COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1264/97 of 1 July 1997 establishing a forecast balance and fixing the amount of aid for the supply to the Canary Islands of beef and veal sector products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Articles 3 (4) and 4 (4) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the quantities of the forecast supply balances for the beef and veal sector should be determined for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 for supplies to the Canary Islands of beef and veal and pure-bred breeding bovines;

Whereas the quantities of the forecast supply balance for those products are fixed in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1328/96 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1008/97 (4), for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997; whereas, in order to continue to satisfy requirements for beef and veal products, the abovementioned quantities should be fixed for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998;

Whereas the amount of aid for the products included in the forecast supply balance and coming from the Community market is fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 442/96 (5);

Whereas application of the criteria for fixing the amount of Community aid to the current market situation in the sector in question and, in particular, to the exchange rates and prices for those products in the European part of the Community and on the world market, gives rise to aid for the supply of the Canary Islands with beef and veal sector products at the amounts fixed in the Annex hereto;

Whereas, in application of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the supply arrangements will apply from 1 July; whereas the provisions of this Regulation should therefore apply immediately;

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

For the purposes of Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the quantities of the forecast supply balance in the beef and veal sector benefiting, as appropriate, from exemption from import duties for products from third countries or for Community aid for products from the Community market shall be as set out in Annex I hereto.

Article 2

The amount of the aid granted to the products referred to in Annex I and coming from the Community market shall be as set out in Annexes II and III hereto.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 July 1997.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 July 1997.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 320, 11. 12. 1996, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 171, 10. 7. 1996, p. 9.

(4) OJ No L 145, 5. 6. 1997, p. 19.

(5) OJ No L 61, 12. 3. 1996, p. 8.

ANNEX I

Canary Islands: Forecast supply balance for beef and veal sector products from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998

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ANNEX II

Amounts of the aid granted to the products referred to in Annex I and coming from the Community market

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ANNEX III

Amount of the aid which may be granted in the Canary Islands for pure-bred breeding bovines originating in the Community

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