Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1231/86 of 28 April 1986 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in the Netherlands

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1231/86
of 28 April 1986
adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in the Netherlands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas because of the outbreak of African swine fever in a production zone in the Netherlands, marketing of live pigs and pigmeat products which have not been subjected to heat treatment is temporarily prohibited in that region; whereas the production region in question has been defined by Commission Decision 86/139/EEC of 4 April 1986, concerning certain protection measures relating to African swine fever in the Netherlands (3), as amended by Decision 86/150/EEC (4);
Whereas, in order to take account of the limitations to free movement resulting from the situation, exceptional measures to support the market in that specific region must be taken;
Whereas the requirements of the heat treatment laid down in Decision 86/139/EEC are likely to seriously impede the disposal of meat produced in the region subject to restrictions on free movement; whereas, in addition, because of the high risk of contamination, such disposal is likely to create difficulties for the disposal of products originating in other regions of the Netherlands; whereas a rapid analysis will enable the infection zone to be reduced within a few weeks, thus reducing the impact of the exceptional measures taken; whereas in the circumstances, this part of pig production in the Netherlands should be separated from normal trade in products intended for human consumption and processed into products intended for uses other than human consumption;
Whereas a buying-in price should be fixed at which the pigs are to be take over by the intervention agency; whereas that price should be based on the market price recorded in the Netherlands within the meaning of Council Regulation (EEC) No 43/81 of 1 January 1981 establishing a list of representative markets for pigmeat in the Community (5) as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3799/85 (6), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 56/81 of 1 January 1981 on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcases refers (7), the price being derived from those for grade II carcases within the meaning of the Community scale for grading pig carcases laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2760/75 (8);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,