Commission Regulation (EC) No 1267/2007 of 26 October 2007 on special conditions for the granting of private storage aid for pigmeat
Date: 2007-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, pigmeat, private stock, storage premium

27.10.2007

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1267/2007

of 26 October 2007

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

if, on the

Intervention measures may be taken in respect of
pigmeat
the
Community, the average price for pig carcases is less
than 103 % of the basic price and is likely to remain
below that level.

representative markets of

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

Intervention measures must be taken. These can be
storage aid in
limited to the granting of private
accordance with Commission 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
aid
granting private
storage
the
Commission 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.

pigmeat (3),

for

(5)

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

(6)

(7)

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

for Pigmeat has not
The Management Committee
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
From 29 October 2007 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.

Should the Commission extend or reduce the period of
2.
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.

Article 4

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

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

Done at Brussels, 26 October 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

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

lation (EC) No 1913/2006 (OJ L 365. 21.12.2006, p. 52).

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

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ANNEX

CN code

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

(EUR/tonne)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

ex 0203

Meat of domestic swine, fresh or chilled

ex 0203 11 10

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

278

315

352

ex 0203 12 11

Hams

ex 0203 12 19

Shoulders

ex 0203 19 11

Fore-ends

ex 0203 19 13

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

ex 0203 19 15

Bellies, whole or trimmed by rectangular cut

ex 0203 19 55

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

ex 0203 19 55

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

loins with or without

separately,

the

337

337

337

337

164

164

337

379

379

379

379

197

197

379

421

421

421

421

230

230

421

ex 0203 19 55

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

255

290

325

37

42

42

42

42

33

33

42

35

1,24

1,41

1,41

1,41

1,41

1,09

1,09

1,41

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.