31977R2054

17 . 9 . 77 No L 239 / 5 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2054/77

of 14 September 1977

discontinuing the granting of private storage aid in respect of pigmeat and permitting the extension of storage contracts in respect of certain products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES , are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Pigmeat, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ Article 1 tion of the market in pigmeat ('), as amended by Regu­ 1 . The time limit for the submission of applica­ lation (EEC) No 367/76 (2), and in particular Article 4 tions for private storage aid for pigmeat shall be 30 (6) thereof, September 1977. Whereas private storage aid granted pursuant to 2. In the case of contracts for private storage aid Commission Regulation (EEC) No 801 /77 of 20 April pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 801 /77 still current 1 977 on special conditions for granting private storage on 30 September 1977, with the exception of those in aid for pigmeat (3 ), as last amended by Regulation respect of products of subheading ex 02.06 B I b) 3 ( EEC) No 1310/77 (4), has had a favourable effect on bb) of the Common Customs Tariff, the duration of the pigmeat market ; whereas during the coming storage may at the request of the party concerned be months a stabilization of prices is expected ; whereas extended by one or two months . the granting of private storage aid for pigmeat should therefore be discontinued ; Such request must be submitted before the expiration of the contract and at the latest by 28 October 1977 . Whereas, however, this stabilization of market prices could be jeopardized by the removal from store during Article 2 the coming weeks of substantial quantities of products held under the contracts now current ; whereas those This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day concerned should therefore be allowed to extend these following its publication in the Official Journal of contracts for an appropriate period ; the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 14 September 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(') OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 45 , 21 . 2 . 1976, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 97, 21 . 4 . 1977, p . 23 . («) OJ No L 150, 18 . 6 . 1977, p . 33 .