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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 554/85

of 1 March 1985

adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Whereas, because of the health situation in the breeding sector in one region of production in Italy, the passage of live pigs from that region is not possible for the time being; whereas pigmeat may be consigned for storage outside that region on condition that the provisions of Council Directive 72/461/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat (3), as last amended by Directive 84/643/EEC (4), are complied with;

Whereas, in order to take account of the limitations to free circulation resulting from the situation, exceptional measures to support the market in that specific region must be taken;

Whereas it is therefore appropriate to fix private storage aid for certain sensitive products in accordance with the detailed implementing rules for the granting of private storage aid in the pigmeat sector adopted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80 (5), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 201/85 (6);

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. As from 4 March until 30 March 1985 applications for private storage aid in the pigmeat sector may be made to the Italian intervention agency in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80 and of this Regulation.

Only products coming from pigs reared and slaughtered in the restricted zone covering the communes in the province of Mantua fixed by orders No 594 of 13 February 1985 of local health office No 47, No 1679 of 16 February 1985 of local health office No 50 and No 1155 of 21 February 1985 of local health office No 52, can be subject to this aid. Storage may take place outside the restricted zone as defined above provided that the provisions of Directive 72/461/EEC on health problems are complied with.

The list of products which qualify for aid and the relevant amounts are set out in the Annex hereto.

2. If the period of storage is extended or curtailed, the amount of aid shall be adjusted accordingly. The amounts of the supplements per month and the deductions per day are set out in columns 7 and 8 of the Annex.

Article 2

The minimum quantities per contract and per product shall be as follows:

(a) 10 tonnes for carcases and half carcases;

(b) five tonnes for all the other products.

Article 3

The security shall be 20 % of the amounts of aid set out in the Annex.

Article 4

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

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

Done at Brussels, 1 March 1985.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 307, 18. 11. 1980, p. 5.

(3) OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 24.

(4) OJ No L 339, 27. 12. 1984, p. 27.

(5) OJ No L 114, 3. 5. 1980, p. 22.

(6) OJ No L 23, 26. 1. 1985, p. 19.

ANNEX

(ECU/tonne)

1.2.3,6.7,8 // // // // // CCT heading No // Products in respect of which aid is granted // Amount of the aid for a storage period of // Supplement or deduction // // // // 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8 // // // 4 months // 5 months // 6 months // 7 months // per month // per day // // // // // // // // // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // // // // // // // // // ex 02.01 A III a) 1 // Whole carcases or half carcases without the head, flare fat, kidneys, forefeet, tail, diaphragm and spinal cord, fresh or chilled (1) // 261 // 292 // 323 // 354 // 31 // 1,03 // ex 02.01 A III a) 2 // Legs, fresh or chilled // 314 // 349 // 384 // 419 // 35 // 1,17 // ex 02.01 A III a) 3 // Fore-ends or shoulders, fresh or chilled // 314 // 349 // 384 // 419 // 35 // 1,17 // ex 02.01 A III a) 4 // Loins, with or without collar, collars, fresh or chilled (2) // 314 // 349 // 384 // 419 // 35 // 1,17 // ex 02.01 A III a) 5 // Bellies whole or trimmed by rectangular cut, fresh or chilled // 163 // 190 // 217 // 244 // 27 // 0,90 // ex 02.01 A III a) 6 aa) // Bellies, whole or trimmed by rectangular cut, without rind and ribs, fresh or chilled // 163 // 190 // 217 // 244 // 27 // 0,90 // ex 02.01 A III a) 6 // Cuts corresponding to 'middles', with or without rind, fat or bones, fresh or chilled (3) // 240 // 269 // 298 // 327 // 29 // 0,97 // ex 02.01 A III a) 6 aa) // Legs, fore-ends, shoulders, loins with or without collar or collars, boned, fresh or chilled (4) // 314 // 349 // 384 // 419 // 35 // 1,17 // // // // // // // //

(1) The aid for products falling within subheading ex 02.01 A III a) 1 can also be granted for half carcases presented as Wiltshire sides, i.e. without the head, feet, tail, flare fat, kidneys, tenderloin, bone blade, sternum, vertebral column, pelvic bone and diaphragm.

(2) Loins falling within subheading ex 02.01 A III a) 4 may be with or without rind, the adherent layer of fat, however, not exceeding 25 mm in depth.

(3) Same presentation as for products falling within subheading 02.06 B I a) 2.

(4) Loins and collars falling within subheading ex 02.01 A III a) 6 aa) may be with or without rind, the adherent layer of fat, however, not exceeding 25 mm in depth. The minimum quantity of 15 tonnes refers to all products.