26. 1. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 23/19 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 201/85 of 25 January 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80 laying down detailed rules for granting private storage aid for pigmeat THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi- zation of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (%), and in particular Article 7 (2) and the second subparagraph of Article 22 thereof, Whereas the detailed rules for granting private storage aid were laid down for pigmeat by Commission Regu- lation (EEC) No 1092/80 (%) ; Whereas it should be made clear that the same product cannot be the subject of a private storage contract and at the same time be eligible for advance payment of an export refund under Article 25 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 519/83 (%), or under Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in respect of agricultural products (), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2026/83 (") ; whereas to apply both systems simultaneously would have the effect in particular of compensating storers unduly in respect of certain of their financing costs; Whereas experience gained with various arrangements of private storage of agricultural products has shown the need to specify to what extent Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 (%) applies to the determi- nation of periods, dates and time limits referred to under these arrangements and to define accurately the dates when storage under contract starts and finishes ; Whereas, in particular, Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 specifies that where the last day of a period is a public holiday, Sunday or () OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 307, 18. 11. 1980, p. S. () OJ No L 114, 3. 5. 1980, p. 22. () OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1. () O] No L 58, 5. 3. 1983, p. 5. () OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. S. ) OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12. (®) OJ No L 124, 8. 6. 1971, p. 1. Saturday, the period should end with the expiry of the last hour of the following working day; whereas the application of this provision to storage contracts may not be in the interest of operators and may even result in inequalities in the way in which they are treated ; whereas, therefore, a derogation should be made with regard to the determination of the last day of storage under contract ; Whereas provision should be made for the possibility of reducing the storage period where meat removed from storage is intended for export ; whereas proof that the meat has been exported must be supplied, as in the case of refunds, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79; Whereas the Member States should be required to inform the Commission of reductions or extensions of the period of storage ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80 is hereby amended as follows : 1. The following paragraph is added to Article 4: ‘4. The same products may not, at the same time, be the subject of a private storage aid contract and be eligible for advance payment of an export refund under Article 25 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79, or the subject of application of the provi- sions of Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80. 2. Article 3 (1) (b) is replaced by the following: ‘(b) the time limit for placing in storage the total quantity referred to in (a) which must be completed within 28 days following the date of conclusion of the contract;