# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2109/2005 of 21 December 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom, Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Regulation (EC) No 716/96 is amended as follows:
1.. in Article 1, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. The United Kingdom competent authority shall be authorised to purchase any bovine animal born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1 August 1996, which does not show any clinical sign of BSE, presented to it by any producer or his agent, which was, during a period of at least six months prior to its sale, present on a holding located on the territory of the United Kingdom.’
2.. Article 2 is amended as follows:
(a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. The price to be paid to producers or their agents by the United Kingdom competent authority pursuant to Article 1(1) shall be:
EUR 360 per animal for purchases made until 31 December 2006,
EUR 324 per animal for purchases made during the period from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2007,
EUR 292 per animal for purchases made during the period from 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2008.’
(b) paragraph 2 is deleted.
(c) the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘For each purchased animal destroyed in accordance with the provisions in Article 1, the Community shall co-finance the expenditure incurred by the United Kingdom for the purchases referred to under Article 1(1) at a rate of:
EUR 180 per animal for purchases made until 31 December 2006,
EUR 162 per animal for purchases made during the period from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2007,
EUR 146 per animal for purchases made during the period from 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2008.’
(d) paragraph 4 is deleted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/2109/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2109/article-1
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