CELEX: 31981R1381
Language: en
Date: 1981-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/81 of 22 May 1981 on special conditions for the granting of private storage aid for pigmeat

23 . 5 . 81                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 136/ 15
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1381 /81
                                                      of 22 May 1981
                 on special conditions for the granting of private storage aid for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  from storage is intended for export ; whereas proof
COMMUNITIES,                                                    that the meat has been exported must be supplied, as
                                                                in the case of refunds, in accordance with Commis­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           sion Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (5), as last amended
Economic Community,                                             by Regulation (EEC) No 3476/80 (6) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas it should be made clear that the same
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­              product cannot be the subject of a storage contract
tion of the market in pigmeat (!), as last amended by           and at the same time be eligible under Council Regu­
Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular              lation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on the
Articles 4 (6), 5 (4) and 7 (2) thereof,                        advance payment of export refunds in respect of agri­
                                                                cultural products (7) ; whereas to apply both systems
Whereas intervention measures may be taken in                   simultaneously would have the effect in particular of
respect of pigmeat if, on the representative markets of          compensating traders to an excessive extent in respect
the Community, the average price for pig carcases is            of certain of their financing costs ;
less than 103 % of the basic price and is likely to
remain below that level ;                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Whereas the market situation has been characterized              ment Committee for Pigmeat,
by a marked fall in prices below the level mentioned ;
whereas, in view of seasonal and cyclical trends, this
situation could persist ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas     intervention     measures    must    be  taken ;
whereas these can be limited to the granting of private
storage aid ;
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2763/75 (3) provides that the period of storage can be           1 . From 25 May to 11 July 1981 , applications for
curtailed or extended if the market situation so                 private storage aid may be introduced in accordance
requires ; whereas the period of storage can, in parti­          with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80.
cular, be curtailed as a result of circumstances consti­         The list of products which qualify for aid and the rele­
tuting force majeure, as provided for in Article 9 of            vant amounts are set out in the Annex hereto .
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80 (4);
whereas, therefore, provisions should be made to fix             2.    If the period of storage is extended or curtailed,
 not only the amounts of aid for a specific period of            the amount of the aid shall be adjusted accordingly.
storage but also the amounts to be added or deducted             The amounts of the supplements and deductions per
 if this period is curtailed or extended ;                       month and per day are set out in columns 8 and 9 of
                                                                 the said Annex .
Whereas, in order to facilitate administrative and
 control work resulting from the conclusion of
 contracts, minimum quantities should be fixed ;                                         Article 2
 Whereas the security should be fixed at a level such as
 will oblige the storer to fulfil the obligations under­         The minimum quantities per contract and per
 taken by him ;                                                  product shall be as follows :
                                                                 (a) 30 tonnes for carcases and half carcases ;
 Whereas provisions should be made for the possibility
 of reducing the storage period where meat removed               (b) 15 tonnes for hams, shoulders, loins and bellies
                                                                     (streaky).
 (!) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 $ OJ No L 307, 18. 11 . 1980, p. 5.                             (5) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
 (J) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 19 .                         (6) OJ No L 363, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 71 .
 (4) OJ No L 114, 3 . 5. 1980, p. 22.                            0 OJ No L 62, 7. 3 . 1980, p. 5.
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                       Article 3                            commencement of removal operations, stating the
                                                            quantities which it intends to export.
Placing of the products in storage shall be completed
within 24 days following conclusion of the contract.        2. In cases of export in accordance with paragraph
                                                            1 , the Contracting Party shall provide proof that the
The security shall be 20 % of the amounts of aid set        meat has left the Community's geographical territory
out in the Annex.
                                                            or has been the subject of a delivery within the
                                                            meaning of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
                       Article 4                            2730/79 . This proof shall be provided as under the
1 . On the expiry of a storage period of two months,        refund procedure.
the Contracting Party may withdraw from store all or
                                                                                   Article 5
part of the quantity of meat under contract, subject to
a minimum of 10 tonnes, provided that it is exported        The same    products may not, at the same time, be
within 10 working days after the date of its removal        subject to a private storage aid contract and to the
from storage.                                               provisions referred to in Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation
In this case, the amount of aid shall be reduced, in         EEC) No   565/80.
accordance with Article 1 (2), the day of removal from
storage being the last day of storage.                                             Article 6
The Contracting Party shall inform the intervention         This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 May
agency at least two working days before the                 1981 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 22 May 1981 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       Poul DALSAGER
                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                         ANNEX
                                                                                                                                                (in ECU/tonne)
                                                                    Amount of the aid for a storage period of                     Supplement   or deduction
                                                     "
       respect of which aid is granted
                                                         3 months    4 months       5 months       6 months       8 months       per month         per day
                                                                                                                                                                  Othcial
                2                                           3            4              5              6              7              8                9
                                                                                                                                                                  ournal
   ases without the head, chaps, neck, flare                                                                                                                      or
      tail, precrural flank and spinal cord, fresh
                                                                                                                     .
                                                           216         240            264             288                            24             0-80
                                                           —
                                                                                                                     —               30
or without rind and fat, fresh or chilled                              280            310             340                                            1-0
 fores) with or without rind and fat, fresh
                                                           —
                                                                                                                     —               30
                                                                       280            310             340                                            1-0
                                                           —                                                          —              30
   or chilled (2)                                                      280            310             340                                            1-0
                                                           —                                                          —              20
     or without rind and ribs, fresh or chilled                        140             160            180                                           0-67
                                                                                                                                                                 the burooean Communities
    eading ex 02.01 A III a) 1 can also be granted for fresh pig carcases presented as Wiltshire sides, i.e. without the head, chaps, neck, feet, tail, flare
    ernum, vertebral column, pelvic bone and diaphragm.
  01 A III a) 4 may be with or without rind, the adherent layer of fat, however, not exceeding 25 millimetres in depth.
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