the income loss referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article by a coefficient representing 80% of the coefficient determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article. 4. Each producer shall receive the premium calculated for the category in which he is classified. However, a pro ducer marketing sheep's milk or sheep's milk products will, if he can prove that at least 40 % of the lambs born on his holding have been fattened as heavy carcasses with a view to their slaughter, be able, at his request, to receive the premium for the heavy category, in proportion with the number of lambs born on his holding which are fattened as heavy carcasses. 5. To offset an income loss by goatmeat producers, a premium shall be granted: (adapted) (a) firstly, in the areas indicated in Annex I, (b) secondly, in the mountain and hill areas within the meaning of Article 23 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 950/97, other than the areas indicated in Annex I to this Regulation, provided that it is established follow ing the procedure laid down in Article 25 that the production of those areas meets the following two cri teria: — goat rearing is mainly directed towards the pro duction of goatmeat; — goat and sheep rearing techniques are similar in nature. The premium payable per she-goat shall be 80 % of the amount per ewe in accordance with paragraph 2. 2069/92 - Art. 1(1) 6. Before the end of each half-year, the Commission shall — in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25 — assess the foreseeable income loss for the entire marketing year and the foreseeable amount of the premium. On the basis of this estimated income loss, the Member States shall be authorized to pay all their producers a half- yearly advance payment of 30 % of the expected premium. 13 Member States may make provision for these two advance payments to take the form of a single payment to pro ducers as of the end of the second half-year. 3013/89 The amount of the final premium shall be determined without delay after the end of the marketing year in ques tion and not later than 31 March. Before 15 October of the same year, any balance, where appropriate, shall be paid. 2069/92 - Art 1(1) Premiums shall be paid to recipient producers on the basis of the number of ewes and/or she-goats kept on their hold ing over a minimum period to be determined in ac cordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25. 3013/89 233/94 - Art 1(1) (adapted) 3013/89 7. Until the end of the 1994 marketing year premiums for producers of sheepmeat and goatmeat referred to in Article 5 shall be paid at the full rate within the limit of 1000 animals per producer in the less-favoured areas with in the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC and within the limit of 500 animals in other areas. Outside the limits indicated in the first subparagraph, the premiums payable shall until the end of the 1994 market ing year, be fixed at 50 % of the amount to be calculated. In the case of groups, associations or other forms of cooperation between producers, the limits indicated in the first subparagraph shall be applied individually to each of the member farmers. 8. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a pro posal from the Commission, shall adopt general rules for implementing this Article, and in particular shall define which producers may receive the premium and for which ewes, and in the areas specified in paragraph 5, for which goats. The Council, by the same procedure: — may extend the premium to certain mountain-breed ewes raised in precisely defined areas presenting par ticularly difficult production conditions that do not qualify as eligible ewes: in such cases the premium payable shall be 70 % of that for eligible ewes in ac cordance with paragraph 2, — may specify that the premium is to be granted only to producers keeping a minimum number of ewes or, in the case of the areas specified in paragraph 5, a mini mum number of ewes and/or she-goats. 9. The Commission, acting in accordance with the pro cedure laid down in Article 25: 14 3013/89 — shall fix as appropriate the premium payable per ewe to the producers specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 per mountain-breed female within the meaning of para graph 8 and per she-goat in the areas specified in paragraph 5, — shall fix for the duration of each marketing year the coefficients referred to in paragraph 2, — shall adopt implementing rules for this Article cover ing, in particular, the submission of premium applica tions and payment of the premium. 10. Expenditure under the arrangements provided for in this Article shall be deemed to form part of intervention for the purpose of stabilizing agricultural markets. Article 6 2069/92 - Art. 1(2) Article 5a 1. An individual limit per producer is hereby introduced in respect of the grant of the premium provided for in Article 5. (adapted) In the case of producers who have been granted the pre mium prior to the 1992 marketing year, the premium shall be paid for the 1993 marketing year and subsequent years within the limits of the number of animals for which the premium has been paid for the 1991 marketing year, such number being multiplied by the coefficient referred to in paragraph 5. is higher than one, However, where this coefficient Member States may decide to use, in whole or in part, the additional number of rights to the premium resulting therefrom in order to stock the national reserve referred to in Article 7 (1). These limits shall be reduced in such a way as to enable the national reserve referred to in Article 7 (1) to be con stituted. 