Beef and veal: common organisation of the markets COM, de-seasonalization premium (amend. regul. 805/68/EEC)

The committee unanimously adopted the report on the deseasonalisation (or slaughter) premium for beef steers. The Commission proposal represents a technical change to the scheme with the purpose of removing artificial distortions to the market caused by payment of the premium at a particular time of the year.This change was approved by the committee. However, the rapporteur expressed his dissatisfaction at the fact that the proposed regulation is supposed to apply from 1 January 1995, seven weeks before Parliament will be able to give its opinion. If the Parliament is to play a proper role, he said, "ways must be found to simplify the system of agricultural support".