31987R1744

No L 164/ 12 Utricial journal or the European Communities 24. 6 . 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1744/87 of 23 June 1987 providing for the grant of private storage aid fixed at a standard rate in advance for lamb in region 7

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 1987 for aid for the private storage of lamb carcases or half carcases . Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Applications submitted on or after the day following that on which the total quantity applied for exceeds 2 000 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 tonnes shall not be accepted. Quantities in respect of of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the which applications are lodged on the day the overall limit market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by is exceeded shall be reduced proportionally. Regulation (EEC) No 794/87 (2), and in particular Articles 6 (1 ) (a) and 7 (7) thereof, The amounts of this aid, by tonne of product, bone-in, are Whereas, in view of the serious difficulties on the market fixed in the Annex pursuant to Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation in sheepmeat in Spain and Portugal, private storage aid (EEC) No 2659/80. should be granted in region 7 ; whereas the total quantity for which storage contracts may be concluded should, If the market situation makes it advisable, the deadline for however, be limited to 2 000 tonnes ; the submission of applications may be changed.

Whereas the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) 2. The amount of aid shall be adjusted if the period of No 2659/80 (3) should be followed in respect of the grant storage is extended or reduced. The supplements per of private storage aid for sheepmeat ; month and deductions per diem are specified in the Annex . Whereas provisions should be adopted to ensure that the animals involved are slaughtered exclusively in slaughter­ 3 . Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the houses which are approved and supervised in accordance provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2659/80 shall apply. with the provisions of Council Directive 64/433/EEC (4), as last amended by Directive 83/90/EEC (^ ;

Article 2 Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2644/80 (®) provides that, if the market situation so requires, the period of storage may be curtailed or Only meat produced in accordance with the provisions of extended ; whereas it is therefore appropriate that, in Article 3 (1 ) A (a) to (e) of Directive 64/433/EEC shall be addition to the amounts of aid granted for a specific eligible for private storage aid. storage period, amounts to be added or reduced in the event of that period being extended or curtailed should also be fixed ; Article 3

Whereas foreseeable market conditions make it necessary 1 . The minimum quantity per contract shall be two to provide for storage periods of between two and four tonnes expressed as bone-in meat ; it may, where the months ; provisions of the second paragraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) are applied, be less than that quantity. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management 2. Placing in storage must be carried out within eight Committee for Sheep and Goats, days of the date of conclusion of the contract.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 4

Article 1 1 . The period of storage shall be two, three, or four months . 1 . Applications may, in region 7, and subject to an overall limit of 2 000 tonnes, be submitted until 10 July The period shall be left to the storer, who must state his preference at the time of submitting the application (') OJ No 1 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 . referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ). 0 OJ No L 79, 21 . 3 . 1987, p. 3 . (3) OJ No L 276, 20 . 10 . 1980, p . 12. 2. Entitlement to payment of the aid shall arise only if (4) OJ No 121 , 29 . 7. 1964, p. 2012/64. 0 OJ No L 59 , 5. 3 . 1983, p. 10 . the meat has remained in storage throughout the storage ¥) OJ No L 275, 18 . 10. 1980, p. 8 . period.

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1 . The periods, dates and time limits referred to in this The amount of the security referred to in Article 4 (2) of Regulation shall be determined in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2659/80 shall be 120 ECU per Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 ('). tonne . However, Article 3 (4) of that Regulation shall not apply to the determination of the period of storage as referred to Article 7 in Article 4 ( 1 ).

2. Removal from storage may commence on the day * This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its following the last day of the storage period specified in publication in the Official Journal of the European the contract. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 June 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

(ECU per tonne) Amount of aid for a storage period of Amount Product in respect of which aid is granted to be added to be reduced 2 months 3 months 4 months per month per day

(a) ex 02.01 A IV a) 1 : carcases or half carcases 670 713 756 43 1,4

(') OJ No L 124, 8 . 6. 1971 , p. 1 .