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( 1 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 19 JUNE 1980 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 2 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 24 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 329 , 24 . 12 . 1979 , P . 15 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 106 , 29 . 4 . 1977 , P . 14 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1666/80

OF 27 JUNE 1980

CONTINUING FOR THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR THE PREMIUM FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF CERTAIN ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 870/77

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING 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 ( 1 ),

WHEREAS THE INTERVENTION PRICE APPLICABLE IN THE BEEF AND VEAL SECTOR FOR THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR WAS FIXED AT A LEVEL BELOW THAT RESULTING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 6 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL ( 2 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2916/79 ( 3 ); WHEREAS THE MEMBER STATES SHOULD THEREFORE BE AUTHORIZED TO GRANT FURTHER AID TO STOCK-FARMERS SINCE , IN THE LIGHT OF SHORT-TERM PROSPECTS ON THE COMMUNITY BEEF AND VEAL MARKET , THERE IS A RISK THAT THEIR INCOMES MAY DROP ;

WHEREAS THIS OBJECTIVE MAY BE ACHIEVED BY EXTENDING THE SYSTEM OF PREMIUMS FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF CERTAIN ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS PROVIDED FOR IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 870/77 OF 26 APRIL 1977 AUTHORIZING THE MEMBER STATES TO GRANT A PREMIUM FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF CERTAIN ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS FOR SLAUGHTER DURING THE 1977/78 MARKETING YEAR ( 4 ),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 870/77 SHALL BE CONTINUED FOR THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 2 JUNE 1980 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 27 JUNE 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

A . SARTI