
Article 1 

1. This Regulation provides for private storage aid for fresh or chilled meat of ovine and caprine animals aged less than 12 months as referred to in point (i) of the first subparagraph of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, hereinafter the ‘aid’.
2. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 shall apply save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
Article 2 

1. The list of products eligible for aid is set out in the Annex.
2. In order to qualify for the aid, the meat shall be of sound and fair marketable quality and of Union origin. The product shall fulfil the requirements laid down in Section III of Annex VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238.
3. Aid shall only be granted for quantities of fresh or chilled meat that have not yet been placed in storage.
Article 3 

1. Applications for aid may be lodged as from 7 May 2020.
2. Each application shall refer to the products listed in the Annex, indicating the relevant CN code.
3. The minimum eligible quantity for each application shall be 5 tonnes.
Article 4 

1. The relevant amounts of aid per storage period are set out in the Annex.
2. Contractual storage shall end on the day preceding that of the removal from storage.
3. Aid may be granted only for a storage period of 90, 120 or 150 days.
Article 5 
When submitting an application for aid for the products eligible for aid, the amount of the security required in accordance with Article 4(b) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 shall be EUR 100/tonne.
Article 6 

1. By way of derogation from Article 60(1) and (2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240, when due to the measures put in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic, hereinafter ‘the measures’, the paying agency is not in a position to carry out in due time the checks referred to in Article 60(1) and (2) of that Regulation, the Member State concerned may:
(a) extend the period referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 60(1) to carry out those checks by up to 30 days after the end of the measures; or
(b) substitute those checks during the period when the measures are applicable by the use of relevant evidence, including geotagged photos or other evidence in electronic format.
2. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 60(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240, where due to the measures the paying agency is not in a position to carry out the unannounced on-the-spot checks, the paying agency shall not be required to perform unannounced checks during the period when the measures are in place.
Article 7 
By way of derogation from Article 42(1)(b) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of the products which have been the subject of an admissible application and the related information, as follows:

((a)) each Monday not later than 12.00 (Brussels time) the quantities of the products for which admissible applications have been submitted on Thursday and Friday of the preceding week;
((b)) each Thursday not later than 12.00 (Brussels time) the quantities of the products for which admissible applications have been submitted on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the same week.
Article 8 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 30 April 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
ANNEX

Custom nomenclature code (CN code) of products Products description Amount of aid per storage period(EUR/tonne)
90 days 120 days 150 days
1 2 3 4 5
ex 0204 10 00 Fresh or chilled carcases and half carcases of lamb aged less than twelve months 866 890 915
ex 0204 50 11 Fresh or chilled carcases and half carcases of goat aged less than twelve months