Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2180/81 of 30 July 1981 laying down rules implementing restrictions on investment aids for pig production

• CELEX: Regulation (EEC) No 2180/81
• Articles: 5

Article 1

The 550 pig places referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1945/81 shall be fattening pig places. One breeding sow place shall be equivalent to 6 75 fattening pig places.

Article 2

1. The authorization given to a Member State to alter the number of 550 pig places in the context of a farm development plan shall be restricted to special cases in which the expected income from the farm under the plan does not guarantee the comparable earned income for 1 75 man-work units.

2. The number of pig-places may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1945/81 only to the extent necessary to guarantee the comparable earned income for a maximum of 1 75 man-work units under the development plan concerned.

Article 3

A Member State applying for authorization under Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1945/81 must at the same time provide the Commission with a detailed description of the method of calculation. In particular, the following information relating to the pig operation must be included in the method of calculation: - the costs related to the fattening pig and breeding sow places,

- the prices to be paid for piglets, fattening pigs, breeding sows and feed,

- the number of progeny per sow per year,

- the number of pigs kept per fattening place per year.

Article 4

A Member State receiving authorization to alter the number of pig places shall submit to the Commission an annual report, before 1 May of the following year, on the specific cases in which the number of pig places has been altered in the context of a farm development plan. The report shall in particular contain information on the number of special cases and the number of pig places involved in each case.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. (1) OJ No L 197, 20.7.1981, p. 31.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 July 1981.

For the Commission

The President

Gaston THORN