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( 1 ) OJ NO C 93 , 9 . 4 . 1979 , P . 49 .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 4 AND 5 APRIL 1979 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 3 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 24 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 52 , 28 . 2 . 1975 , P . 5 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 48 , 24 . 2 . 1976 , P . 2 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 74 , 20 . 3 . 1976 , P . 1 .

( 8 ) OJ NO L 106 , 29 . 4 . 1977 , P . 16 .

( 9 ) OJ NO L 130 , 18 . 5 . 1978 , P . 4 .

( 10 ) OJ NO L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1970 , P . 13 .

( 11 ) OJ NO L 295 , 30 . 12 . 1972 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1276/79

OF 25 JUNE 1979

ON THE GRANT OF A PREMIUM FOR THE BIRTH OF CALVES DURING THE 1979/80 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 ( 1 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ),

WHEREAS THE INTERVENTION PRICE APPLICABLE IN THE BEEF AND VEAL SECTOR FOR THE 1979/80 MARKETING YEAR WAS FIXED AT A LEVEL BELOW THAT RESULTING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 6 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 425/77 ( 4 ); WHEREAS THE MEMBER STATES WHICH , DURING THE FOUR PRECEDING MARKETING YEARS , HAVE APPLIED THE SYSTEM OF A PREMIUM FOR THE BIRTH OF CALVES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 464/75 OF 27 FEBRUARY 1975 ESTABLISHING SYSTEMS OF PREMIUMS FOR PRODUCERS OF BOVINE ANIMALS ( 5 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 390/76 ( 6 ), AND AS EXTENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 620/76 ( 7 ), REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 871/77 ( 8 ) AND REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 997/78 ( 9 ), SHOULD THEREFORE CONTINUE TO GRANT THIS PREMIUM FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS ;

WHEREAS THIS PREMIUM CONSTITUTES AN 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 ( 10 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2788/72 ( 11 ),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . MEMBER STATES WHICH APPLY THE SYSTEM OF A PREMIUM FOR THE BIRTH OF CALVES REFERRED TO IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 997/78 SHALL CONTINUE TO GRANT A PREMIUM FOR EVERY CALF BORN ON THEIR TERRITORY DURING A FURTHER PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS AND STILL ALIVE SIX MONTHS AFTER ITS BIRTH .

2 . THE AMOUNT OF THE NEW PREMIUM REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE 42.313 ECU , PAYABLE BY THE GUARANTEE SECTION OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND . IT SHALL BE PAID IN A SINGLE INSTALMENT .

ARTICLE 2

DETAILED RULES OF THE APPLICATION OF THIS REGULATION SHALL BE ADOPTED ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 27 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY FROM THE DAY FOLLOWING THAT ON WHICH THE APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM LAID DOWN BY ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 997/78 ENDS .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 25 JUNE 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . LE THEULE