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( 1 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 9 APRIL 1981 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 140 , 5 . 6 . 1980 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1056/81 OF 21 APRIL 1981 ON THE GRANTING OF AN ADDITIONAL PREMIUM FOR MAINTAINING SUCKLER COWS IN IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND

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 INCOMES OF FARMERS IN IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND HAVE FALLEN CONSIDERABLY DURING THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR ; WHEREAS IT WOULD SEEM NECESSARY TO TAKE MEASURES TO ASSIST THE BEEF AND VEAL PRODUCERS MOST AFFECTED BY THIS DROP IN INCOME ;

WHEREAS SUCH A MEASURE COULD TAKE THE FORM OF A PREMIUM ADDITIONAL TO THE PREMIUM FOR MAINTAINING SUCKLER COWS PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1357/80 ( 2 ) ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM , IN RESPECT OF NORTHERN IRELAND , ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO GRANT A PREMIUM ADDITIONAL TO THE PREMIUM FOR MAINTAINING SUCKLER COWS PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1357/80 , IN SO FAR AS THEY DO NOT APPLY THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF THAT REGULATION .

FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR , THE AMOUNT OF THIS PREMIUM SHALL BE 20 ECU FOR EACH SUCKLER COW KEPT BY THE PRODUCER ON THE DAY ON WHICH THE APPLICATION IS LODGED .

THE PREMIUM SHALL BE PAID IN A SINGLE INSTALMENT .

IT SHALL BE FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND , GUARANTEE SECTION .

ARTICLE 2

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

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 21 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . BRAKS