L 281/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 4.11.1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2342/1999 of 28 October 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal as regards premium schemes THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 12541999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal ('), and in particular Articles 4(8), 5(5), 6(7), 7(5), 8(4), 9(4), 10(3), 11(5), 12(3), 13(5), 20, 23(3) and 50 thereof, Whereas: 1) Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 set up a new system of premiums to replace the system set out in Council Regu- lation (EEC) No 805/68 (). In order to take account of the new arrangements, it is necessary to amend Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and repealing Regula- tions (EEC) No 1244/82 and (EEC) No 714/89 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999 (¥ and, on the occasion of the amendment, Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 should be recast, in the interests of clarity; the premium and other payment schemes referred to in Articles 3 to 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 should fall within the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (°) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the integrated system’), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1036/1999 (®). As a result, this Regulation should be restricted to the horizontal regulation of outstanding matters within the framework of the said integrated system; the objectives of the regional ceiling and of the stocking density dictate that the special premium may no longer be applied for in respect of the same age bracket for those animals affected by application of these two meas- ures. For the purposes of the deseasonalisation premium, these animals should be deemed to have qualified for the special premium; 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24. 391, 31.12.1992, p. 20. 164, 30.6.1999, p. 53. 355, 5.12.1992, p. 1. 127, 21.5.1999, p. 4. (4) Article 4(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 lays down that each male bovine animal should be covered, until slaughter or until export, by an animal passport within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 820/ 97 of 21 April 1997 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products () or an equivalent administrative document. Provision should be made for the administrative document to be drawn up and issued at national level. In order to take account of particular administrative and control conditions in the Member States, different forms of administrative docu- ment should be allowed; Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 lays down a retention period as a condition for granting the special premium. It is therefore necessary to define and quantify that period; the arrangements for granting the special premium at the time of slaughter should be consistent with the arrangements for granting the slaughter premium. The types of documents which are to accompany the animal until slaughter, dispatch or export should be specified. In order to take account of the specific features of the form of granting at the time of slaughter, the age conditions for steers and the method of presentation of the carcase for adult bovine animals should be laid down; the conditions for granting the deseasonalisation premium should be laid down, in accordance with the arrangements for granting the slaughter premium. The task of determining, on the basis of available informa- tion, which Member States meet the conditions for applying this premium scheme should be performed by a Commission decision; the concept of suckler cow should be defined in accord- ance with Article 6(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/ 1999. In this respect, the same breeds should be kept as those under the previous scheme. Moreover, the administrative rules which applied under the old scheme may in their essentials continue to be applied, in par- ticular as regards the average milk yield and the addi- tional national premium; () O] L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.