Commission Regulation (EC) No 1010/2006 of  3 July 2006  on certain exceptional market support measures in the eggs and poultry sector in certain Member States
Date: 2006-07-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, common organisation of markets, consumption, disease prevention, egg, market support, poultry, poultrymeat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1010/2006

of 3 July 2006

on certain exceptional market support measures in the eggs and poultry sector in certain Member
States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
eggs (1), and in particular point (b) of the first subparagraph of
Article 14(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
poultrymeat (2), and in particular point (b) of the first subpar-
agraph of Article 14(1) thereof,

(5)

(6)

(7)

The maximum quantities eligible for financial compen-
sation in respect of each exceptional market support
measure should be fixed by the Commission after scru-
tinising the applications received from Member States.

The measures adopted pursuant to Article 14 of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2771/75 and Article 14 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2777/75 have been in force since 11 May
2006. This Regulation should therefore also be applicable
from that date.

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Because of occurrences of highly pathogenic avian
influenza (H5N1)
in areas near the Community since
the autumn of 2005 and in several Member States
since February 2006, the consumption of poultrymeat
and, to a lesser extent, of eggs, has fallen appreciably
in some Member States.

Article 1

The destruction of eggs for hatching falling within CN
1.
codes 0407 00 11 and 0407 00 19 shall be regarded as an
exceptional market support measure pursuant to Article 14 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75.

The sharp and significant fall
in the consumption of
poultrymeat has led to a fall in prices. The poultrymeat
market has suffered serious disruption as a result.

2.
Compensation shall be payable, in respect of each Member
State concerned, for the destruction referred to in paragraph 1,
subject to both the maximum number of pieces laid down in
Annex I and the time limits specified therein.

to

adopt

exceptional market

Since this serious market disruption is directly linked to a
loss of consumer confidence arising from risks to animal
health, it is justified, at the request of the Member States
concerned,
support
measures as referred to in Article 14 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2771/75 and Article 14 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2777/75 and to grant aid to offset part of
the
losses resulting from the destruction of eggs
financial
the early partial slaughter of
for hatching or chicks,
breeding flocks,
in production, or
the temporary fall
the slaughter of ready-to-lay pullets, given the preventive
biosafety measures imposed by some Member States.

The maximum level of compensation shall be set at a flat rate
of:

(a) EUR 0,15 per ‘standard chicken’ egg for hatching falling

within CN code 0407 00 19;

(b) EUR 0,23 per ‘free range chicken’ egg for hatching falling

within CN code 0407 00 19;

(4)

The compensation paid for eggs for hatching that are
processed into egg products must be less than that for
eggs for hatching that are destroyed.

(c) EUR 0,23 per guinea fowl egg for hatching falling within

CN code 0407 00 19;

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 679/2006 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 679/2006.

(d) EUR 0,35 per duck egg for hatching falling within CN code

0407 00 19;

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(e) EUR 0,66 per turkey egg for hatching falling within CN

code 0407 00 11;

1, subject to both the maximum number of pieces laid down in
Annex IV and the time limits specified therein.

(f) EUR 1,20 per goose egg for hatching falling within CN code

0407 00 11.

The maximum level of compensation shall be set at a flat rate
of:

Article 2

The processing of eggs for hatching falling within CN
1.
code 0407 00 19 shall be regarded as an exceptional market
support measure under Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No
2771/75.

2.
Compensation shall be payable, in respect of each Member
State concerned, for the processing referred to in paragraph 1,
subject to both the maximum number of pieces laid down in
Annex II and the time limits specified therein.

The maximum level of compensation shall be that provided for
in Article 1(2), in each case less EUR 0,03 per egg for hatching,
or less the selling price if the latter exceeds EUR 0,03.

(a) EUR 3,2 per breeding hen falling within CN codes

0105 92 00 and 0105 93 00;

(b) EUR 3,2 per breeding duck falling within CN code

0105 99 10;

(c) EUR 30 per breeding goose falling within CN code

0105 99 20;

(d) EUR 15 per breeding turkey hen falling within CN code

0105 99 30;

(e) EUR 5 per breeding guinea hen falling within CN code

0105 99 50.

Article 3

Article 5

The destruction of

1.
falling within CN codes
chicks
0105 11, 0105 12 and 0105 19 shall be regarded as an excep-
tional market support measure under Article 14 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2777/75.

2.
Compensation shall be payable, in respect of each Member
State concerned, for the destruction referred to in paragraph 1,
subject to both the maximum number of pieces laid down in
Annex III and the time limits specified therein.

The maximum level of compensation shall be set at a flat rate
of:

(a) EUR 0,24 per ‘chicken’ chick;

(b) EUR 0,40 per ‘guinea fowl’ chick;

(c) EUR 0,54 per ‘duck’ chick;

(d) EUR 0,85 per ‘turkey’ chick;

(e) EUR 1,50 per ‘goose’ chick.

1.
Voluntarily extending stamping out (depopulation) beyond
a three-week period shall be regarded as an exceptional market
support measure pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No
2777/75, provided no bird is then put into production during
that period.

2.
Compensation shall be payable, in respect of each Member
State concerned, per m2 and week of depopulation over and
above three weeks for poultry farms, subject
to both the
maximum surface area laid down in Annex V and the time
limits specified therein, for extending the period of depopu-
lation as referred to in paragraph 1.

The maximum level of compensation shall be set at a flat rate
of:

(a) EUR 0,46/m2 per week in the case of broiler farms;

(b) EUR 0,41/m2 per week in the case of turkey farms;

(c) EUR 0,62/m2 per week in the case of duck farms;

Article 4

(d) EUR 0,41/m2 per week in the case of guinea fowl farms.

1.
The slaughter of part of a breeding flock shall, where it is
brought forward by six weeks or more in order to reduce the
for hatching falling within CN codes
production of eggs
0105 92 00,
0105 99 20,
0105 99 30 and 0105 99 50, be regarded as an exceptional
market support measure pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation
into
then put
(EEC) No 2777/75, provided no bird is
production at the location in question during that period.

0105 93 00,

0105 99 10,

2.
Compensation shall be payable, in respect of each Member
State concerned, for the early slaughter referred to in paragraph

3. Member States which have already granted compensation
for the surface areas concerned shall ensure that any amounts
already paid at national level are deducted from the compen-
sation provided for in paragraph 2.

Article 6

1.
Voluntarily lowering production by placing fewer chicks
in order to reduce density shall be regarded as an exceptional
market support measure under Article 14 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2777/75.

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Compensation shall be payable, in respect of each Member
2.
State concerned, per bird by which the actual production falls
below that of a normal production cycle on each specific
production site, subject
to both the maximum number of
birds laid down in Annex VI and the time limits specified
therein.

The maximum level of compensation shall be set at a flat rate
of:

(a) EUR 0,20 per bird in the case of broiler farms;

(b) EUR 1,24 per bird in the case of turkey farms;

(c) EUR 0,75 per bird in the case of duck farms;

Article 8

Member States which have communicated to the Commission
amounts of partial compensation that are lower than those
payable under Articles 1 to 7 must limit themselves to the
amounts they have communicated.

Article 9

The operative event for the conversion rate for the aids referred
to in this Regulation shall be the first working day in May
2006.

The conversion rate to be used shall be the rate most recently
fixed by the European Central Bank prior to the operative event.

(d) EUR 0,40 per bird in the case of guinea fowl farms.

Article 10

Article 7

The

early slaughter of

1.
shall be
regarded as an exceptional market support measure pursuant
to Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75.

ready-to-lay pullets

2.
Compensation shall be payable, in respect of each Member
State concerned, for slaughter as referred to in paragraph 1,
subject to both the maximum number of birds laid down in
Annex VII and the time limits specified therein.

the
Expenditure incurred by Member States in respect of
payments referred to in Articles 1 to 7 shall not be eligible
for Community funding pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2771/75 and Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No
2777/75, unless the payments are made to the recipients by
the Member States before 31 December 2006.

Article 11

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

The maximum level of compensation shall be set at a flat rate
of EUR 3,2 per ready-to-lay pullet.

It shall apply from 11 May 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in every Member State.

Done at Brussels, 3 July 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Maximum number of eggs for hatching, by Member State

‘Quality label’
chicken

Guinea fowl

Turkey

Duck

—

Goose

Period of application

—

—

—

126 515

587 034

25 181

2/2006-4/2006

60 000 000

21 450 000

4 166 000

4 960 000

2 663 000

—

400 000

170 000

Standard
chicken

—

19 522 800

—

—

—

15 975 000

7 800 000

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

BE

CZ

DK

DE

EE

EL

ES

FR

IE

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

—

5 635 600

442 000

—

—

—

12 705 000

—

—

2 500 000

2 141 098

6 000 000

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

200 000

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1 500 000

1/2006-4/2006

—

—

—

—

—

—

10/2005-4/2006

10/2005–4/2006

12/2005-4/2006

1/2006-4/2006

413 300

195 600

35 550

17 800

9/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

10/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

11/2005-4/2006

—

—

1/2006-4/2006

621 586

77 029

10/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

10/2005-3/2006

—

—

—

—

—

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ANNEX II

Maximum number of eggs for hatching processed, by Member State

Chicken

Period of application

BE

CZ

DK

DE

EE

EL

ES

FR

IE

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1 800 000

10/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

—

16 364 500

9/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

—

8 390 000

—

25 000 000

—

64 594 006

—

—

—

—

—

—

11/2005-4/2006

—

12/2005-4/2006

—

10/2005-4/2006

—

—

1 145 000

10/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

—

—

—

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ANNEX III

Maximum number of chicks, by Member State

Chicken

Guinea fowl

Turkey

Duck

Goose

Period of application

—

—

—

—

—

4 138 440

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

10 000

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

10/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

13 537 800

894 200

147 200

89 000

44 500

9/2005-4/2006

143 725

—

—

—

2 000 000

—

—

—

—

4 000 000

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

10/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

11/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

—

10/2005-3/2006

—

—

—

—

—

BE

CZ

DK

DE

EE

EL

ES

FR

IE

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

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ANNEX IV

Maximum number of breeding birds slaughtered, by Member State

Chicken

Guinea fowl

Turkey

Duck

—

Goose

—

Period of application

—

—

11 000

10 000

20 000

2/2006-4/2006

BE

CZ

DK

DE

EE

EL

ES

FR

IE

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

—

635 000

—

—

—

454 300

151 000

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

16 000

—

—

—

—

—

—

1 400 000

60 000

130 000

60 000

94 500

—

—

1 746 000

10 700

41 800

9 100

2 200

—

—

—

—

55 000

—

1 293 750

—

1 060 109

300 000

—

22 000

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

40 000

1/2006-4/2006

—

—

—

—

—

—

10/2005-4/2006

10/2005-11/2005

1/2006-4/2006

1/2006-4/2006

1 250

9/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

11/2005-4/2006

—

12/2005-4/2006

—

10/2005-4/2006

10/2005-3/2006

—

10/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

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ANNEX V

Maximum number of m2 and weeks, by Member State

Chicken

Guinea
fowl

Turkey

Duck

Period of application

BE

CZ

DK

DE

EE

EL

ES

FR

IE

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

—

—

—

—

—

2 350 000

—

2 200 000

—

—

—

—

—

—

203 178

—

—

—

—

489 130

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

7 weeks, between 10/2005 and 4/2006

—

16 weeks, between 10/2005 and 4/2006

—

—

—

—

—

—

30 000

15 000

16 weeks, between 11/2005 and 4/2006

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

4 weeks, between 10/2005 and 3/2006

—

—

—

—

—

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ANNEX VI

Maximum number of birds, by Member State

Chicken

—

9 180 000

—

—

—

—

15 000 000

—

2 000 000

—

2 626 075

—

—

—

—

23 000 000

4 500 000

—

—

—

4 734 800

—

—

—

Guinea
fowl

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

BE

CZ

DK

DE

EE

EL

ES

FR

IE

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

Turkey

—

Duck

—

Period of application

70 000

300 000

2/2006-4/2006

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

10/2005-3/2006

—

439 000

350 000

1/2006-4/2006

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

11/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

—

12/2005-4/2006

10/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

10/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

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ANNEX VII

Maximum number of ‘ready-to-lay pullets’, by Member State

Ready-to-lay pullets

Period of application

—

—

—

—

—

—

1 000 000

1/2006-4/2006

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

850 000

10/2005-4/2006

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

BE

CZ

DK

DE

EE

EL

ES

FR

IE

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK