NoL149/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.6.75
REGULATION (EEC)No1477/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of9June1975
amendingRegulation (EEC)No289/71layingdowndetailedrulesforgranting
privatestorageaidforpigmeat
eredtobethedateonwhichoccurstheevent,as
definedbyCommunityrulesor,intheabsenceofand
pendingadoption :ofsuchrules,bytherulesofthe
MemberStateconcerned,inwhichtheamount
involvedinthetransactionbecomesdueandpayable;
Whereasinthepigmeatsectortheamountofprivate
storageaidinnationalcurrencyshouldbecalculated
usingtheexchangeraterulingatthetimewhenthe
privatestoragecontractisconcluded ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforPigmeat,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo121/
67/EEC(')of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinpigmeat,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1861/74(2),andinparticular
Article5(4),Article6andArticle7(2)thereof;
WhereasArticle3(2)(a)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No289/71(3)of10February1971layingdown
detailedrulesforgrantingprivatestorageaidfor
pigmeat,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2600/74(4),providesthatthestorermusttakethe
agreedquantityoftheproductintostorewithinthe
timelimitslaiddownandstoreitforthestipulated
period;
Whereastheobjectofprivatestorageaidistoease
pressureonthemarketbyremovingfromthemarket
foracertainperiodsurplusquantitiesoftheproduct;
whereasaneffectivereductionofpressureonthe
marketcanonlybeachieved,however,ifthestorer
keepsthefullquantityofascertaineditemsofthe
productforthewholeofthestorageperiod,asagreed
inthecontract;
WhereasArticle4(2)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1134/68(5)of30July1968layingdownrulesforthe
implementation ofRegulation (EEC)No653/68on
conditionsforalterationstothevalueoftheunitof
accountusedforthecommonagriculturalpolicy
providesthatfortransactionscarriedoutpursuantto
provisionsonthecommonagriculturalpolicy,the
sumsowedbyaMemberStateoradulyauthorized
body,expressedinnationalcurrencyandrepresenting
amountsfixedinunitsofaccount,aretobepaidon
thebasisoftherelationshipbetweentheunitof
accountandthenationalcurrencywhichobtainedat
thetimewhenthetransactionorparttransactionwas
carriedout;
WhereasArticle6ofthatRegulationprovidesthatthe
timewhenatransaction iscarriedoutistobeconsid­Article1
Article3(2)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No289/71is
amendedtoreadasfollows:
'(a)athisownriskandexpensetotaketheagreed
quantityoftheproductintostorewithinthe
timelimitslaiddownandtostoreitforthe
stipulatedperiod,andnotduringthatperiod
toalterthestoredproductsinanywayorto
exchangethemforotherproducts,'
Article2
Article5ofRegulation (EEC)No289/71isamended
toreadasfollows:
'Article5
1.Theamountofaidshallbefixedperunitof
weightandshallrelate:
—inthecaseoffrozenproducts,totheirweight,
exclusiveofpacking,asascertainedonentry
intostoreandbeforefreezing;
—inthecaseofdriedordriedandsmokedhams,
totheweightofthefreshproductsasascer­
tainedbeforedryingordryingandsmoking;
—inthecaseofpreservedproducts,tothenet
weight.(>)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2283/67.
(2)OJNoL197,19.7.1974,p.3.
(3)OJNoL35,12.2.1971,p.7.
(4)OJNoL277,12.10.1974,p.34.
(5)OJNoL188,1.8.1968,p.1.

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2.Withoutprejudicetotheotherobligationsof
thestorer,aidmaybeclaimedonlyiftheobliga­
tionssetoutinArticle3(2)(a)arefulfilledintheir
entirety.
3.Theaidshallbepaidassoonasithasbeen
ascertainedthattheobligationsofthecontract
havebeenfulfilled.Afterstoragehasbeeneffected
inaccordancewiththecontracttheintervention
agencyshallpay,onrequest,anadvanceinrespect
ofaid,equalto90%ofthedepositlodged.4.ForthepurposesofArticle6ofRegulation
(EEC)No1134/68theeventinwhichprivate
storageaidforpigmeatbecomesdueandpayable
shallbeconsideredtooccuronthedaywhenthe
contractisconcluded.'
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9June1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS '
MemberoftheCommission
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