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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 52 , 28 . 2 . 1975 , P . 5 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 161 , 29 . 6 . 1979 , P . 18 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1970 , P . 13 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 117 , 12 . 5 . 1979 , P . 4 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1667/80

OF 27 JUNE 1980

ON THE GRANT OF A PREMIUM FOR THE BIRTH OF CALVES DURING THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR

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 WHICH , DURING THE FIVE PRECEDING MARKETING YEARS , HAVE APPLIED THE SYSTEM OF A PREMIUM FOR THE BIRTH OF CALVES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 464/75 ( 4 ), AS LAST EXTENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1276/79 ( 5 ), SHOULD THEREFORE CONTINUE TO GRANT THIS PREMIUM FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS ;

WHEREAS THIS PREMIUM CONSTITUTES AN INTERVENTION ON THE INTERNAL MARKET WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 3 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 729/70 OF 21 APRIL 1970 ON THE FINANCING OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ( 6 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 929/79 ( 7 ),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . MEMBER STATES WHICH APPLY THE SYSTEM OF A PREMIUM FOR THE BIRTH OF CALVES REFERRED TO IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1276/79 SHALL CONTINUE TO GRANT A PREMIUM FOR EVERY CALF BORN ON THEIR TERRITORY DURING A FURTHER PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS AND STILL ALIVE SIX MONTHS AFTER ITS BIRTH .

2 . THE AMOUNT OF THE NEW PREMIUM REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE 42.948 ECU , PAYABLE BY THE GUARANTEE SECTION OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND . IT SHALL BE PAID IN A SINGLE INSTALMENT .

ARTICLE 2

DETAILED RULES OF THE APPLICATION OF THIS REGULATION SHALL BE ADOPTED ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 27 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY FROM THE DAY FOLLOWING THAT ON WHICH THE APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM LAID DOWN BY ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1276/79 ENDS .

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