
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 9 March 2015 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 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 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 
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 5 
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, 5 March 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)
90 days 120 days 150 days
1 2 3 4 5
Category 1  230 243 257
ex 0203 11 10 Half-carcases without the forefoot, tail, kidney, thin skirt and spinal cord   
Category 2  254 266 278
ex 0203 12 11 Hams   
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  281 293 305
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 4  210 221 233
ex 0203 19 15 Bellies, whole or trimmed by rectangular cut   
Category 5  226 238 254
ex 0203 19 55 Bellies, whole or trimmed by rectangular cut, without rind and ribs   
Category 6  228 241 254
ex 0203 19 55 Cuts corresponding to ‘middles’, with or without rind or fat, boned   



