Commission Regulation (EC) No 1642/2001 of 10 August 2001 laying down exceptional measures on the beef and veal markets in form of private storage aid
Date: 2001-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, carcase, private stock, storage, veal

11.8.2001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1642/2001

of 10 August 2001

laying down exceptional measures on the beef and veal markets in form of private storage aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1512/
2001 (2), and in particular Article 39 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the veterinary measures taken pursuant

The outbreak in Spring 2001 of foot-and-mouth disease
in certain areas of the Community and the restrictions
on movements of meat and animals imposed in applica-
tion of
to
Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985
introducing Community measures for the control of
foot-and-mouth disease (3), as last amended by the Act
of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, have
brought about a serious disturbance of the Community
veal market. Veal calves which were ready for slaughter
had to be kept in the stables awaiting the end of the
movement restrictions. In order to avoid a further deteri-
oration of the veal market when those heavier animals
are coming forward for slaughter it is appropriate to
provide for a private storage scheme which is likely to
absorb the supplementary tonnage being produced until
October where the balance is expected to return to the
market.

Commission Regulation (EC) 907/2000 (4)
lays down
detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No
1254/1999 as regards aid for private storage in the beef
and veal sector. Provision should hereby be made to fix
not only the amount of aid for a specific minimum
period of storage but also the amounts to be applied if
that period is extended. In the light of the urgency of
this measure,
the amount of aid shall be fixed in
advance. The fixing of the amount of aid should in
particular take into account the market value of the veal
carcasses and their subsequent depreciation through
freezing.

(3) With a view to increasing the market effect of

the
private storage arrangements, the period for placing in
storage should be as short as possible.

(4)

Article 3(2)(a) and Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No
907/2000 should not apply due to the age and weight
of the veal animals concerned.

The measures provided for in Article 5 of Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on the
advance payment of export refunds in respect of agricul-
tural productions (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2026/83 (6), should not apply in order to ensure
equal treatment of all products regardless of their desti-
nation.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Applications for private storage aid may be introduced
from 23 August until 28 September 2001 in accordance with
the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 907/2000 and this Regu-
lation.

2.
Only fresh or chilled half-carcasses of bovine animals not
over 270 days of age and produced in full compliance with all
prevailing veterinary rules shall qualify for private storage aid.

A half-carcass shall be defined in accordance with the descrip-
tion referred to in Article 2(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 1208/81 (7) and shall be presented without the by-products
referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 2(2) of that
Regulation.

Where half-carcasses are cut into quarters, the quartering shall
be carried out in a way which allows the necessary control of
the eligibility requirements under the first subparagraph. With
a view to acceptance for private storage, quarters shall be
grouped by half-carcass when placed under the control of the
intervention agency.

3.
The period of storage to be included in the contract in
accordance with Article 4(5)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 907/
the
2000 shall be two months, with the possibility for
contracting operator, at his request, to prolong the storage
period by one further month as a maximum.

That request must be lodged in due time before the end of the
obligatory storage period. Only one prolongation per contract
shall be permitted.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 105, 3.5.2000, p. 6.

(5) OJ L 62, 7.3.1980, p. 5.
(6) OJ L 199, 22.7.1983, p. 12.
(7) OJ L 123, 7.5.1981, p. 4.

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The amount of aid for the storage period of two months
4.
shall be EUR 1 020 per tonne of carcass weight. If the storage
period is extended in accordance with paragraph 3, the amount
of aid shall be increased by a daily supplement of EUR 1,1 per
tonne.

5.
Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 907/2000 shall not
apply. In the case of boning, the competent authority shall take
the necessary measures to control that the deboning operations
are made in accordance with normal commercial practice and
that all the deboned meat is stored.

Article 2

1.

The minimum quantity per contract shall be 10 tonnes.

2.
Notwithstanding Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 907/
2000 placing in storage must be completed not later than 14
days after the date of conclusion of the contract.

Article 4

Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 907/2000 shall not

1.
apply.

Products stored under this Regulation shall not benefit
2.
from the arrangements laid down in Article 5 of Regulation
(EEC) No 565/80.

Article 5

The notifications pursuant to Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 907/2000, from Member States to the Commission, shall
be made by fax on one of the following numbers:
— (32-2) 295 36 13,
— (32-2) 296 60 27.

Article 3

Article 6

Notwithstanding Article 1(1), the Commission may decide to
stop the application of this Regulation where applications for
private storage contracts exceed 10 000 tonnes.

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following 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, 10 August 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission