No L 163/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 6. 85 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1706/85 of 21 June 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1477/85 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regafd 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 Regulaion (EEC) No 2966/80(%), and in particular Article 20 thereof, Whereas, because of the present health situation in the livestock sector in Belgium, exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat have been intro- duced in that Member State by Commission Regula- tions (EEC) No 686/85(}), (EEC) No 772/85 (%, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 890/85 (%), (EEC) No 978/85 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1086/85 ("), and (EEC) No 1477/85(%); Whereas the outbreak of African swine fever in the infection zone has not yet been entirely contained; whereas, therefore, the deadline for applications for aid under Regulation (EEC) No 1477/85 should be extended ; Whereas the boundary of the infection zone has been modified by the competent veterinary authorities to exclude parts of the communes of Torhout and Korte- mark from the area where restrictions apply; Whereas it has become evident that the pigmeat stored in the infected zone is to be bought in in view of its heat treatment before being brought into consump- tion ; whereas it is therefore no longer necessary to grant a considerably higher rate of aid than is generally given in this sector; whereas provision should therefore be made, in cases where meat is bought in, to reduce the amount of aid ultimately granted near to the normal rate; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, y OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 307, 18. 11. 1980, p. S. ) O] No L 75, 16. 3. 1985, p. 12. 96, 3. 4. 1985, p. 17. 105, 17. 4. 1985, p. 6. 114, 27. 4. 1985, p. 36. L L L () OJ No L 86, 27. 3. 1985, p. 20. L L L L 145, 4. 6. 1985, p. 17. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1477/85 is hereby amended as follows : 1. In Article 1 (1), 21 June 1985 is replaced by ‘19 July 1985 \ 2. The rate of ‘30 %’ for the reduction in aid referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 7 (1) is replaced by ‘40 %’. 3. The second subparagraph of Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following : ‘Only products from pigs kept and slaughtered in the zones detailed below shall be eligible for aid : — communes of Tielt Pittem Meulebeke Ardooie Ingelmunster Lendelede Izegem Ledegem Moorslede Staden Hooglede Zonnebeke Poelkapelle Lichtervelde Zwevezele Roeselare ; — an area with a radius of three kilometres around the outbreak centres in the communes of Reninge and Ichtegem ; — the commune of Kortemark but excluding the former commune of Zarren-Werken ; — within the commune of Torhout, an area with a radius of three kilometres around the six holdings where the Belgian authorities have ordered preventive slaughtering. The list of products qualifying for aid and the rele- vant amounts of aid are set out in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.