Commission Regulation (EC) No 2375/98 of 3 November 1998 amending for the 18th time Regulation (EC) No 913/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Spain
Date: 1998-11-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, market support, pigmeat, swine

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2375/98

of 3 November 1998

amending for the 18th time Regulation (EC) No 913/97 adopting exceptional
support measures for the pigmeat market in Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 exceptional measures to support the pigmeat
market in Spain were adopted by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 913/97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2268/98 (4), on account of the outbreak of classical
swine fever in certain production regions in that country;

Whereas the method for calculating the aid for piglets
weighing from 13 to 16 kilograms should be adjusted by
replacing the reference to the Lerida market by a refer-
ence to the national price quotation;

Whereas the continuation of the veterinary and marketing
restrictions means that the number of pigs and piglets of
the Iberian breed which can be consigned to the
competent authorities should be increased, so allowing
the exceptional measures to continue applying from 14
October 1998;

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

Article 1

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

1. the first subparagraph of Article 4(4) is replaced by the

following:

‘4.
The aid provided for in Article 1(4) for the take
over at the farm gate of piglets weighing 13 kilograms
or more but less than 16 kilograms on average per
batch shall be calculated on the basis of the price per
kilogram for
category
“national piglets” of
weighing from 12 to 15 kilograms as recorded on the
the week
Lerida market
(Mercolerida)
to the
preceding the consigning of
competent authorities.';

during
the piglets

the

2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

However, Article 1, point 2, shall apply from 14 October
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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 284, 22. 10. 1998, p. 23.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Total maximum number of animals from 6 May 1997:

Pigs for fattening

Piglets

Cull sows

Pigs of the Iberian breed for fattening

695 000 head

510 000 head

11 000 head

11 500 head'