
Article 1 

1. This Regulation provides for private storage aid for pigmeat as referred to in point (h) of the first paragraph of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
2. The list of categories of products eligible for aid and the relevant amounts are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
3. Regulation (EC) No 826/2008 shall apply, save as otherwise provided in this Regulation.
Article 2 

1. From 4 January 2016 applications for private storage aid for the categories of pigmeat products eligible for aid referred to in Article 1 may be lodged.
2. Applications shall relate to a storage period of 90, 120 and 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 that category.
4. Each application shall cover a minimum quantity of at least 10 tonnes for boned products and 15 tonnes for other products.
Article 3 
The amount of the security, by tonne of product, to be lodged in accordance with Article 16(2)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 826/2008 shall be equal to 20 % of the amounts of the aid set out in columns 3, 4 and 5 of the table in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 4 

1. For the purposes 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 purposes of the third subparagraph of Article 28(3) of Regulation (EC) No 826/2008, the daily amounts shall be those set out in column 6 of the table in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 5 
Member States shall notify the Commission twice a week 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.
Article 6 
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, 14 December 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Categories of products Products in respect of which aid is granted Amount of aid for a storage period of (EUR/tonne) Daily amounts (EUR/tonne/per day)
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 cordWhole carcases of animals up to 20 kg 274 291 307 0,54
Category 2
ex 0203 12 11 Hams 304 318 332 0,47
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    
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 335 350 364 0,49
Category 4
ex 0203 19 15 Bellies, whole or trimmed by rectangular cut 250 264 278 0,47
Category 5
ex 0203 19 55 Bellies, whole or trimmed by rectangular cut, without rind and ribs 269 284 298 0,48
Category 6
ex 0203 19 55 Cuts corresponding to ‘middles’, with or without rind or fat, boned 272 288 304 0,53
Category 7
ex 0209 10 11 Subcutaneous pig fat with or without rind 168 175 182 0,24