2. In the case of natural circumstances which led to a non-payment or to a reduced payment of the premium for the 1991 marketing year, the number of animals corresponding to the payments made during the most re cent marketing year shall be used. In the case of non-payment of the premium or of reduced payment for the 1991 marketing year, as a result of the imposition of penalties provided for to that end, the number recorded during the check which gave rise to those penalties shall be used. In the case of groups, associations or other forms of 3. cooperation between producers, the limits laid down in paragraph 1 shall be applied individually to each associate member in accordance with the following rule: 15 2069/92 - Art. 1(2) (adapted) (a) where the group has notified the competent authority of the formula for apportioning livestock referred to in Article 2 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2385/91 (J) in respect of the 1991 marketing year, in accordance with Article 4 of that Regulation, those limits shall be fixed for each producer member using that formula as a basis; (b) where the group has not notified the competent authority of the formula for apportionment referred to in (a) in respect of the 1991 marketing year, the premium shall be paid to the group in respect of not more than the number of animals for which it was granted to the group for the 1991 marketing year, in accordance with the rules laid down in paragraph 1. An individual limit shall be fixed for each producer member in respect of the 1993 marketing year, in ac cordance with the allocation formula communicated by the group. In the event of subsequent changes in the membership of the group, account shall be taken, when the premium is paid to the group, of the individual limit of each producer member who has joined or left the group. 4. Entitlement to the premium shall be subject to the following rules: (a) The right to premium attaches to producers who have been granted the premium in respect of the 1991 marketing year and who have also applied for a pre mium, under the 1992 marketing year. (b) When a producer sells or otherwise transfers his hold ing, he may transfer all his premium rights to the per son who takes over his holding. He may also transfer, in whole or in part, his rights to other producers without transferring his holding. Ac cording to the procedure provided for in Article 25, the Commission may draw up specific rules relating to the minimum number which could form the subject of the partial transfer. In the case of a transfer without transfer of the hold ing, a part of the premium rights transferred, not ex ceeding 15 %, shall be surrendered without com pensation to the national reserve of the Member State where his holding is situated for free distribu tion to new entrants or other priority producers re ferred to in Article 7 (2). (*) OJ No L 219, 7. 8. 1991, p. 15. 16 1265/95 - Art. (adapted) 1(1) 2069/92 - Art. (adapted) 1(2) However, with effect from the 1995 marketing year the third subparagraph shall not apply to groups of producers, in the case of a transfer of rights between members of the same group of producers meeting conditions to be determined by the Commission in ac cordance with in Article 25. the procedure provided for These conditions should take into account at least: — the status of the group members, — the length of time members have belonged to and participated in the group, — the composition of the group, to the extent necessary not to jeopardize the applica tion of the third subparagraph. (c) Member States: — must take the necessary measures to avoid pre mium rights being moved away from sensitive zones or regions where sheep production is espe cially important for the local economy, — may provide either that the transfer of the rights without transfer of the holding is carried out di rectly between the producers or that it is carried out through the intermediary of the national re serve. (d) Member States may authorize, before a date to be fixed, temporary leases of that part of the premium rights which the producer who is entitled thereto does not intend to use. (e) Entitlement to the premium transferred or temporari ly leased to a producer shall be aggregated with that originally granted to him. (adapted) (f) The Commission shall lay down the detailed rules for implementing this paragraph in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 25, and in particular those rules which enable Member States to determine, bearing in mind the structure of their flocks, the re duction referred to in paragraph 1 and those enabling Member States to resolve specific problems linked to the transfer of premium rights by producers who do not own the areas on which their holdings are si tuated. 5. For the purpose of applying paragraph 1, Member States shall establish a single coefficient representing the ratio between: 17 2069/92 - Art. 1 (2) (a) the total number of eligible animals conferring entitle ment to the premium present at the beginning of one of the 1989, 1990 or 1991 marketing years on the holdings of beneficiaries, and (b) the total number of eligible animals conferring entitle ment to the premium for the 1991 marketing year. Member States shall inform the Commission before 31 Oc tober 1992 of the year which they have chosen for the purpose of point (a). 