10. 3. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 57/19 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 538/93 of 9 March 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1244/82 and (EEC) No 714/89 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 125/93 (%, and in particular Articles 4b (8), 4c (4) 4d (8) and 4e (5) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 125/93 laid down rules on a few special problems left unresolved by the reform of the common agricultural policy in the beef and veal sector ; whereas, furthermore, it has proved necessary to supplement certain provisions in the detailed imple- menting rules; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 () should be adjusted accordingly ; Whereas the restriction of .animals eligible for the deseasonalization premium to castrated male bovine animals has made this scheme accessible to additional Member States ; whereas, as a result, the final date for determining the eligible Member States should be changed, and the special features of the system for gran- ting the special premium at the time of slaughter should be taken into account; Whereas the creation of additional rights to the suckler cow premium, due to the increase in the maximum milk reference quantity and to the abolition of the limit of 10 animals in mixed holding eligible to claim this premium, makes it necessary to lay down detailed rules for the allo- cation of such rights to individual producers; whereas those detailed rules mustcover inter alia the lodging and content of applications, and the conditions for checking them ; wheeas, furthermore, special transitional rules-allo- wing the harmonious administration of the premium scheme in its first year of operation, should be laid down in particular owing to the different retention periods to be complied with ; Whereas option A, as set out in Article 8 (1) of the aforesaid Regulation (EEC) No 3866/92 in rela- tion to the granting of the premium at the time of slaughter, does not make it possible to grant the premium separately for the second age bracket, as defined in () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 18, 27. 1. 1993, p. 1. () O No L 391, 31. 12. 1992, p. 20. Article 2 (2) thereof ; whereas, in order to prevent discri- mination under the general premium scheme, it is neces- sary to include that possibility in that option ; Whereas it is also appropriate to reseolve certain ques- tions of drafting or certain technicalities ; 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 3886/92 is hereby amended as follows : : 1. in Articles 4, 28, 35 and 41, ‘submission’ is replaced by ‘lodging’ ; 2. the first indent of Article 8 (1) is replaced by the following : ‘— grant of premium for the first or second age bracket and combined grant for the two age brackets together, provided that their production structure so allows (option A), or'; 3. the first indent of Article 15 (c) is replaced by the following : ‘— two months before slaughter or from the date on which animals for which an application has been made in respect of the first or second age bracket are first placed on the market; in this case, only those animals which, on the starting date of the retention period, fall within the age brackets provided for in Article 2 (2), shall be eligible,’ ; 4. in Atticle 19, ‘31 December 1992, is replaced by ‘28 February 1993’; 5. the second sentence of Article 21 (2) is replaced by the following : ‘The application shall be accompanied by the national administrative documents, save in the case of animals which have received the special premium exclusively pursuant to former Article 4a of Regula- tion (EEC) No 805/68 and in the case of Member States applying Article 15 (a) hereof.;