Beef and veal: common organisation of the market COM (amend. regul. 805/68/EEC)

This proposal for amendment of the common organisation of the markets in the beef and veal sector abolishes the provision that only animals that have been treated with prohibited substances are ineligible for premiums in the beef and veal sector, which the Commission considers inadequate. The deletion of that provision will enable the Commission, acting within its powers, to order the forfeiture of the right to aid in the production sectors concerned (beef and veal and sheepmeat) when a producer fails to comply with the rules or hampers investigations. The Commission intends to propose to the Management Committee that the right to aid be revoked for the year in which the infringement was recorded where this is the first default and for a longer period, such as five years, for repeated defaults. �