31974R1637

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 defined storage period, supplementary amounts and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amounts to be deducted for cases of extension or Economic Community ; contraction of this period ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 121 / Whereas, in order to avoid financing normal private 67/EEC ( 1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ storage, it appears desirable to fix minimum quanti­ tion of the market in pigmeat, as last amended by 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 be such as to oblige the storer to fulfil the obligations Whereas intervention measures may be taken in undertaken by him, while at the same time enabling respect of pigmeat when on the representative part of the aid to be paid as an advance once storing is Community markets the average price for pig carcases completed ; is, and is likely to remain, below 103 % of the basic 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 product shall be as follows : whereas a decrease in the storage period can in parti­ 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 mentary Amount to 3 months 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