CELEX: 31982R0717
Language: en
Date: 1982-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 717/82 of 29 March 1982 on special conditions for the granting of private storage aid for pigmeat

No L 84/ 10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             30. 3 . 82
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 717/82
                                                    of 29 March 1982
                 on special conditions (or the granting of private storage aid for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  from storage is intended for export ; whereas proof that
COMMUNITIES,                                                    the meat has been exported must be supplied, as in
                                                                the case of refunds, in accordance with Commission
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (*), as last amended by
Economic Community,                                             Regulation (EEC) No 202/82 (*) ;
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 organi­                product cannot be the subject of a storage contract and
zation of the market in pigmeat (!), as last amended by         at the same time be eligible under Council Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular              (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on the advance
Articles 4 (6), 5 (4) and 7 (2) thereof,                        payment of export refunds in respect of agricultural
                                                                 products Q ; whereas to apply both systems simulta­
Whereas intervention measures may be taken in                    neously would have the effect in particular of compen­
respect of pigmeat if, on the representative markets of          sating traders to an excessive extent in respect of
the Community, the average price for pig carcases is             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 Management
Whereas the market situation has been characterized              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 ;
Whereas     intervention      measures    must be    taken ;     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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.    As from 31 March 1982 applications for private
curtailed or extended if the market situation            so
                                                                 storage aid may be introduced in accordance with the
requires ; whereas the period of storage can, in parti­          provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80. The list
cular be curtailed as a result of circumstances constitu­
                                                                 of products which qualify for aid and the relevant
ting force majeure, as provided for in Article 9 of              amounts are set out in the Annex hereto.
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80 (4) ;
whereas, therefore, provisions should be made to fix
 not only the amounts of aid for a specific period of            2. If the period of storage is extended or curtailed,
 storage but also the amounts to be added or deducted            the amount of the aid shall be adjusted accordingly.
 if this period is curtailed or extended ;                       The amounts of the supplements and deductions per
                                                                  month and per day set out in columns 6 and 7 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 product
 taken by him ;                                                   shall be as follows :
 Whereas provisions should be made for the possibility            (a) 30 tonnes for carcases and half carcases ;
 of reducing the storage period where meat removed
                                                                  (b) 15 tonnes for all the other products.
 0   OJ No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 0   OJ No  L  307, 18. 11 . 1980, p. 5.                          0 OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 19.                         0 OJ No L 21 , 29. 1 . 1982, p. 23.
 (4) OJ  No L  114, 3. 5. 1980, p. 22.                            o 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 2730/79.
                       Article 4                            This proof shall be provided as under the refund
1.    On the expiry of a storage period of two months,      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 31 March
agency at least two working days before the                  1982.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 29 March f982.
                   ^                                                 For the Commission
                                                                       Poul DALSAGER
                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                                          ANNEX
                                                                                                                                                (ECU/tonne)
           CCT                                                                           Amount of the aid for a storage period of Supplement or deduction
         heading                   Products in respect of which aid is granted
            No                                                                            4 months     5 months        6 months    per month     per day
             1                                            2                                    3            4              5            6            7
ex 02.01 A III a) 1        Carcases or half carcases without the head, chaps,
                           neck, flare fat, kidneys, forefeet, tail, precrural flank
                           and spinal cord, fresh or chilled (')                             240          264             288          24         0-80
ex 02.01 A III a) 2        Unboned hams with or without rind and fat, fresh or
                           chilled                                                           280          310             340          30           1-0
ex 02.01 A III a) 3        Unboned shoulders (fores) with or without rind and
                           fat, fresh or chilled                                             280          310             340          30           1-0
ex 02.01 A III a) 4        Unboned loins, fresh or chilled (2)                               280          310             340          30           10
ex 02.01 A III a) 5        Bellies (streaky) with or without rind and ribs, fresh or
                           chilled                                                            140          160            180          20         0-67
ex 02.01 A III a) 6 bb)    Cuts corresponding to 'middles', fresh or chilled (3)             220          244             268          24          0-80
ex 02.01 A III a) 6 bb)     Hams, shoulders, with or without rind and fat, loins
                           with or without collar ; collars, boned, fresh or
                           chilled (4)                                                       280          310             340          30           1-0
(') The aid for products falling within subheading 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 fat, kidneys, tenderloin, bone blade, sternum, vertebral column, pelvic bone and diaphragm.
(2) Loins falling within subheading ex 02.01 A III a) 4 may be with or without rind, the adherent layer of fat, however, not exceeding 25 mm in
    depth.
(3) Same presentation as for products falling within subheading 02.06 B I a) 2 cc).
(4) Loins and collars falling within subheading ex 02.01 A III a) 6 bb) must have no fat attached (a thin layer of fat not exceeding 3 mm in thick­
    ness can be tolerated). The minimum quantity of 15 tonnes refers to all products.