6. Member States shall recalculate the individual limits in such a way that quantities above the limits of 500 and 1 000 animals referred to in Article 5 (7) are reduced by 50 %. These recalculated limits shall apply with effect from the 1995 marketing year. 233/94 - Art 1(2) (adapted) Article 7 2069/92 - Art. 1(2) Article 5b 1. Each Member State shall establish an initial national reserve equal to at least 1 % and at most 3 % of the sum of the individual limits applicable to producers whose hold ings are situated in its territory. The national reserve shall also receive the entitlements pursuant to Article 6 (4) (b). For Germany, the initial national reserve shall be calcu lated on the basis of the total number of the sum of the individual limits applicable to producers whose holdings are situated in the former German Lander. This reserve concerns only those producers. In addition, for Italy and Greece a special reserve with a ceiling of 600 000 rights for each of those two Member States shall be established to permit the granting of addi tional rights to producers affected by the fact that the changes in the conditions of eligibility of animals for the premium and the introduction of individual limits on the guarantee per producer based on the number of premiums paid for the marketing year both occurred in 1991. The Commission shall verify that the allocation of the additional rights to be provided is to be limited to the pro ducers concerned and that those producers do not ulti mately obtain more rights than would have been granted to them if the situation referred to in the third subpara graph had not occurred. Subject to that verification and within the limit of the special reserve referred to in the third subparagraph, the national reserve established pursuant to this Article shall be increased by an amount corresponding to the sum of the additional rights to be granted; that increase shall not affect the additional reserve referred to in paragraph 3. 1265/95 - Art. 1(2) (adapted) 18 2. Member States shall use their national reserves to grant, within the limits of the reserves, entitlements to the following producers in particular: (a) producers who have submitted an application for a premium prior to the 1992 marketing year and who have shown, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, that the application of the limits, pursuant to Article 6, would jeopardize the viability of their holdings, taking into consideration the implementation of an investment programme in the sheep and goat sector drawn up before 1 January 1993; (b) producers who have submitted, in respect of the 1991 marketing year, an application for a premium which, owing to exceptional circumstances, does not correspond to the true situation as ascertained in previous marketing years; (c) producers who have regularly submitted an applica tion for a premium without having submitted an ap plication in respect of the 1991 marketing year; (d) producers who submit an application for a premium for the first time in the 1993 or subsequent marketing years; (e) producers who have acquired part of an area formerly used for sheep and/or goat production by other producers. 3. An additional reserve shall be created equal to 1 % of the sum of the limits of individual producers in the less-fa voured areas of each Member State; this reserve shall be allocated exclusively to producers in these same areas in accordance with criteria to be defined by Member States. For Germany, the additional reserve shall be equal to 1 % of the sum of the individual limits applicable to producers whose holdings are situated in the less-favoured areas of the former German Lander. This reserve concerns only those producers. 4. Without prejudice to Article 6 (4) (f), detailed rules for the application of Article 6 and this Article shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 25. In accordance with the same procedure measures appli cable in cases where the national reserve in a Member State is not allocated shall be adopted. 2069/92 - Art. 1(2) (adapted) Article 8 1589/96 - Art. 1(1) Article 5ç 1. By way of derogation from Article 6 (1), for the new Lander of Germany; (a) a regional ceiling of one million eligible animals shall be fixed; 19 (b) Germany shall determine the conditions for the dis tribution of this ceiling and its regional breakdown. 1589/96 - Art 1(1) 2. In the territories of the new German Lander, not later than the marketing year 2000, Germany shall apply the provisions on individual limits applicable in the rest of the Community, subject to the provisions of this Article. Germany shall notify the producers of their individual limit per producer, in respect of the granting of the premium provided for in Article 5. The individual producer limit shall be determined on the basis of the number of ewes for which premium was paid in the marketing year preced ing the year in which notification to producers of their individual limits was made. 3. In the case of natural circumstances which led to a non-payment or to a reduced payment for the reference year, the number of animals corresponding to the pay ments made during the most recent marketing year shall be used. In the case of non-payment of the premium or of reduced payment for the reference year, as a result of the imposition of penalties provided for to that end, the number recorded during the check which gave rise to those penalties shall be used. 4. In the event that the sum of the individual limits of producers whose holdings are situated in the new German Lander is less than the regional ceiling fixed for this terri tory, the remaining rights shall be added to the German national reserve, referred to in Article 7 (1). The new re serve thus constituted shall be applicable in the entire Ger man territory. 5. The Commission shall lay down, if necessary, the de tailed rules for implementing this Article in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 25. Article 9 233/94 - Art 1(3) Article 5d Member States may apply appropriate environmental protection measures on the basis of the specific situation of the land used for the production of sheep and goats eligible for benefit under the premium scheme. (adapted) Member States which avail themselves of this possibility shall impose penalties appropriate to and commensurate with the seriousness of the ecological consequences of any breach of these measures. Such penalties may provide for the reduction or, where necessary, the abolition of the the respective premium schemes. benefits the Commission of the Member States shall inform measures they take pursuant to this Article. linked to 20 Article 10 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC Article 5e 1. By way of derogation from Article 6 (1), (2), (3), (4) (a), (5) and (6), an overall ceiling for the granting of the premium referred to in Article 5 shall be set for Aus tria, Finland and Sweden. The total number of entitle ments within that ceiling shall be set at: (adapted) — 205 651 for Austria, — 80000 for Finland, — 180 000 for Sweden. These figures include both the quantities to be allocated initially and any reserve established by these Member States. 2. On the basis of the ceilings set out in paragraph 1 individual limits shall be assigned to producers in Austria, Finland and Sweden, at the latest on: — 31 December 1996 for Austria, — 31 December 1995 for Finland and Sweden. 3. The Commission shall adopt detailed implementing rules for this Article, and in particular the necessary ad justing and transitional measures, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25. Article 11 3013/89 AiûeteA Aaktl Intervention measures may take the form of private stor age aid for carcasses of lambs and cuts thereof. 1. Where: Article 12 — — the price established in accordance with Article 4 on the one hand, and the market price in a quotation area referred to in Article 4 (1) on the other hand, are lower than 90 % of the seasonally adjusted basic price referred to in Article 3 (2) and if they are likely to remain so, a decision may be taken to grant private storage aid as provided for in Article 11 to the quotation area concerned. 2. Where: 1589/96 - Art. 1(2) — — the price established in accordance with Article 4, on the one hand, and the market price in a quotation area, on the other hand, 21 1589/96 - Art 1 (2) are less than 70 % of the seasonally adjusted basic price and are likely to remain at that level, the private storage aid provided for in Article 11 may be brought in for the quotation area in question. In this case, aid shall be introduced in the framework of a tendering procedure. However, it may be decided to grant aid in the framework of an advance fixing procedure where urgent recourse to private storage proves necessary in the light of a particu larly difficult market situation in one or more quotation areas. In such cases, this procedure may only be applied to those quotation areas where such a market situation has been established. 3. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a pro- posai from the Commission, shall adopt general rules for the application of this Article. 3013/89 4. The procedure laid down in Article 25 shall be used to determine: (a) the products and product qualities admitted for pri vate storage; (b) initiation of action under paragraphs 1 and 2. I 1741/91 - Art. 1 (c) the private storage aid, the quantities accepted and termination of the period in respect of which aid may be granted; 3013/89 (d) other rules for the implementation of this Article, in particular the circumstances in which the intervention measures will be applied. Article 13 AûkkA 1. The maximum guaranteed level is hereby fixed at 63 400 000 head of ewes. 2. For each marketing year: — if the estimate of ewe numbers for the marketing year exceeds the maximum guaranteed level for that year, the premium provided for in Article 5 shall be re duced for both ewes and she-goats by the effect on the basic price of a coefficient representing a reduc tion of 1 % for each 1 % by which the maximum guaranteed level is extended; 22 — where the mechanism provided for in the first indent, applied to the actual ewe numbers recorded for the preceding marketing year, leads to a premium differ ent from that calculated, the correction shall be made at the time of fixing the definitive premium for ewes for the marketing year in question or, failing that, shall be included in the calculation of the premium for the following marketing year. 3013/89 When the ewe herd is estimated, no account shall be taken of the number of ewes bred in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic. 3577/90 - Art 1 3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article, and in particular the coefficient and the premium referred to in paragraph 2, shall be adopted in accordance with the pro cedure laid down in Article 25. 3013/89 4. However, from the 1993 marketing year, the coeffi cient for reducing the basic price referred to in para graph 2 shall be 7 %. 