Official Journal of the European Communities No L 61/43 4. 3. 89 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 571/89 of 2 March 1989 am’ending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1302/73 and extending . Regulation (EEC) No 4132/88 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishixig 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 ®, C Havmg regard to the oplmon of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas Article 6 of 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 4132/88 (%), provided for public buying in as the main instrument for support of the market in beef and veal ; whereas Article 6a of the said Regulation provided for a temporary scheme for a period from 6 April 1987 to 2 April 1989, the aim of which was to reduce recourse to intervention and to restore to that facility its original function as a safety net; whereas, however, these arrangements have failed to curb the quantities sent to intervention, mainly because buying in is an automatic facility and because the buying-in price calculation procedures have entailed heavy sales to the agencies at prices exceeding the market price; whereas the long-term outlook does not rule out that risk in the future ; whereas the efforts already made to restore order on this market by further restricting sales to intervention must therefore be pursued; Whereas, accordingly, while the conditions goverrung activation of intervention related to market price levels in the Community and in the Member States should be ~ retained, with adaptation of the thresholds, this scheme should not also allow control of the quantities bought in on the basis of an annual overall quantity not to be exceeded except in cases of abnormal market situations, and its operation should be subject to an assessment of the need to ensure reasonable support of the market on the basis, in particular, of seasonal changes in production ; whereas, for this purpose, a.system of buying in by tendering procedures, under which prices and quantities () OJ No C 300, 25. 11. 1988, p. 12. (® Opinion delivered on 17 February 1989 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () Opinion delivered on 15 December 1988 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 362, 30. 12. 1988, p. 4. would be determined on the basis of the tenders received, is appropriate ; Whereas, for beef- and veal, ‘prices and production conditions vary widely from one Member State to another ; whereas, as a result, a facility may be needed whereby these prices and quantities can be fixed by a Member State or a region of a Member State ; Whereas altetatlon of the intervention arrangements will necessitate maintenance beyond 2 April 1989 of the special premium scheme provided for in Article 4a of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, which has proved an effective method of support for farmers’ incomes, and its extension to the Member States operating, until that date, the calf premium and the variable slaughter premium ; Whereas, further, in order to compensate for the effect of adaptation of the intervention arrangements, the amount of the special premium and the number of animals eligible, per holding, for the said special premium should be increased ; Whereas alteration of the intervention arrangements will also necessitate the repeal of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1302/73 of 15 May 1973 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in beef and veal (8, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (); Whereas, for technical and administrative reasons, the new intervention and premium arrangements can be applied only from 3 April 1989; whereas, therefore, application of the arrangements at present in force should be extended, by amending Regulation (EEC) No 4132/88, until 2 April 1989, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is hereby amended as follows : 1. in Article 4a: — paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following : ‘1. Beef and veal producers may qualify for a special premium. It shall be granted at the producers’ request for male animals at least nine months old which are fattened on their holdings. (9 OJ No L 132, 19. 5. 1973, p. 3. () OJ No L 61, 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.