23/12/08 - Private Storage Aid - Notice to Traders No: 82/08
1. This notice is to inform you of the opening of a scheme providing fixed rates of aid for private storage of pigmeat of Northern Irish origin.
2. You may submit applications for this scheme from 29 December 2008 in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 826/2008.
3. The main provisions of the scheme are as follows:
- aid will be payable, subject to the contract, for the storage of half-carcasses and specified cuts. The rates of aid (in euros) and products for which aid is to be granted can be found in the Annex to this notice; and
- the storage period will be for 90, 120, 150 and 180 days. The total quantity to be taken into private storage will not exceed 15,000 tonnes of products.
4. The minimum quantities per contract and per product will be fixed at:
- 10 tonnes for boned products; and
- 15 tonnes for other products.
5. If you wish to participate in the scheme you are advised to read our explanatory leaflet IM(L)1 before submitting an application. The leaflet can be found on our website www.rpa.gov.uk.
6. You should note that the relevant code shown in the Annex (A to I) should be used when completing Part B of your Storage Contract for Private Storage Aid.
7. Once you have stipulated the period of storage in Part B of your contract application, you will not be able to change it. Failure to comply with the stipulated storage period will result in reduced aid payments and/or security forfeits.
8. You must stipulate on this contract if the product is to be exported.
9. Your application must be supported by a security equal to 20% of the total aid payable.
10. You will find details of these arrangements in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1329/2008 published in Official Journal L345. Copies may be obtained from Stationery Office bookshops, accredited agents, or ordered from the Stationery Office website (
www.tso.co.uk). You can also access Official Journals electronically by visiting the Commission's website at (
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm). Please note that the Rural Payments Agency cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the Europa website. Whilst every care has been taken in producing this guidance, the regulation as published is definitive.
11. If you would like any further details of this scheme, please contact the Private Storage Aid section of the Rural Payments Agency Newcastle on the following:
| Josh Pemberton | (0191) 226 5832 |
| Sarah Baverstock | (0191) 226 5171 |
| Val Hildreth | (0191) 226 5060 |
| Steve Hugill | (0191) 226 5417 |
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| Fax | (0191) 226 5040 |
| E-mail | psa@rpa.gsi.gov.uk |
Page published: 25 October 2011