No C 320/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 13.12. 86 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 on common 
measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural and fishery products are processed 
and marketed 
COM(86) 627 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 25 November 1986) 
(86/C 320/10) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 
43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas Article 17 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
355/77 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
2224/86 (2), provides that the rate of aid granted from 
the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee 
Fund for investment projects may vary according to the 
regional situation as regards facilities for the processing 
and marketing of agricultural products; 
Whereas rapid modernization of pigmeat processing and 
marketing undertakings in Ireland is hampered by 
serious structural handicaps stemming in particular from 
difficulties in the financing of investment in the modern­
ization and restructuring of this sector; 
Whereas the conditions laid down in the Regulation 
should accordingly be amended in order to deal more 
effectively with the problems of the pigmeat sector in 
Ireland; whereas in particular the granting of more aid 
and a higher rate of contribution from the Guidance 
Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and 
Guarantee Fund may provide the necessary 
encouragement for economic activities in those regions; 
Whereas this additional assistance must be limited in 
time and must comply with the financial arrangements 
applicable to common measures introduced by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 355/77, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Article 17 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 is hereby 
amended as follows: 
1. The second indent of point (a) is replaced by the 
following: 
'— 25 % in the case of projects carried out in the 
Mezzogiorno, in the less favoured areas of the 
West of Ireland and in all regions of Ireland in 
the case of projects relating to pigmeat, in all 
regions of Greece except Greater Athens, in 
Portugal and in the autonomous regions of 
Galicia, Castilla y Leon, Castilla-la-Mancha, 
Extremadura, in Andalucia the provinces of 
Granada and Huelva, in Aragon the provinces of 
Huesca and Teruel, and the Canary Islands in 
Spain.' 
2. The first indent of point (c) is replaced by the 
following: 
'— 50 % in the case of projects carried out in the 
Mezzogiorno, in the less favoured areas of the 
West of Ireland and in all regions of Ireland in 
the case of projects relating to pigmeats, in all 
regions of Greece except Greater Athens, in 
Portugal, in the French overseas departments and 
in the autonomous regions of Galicia, Castilla 
y Le6n, Castilla-la-Mancha, Extremadura, in 
Andalucia the provinces of Granada and Huelva, 
in Aragon the provinces of Huesca and Teruel, 
and the Canary Islands in Spain.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1987. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
(») OJ No L 51, 23. 2. 1977, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 194, 17. 7. 1986, p. 4.