CELEX: 31977R0596
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 596/77 of 22 March 1977 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat

23 . 3. 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 75/ 37
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 596/77
                                                    of 22 March 1977
                       adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Only products coming from pigs originating in the
COMMUNITIES,                                                    regions of the Netherlands concerned by the sanitary
                                                                measures resulting from the appearance of swine fever
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           can be the subject of this aid.
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    The list of products which qualify for aid and the
                                                                amounts involved are set out in the Annex .
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in pigmeat ('), as amended by Regu­          2. If the period of storage is extended or curtailed the
lation (EEC) No 367/76 (2), and in particular Article           amount of the aid shall be adjusted accordingly. The
20 thereof,
                                                                amounts of the supplements per month and the
Whereas    because     of the   health   situation in  the      deductions per day are set out in columns 7 and 8 of
breeding sector in the Netherlands, the export of live          the Annex.
pigs and of pigmeat coming from this Member State
has become temporarily impossible ;                                                      Article 2
Whereas in order to take account of the limitations to
free circulation which are resulting, exceptional               The minimum quantities per contract and per
measures to support the market in the Netherlands               product shall be as follows :
must be taken ;                                                 (a) 50 tonnes for carcases,
Whereas for this purpose there is reason to fix private         (b) 20 tonnes for hams, shoulders, loins and bellies
storage aid for certain sensitive products according to             (streaky).
detailed rules of application for the grant of private
storage aid in the pigmeat sector which have been                                        Article 3
adopted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1889/76 (3) of 29 July 1976 ;                                   Placing in storage shall be completed within 21 days
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation            following conclusion of the contract.
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Pigmeat,                                                              Article 4
                                                                The security shall be 20 % of the amounts of aid set
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                out in the Annex .
                         A rticle 1
                                                                                         Article 5
1 . From 23 March until 5 April 1977 the Dutch inter­
vention agency can accord private storage aid in the            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
pigmeat sector following the detailed rules defined in          publication in the Official journal of the European
Regulation (EEC) No 1889/76 and in this Regulation .            Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 March 1977.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 206, 31 . 7. 1976, p. 82 .
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                                                  ANNEX
                                                                     Amount of the aid in u.a. per tonne               Amount in   4i. per tonne
                                                                         for a period of storage of
    Products in respect of which aid is granted
                                                                                                                      Supplement       Deduction
                                                          4 months       5 months         6 months         7 months
                                                                                                                      per month         per day
                         2                                   3               4                5               6           7                8
     carcases without the head, chaps, neck, flare fat,                                                                                             Official
    t, tail, precrural flank and spinal cord, fresh or
                                                            200            220               240             260         20              0-67
                                                            240            270               300             330         30               1-0
                                                                                                                                                   Journal
 with or without rind and fat, fresh or chilled
 ders (fores) with or without rind and fat, fresh or                                                                                                of the
                                                            220            250               280             310         30               1-0
   fresh or chilled                                         240            270               300             330         30               1-0
                                                                                                                                                   European
      with or without rind and ribs, fresh or chilled       115            130               145             160          15              0-5
  I a) 4 must be bone-in but have no fat attached (a thin layer of fat not exceeding three millimetres in depth can be tolerated).
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