CELEX: 31974R1637
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1637/74 of the Commission of 27 June 1974 on special conditions for granting private storage aid for pigmeat

No L 173/62                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               28 . 6 . 74
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1637/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 27 June 1974
                       on special conditions for granting private storage aid for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   1971 laying down detailed rules for granting or private
COMMUNITIES,                                                    storage aid for pigmeat ; whereas it is therefore appro­
                                                                 priate to fix, in addition to the amounts of aid for a
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           defined storage period, supplementary amounts and
                                                                amounts to be deducted for cases of extension or
Economic Community ;
                                                                contraction of this period ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 121 /
67/EEC ( 1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­             Whereas, in order to avoid financing normal private
tion of the market in pigmeat, as last amended by               storage, it appears desirable to fix minimum quanti­
                                                                ties ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1652/73 (2), and in particular
Articles 5 (4) and 7 (2) thereof ;
                                                                Whereas , the amount of the security required should
Whereas intervention measures may be taken in                   be such as to oblige the storer to fulfil the obligations
respect of pigmeat when on the representative                   undertaken by him, while at the same time enabling
Community markets the average price for pig carcases             part of the aid to be paid as an advance once storing is
is, and is likely to remain, below 103 % of the basic            completed ;
price ;
                                                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Whereas market prices have shown a marked fall over              ment Committee for Pigmeat,
the past few weeks ; whereas, for seasonal and cyclical
reasons, this trend will continue, with the result that
in the near future prices must be expected to fall
below 1 03 % of the basic price ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas in view of this market situation it appears
desirable to prepare intervention measures, in the
form of private storage aid for pigmeat, in order to be                                   Article 1
able if necessary to intervene speedily on the market
from a date to be fixed once it has been established
                                                                 1 . The products for which, with effect from a date
that the conditions under which intervention may                 still to be fixed, private storage aid is to be granted,
take place are fulfilled ;                                       together with the amounts of such aid per metric ton
                                                                 of fresh product exclusive of packaging, are listed in
Whereas, in order for these measures to.be as effective          the Annex hereto .
as possible, it is desirable that the trade be informed
as soon as possible of the technical and financial               2.     If the period of storage is increased or decreased,
conditions for granting such aid ; whereas, moreover,            the amount of aid is consequently adjusted . The
in order to make it easier for these in the trade to
                                                                 supplementary amounts per month and the deduc­
participate in the measures, provisions must be made             tions per day are given in columns 6 and 7 of the
for storage periods of differing lengths ;                       Annex hereto.
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
739/68 (3) of 18 June 1968, laying down general rules                                     Article 2
for grafting private storage aid for pigmeat envisages
that a decrease or an increase of the storage period
can be decided on if the market situation calls for it ;         The minimum quantities per contract and per
whereas a decrease in the storage period can in parti­           product shall be as follows :
cular result from circumstances constituting a case of           (a) 50 metric tons for carcases,
force majeure, as laid down in Article 7 of Commis­
sion Regulation (EEC) No 289/71 (4) of 10 February               (b) 20 metric tons for hams,
                                                                 (c) 20 metric tons for bellies,
(') OJ  No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2283/67.
(*) OJ  No L 166, 23. 6. 1973, p. 1 .                            (d) 30 metric tons for boned meat,
(3) OJ  No L 136, 20. 6. 1968, p. 1 .
(<) OJ  No L 35, 12. 2. 1971 , p. 7.                             (e) 40 metric tons for back-fat.
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                      Article 3                                                     Article 4
                                                            The amount of the security required shall be equal to
                                                            40 % of the relevant amount of aid as specified in the
Storing must be completed within 21 days following          Annex .
the conclusion of the contract.
                                                                                    Article 5
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
The storage period shall begin on the day on which          following its publication in the Official Journal - of
storing is completed.                                       the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 27 June 1974.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                         The President
                                                                    Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                             ANNEX
                                                                   Amounts of aid , in u. a. /metric ton ,        Amounts in
                                                                        for a storage period of :              (u. a. /metric ton )
     CCT heading             Products for which aid is granted
        number                                                                                              Supple­       Amount to
                                                                   3 months                                 mentary
                                                                                 4 months       5 months                  be deducted
                                                                                                           amount per
                                                                                                             month           per day
          1                                 2                         3              4               5          6               7
ex 02.01 A III a ) 1 Carcases or half-carcases, offered without
                     head, chaps, necks, fiara fat, kidneys,
                     forefeet, tail, flank and marrow, fresh or
                     chilled                                        170-00        190-00         210-00      20-00            0-67
ex 02.01 A III a ) 2 Hams, unboned (bone-in), including rind­
                     less and fat-free, fresh or chilled            200-00        230-00         260-00      30-00            1-00
ex 02.01 A III a ) 5 Bellies (streaky), including without rind
                     and ribs, fresh or chilled                      90-00        105-00         120-00      15-00            0-50
ex 02.01 A III a ) 6 Hams, shoulders, loins, boned, fresh or
                     chilled                                        190-00        220-00         250-00      30-00            1-00
ex 02.05 A I         Back-fat, including rindless, fresh or
                     chilled                                         65-00         75-00           85-00     10-00            0-33