31997R0487

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 487/97 of 17 March 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1318/93 on detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2067/92 on measures to promote and market quality beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2067/92 of 30 June 1992 on measures to promote and market quality beef and veal (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1318/93 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 715/96 (3), lays down the detailed rules for the application of the abovementioned Regulation;

Whereas Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1318/93 lay down the deadlines for submitting applications for financing to the competent bodies in each Member State and for forwarding the applications to the Commission;

Whereas, pending the conclusions of the discussions which are now in progress on possible changes to Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1318/93, the deadline for the submission of applications for measures beginning in 1998 should be postponed;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1318/93 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The second sentence of Article 4 (1) is replaced by the following:

'However, applications for promotion measures beginning in 1998 may be submitted up to 30 September 1997.`

2. The second sentence of Article 5 (1) is replaced by the following:

'However, for applications submitted in 1997, it shall forward each application and the corresponding reasoned opinion within 15 days of its receipt.`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication 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, 17 March 1997.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 57.

(2) OJ No L 132, 29. 5. 1993, p. 83.

(3) OJ No L 99, 20. 4. 1996, p. 13.