COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 3320/85
of 27 November 1985
fixing the depreciation coefficient and the tolerance for storage losses for pigmeat bought into intervention in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2121/85 and (EEC) No 2122/85
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 2966/80 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of intervention by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1716/84 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81 of 9 November 1981 on the financing by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, of certain intervention measures, particularly those involving the buying-in, storage and sale of agricultural products by intervention agencies (5), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas the Belgian intervention agency has bought in pigmeat in frozen condition, in accordance with Article 1 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2121/85 (6) and (EEC) No 2122/85 (7), the selling price of which, as a result of freezing, is lower than the buying-in price calculated for meat in fresh condition;
Whereas the selling price of the abovementioned pigmeat will be further lowered as a result of obligations incumbent upon the purchaser for its processing, heat treatment and disposal in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2858/85 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3083/85 (9);
Whereas it is therefore necessary to fix a coefficient of depreciation applying to the buying-in price paid by the intervention agencies in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78;
Whereas, according to Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81, a tolerance for weight losses during storage of the pigmeat bought in may be fixed; whereas, in the present case, this tolerance should be 0 %, the product being completely frozen prior to taking over into intervention;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
The depreciation coefficient provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 shall be 0,50 for all pigmeat purchased in accordance with Article 1 (1) of Regulations (EEC) No 2121/85 and (EEC) No 2122/85; it shall be applied to the buying-in price of the products bought in by the intervention agencies.
The tolerance for losses during storage by the Belgian intervention agency of pigmeat purchased in accordance with Article 1 (1) of Regulations (EEC) No 2121/85 and (EEC) No 2122/85 shall be 0 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1985.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.