2069/92 - Art. 1(3) CHAPTER HI Trade with third countries Article 14 3290/94 - Art. 1 TITLE II Article 9 Imports into the Community, or exports therefrom, of 1. any of the products listed in Article 1 may be subject to presentation of an import or export licence. Licences shall be issued by the Member States to any ap plicant, irrespective of his place of establishment in the Community and without prejudice to measures taken for the application of Article 17. Import and export licences shall be valid throughout the Community. The issuing of such licences may be subject to the lodging of a security guaranteeing that the products are imported or exported during the term of validity of the licence; except in cases of force majeure, the security shall be forfeited in whole or in part if import or export is not carried out, or is carried out only partially, within that period. 2. The list of products for which export licences are re quired, the term of validity of licences and other detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25. Article 15 AukkM Unless this Regulation provides otherwise, the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff shall apply to the products listed in Article 1. 23 Article 16 3290/94 - Art. 1 Article 11 1. In order to prevent or counteract adverse effects on the market in the Community which may result from im ports of certain products listed in Article 1, imports of one or more of such products at the rate of duty laid down in Article 10 shall be subject to payment of an additional im port duty if the conditions set out in Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded in accordance with Article 228 of the Treaty in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations have been ful filled unless the imports are unlikely to disturb the Com munity market, or where the effects would be dispropor tionate to the intended objective. 2. The trigger prices below which an additional duty may be imposed shall be those which are forwarded by the Community to the World Trade Organization. The trigger volumes to be exceeded in order to have the additional import duty imposed shall be determined par ticularly on the basis of imports into the Community in the three years preceding the year in which the adverse effects referred to in paragraph 1 arise or are likely to arise. 3. The import prices to be taken into consideration for imposing an additional import duty shall be determined on the basis of the cif import prices of the consignment under consideration. Cif import prices shall be checked to that end against the representative prices for the product on the world market or on the Community import market for that product 4. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the ap plication of this Article in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25. Such detailed rules shall specify in particular: (a) the products to which additional import duties may be applied under the terms of Article 5 of the Agree ment on Agriculture; (b) the other criteria necessary to ensure application of paragraph 1 in accordance with Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture. Article 17 AffcIeJ2 (adapted) 1. Tariff quotas for the products listed in Article 1 re sulting from agreements concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations shall be opened and administered in accordance with detailed rules adopted under the procedure laid down in Article 25. 2. Quotas shall be administered by applying one of the following methods or a combination of them: (a) method based on chronological order of the lodge ment of applications ('first-come, first served' prin ciple), 24 3290/94 - Art 1 (adapted) (b) method of distribution in proportion to the quantities requested when the applications were lodged (using the 'simultaneous examination method'), (c) method based on taking traditional trade patterns into account (using the 'traditional/new arrivals method'). Other appropriate methods may be adopted. They must avoid any discrimination between the operators concerned. 3. The methods of administration adopted shall, where appropriate, give due weight to the supply requirements of the Community market and the need to safeguard the equilibrium of that market, whilst at the same time pos sibly drawing on methods which may have been applied in the past to quotas corresponding to those referred to in paragraph 1, without prejudice to the rights resulting from agreements concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations. 4. The detailed rules referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide for annual quotas, suitably phased over the year, if necessary, shall determine the administrative method to be used and, where appropriate, shall include: (a) guarantees covering the nature, provenance and origin of the product and, where appropriate, the mainten ance of traditional trade patterns; (b) recognition of the document used for verifying the guarantees referred to in (a); and (c) the conditions under which import licences are issued and their term of validity. Article 18 Ankkll 1. To the extent necessary for the proper working of the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat products, the Council, acting in accordance with the voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty on a proposal from the Commission, may, in special cases, prohibit in whole or in part the use of inward pro cessing arrangements in respect of products listed in Ar ticle 1. