21. 7. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 190/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2079/90 of 20 July 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1244/82 laying down detailed rules implementing the system of premiums for maintaining suckler cows THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80 of 5 June 1980 introducing a system of premiums for maintaining suckler cows ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1187/90 (3, and in particular Article 6 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1244/82 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2731/89 (¥, should be adapted to take account of recent amendments in the system of premiums for suckler cows with the aim of including small milk producers in the premium scheme, while limiting the number of eligible cows; Whereas it is necessary, with regard to small milk produ- - cers, to specify the conditions for the granting of the premium, to establish the elements which must be set out in the applications and to lay down the detailed rules for the control measures. Whereas furthermore it is necessary to provide for a greater flexibility for Member States when fixing the period in which applications can be lodged; Whereas pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80 Meniber States may be authorized, for adminis- trative reasons, to stipulate that applications cover a minimum number of animals; the conditions under - which such authorizations may be granted should be laid down ; Whereas in the light of experience, it is desirable to extend the deadline for payment to be respected by the national authorities. : Whereas it is appropriate to strengthen the measures of control for all applications, in particular by introducing a cross-checking of the list of the applicants for the premium with the list of the milk producers and by obli- ging the control authorities to produce a report on the on-farm inspections ; Whereas the Management Committee for Beaf and Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, () OJ No L 140, 5. 6. 1980, p. 1. () OJ No L 119, 11. 5. 1990, p. 34. () OJ No L 143, 20. 5. 1982, p. 20. () OJ No L 263, 9. 9. 1989, p. 13. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1244/82 is hereBy amended as follows : 1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: Article 1 1. Applications for the premium for maintaining suckler cows shall be lodged annually between 15 June and 31 January with the competent authority desig- nated by each Member State, in respect of suckler cows held on the day on which the application is lodged. However, Member States may determine, within that period, one or more periods for lodging applications. The number of cows to be taken into account for gran- ting the premium shall be equal to or less than the number of suckler cows, excluding heifers in calf, present on the farm at the time the application is lodged. A producer may lodge only one application within the abovementioned period, that is between 15 June and 31 January. 2.  In order to be admissible shall include the under- takings provided for in Article 2 (2) or 2a (2) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 1357/80, together with a declaration by the producer that he undertakes to abide by the above- mentioned Regulation, this Regulation and the measures taken by the Member State concerned for the purpose of their application. 3. When submitting an application in the context of the schemes provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80, the producer must declare in writing that : (a) pursuant to Article 5 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1357/80 : — the herd on the farm he runs is intended on that farm for rearing calves for meat production, — where there are, in that herd, cows belonging to the breeds listed in the Annex to that Regula- tion or produced by a crossing between such breeds, the said cows have been crossed with bulls of breeds other than those listed in the aforementioned Annex ;