Date: 2016-01-26Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/85 of 25 January 2016 suspending the submission of applications for the private storage aid for pigmeat provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2334
**Summary:**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/85, enacted on January 25, 2016, suspends the submission of applications for private storage aid for pigmeat as outlined in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2334. The suspension is in effect from January 27, 2016, to February 2, 2016. Applications submitted during this period will not be accepted. Furthermore, applications submitted from January 21, 2016, that would have been decided upon during the suspension period will be rejected. This regulation aims to preemptively manage a potential surge in applications anticipated due to the Commission's intention to submit a closing Regulation to the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets. The regulation entered into force on January 26, 2016, the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. The Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Jerzy Plewa, signed on behalf of the Commission President.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
European Commission: An institution of the European Union responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products.
Regulation (EC) No 826/2008: Commission Regulation laying down common rules for the granting of private storage aid for certain agricultural products.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2334: Commission Implementing Regulation opening private storage for pigmeat and fixing in advance the amount of aid.
Brussels: The location where the regulation was adopted.
Jerzy PLEWA: Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, representing the Commission.
private storage aid for pigmeat: A scheme intended to support the market for pigmeat by providing aid for private storage.
L 17/10 EN Official Journal of the European Union 26.1.2016
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/85
of 25 January 2016
suspending the submission of applications for the private storage aid for pigmeat provided for in
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2334
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013
establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC)
No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 826/2008 of 20 August 2008 laying down common rules for the
granting of private storage aid for certain agricultural products (2), and in particular Article 23(3)(a) and (c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An examination of the situation on the market and the use of the private storage aid scheme for pigmeat
provided for in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2334 (3) make it advisable to consider closing
it. The Commission intends submitting the respective closing Regulation for an opinion to the Committee for the
Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets. However, the intention itself bears the risk that there will be
an excessively large number of applications for the aid scheme.
(2) Therefore, it is necessary to suspend the submission of applications for the aid provided for in Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2015/2334 and reject certain applications made before the period of suspension.
(3) In order to avoid speculation, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The application of Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2334 shall be suspended for the period from
27 January 2016 to 2 February 2016. Applications to conclude contracts submitted during this period shall not be
accepted.
2. Applications submitted from 21 January 2016, whose acceptance would have been decided during the period
referred to in paragraph 1, shall be rejected.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
(2) OJ L 223, 21.8.2008, p. 3.
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2334 of 14 December 2015 opening private storage for pigmeat and fixing in
advance the amount of aid (OJ L 329, 15.12.2015, p. 10).26.1.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 17/11
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 January 2016.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Jerzy PLEWA
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development