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( 1 ) OJ NO L 183 , 16 . 7 . 1980 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 90 , 4 . 4 . 1981 , P . 26 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 275 , 18 . 10 . 1980 , P . 6 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2483/81

OF 26 AUGUST 1981

DETERMINING FOR THE MEMBER STATES THE ESTIMATED LOSS OF INCOME AND THE ESTIMATED LEVEL OF THE PREMIUM PAYABLE PER EWE FOR 1981/82

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 OF 27 JUNE 1980 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 899/81 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) AND ( 8 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 PROVIDES FOR THE GRANTING OF A PREMIUM TO SHEEPMEAT PRODUCERS ; WHEREAS THE ESTIMATED LEVEL OF THE SAID PREMIUM MUST BE CALCULATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MARKETING YEAR ON THE BASIS OF THE FORESEEABLE LOSS OF INCOME ;

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2643/80 ( 3 ), THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM IS TO BE CALCULATED BY USING AS A REFERENCE POINT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF SHEEPMEAT RECORDED FOR THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE CURRENT YEAR FOR EACH REGION IN QUESTION ;

WHEREAS THE METHOD OF CALCULATION LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 SHOWS THAT SOME REGIONS HAVE SUFFERED A LOSS OF INCOME ; WHEREAS , ACCORDINGLY , THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM FOR THOSE REGIONS MUST BE FIXED ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN RESPECT OF REGION 4 AND PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2643/80 , THERE SHOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM AN AMOUNT OF 1 073 000 ECU TO REPRESENT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ADVANCES PAID IN THAT REGION FOR 1980/81 AND THE REVISED FINDINGS FOR LOSS OF INCOME IN THE SAID REGION FOR THAT MARKETING YEAR ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR SHEEP AND GOATS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE DATA CONCERNING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF SHEEPMEAT IN THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 , DETERMINED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2643/80 , ARE GIVEN IN ANNEX I HERETO .

ARTICLE 2

1 . A DIFFERENCE IS HEREBY FOUND BETWEEN THE REFERENCE PRICE AND THE FORESEEABLE MARKET PRICE DURING THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR ONLY FOR THE FOLLOWING REGIONS : // REGION // DIFFERENCE IN ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS //

4 // 12.56 //

5 // 79.92 //

2 . THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF LOSS OF INCOME REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 AND OBTAINED TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2643/80 IS HEREBY DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS : // REGION // TOTAL AMOUNT IN ECU //

4 // 3 838 000 //

5 // 62 500 000 //

ARTICLE 3

THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM PAYABLE PER EWE AND PER MEMBER STATE , OBTAINED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1 ( B ) AND ( C ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2662/80 , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS ON THE BASIS OF THE NUMBER OF EWES GIVEN IN ANNEX II HERETO : // MEMBER STATE // ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM PAYABLE PER EWE IN ECU //

IRELAND // 2.193 //

UNITED KINGDOM // 4.540 //

ARTICLE 4

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 , 26 AUGUST 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

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( 1 ) ESTIMATION .

ANNEX I

SHEEPMEAT PRODUCTION IN THE MEMBER STATES IN 1980

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REGION // // MEMBER STATE // GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ( TONNES ) //

1 // // ITALY // 52 000 //

2 // // FRANCE // 171 100 //

3 // // // 49 173 //

// OF WHICH : // DENMARK800 //

// // NETHERLANDS24 600 //

// // LUXEMBOURG140 //

// // BELGIUM4 176 //

// // GERMANY19 457 //

4 // // IRELAND // 39 100 //

5 // // UNITED KINGDOM // 281 100 //

6 // // GREECE // 80 457 //

ANNEX II

NUMBER OF EWES RECORDED IN THE MEMBER STATES TO 31 DECEMBER 1980

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REGION // // MEMBER STATE // NUMBER OF EWES RECORDED ( HEAD ) //

1 // // ITALY // 6 789 000 //

2 // // FRANCE // 7 860 000 //

3 // // // 1 504 000 //

// OF WHICH : // DENMARK47 000 //

// // NETHERLANDS590 000 //

// // LUXEMBOURG4 000 //

// // BELGIUM60 000 //

// // GERMANY803 000 //

4 // // IRELAND // 1 750 000 ( 1 ) //

5 // // UNITED KINGDOM // 13 766 000 //

6 // // GREECE // 6 519 000 //