
Article 1 

1. From 12 June 2006, producers of pigmeat may be eligible, on application, for aid granted by the competent German authorities on delivery to them of:
(a) piglets covered by CN code 0103 91 10 and weighing 8 kg or more on average per batch (hereafter system piglets);
(b) piglets covered by CN code 0103 91 10 and weighing 25 kg or more on average per batch.
2. 50 % of the expenditure on the aid referred to in paragraph 1, covering a total maximum number of 65 000 piglets of which 13 000‘system piglets’ at maximum, shall be financed by the Community budget.
Article 2 
Only animals reared in the surveillance zones located within the regions referred to in Annex I may be delivered to the competent German authorities, provided that the veterinary measures established by the competent German authorities apply in those zones on the day the animals are delivered.
Article 3 

1. On the day they are delivered to the competent German authorities, the animals shall be transported to the slaughterhouse, weighed and slaughtered in such a way as to prevent the disease from spreading. Transport and slaughtering shall take place in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex II.
2. The animals shall be transported to a rendering plant and processed into products covered by CN codes 1501 00 11, 1506 00 00 or 2301 10 00 in accordance with Article 3 of Directive 90/667/EEC or disposed of by incineration.
3. The transport of the animals to the slaughterhouse, slaughter and transport to the rendering plant shall be carried out under the continuous monitoring of the competent German authorities.
Article 4 

1. The aid referred to in Article 1(1) for ‘system piglets’ weighing 8 kg or more but less than 12 kg on average per batch and for piglets weighing 25 kg or more but less than 32 kg on average per batch shall be calculated per kilogram on the basis of the price reported by the German price reporting agency ZMP for the week preceding the delivery of the piglets to the competent authorities.
2. The aid on ‘system piglets’ weighing 12 kg or more on average per batch may not exceed the aid fixed in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article for ‘system piglets’ weighing 12 kg on average per batch.
3. The aid on piglets weighing 32 kg or more on average per batch may not exceed the aid fixed in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article for piglets weighing 32 kg on average per batch.
Article 5 
The competent German authorities shall take all measures necessary to ensure compliance with this Regulation and in particular with Article 2. They shall inform the Commission accordingly as soon as possible.
Article 6 
The competent German authorities shall communicate each Wednesday to the Commission the number and total weight of ‘system piglets’ and other piglets delivered in accordance with this Regulation in respect of the previous week.
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 12 June 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 29 June 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

In the Federal Land of North Rhine Westphalia, the surveillance zones (area 1) established in accordance with Council Directive 2001/89/EC and defined in the Annex of the ‘Schweinepest-Schutzverordnung’ of 6 April 2006, published in the electronic ‘Bundesanzeiger’ of 6 April 2006, as last amended by the fifth Regulation amending the ‘Schweinepest-Schutzverordnung’ of 31 May 2006, published in the electronic ‘Bundesanzeiger’ of 2 June 2006.

ANNEX II

1. On the day of delivery to the competent German authorities, the animals are to be weighed by load and slaughtered at a slaughterhouse.

2. The animals are to be slaughtered but no other operations connected with slaughter are to be performed. The dead pigs are to be transported immediately from the slaughterhouse to the rendering plant. Transport must take place in sealed lorries, which are to be weighed on departure from the slaughterhouse and on arrival at the rendering plant.

3. The dead pigs are to be sprayed with a denaturing product (methylene blue) to ensure that the meat is not used for human consumption.
