Commission Regulation (EC) No 744/98 of 2 April 1998 amending for the ninth time Regulation (EC) No 913/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Spain
Date: 1998-04-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, market support, meat processing industry, pigmeat, slaughter premium, swine

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 744/98

of 2 April 1998

amending for the ninth time Regulation (EC) No 913/97 adopting exceptional
support measures for the pigmeat market in Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the
market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Whereas, because of the outbreak of classical swine fever
in certain production regions in Spain, the Commission
adopted Regulation (EC) No 913/97 (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 503/98 (4), to introduce excep-
tional support measures for the pigmeat market in that
Member State;

Whereas the Commission has adopted veterinary and
trade restrictions applicable to certain veterinary districts
in the provinces of Segovia, Madrid and
(comarcas)
Toledo by Decision 97/285/EC of 30 April 1997 con-
cerning certain protection measures relating to classical
swine fever in Spain (5), as last amended by Decision
98/93/EC (6); whereas, consequently,
the marketing in
these zones of piglets which are surplus to requirements
there is temporarily prohibited; whereas it is therefore
necessary to include piglets reared in these areas in the
support measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No
913/97;

and Toledo provinces, resulting in a substantial increase
the animals and consequently an
in the weight of
intolerable situation as regards their welfare; whereas
application of this Regulation from 18 March 1998 is
therefore justified;

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

Regulation (EC) No 913/97 is amended as follows:

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

1. Only animals raised in the protection and surveil-
lance zones located within the administrative regions
listed in Part 1 of Annex II to this Regulation may be
delivered, provided that the veterinary provisions laid
down by the Spanish authorities apply in those zones
on the day the animals are delivered.

2. Only piglets raised in the administrative regions
listed in Part 2 of Annex II to this Regulation may be
delivered, provided that the veterinary provisions laid
down in Decision 97/285/EC apply in those zones on
the day the animals are delivered.’;

Whereas, because the veterinary and trade restrictions
continue to apply and have been extended to new zones,
particularly in the province of Lérida, the number of
fattening pigs which may be delivered to the competent
authorities should be increased so that the exceptional
measures can continue during the coming weeks;

2. in Article 4(5), ‘listed in Annex II’ is replaced by ‘listed

in Part 1 of Annex II’;

3. Annex I is replaced by Annex I hereto;

4. Annex II is replaced by Annex II hereto.

Whereas the restrictions on the free movement of piglets
have been operative for several weeks in Segovia, Madrid

Article 2

(1) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(3) OJ L 131, 23. 5. 1997, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 63, 4. 3. 1998, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 114, 1. 5. 1997, p. 47.
(6) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1998, p. 35.

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

It shall apply with effect from 18 March 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 April 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

Total maximum number of animals from 6 May 1997:

Pigs for fattening

Piglets

Cull sows

Pigs of the Iberian breed for fattening

630 000 head

140 000 head

8 000 head

6 000 head’

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

Part 1

— In the province of Lérida, the protection and surveillance zones as defined in Annexes I and II to
the Order of the Generalitat di Calalunya dated 9 March 1998, published in the official journal
of the Generalitat of 16. 3. 1998, page 3488.

— In the province of Segovia, the protection and surveillance zones as defined in Annexes I and II
to the Order of the Junta de Castilla y León dated 19 January 1998, published in the official
journal of the Junta of 20. 1. 1998, page 619.

— In the province of Madrid, the protection and surveillance zones as defined in Annexes I and II to
the Order of the Comunidad de Madrid dated 14 January 1998, published in the official journal
of the Cominidad of 16. 1. 1998, page 11.

— In the province of Toledo, the protection and surveillance zones as defined in Annexes I and II to
the Order of the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha dated 13 January 1998,
published in the official journal of the Junta of 16. 1. 1998, page 319.

The veterinary districts (comarcas) of the provinces of Segovia, Madrid and Toledo listed in Annex I
to Decision 97/285/EC.’

Part 2