Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/470 of 23 March 2022 granting aid for private storage for pigmeat and fixing the amount of aid in advance
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Scope
1. This Regulation provides for aid for private storage for pigmeat as referred to in Article 17, first paragraph, point (h), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. 2. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
Eligible products
1. The list of categories of products eligible for aid and the relevant amounts of aid for a storage period are set out in the Annex. 2. Aid shall only be granted for quantities of fresh or chilled meat that have not yet been placed in storage.
Submission of applications
1. Applications for aid for private storage for the categories of products eligible for aid set out in the Annex may be lodged as from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The last date for the submission of applications shall be 29 April 2022. 2. Applications shall relate to a storage period of 60, 90, 120 or 150 days. 3. Each application shall refer to only one of the categories of products listed in the Annex, indicating the relevant CN code within each category. 4. Each application shall cover a minimum quantity of at least 10 tonnes for boned products and 15 tonnes for other products.
Security
The amount of the security required in accordance with Article 4, point (b), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 when submitting an application for aid for private storage shall be equal to 20 % of the amounts of aid set out in columns 3 to 6 of the table in the Annex to this Regulation.
Frequency of notifications of the quantities applied for
By way of derogation from the frequency laid down in Article 42(1), point (b), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240, Member States shall notify the Commission twice a week of the quantities for which applications to conclude contracts have been submitted, as follows: (a) each Monday by 12.00 (Brussels time) the quantities for which applications have been submitted on Thursday and Friday of the preceding week; (b) each Thursday by 12.00 (Brussels time) the quantities for which applications have been submitted on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the same week.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
ANNEX Categories of products Products in respect of which aid is granted Amount of aid for a storage period of (EUR/tonne) 60 days 90 days 120 days 150 days 1 2 3 4 5 6 Category 1 ex 0203 11 10 Half-carcases without the forefoot, tail, kidney, thin skirt and spinal cord ( 1 ) Whole carcases of animals up to 20 kg 270 286 301 317 Category 2 ex 0203 12 11 ex 0203 12 19 ex 0203 19 11 ex 0203 19 13 Hams Shoulders Fore-ends Loins, with or without the neck-end, or neck-ends separately, loins with or without the chump ( 2 ) ( 3 ) 326 341 357 372 Category 3 ex 0203 19 55 Legs, shoulders, fore-ends, loins with or without the neck-end, or neck-ends separately, loins with or without the chump, boned ( 2 ) ( 3 ) 377 392 407 423 Category 4 ex 0203 19 15 Bellies, whole or trimmed by rectangular cut 282 297 313 327 Category 5 ex 0203 19 55 Bellies, whole or trimmed by rectangular cut, without rind and ribs 348 361 375 389 Category 6 ex 0203 19 55 Cuts corresponding to ‘middles’, with or without rind or fat, boned ( 4 ) 279 293 306 320 Category 7 ex 0209 10 11 Subcutaneous pig fat with or without rind ( 5 ) 157 168 180 190 ( 1 ) The aid may also be granted for half-carcases presented as Wiltshire sides, i.e. without the head, cheek, chap, feet, tail, flare fat, kidney, tenderloin, blade bone, sternum, vertebral column, pelvic bone and diaphragm. ( 2 ) Loins and neck-ends may be with or without rind but the adherent layer of fat may not exceed 25 mm in depth. ( 3 ) The quantity contracted may cover any combination of the products referred to. ( 4 ) Same presentation as for products falling within CN code 0210 19 20. ( 5 ) Fresh fatty tissue which accumulates under the rind of the pig and adheres to it, irrespective of the part of the pig from which it comes; in case it is presented with the rind, the weight of the fatty tissue must exceed the weight of the rind.
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