85/640/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 December 1985 approving an amendment to the programme for the pigmeat processing sector in England and Wales pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 (Only the English text is authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION of 23 December  1985 approving an amendment to the programme for the pigmeat processing sector in England and Wales  pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 (Only the English text is authentic) (85/640/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
, Having regard to the Treaty establishing  the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of 15 February  1977 on common measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural and fishery products are  processed and marketed  (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1247/85  (2), and in particular  Article 5 thereof, Whereas on 15 May 1985 the Government of the United Kingdom forwarded an  amendment to the programme for the improvement of the pigmeat processing sector in England and  Wales which was approved by Commission Decision 81/280/EEC  (3); Whereas this amendment concerns  the modernization and rationalization of slaughtering and processing facilities in the pigmeat  sector with the aim of improving efficiency and developing new technology in order to stabilize  producer returns in this sector; whereas it therefore constitutes a programme within the meaning of  Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77; Whereas environmental and hygiene projects may be  considered for Community funding; whereas new pigmeat slaughterhouses must be of optimum size and  can only be financed if at the same time non-rationalized slaughterhouse capacity is closed down;  whereas cold stores must be linked to existing processing units; whereas vehicles in the cool chain  used for delivering or distributing the finished products are not eligible for Community funding;  Whereas the amendment includes sufficient of the details listed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No  355/77 (other than concerning products not included in Annex II to the Treaty, on which no decision  can be made at this stage) to show that the objectives listed in Article 1 of that Regulation can  be achieved in the abovementioned sector; whereas the estimated time for the implementation of the  amendment does not exceed the period laid down in Article 3  (1)  (g) of that Regulation; Whereas  the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing  Committee on Agricultural Structure,