4. 2.93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 27/23 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 231/93 of 3 February 1993 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of the supplements to the special premium for producers of beef and veal and to the premium for maintaining suckler cows in the French overseas departments and the Azores and Madeira '~ THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 of 16 December 1991 introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the French overseas departments(’), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3714/92(), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products )y as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3714/92, and in particular Article 14 (4) and Article 24 (6) thereof, Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 3763/91 and (EEC) No 1600/92 provide for specific measures concerning agricultural products of the French overseas departments (hereinafter called ‘OD’) and of the Azores and Madeira ; whereas such measures involve, in the beef and veal sector, a supplement to the special premium for male bovine animals and to the premium for maintaining suckler cows as provided for by Community legislation ; whereas provision should be made for those supplements to be granted under the rules applicable to those premium schemes ; Whereas the measures for the benefit of beef and veal products of the Azores seek to bolster traditional economic activities vital to the Azores archipelago; whereas one such traditional activity in the beef and veal sector consists of the production of animals for fattening in other regions of the Community ; whereas provision should therefore be made in order that the supplement to the special premium may also be paid to the Azores lives- tock producer prior to shipment of the animals; Whereas, in order to achieve the objectives set for the territories in question and to take account of the specific needs of the different regions concerned, the authorities of the Member States should be permitted to adopt addi- tional provisions with regard to the granting of such aids; Whereas provision should be made for the detailed rules to apply as from the entry into force of the schemes No L 356, 24. 12. 1991, p. 1. () OJ No L 378, 23. 12. 1992, p. 23. No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1. adopted for the ‘OD’ and for the Azores and Madeira — that is, from the beginning of 1992 and from 1 July 1992 respectively ; 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 The supplement to the premium for maintaining suckler cows, provided for in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 for the French overseas departments (OD) and in Articles 14 (3) and 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 for Madeira and the Azores respectively shall be granted on the basis of the rules applicable to applica- tions under the scheme for the premium for maintaining suckler cows. Article 2 1. The supplement to the special premium for the fattening of male bovine animals, provided for in Atticle 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 in respect of the French overseas departments and in Articles 14 (2) and 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 for Madeira and the Azores respectively, shall be granted on the basis of the provisions applicable to ‘applications under the scheme for the special premium for beef and veal produ- cers. ' 2.  The supplement referred to in paragraph 1 shall also be granted, within the limits of the numbers determined under "the special premium scheme, for male bovine animals born and raised over a minimum period of three months in the Azores and which are dispatched, before attaining the age of eight months, to another region of the Community, for fattening. The supplement shall in such circumstances be granted when the animal leaves the Azores, upon application by the producer who has most recently undertaken the raising of the animals concerned over a minimum period of two months. Each application shall include : — the identification numbers of the aninials, — a declaration by the producer that the animal is over three months and under eight months of age, and — a declaration by the consignor indicating the designa- tion of the animal.