(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
Article 4c of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 805/68 (O.J. No. L148, 28.6.68, p. 24 (O.J./SE 1968 (1) p. 187)) (inserted by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2066/92 (O.J. No. L215, 30.7.92, p. 49)) as amended provides for the payment to beef and veal producers of a deseasonalisation premium. Detailed rules for the administration of the premium are laid down in Articles 1, 19 to 22, 42 to 45, and 54 to 61 of the Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3886/92 (O.J. No. L391, 21.12.92, p. 20) as amended.
The Deseasonalisation Premium (Protection of Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (the principal Regulations) supplement the relevant provisions of the council and commission Regulations.
These Regulations amend the principal Regulations to provide that a producer making an application for Deseasonalisation Premium in respect of the 1998 marketing year shall deliver his application between the dates of 1st July 1998 and 12th September 1998.
A consequential change is made to the definition of “animal” in the principal Regulations.