Commission Regulation (EC) No 2246/2003 of 19 December 2003 on special conditions for the granting of private storage aid for pigmeat
Date: 2003-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, pigmeat, private stock, storage premium

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2246/2003

of 19 December 2003

on special conditions for the granting of private storage aid for pigmeat

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), and in particular Article 4(6) and Article 5(4)
thereof,

Whereas:

(5)

(6)

(7)

In order to facilitate administrative and control work
relating to the conclusion of contracts, minimum quanti-
ties should be fixed.

The security should be fixed at a level that will ensure
storers fulfil their contractual obligations.

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

(1)

Intervention measures may be taken in respect of
pigmeat if, on the representative markets of the Com-
munity, the average price for pig carcases is less than
103 % of the basic price and is likely to remain below
that level.

1.
From 22 December 2003 applications for private storage
aid may be lodged in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
3444/90. The list of products eligible for aid and the relevant
amounts are set out in the Annex hereto.

(2)

Market prices have fallen below that level and, given
seasonal and cyclical trends, this situation could persist.

(3)

(4)

Intervention measures must be taken. These can be
limited to the granting of private storage aid in accord-
ance with Regulation (EEC) No 3444/90 of 27
November 1990 laying down detailed rules for granting
private storage aid for pigmeat (2).

Under Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2763/
75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for
granting private storage aid for pigmeat (3), the Commis-
sion may decide to reduce or extend the storage period.
As well as the amounts of aid for specific periods of
storage, the amounts to be added or deducted in the
event the Commission adopts such a decision should be
fixed.

2.
Should the Commission extend or reduce the period of
storage, the amount of aid shall be adjusted accordingly. The
supplements and deductions per month and per day are set out
in columns 6 and 7 of the Annex.

Article 2

The minimum quantities per contract and per product shall be:

(a) 10 tonnes for boned products;

(b) 15 tonnes for other products.

Article 3

The security shall be 20 % of the amounts of aid set out in the
Annex.

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1365/2000 (OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5).

(2) OJ L 333, 30.11.1990, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 851/2003 (OJ L 123, 17.5.2003, p. 7).

(3) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 19.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Products in respect of which aid is
granted

Amount of aid for a storage period of

Supplement or deduction

3 months

4 months

5 months

Per month

Per day

2

3

4

5

6

7

(EUR/tonne)

ex 0203 12 11

Hams

CN code

1

ex 0203

ex 0203 11 10

ex 0203 12 19

ex 0203 19 11

ex 0203 19 13

ex 0203 19 15

ex 0203 19 55

ex 0203 19 55

Meat of domestic swine, fresh or
chilled:

Half-carcases without the forefoot,
tail, kidney, thin skirt and spinal
cord (1)

278

315

352

337

337

337

337

Shoulders

Fore-ends

Loins, with or without the neck-
end, or neck-ends separately, loins
with or without the chump (2) (3)

Bellies, whole or
rectangular cut

trimmed by

164

trimmed by
Bellies, whole or
rectangular cut, without rind and
ribs

164

379

379

379

379

197

197

421

421

421

421

230

230

fore-ends,

shoulders,

Legs,
loins
with or without the neck-end, or
neck-ends separately, loins with or
without the chump, boned (2) (3)

337

379

421

37

42

42

42

42

33

33

42

1,24

1,41

1,41

1,41

1,41

1,09

1,09

1,41

ex 0203 19 55

Cuts corresponding to ‘middles’,
with or without
fat,
boned (4)

rind or

255

290

325

35

1,17

(1) The aid may also be granted for half-carcases presented as Wiltshire sides, i.e. without the head, cheek, chap, feet, tail, flare fat,

kidney, tenderloin, blade bone, sternum, vertebral column, pelvic bone and diaphragm.

(2) Loins and neck-ends may be with or without rind but the adherent layer of fat may not exceed 25 mm in depth.
(3) The quantity contracted may cover any combination of the products referred to.
(4) Same presentation as for products falling within CN code 0210 19 20.