
Article 1 

1. Aid for private storage shall be granted in respect of pigmeat products fulfilling the following conditions:
(a) they come from pigs which were raised in Ireland for at least the last two months before slaughtering;
(b) they are of sound, fair and marketable quality and come from pigs reared on farms for which it is established that they have not used feed contaminated by elevated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
2. The list of categories of products eligible for aid and the relevant amounts are set out in the Annex.
Article 2 
Regulation (EC) No 826/2008 shall apply save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
Article 3 

1. From the date of entry into force of this Regulation, applications for private storage aid for the categories of pigmeat products eligible for aid under Article 1 may be lodged in Ireland.
2. Applications shall relate to a storage period of 90, 120, 150 or 180 days.
3. Applications shall be lodged for only one of the categories of products listed in the Annex, indicating the relevant CN code within that category.
4. The Irish authorities shall take all measures necessary to ensure compliance with Article 1(1).
Article 4 
The minimum quantities per application shall be:

((a)) 10 tonnes for boned products;
((b)) 15 tonnes for other products.
Article 5 
The applications shall be accompanied by a security equal to 20 % of the amounts of the aid fixed in columns 3 to 6 of the Annex.
Article 6 
The total quantity for which contracts may be concluded, in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 826/2008, shall not exceed 30 000 tonnes of product weight.
Article 7 

1. For the purpose of the application of the first subparagraph of Article 28(3) of Regulation (EC) No 826/2008 the expiry of a minimum storage period of 60 days shall be required.
2. For the purpose of the application of the third subparagraph of Article 28(3) of Regulation (EC) No 826/2008, the daily amounts are set in column 7 of the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 8 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 17 December 2008.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Categories of products Products in respect of which aid is granted Amount of aid for a storage period of(EUR/tonne) Deduction
90 days 120 days 150 days 180 days Per day
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Category 1
ex 0203 11 10 Half-carcasses without the forefoot, tail, kidney, thin skirt and spinal cord 278 315 352 389 1,24
Category 2
ex 0203 12 11 Hams 337 379 421 463 1,41
ex 0203 12 19 Shoulders
ex 0203 19 11 Fore-ends
ex 0203 19 13 Loins, with or without the neck-end, or neck-ends separately, loins with or without the chump
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
Category 3
ex 0203 19 15 Bellies, whole or trimmed by rectangular cut 164 197 230 263 1,09
ex 0203 19 55 Bellies, whole or trimmed by rectangular cut, without rind and ribs
Category 4
ex 0203 19 55 Cuts corresponding to ‘middles’, with or without rind or fat, boned 255 290 325 360 1,17



