L 125/64 Official Journal of the European Union 26.4.2014 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 428/2014 of 25 April 2014 adopting exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Lithuania and amending Imple- menting Regulation (EU) No 324/2014 adopting exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Poland 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 ('), and in particular Article 220(1)(a) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Council Directive 2002/60/EC (%) lays down the minimum measures to be applied within the Union for the control of African swine fever. Accordingly, pursuant to Commission Implementing Decisions 2014/43/EU (’), as confirmed by Commission Implementing Decision 2014/93/EU (%), and to Commission Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU (), Lithuania is to ensure that the area within its territory where that disease is present comprises at least the infected area listed in the Annexes to these Decisions. (2)  With a view to preventing the spread of African swine fever and in order to prevent any further disturbance of trade within Lithuania and abroad, Lithuania adopted on 17 February 2014 () some additional preventive measures in that infected area. As a consequence, the marketing of live pigs, including piglets, fresh pigmeat and pigmeat products from that infected area is subject to particular surveillance measures, to an obligatory labelling with a special health mark and to the application of some marketing restrictions within the single market. (3)  The restrictions on the marketing of live pigs, including piglets, fresh pigmeat and pigmeat products resulting from the application of these veterinary measures imply an important price reduction in the affected areas and are causing disruption of the markets for piglets and pigmeat in those areas. Therefore, on 13 March 2014 Lithuania requested that the Commission introduce exceptional market support measures as provided for in Regu- lation (EU) No 1308/2013. Such measures, applying solely to piglets, pigs and sows reared in the areas directly affected by the restrictions, should be adopted for the time strictly necessary. (4)  The aid amount should be expressed for piglets as an amount per head for a limited number of piglets, and per 100 kilogrammes of carcass weight of other eligible animals for a limited quantity of pigmeat and with a maximum compensable carcass weight per animal. The aid amount should be set taking into account recent market information. (5)  For piglets and other pigs reared in the areas concerned, the support should be conditional on the delivery of the animals to the slaughterhouses, their slaughter and on the respect of the stricter veterinary rules applicable in the areas concerned on the day of delivery. (6)  Commission Implementing Decision 2014/236/EU (') provides for Union financial support compensating pig owners for losses caused by early slaughter of pigs in the infected areas in order to minimise the risk of disease spread. Lithuania and Poland intend to decrease the density of susceptible hosts in low bio-security pig holdings () OJL347,20.12.2013,p. 671. (%) Council Directive 2002/60/EC of 27 June 2002 laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine fever (O] L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 27). ¢) Commissior? Im}))lementing Decision 2014/43/EU of 27 January 2014 concerning certain interim protective measures relating to African swine fever in Lithuania (OJ L 26, 29.1.2014, p. 44). (*) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/93/EU of 14 February 2014 concerning certain protective measures relating to African swine fever in Lithuania (O] L 46, 18.2.2014, p. 20). () Commission Implementing Decision 2014178 [EU of 27 March 2014 concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States (O] L 95, 29.3.2014, p. 47). () Order of Director of the State food and veterinary service No B1-60 of 17 February 2014 on the extension of the buffer zone for African Swine. () Commission Implementing Decision 2014/236/EU of 24 April 2014 concerning a Union financial contribution towards surveillance and other emergency measures implemented in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland against African swine fever (O] L 125, 26.4.2014, p- 86).