CELEX: 31978R2401
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2401/78 of 16 October 1978 suspending the granting of private storage aid in respect of pigmeat and permitting the extension of storage contracts

17. 10 . 78                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 291 /5
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2401 /78
                                                       of 16 October 1978
              suspending the granting of private storage aid in respect of pigmeat and permit­
                                           ting the extension of storage contracts
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the Management Committee for pigmeat has
COMMUNITIES,                                                        not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
                                                                    its chairman,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in pigmeat (J), as last amended by                                       Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1423/78 (2), and in particular
Article 4 (6) thereof,                                              1 . The time limit for the submission of applica­
                                                                    tions for private storage aid for pigmeat shall be 27
Whereas private storage aid granted pursuant to                     October 1978 .
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1288/78 of 14
June 1978 on special conditions for granting private                2.     In the case of contracts for private storage aid
storage aid for pigmeat (3), as amended by Regulation               still current on 27 October 1978 , the duration of
(EEC) No 1467/78 (4), has had a favourable effect on                storage may at the request of the party concerned be
the pigmeat market ; whereas an actual stabilization of             extended by one or two months.
prices is expected ; whereas the granting of private
storage aid for pigmeat should therefore be                         Such request must be submitted before the expiration
suspended ;                                                         of the contract and at the latest by 17 November
                                                                    1978 .
Whereas, however, this stabilization of market prices
could be jeopardized by the removal from store during                                       Article 2
the coming weeks of substantial quantities of products
held under the contracts now current ; whereas those                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
concerned should therefore be allowed to extend these               following its publication in the Official Journal of
contracts for an appropriate period ;                                the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 16 October 1978 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
(») OJ  No  L 282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ  No  L 171 , 28. 6.   1978, p. 19.
(3) OJ  No  L 157,  15. 6.   1978, p. 25.
(4) OJ  No  L 176,  30. 6.   1978, p. 12.