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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2008/85

of 19 July 1985

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1477/85 in respect of the final date for the lodging of applications for private storage aid in the pigmeat sector

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 present health situation in the breeding sector in Belgium, exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat have been laid down in respect of that Member State among others by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1477/85 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1706/85 (4);

Whereas it is not yet certain that the outbreak of African swine fever in the infection zone has been contained; whereas, therefore, the infection zone should be redefined and the final date for the lodging of applications for aid under Regulation (EEC) No 1477/85 should be deferred;

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

Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1477/85 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In the first subparagraph, '19 July 1985' is replaced by '16 August 1985'.

2. In the second subparagraph, the names of the communes 'Lendelede' and 'Staden' are deleted.

Article 2

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, 19 July 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 145 4. 6. 1985, p. 17.

(4) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1985, p. 36.