Commission Regulation (EC) No 1182/2008 of 28 November 2008 fixing for 2009 the amount of aid in advance for private storage of butter
Date: 2008-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: butter, cream, economic support, intervention price, private stock, representative rate

29.11.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1182/2008

of 28 November 2008

fixing for 2009 the amount of aid in advance for private storage of butter

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular
Article 43(a) and (d) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides
for the granting of private storage aid for butter.

Developments in prices and stocks of butter indicate an
imbalance in the market which may be eliminated or
reduced by the seasonal storage. In view of the current
market situation it is appropriate to grant aid for private
storage of butter as from 1 January 2009.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 826/2008 of 20 August
2008 laying down common rules for granting of an aid
for private storage for certain agricultural products (2) has
established common rules for the implementation of
private storage aid scheme.

Pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 826/2008,
an aid fixed in advance is to be granted in accordance
with the detailed rules and conditions provided for in
Chapter III of that Regulation.

To facilitate the implementation of the present measure
taking into consideration the existing practice in the
Member States, Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No
826/2008 should relate only to products that have
been fully placed into storage. Consequently, derogation
from that Article should be introduced.

In accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 the aid shall be fixed in the light of
storage costs and the likely trends in prices for fresh
butter and butter from stocks.

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 223, 21.8.2008, p. 3.

(7)

(8)

(9)

It is appropriate to fix an aid for the costs for entry and
exit of products concerned and for daily costs for cold
storage and financing.

the

For reasons of administrative efficiency and simplifi­
cation, where
required information concerning
storage details are already included in the application
for aid,
it is appropriate to waive the requirement to
notify the same information after the conclusion of the
contract as provided for in Article 20, first paragraph,
point (a) of Regulation (EC) No 826/2008.

For reasons of simplification and logistic efficiency, the
requirement to mark the contract number on each unit
stored could be waived where the contracts number is
entered in the stores register.

(10)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

This Regulation provides for private storage aid for salted and
unsalted butter as referred to in Article 28(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 1234/2007 for the contracts concluded in 2009.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 826/2008 shall

1.
otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

apply save

as

2.
By way of derogation from Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC)
No 826/2008 applications shall only relate to products that
have been fully placed into storage.

Article 3

The unit of measurement referred to in Article 16(2)(c) of
Regulation (EC) No 826/2008 is the ‘storage lot’ which corre­
sponds to the quantity of the product covered by this Regu­
lation, weighing at
least one tonne and of homogeneous
composition and quality, produced in a single factory, taken
into storage in a single warehouse on a single day.

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Article 4

1.

The aid for the products referred to in Article 1 shall be:

been concluded as required under Article 35(1)(a) of Regulation
(EC) No 826/2008, as well as the quantities of products for
which applications to conclude contracts have been submitted.

— EUR 15,62 per tonne of storage for fixed storage costs,

Article 6

— EUR 0,44 per tonne per day of contractual storage.

Article 20, first paragraph, point (a) of Regulation (EC) No

1.
826/2008 shall not apply.

Entry into contractual storage shall take place between
2.
1 January and 15 August 2009. Removal
from store may
take place only as from 16 August 2009. Contractual storage
shall end on the day preceding that of the removal from storage
or at the latest the last day of February following the year of
entry into store.

2. Member States may waive the requirements referred to in
Article 22(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 826/2008 to mark the
contract number provided the store manager undertakes to
enter the contract number in the register referred to in Annex
I point III to that Regulation.

Article 7

Aid may be granted only where the contractual storage

3.
period is between 90 and 227 days.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

Member States shall notify the Commission each Tuesday by 12
noon (Brussels time) the quantities for which contracts have

shall apply to applications

It
1 January 2009.

for aid submitted as

from

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

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission