CELEX: 31985R0890
Language: en
Date: 1985-04-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 890/85 of 2 April 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 772/85 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat

3 . 4. 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 96/ 17
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 890/85
                                                      of 2 April 1985
             amending Regulation (EEC) No 772/85 adopting exceptional support measures
                                                for the market in pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  made for reducing the aid where the meat is bought
COMMUNITIES,                                                    in ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Economic Community,                                             are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                Committee for Pigmeat,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular
Article 20 thereof,
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas, in the light of the health situation in the            The following Articles 4a and 4b are hereby inserted
stockfarming sector in Belgium, provision is made in            in Regulation (EEC) No 772/85 :
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 686/85 (3) and
772/85 (4) for exceptional support measures for the                   A
                                                                      ' rticle 4a
market in pigmeat in that Member State ;                             In addition to the information required by Article
                                                                     3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80, private
Whereas it is not yet certain that the outbreak of                   storage contracts shall also indicate the producer or
African swine fever in Belgium has been contained ;                  producers who supplied the pigs of which the meat
whereas this could adversely affect the disposal of                  is stored under the contract.'
pigmeat now in storage ; whereas the financial risk to
operators taking part in the private storage aid scheme               Article 4b
should be limited by providing, in the case of zone I,
for the taking over by the Belgian intervention agency,              1.     Where, following a decision by the national
of meat which is likely to be affected by the epizootic ;            health authorities, meat cannot be released for
consequently, sufficient guarantee can be derived for                consumption until it has undergone sufficient heat
the payment of a fair price to producers ;                           treatment to prevent any further spread of the
                                                                     epizootic or where it must be destroyed because of
Whereas a buying-in price should be fixed at which                   the risk of the latter, the Belgian intervention
the meat is to be taken over by the intervention                     agency shall, at the request of the party concerned,
agency ; whereas that price should be based on the                   buy in the products covered by a storage contract
                                                                     concluded before 15 April 1985 which are offered
market price recorded in Belgium within the meaning                  to it.
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 43/81 of 1 January
1981 establishing a list of representative markets for               In such cases the buying-in price for carcases shall
pigmeat in the Community (*) and should take account                 be the grade II market price in Belgium within the
of the actual quality of pigmeat carcases sold on the                meaning of Council Regulations (EEC) No
Belgian market, the price being derived from those for               2760/75 (') and (EEC) No 43/81 (2) recorded during
grade II carcases within the meaning of the Commu­                   the week in which the contract was concluded,
nity scale for grading pig carcases laid down in                     plus 10 % . In the case of other products, the
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2760/75 (*) ;                            buying-in price shall be determined on the basis of
                                                                     the carcase price, using the coefficients referred to
Whereas in cases where the meat is taken over by the                 in Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75.
intervention agency for the purposes of further proces­              However, the buying-in price shall be reduced by
sing the financial risk to operators should no longer be             an amount corresponding to 30 % of the final
covered in respect of aids which were fixed earlier for              amount of aid granted to the storer.
that purpose ; whereas accordingly provision should be
                                                                     2. Where buying in takes place, the period
                                                                     covered by the storage contract shall expire on the
(') OJ  No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 307, 18 . 11 . 1980, p. 5.                              day which precedes buying in .
(3) OJ  No L 75, 16. 3 . 1985, p. 12.
(4) OJ  No L 86, 27. 3 . 1985, p. 20 .                               (■) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 10 .
0   OJ  No L 3, 1 . 1 . 1981 , p. 15.
(j OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 10.                                O OJ No L 3, 1 . 1 . 1981 , p. 15.'
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                                                     Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 2 April 1985.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                           Vice-President