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, if the situ ation referred to in paragraph 1 arises with exceptional urgency and the Community market is disturbed or is li able to be disturbed by the inward or outward processing arrangements, the Commission shall, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures; the Council and the Member States shall be notified of such measures, which shall be valid for no more than six months and shall be immediately appli cable. If the Commission receives a request from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereon within a week following receipt of the request. 25 3. Measures decided on by the Commission may be re ferred to the Council by any Member State within a week of the day on which they were notified. The Council, act ing by a qualified majority, may confirm, amend or repeal the Commission decision. If the Council has not acted within three months, the Commission decision shall be deemed to have been repealed. 3290/94 - Art 1 Article 19 Article 14 1. The general rules for the interpretation of the com bined nomenclature and the detailed rules for its applica tion shall apply to the tariff classification of products covered by this Regulation; the tariff nomenclature resulting from the application of this Regulation shall be incorporated into the Common Customs Tariff. 2. Save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation or in provisions adopted pursuant thereto, the following shall be prohibited in trade with third countries: (a) the levying of any charge having equivalent effect to a customs duty, (b) the application of any quantitative restriction or measure having equivalent effect. Article 20 Article 15 1. If, by reason of an increase in imports or exports, the Community market in one or more of the products listed in Article 1 is affected by, or is threatened with, serious disturbance likely to jeopardize the achievement of the ob jectives set out in Article 39 of the Treaty, appropriate measures may be applied in trade with third countries until such disturbance or threat of disturbance has ceased. The Council, acting on a Commission proposal in accord ance with the voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty, shall adopt general rules for the application of this paragraph and shall define the circumstances and limits within which Member States may adopt protective measures. 2. If the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises, the Commission shall, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures; the Member States shall be notified of such measures, which shall be immediately applicable. If the Commission re ceives a request from a Member State, it shall take a deci sion thereon within three working days following receipt of the request 3. Measures decided upon by the Commission may be referred to the Council by any Member State within three working days of the day on which they were notified. The Council shall meet without delay. It may, acting by a quali fied majority, amend or annul the measure in question. 4. This Article shall be applied having regard to the obligations arising from agreements concluded in accord ance with Article 228 (2) of the Treaty. 26 CHAPTER IV General provisions Article 21 In order to take account of any restrictions on free move ment which might result from the application of measures to prevent the spread of animal diseases, exceptional measures to support any market affected by such restric tions may be taken under the procedure laid down in Ar ticle 25, but only to the extent that and for such period as is strictly necessary for the support of that market Article 22 Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation, Articles 92, 93 and 94 of the Treaty shall apply to the production of, and trade in, the products listed in Article 1 of this Regulation. Article 23 Member States and the Commission shall communicate to each other the information necessary for implementing this Regulation. Rules for the communication and distribution of such in formation shall be adopted in accordance with the pro cedure laid down in Article 25. 3013/89 TITLE W Article 26 Article 27 Aûkk2S. Article 24 Article 29 A Management Committee for Sheep and Goats (herein after called 'the Committee') is hereby set up, consisting of representatives of the Member States with a representative of the Commission as chairman. (adapted) Article 25 Article 30 1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, the chairman shall refer the matter to the Committee either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State. 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Com mittee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Ar ticle. The Chairman shall not vote. 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC 27 Article 31 Article 32 Article 33 3013/89 The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accord ance with the opinion of the Committee, they shall forth with be communicated by the Commission to the Council. In that event the Commission may, for not more than one month from the date of such communication, defer ap plication of the measures which it has adopted. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within one month. Article 26 The Committee may consider any other question referred to it by its chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State. Article 27 This Regulation shall be so applied that appropriate ac count is taken of the objectives set out in both Article 39 and Article 110 of the Treaty. Article 28 Annex I may be amended by the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission. Article 29 Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is hereby repealed. References to the said Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and should be read in ac cordance with the correlation table set out in Part A of Annex n. Article 30 This Regulation enters into force on the day of its publica tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, For the Council The President 28 ANNEX I 3013/89 1. FRANCE: Corsica. 2. GREECE: the whole country. 3. ITALY: 4. SPAIN: Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Apu lia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia. the autonomous communities of Andalu sia, Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Castile- La Mancha, Castile-Leôn, Catalonia, Ex- tremadura, Galicia (with the exception of the provinces of Corona and Lugo), Madrid, Murcia, La Rioja, Comunidad Vaienciana and the Canary Islands. 5. PORTUGAL: the whole country, with the exception of the Azores and Madeira. 1601/92 - Art. 14 (adapted) 29 ANNEX II Part A CORRELATION TABLE Regulation 3013/89 This Regulation — Article 1 — Article 2 Tide I Article 3 Article 4 CHAPTER I Article 1 CHAPTER II Article 2 — Article 3 Article 4 Article 5 (1) to (4) Article 5 (1) to (4) Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, 1st indent Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, (a) Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, 2nd indent Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, (b) Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, 2nd indent, (a) Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, (b), 1st indent Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, 2nd indent, (b) Article 5 (5), 1st subparagraph, (b), 2nd indent Article 5 (5), 2nd subparagraph Article 5 (5), 2nd subparagraph Article 5 (6) to (10) Article 5a (1), (2) and (3) Article 5a (4) (a) to (d) Article 5a (4) (e), 1st subparagraph Article 5a (4) (e), 2nd subparagraph Article 5a (4) (f) Article 5a (5) Article 5a (6) Article 5b (1), 1st subparagraph Article 5b (1), 2nd subparagraph Article 5b (1), 3rd subparagraph Article 5b (1), 4th subparagraph Article 5b (1), 5th subparagraph Article 5b (1), 6th subparagraph, first part of sentence Article 5 (6) to (10) Article 6 (1), (2) and (3) Article 6 (4) introductory phrase and points (a) to (d) Article 6 (4) (e) — Article 6 (4) (f) Article 6 (5) Article 6 (6) Article 7 (1), 1st subparagraph Article 7 (1), 2nd subparagraph Article 7 (1), 3rd subparagraph — — — Article 5b (1), 6th subparagraph, the part of the sentence Article 7 (1), 4th subparagraph starting from the 2nd comma Article 5b (1), 7th subparagraph Article 7 (1), 5th subparagraph Article 5b (2) Article 5b (3) Article 7 (2) Article 7 (3) Article 5b (4), 1st subparagraph Article 7 (4), 1st subparagraph Article 5b (4), 2nd subparagraph, 1st indent Article 7 (4), 2nd subparagraph 30 Regulation 3013/89 This Regulation Article 5b (4), 2nd subparagraph, 2nd indent Article 5b (5) Article 5c Article 5d Article 5e Articles 6, 7 and 8 Title H Articles 9,10 and 11 Article 12 (1) — — Article 8 Article 9 Article 10 Articles 11,12 and 13 CHAPTER m Articles 14,15 and 16 Article 17 (1) Article 12 (2), 1st subparagraph, 1st indent Article 17 (2), 1st subparagraph, point (a) Article 12 (2), 1st subparagraph, 2nd indent Article 17 (2), 1st subparagraph, point (b) Article 12 (2), 1st subparagraph, 3rd indent Article 17 (2), 1st subparagraph, point (c) Article 12 (2), 2nd subparagraph Article 12 (2), 3rd subparagraph Article 17 (2), 2nd subparagraph Article 17 (2), 3rd subparagraph Article 12 (3) Article 12 (4) Article 13 Article 14 (1) Article 14 (2), 1st indent Article 14 (2), 2nd indent Article 15 Title IE Articles 21 to 25 Title IV Article 26 Article 27 Article 28 Article 29 (1) Article 29 (2) Article 30 Article 31 Article 32 Article 33 Annex Article 17 (3) Article 17 (4) Article 18 Article 19 (1) Article 19 (2), point (a) Article 19 (2), point (b) Article 20 CHAPTER IV Article 21 Article 22 Article 23 Article 24 Article 25 Article 26 Article 27 Article 28 Article 29 Article 30 Annex I Annex II 31 Part B Regulations amending Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 of 4 December 1990 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1741/91 of 13 June 1991 Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2069/92 of 30 June 1992 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3890/92 of 28 December 1992 Council Regulation (EEC) No 363/93 of 10 February 1993 Council Regulation (EC) No 233/94 of 24 January 1994 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1096/94 of 11 May 1994 Council Regulation (EC) No 1886/94 of 27 Jury 1994 Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 Council Regulation (EC) No 1265/95 of 29 May 1995 Council Regulation (EC) No 1589/% of 30 Jury 1996 Official Journal No page date L 353 L 163 L 173 L 215 L 391 L42 L 30 L121 L 197 L 349 L 123 L 206 23 41 13 59 51 1 9 9 30 105 1 25 17. 12. 1990 26. 6. 1991 27. 6. 1992 30. 7. 1992 31. 12. 1992 19. 2. 1993 3. 2. 1994 12. 5. 1994 30. 7. 1994 31. 12. 1994 3. 6. 1995 16. 8. 1996 32 ISSN 0254-1475 COM(98) 88 final DOCUMENTS EN 03 10 oi Catalogue number : CB-CO-98-093-EN-C ISBN 92-78-31174-X Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg as